IT Park Uzbekistan together with Astana Hub held a series of strategic meetings with international companies and representatives of innovation ecosystems during their visit to the UK and participation in London Tech Week 2025. The main goal was to expand partnerships, attract investment to Central Asia and support local start-ups in entering foreign markets.

Developing Outsourcing and Partnerships

During a meeting with Matthew Spaul (Strategy EMEA, Scale) and Makul Gupta (Founder & CEO, Capital Numbers), steps to open an office in Uzbekistan with a focus on IT outsourcing were discussed. Both companies expressed interest in interacting with residents of the IT Park with foreign capital to further explore the market and prepare to enter it. They are also planning to participate in ICT Week in Tashkent and provide online consultations on registering a legal entity in Uzbekistan.

Support for entering the UK market

Paul Manning, Director of Innovation and Development at Outfly.io, expressed interest in launching joint accelerator programmes for startups seeking to scale in the UK. The meeting also discussed the possibility of providing advisory support to IT Park Uzbekistan in the development of the startup ecosystem and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.

Partnership with international events

Leading organisers of international technology events - HICOOL (China), Dublin Tech Summit (Ireland), TechEx Events (UK), FinTech Armenia and Beyond Expo (Macau) - have expressed their willingness to provide IT Park with free stands and include Uzbek companies in their official programmes. Additionally, agreements were reached on their participation in ICT Week in Tashkent and joint marketing campaigns.

Marketing and consulting support

Academia Park, Hewlett Rand, Tamimi Consulting and Be Brio expressed their readiness to advise IT Park Uzbekistan residents on entering the markets of the UK, Turkey, Europe and the Gulf countries. In addition, Ata Arguder (Academia Park) offered to organise a panel session and bring a delegation to ICT Week in Tashkent.

Successes of regional startups

As part of participation in the forum, 12 targeted meetings were held between local startups - Realsoft, EdSmart, Geomotive and Onebuy(Mirasoft) - and representatives of UK companies and venture capital funds. A dialogue was also established with UK and international educational organisations. Topics discussed included integrating AI solutions, combating academic fraud and entering diaspora markets.

IT Park Uzbekistan, together with Astana Hub, continues to actively integrate Central Asia's IT ecosystem into the global technology map, supporting startups and technology companies at every stage of their growth.