The projects selected for the "Startup School 4" program have been announced.
According to Startup.az, citing the Center, the selected startups represent nearly 40 cities across 15 countries.
Startups that qualified for participation in the program will receive training and mentorship services in the next stage based on the best practices of the global innovation ecosystem.
The “Startup School 4: Five Continents – 500 Startups” program collaborates with more than 40 organizations from five continents — America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Nine of these partners are venture funds, while the others are technology companies.
Global ecosystem partners of the program include Synapses Ventures, TechDev Academy, One Bsc Gate, Silk Road High Tech Park Association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade, The Caucasus-Asia Center, ATUİAB (Uzbekistan), DELPHI LTD, New Mansoura University, Leadership and Good Governance Institute, Ethiopian Public Service University, MH INSPIRES PTY LTD, LICORNE GULF investment, Deep Tech Foundry, Bold Future Global, The Brutally Honest Ecosystem, BeHumbo, BuzzFactory, OSTİM Technical University, Cappadocia Technopark, Niğde University Technopark, and Fauna Venture Studio, among others.
Local partners of the project include the Intellectual Property Agency, Economic Zones Development Agency, Caucasus Ventures, SABAH.HUB, Innoland Incubation and Acceleration Center, Agrarian Innovation Center, Founder Club, Yeni Fikir, Coders Azerbaijan, BERC&Partners, Innovation Management and TRIZ Institute LLC, as well as media partners Real TV, Report Information Agency, Trend News Agency, and Edumap.
The final stage of the “Startup School 4” project — the “Demo Day” event — is scheduled to be held on October 30–31, 2026, within the framework of TEI Forum 2026 at the Baku Congress Center.
As part of the event, startups will have a unique opportunity to establish direct connections with more than 500 entrepreneurs, investors, and business representatives, build potential partnerships, and expand investment opportunities.
So far, nearly 50 training sessions and infomation sessions have been organized within the framework of “Startup School 4”, attracting more than 3,000 participants.