... corporations, and entrepreneurs to develop technologies. Despite the difficult environment, individual deals are still happening in the region. For example, the fintech startup Investbanq from Kazakhstan recently attracted about $3 million, and the Russian company ARS Smart Robotics received about 249 million rubles at the pre-IPO stage to expand its business. Although the scale of these rounds is incomparable with the multi-million dollar deals of Silicon Valley, the local venture market is gradually ...