Ecosystem Org🇺🇸 USA
Silkroad Innovation Hub
Palo Alto, California
Silicon Valley landing pad for Central Eurasian founders; its Road to Battlefield competition drew 485 applicants and sent 4 startups to TechCrunch Disrupt.
- Investment focus
- GeneralistSaaS/EnterpriseAI/MLB2B
- Stage
- Pre-seed · Seed · Series A
- Check / terms
- No cash investment; Alchemist Silkroad residency costs $5,000 per person + 2.5% common stock
- Program / model
- 3,000 sq ft Palo Alto hub and coworking space minutes from Stanford. Runs the Alchemist Silkroad residency (3 months in-person, B2B only, Delaware C-corp required, with Alchemist, IT Park Ventures and Astana Hub Ventures), the Silkroad Angel Club, the Silkroad Venture Summit and an annual TechCrunch Disrupt pavilion.
- Invests in
- Founders from Central Eurasia (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) expanding into the US market
- Also serves
- Central Asia & CaucasusTurkey
- Founded
- 2023