18 months of building together — from hypothesis validation to Series A. Capital, mentorship, and an operating team that builds alongside you.
A studio differs from an incubator or accelerator: we step in as co-founder and own the operating gaps until your team is strong enough to take them back.
A pre-seed check up to $150k at the start and follow-on up to $500k. We help you close Series A with venture funds across Central Asia and MENA.
Ordo's bench includes founders with exits and operators from Yandex, Kaspi.kz, Wolt, and inDrive. They take on finance, growth and hiring while you focus on product.
60+ mentors from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, the UAE, and Silicon Valley. A 1:1 with the right expert every two weeks.
An 8-week curriculum on unit economics, product, hiring, and pitch craft. Guest lectures from CEOs and fund partners.
Incorporation in Kyrgyzstan's HTP and in Delaware, the UAE, and Kazakhstan. Ready-made SAFE, ESOP, and cap-table templates.
Access to Startup Garage's 600 m² hub in Tashkent, pop-up workspace in Bishkek, and a closed founder community across both countries — weekly reviews, peer feedback, and shared chats.
Residency is for teams with a hypothesis and the will to build. School is for those still figuring it out and ready to learn first.
Full cycle from idea to Series A
A deep program with capital, an operating partner, and on-the-ground support. We take 7–12% equity and work shoulder to shoulder with the team.
A fast start for those just beginning
An intensive for future founders: frameworks, homework, and live reviews. The strongest teams get a Residency offer without going through screening.
Ordo is a new player in Kyrgyzstan — but not from scratch. The first cohort gets an operating team, a battle-tested Startup Garage playbook, and access to a combined alliance portfolio across Central Asia.
launch · September 2026
open selection
Startup Garage Tashkent
raised for SG clients
Six categories with a clear market gap in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia. If your idea fits one of them, that's a strong signal for us.
Hundreds of thousands of registered SMBs in Kyrgyzstan, but barely any banking product built for their rhythm. Alt-data scoring, BNPL, merchant acquiring, and embedded credit on top of marketplaces.
Bookkeeping, HR, inventory, shift scheduling — most SMBs in KG/KZ/UZ still run this in Excel. Narrow SaaS in national languages with regulatory nuance built in.
Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Kazakh, and Tajik are barely represented in the major LLMs. The wedge: fine-tuned models, voice assistants, and AI copilots for local verticals.
Bishkek–Almaty–Tashkent is a three-hour drive but lacks proper multi-modal logistics. Courier routing, FTL/LTL marketplaces, last-mile across mountain terrain.
Millions of 15–24 year-olds across the region with rising demand for ORT/SAT/IELTS, programming, and remote work. Training platforms, exam prep, and developer staffing.
Kyrgyzstan sits at the EAEU and SCO crossroads, with goods flowing between China, EAEU, and MENA. B2B marketplaces, export SaaS, and trade finance for SMB exporters.
* The list is not exhaustive — we're open to projects beyond these categories if they solve a meaningful regional-market problem.
A studio is always its people. Three founder-partners with real operating experience — e-commerce, edtech, fintech, and five years of building a venture studio. We don't consult — we co-found alongside residents.
Managing Partner · Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
President of the Kyrgyz E-Commerce Association. Founder of I DO MARKETING, Reklama Online, ISR Consult, and Digital Academy; co-founder of Ustat.kg. Brought Founder Institute to Bishkek. Since 2025, an independent board member at Bank of Asia. Expert in digital economy and fintech.
Strategic Partner · Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Founder of Startup Garage — the first Central Asian venture studio with a MENA office. Founded Mohirdev, SG Founders School (Uzbekistan's first free entrepreneurship academy with 1,000+ graduates), and SG Women. Co-founder of Imkon Ventures and SG Micro SaaS Studio.
Operating Partner · Growth & SaaS
Founder of Humocommerce — an e-commerce platform for Central Asian SMBs, Magicbot — a Telegram super-bot for sales automation, and Magicstore.ai. Kyrgyz-born entrepreneur, ex-Growave. Builds the bridge between the Bishkek and Tashkent tech scenes.
Ordo Studio in Bishkek and Startup Garage in Tashkent operate as a single partnership: a shared mentor bench, joint Demo Days, and direct access to both Kyrgyz and Uzbek markets from the first week of residency.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Residents get workspace, meeting rooms, and an event hall at our partner's HQ — for pilots and meetings with Uzbek customers.
Combined operating partners from both countries: Yandex, Kaspi.kz, Wolt, inDrive plus experts on the Uzbek market.
Investors from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and MENA join unified sessions. One pitch — two markets and two capital pipelines.
Incorporation in Kyrgyzstan's HTP and Uzbekistan's IT-Park. A unified legal template for a dual-country structure.
The Startup Garage partnership gives Ordo residents operating muscle in two markets without doubling costs.
Apply and join both ecosystemsA selection of paraphrased takes from local and regional media on the market we're building into. Quotes are summarised in our own words — these are not articles about Ordo itself: the studio is only just opening.
"Kyrgyzstan's High-Tech Park keeps growing at double-digit rates for the third year in a row. IT-services exports have turned into one of the country's fastest-growing currency-revenue streams."
"Bishkek, Almaty, and Tashkent are coalescing into a single pre-seed corridor for Central Asia. Regional funds increasingly write their first checks in Kyrgyzstan — shorter runway, lower cost of experiments."
"The local pool of developers and product managers has noticeably expanded over the past three years. Young specialists are choosing to stay — a strengthening startup scene now offers an alternative to relocating."
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The next intake starts in September 2026. Apply now to land on the shortlist and get a personal call with the partnership team.