Minsk is home to a growing startup scene with companies in many fields like AI, blockchain, and gaming. The city's tech companies range from new ventures to more established businesses.
For example, the blockchain sports platform Scorum raised $5.6M through an initial coin offering. Meanwhile, the marketplace GiveAway received backing from the well known accelerator Y Combinator.
Below is our list of 50 Minsk startups worth keeping an eye on.
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Get the Sheet for $50Scorum built the first sports media platform powered by blockchain technology. Their ecosystem rewards writers and sports fans with cryptocurrency for creating and engaging with content.
| Year Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Alexei Belov, Andrey Filipovich, Nikolai Pobol |
| Funding Amount | $5.6M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Initial Coin Offering |
| Top Investors | — |
GiveAway runs a community-focused marketplace for people to exchange used things and find local deals. Their mobile platform emphasizes sustainability by making it easy for users to participate in the sharing economy.
| Year Founded | 2019 |
| Founders | Artem Artemiuk, Sergei Lepchenkov, Sergey Stasilovich |
| Funding Amount | $630k |
| Startup Size | Founding Team (1-10) |
| Last Funding Status | Pre-Seed |
| Top Investors | Y Combinator, Ulad Radkevitch |
RocketData provides a SaaS platform that helps businesses manage their reputation across popular location-based services. Their product allows companies to work with online listings and customer reviews from a single interface.
| Year Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Alexey Kudelka, Darya Danilava, Fedor Zubrytski, Kirill Voloshin, Yauheni Ozhehkovski |
| Funding Amount | $850k |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Corporate Round |
| Top Investors | 2GIS, RBF Ventures, Kirill Voloshin |
AIMatter developed an AI platform and SDK that brought high-speed image detection and processing to mobile devices. Their neural network technology gave developers the tools to build powerful, real-time computer vision features into their apps.
| Year Founded | 2016 |
| Founders | Andrei Kulik, Yuri Gurski, Yury Melnichek |
| Funding Amount | $2M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Seed |
| Top Investors | Yuri Gurski, Yury Melnichek |
Purple Games develops and publishes mobile games that have reached hundreds of millions of players. The studio created the hit titles Drive Ahead! and Boom Karts.
| Year Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | — |
| Funding Amount | $450k |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Seed |
| Top Investors | The Games Fund |
The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange provides a central marketplace for trading physical goods. Their platform focuses on transactions for metal products, timber, and a variety of other industrial items.
| Year Founded | 2005 |
| Founders | — |
| Funding Amount | — |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | — |
| Top Investors | — |
Cropfleet builds a precision farming platform that integrates unmanned agricultural technology with AI and robotics. Their system helps farmers reduce crop costs while also generating carbon credits.
| Year Founded | 2019 |
| Founders | Mikhail Kuzmenkov |
| Funding Amount | $600k |
| Startup Size | Founding Team (1-10) |
| Last Funding Status | Seed |
| Top Investors | — |
Neural Vision builds AI-powered software designed to spot defects in the flexible packaging manufacturing process. Their machine learning models help companies increase production quality and minimize waste.
| Year Founded | 2020 |
| Founders | — |
| Funding Amount | $250k |
| Startup Size | — |
| Last Funding Status | Pre-Seed |
| Top Investors | Newchip Accelerator |
BELATRA GAMES manufactures physical slot machines and jackpot systems for land-based casinos, drawing on decades of experience in the gaming industry. They also develop a diverse portfolio of online slot games designed for digital casino platforms.
| Year Founded | 1993 |
| Founders | Yuriy Voinich |
| Funding Amount | — |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | — |
| Top Investors | — |
Fabby built an AI-powered mobile application for automated photo and video editing. The platform's proprietary engine enabled real-time features like virtual hair coloring and makeup try-ons.
| Year Founded | 2016 |
| Founders | Andrei Kulik, Yury Melnichek |
| Funding Amount | $2M |
| Startup Size | Founding Team (1-10) |
| Last Funding Status | Seed |
| Top Investors | — |
40 Additional Minsk Startups Worth Following
Our top picks are just a small slice of what’s happening in Minsk. Founders are building companies in many different fields, from fintech to AI, and have raised over $1.6 million to get started.
Some of these companies are brand new, while others are more established players in their industries. Here’s a look at the 40 other startups shaping the city's ecosystem.