Innoland | Our residents — startups "Convitsa", “DoVotes”, and "Enverson" — will take part in the 1st Azerbaijan International Investment Forum

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Hadoop user group meeting to be held in Azerbaijan

On March 10, 2019, the INNOLAND Incubation and Acceleration Center together with the Tech Academy will hold a meeting of the Hadoop user group in Azerbaijan.

Participation in the discussion of well-known foreign and local experts will focus on the application of Big Data Technologies, stages of Data Analytics and many other important issues.

Speakers of the event will be Abzetdin Adamov, Head of Data Analytics Center ADA University, Zekeriya Beşiroglu, Big Data Analyst at KOMTAŞ Information Management Center in Turkey, the Head of the Oracle Users Group and the winner of the “Oracle ACE Director” award.

"INNOLAND" and "Yeni Fikir" have signed a memorandum of cooperation

On March 17, memorandum of understanding signed between "Innovations Center" LLC (INNOLAND), which is subordinate to the State Agency for Citizens Service and Social Innovations under the President of The Republic of Azerbaijan, and “Yeni Fikir” LLC. The purpose of the Memorandum is to support entrepreneurship ecosystems for technological startups in our country and in the regions of Azerbaijan and to implement a high-level partnership that serves the needs of emerging (or other) technology entrepreneurs.

The document, along with the formation and development of technology entrepreneurship, also reflects cooperation issues related to the strengthening of business initiatives. Thus, the content of the Memorandum reflects the factors that are being estimated for the establishment and development of innovation ecosystems in our country, as well as business initiatives.

"Innovations Center" LLC (INNOLAND) cooperates with local and international organizations in accordance with the strategy of the development of innovation ecosystem in our country and in the region, as well as for the development of technology entrepreneurship (startups). As one of such organizations, "Yeni Fikir" LLC is one of the companies operating in the intellectual sector in Azerbaijan and having a specific role in the formation of startup culture.

Thus, the "Yeni Fikir" startup competition, which was held for the sixth time this year, is being implemented by "Yeni Fikir" LLC, sponsored by BP, the Baku Engineering University. The company "Yeni Fikir" cooperates with "Innovations Center" LLC (INNOLAND) in organizing the same startup competition. Five startup projects that will win the competition.

The development of five startup projects that will win the competition will also be supported at the Innoland Incubation and Acceleration Center.

The seed round investment made into the Nextsale and Whelp startups

In "INNOLAND" Incubation and Acceleration Center the seed round investment made into the "Nextsale" and "Whelp" startups, participants of the winter acceleration program of the SUP "Startap Accelerator.

The investment in these startups was implemented jointly by the "Azfinans" Investment Company, the "Next Step" Innovation Center and Khazar Ventures.

An online platform in the financial field that provides additional features based on customer data analysis

https://onepoint.az

AI-based business messenger to connect with customers everywhere: live chat, phone, email, and social

https://getwhelp.com/

Botbox is a platform for small and medium-sized businesses to seamlessly assist customers and automate business processes through the most popular messaging apps.

https://www.botboxpro.com/

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"İdeyadan investisiyaya"

Salyan “INNOLAND” İnkubasiya və Akselerasiya Mərkəzində keçirdiyimiz 3 günlük təlim başa çatdı. "İdeyadan investisiyaya" adlı 3 modullu təlim proqramında iştirakçılara:

İdeya generasiyası

Startap ekosistemi - ənənəvi biznesdən fərqlər

Təqdimat bacarıqları - Nə? Harada? Nə zaman? mövzularında məlumatlar verildi.

Həmçinin, hər modula uyğun vörkşoplar təşkil edildi, iştirakçılar komanda şəklində müxtəlif tapşırıqları icra etdilər.

The national stage of the "GameJamPlus 2026" international game hackathon was held

On October 16–18, the Azerbaijan stage of the "GameJamPlus 2026" international game hackathon was held at the "INNOLAND" Incubation and Acceleration Center, organized by "Gamepons" and "IGDA Azerbaijan" with the support of "INNOLAND".

During the hackathon, more than 90 participants across 23 teams developed game prototypes over the course of 48 hours. Teams selected one of the themes—“Better Together”, “One More Time”, or “Something’s Off”—to develop their game concepts. At the end of the event, 19 teams presented their games to the jury.

The games developed by the participants were tested by the jury and evaluated on the "HackathonHost" platform. Based on the results, the "Clockwork" team emerged as the winner of the Azerbaijan stage with their game "Keep Locking". All 19 teams that presented their games qualified for the next stage of the "GameJamPlus" program.

"GameJamPlus" is an international program that brings together game developers from 35 countries around the world. The program begins with a 48-hour hackathon and continues through incubation, continental semi-finals, acceleration, and global final stages. Throughout these stages, teams gain the opportunity to refine their game projects and showcase them on an international level.

Registration for the hackathon was carried out via the "HackathonHost" platform.

The "INNOLAND" Incubation and Acceleration Center provided participants with conditions to turn their game ideas into prototypes, work on their projects, and demonstrate their creative potential.

INNOLAND resident startups stood out at Web Summit 2025

INNOLAND Center of “ASAN Service” at Web Summit 2025

On 10–13 November 2025, at “Web Summit 2025” held in Lisbon, Portugal, the resident startups of the INNOLAND Incubation and Acceleration Center “Tada!” and “Enverson” represented our country.

During the event, the Director of the Innovation Center, Vusal Rustamov, informed participants about INNOLAND’s activities, its contributions to the ecosystem, and the projects of its resident startups.