Water Solutions Innovation Lab, Accelerator for Water Technology Startups (2019)

The Water Solutions Innovation Lab startup accelerator was organized for projects in the field of green technologies and water management.

Project organizers and partners: The accelerator was organized by Green Business Innovation company on the basis of the CAREC Innovation and Research Cluster and TIIAME, with the support of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, and is carried out as part of the USAID-funded SmartWaters project.

StartupFactory provided methodological, PR and mentoring support to the project.

Accelerator sectors: 

• Clean tech
• Sustainable development
• Water treatment
• Water & Energy
• Water & agriculture
• Water / natural resource management
• Renewable Energy
• Agriculture, agribusiness
• Climate change
• Environmental pollution

2 teams-finalists of the accelerator represented Uzbekistan at the ClimateLaunchpad-2019, international competition of green startups in Amsterdam.

Accelerator startups and detailed information about the program are available on the website: www.smartwaterlab.uz