Another Starthub Offline meeting held in Yerevan with participation of beeline in Armenia

YEREVAN, February 22. /ARKA/. Another Starthub Offline meeting was held Thursday in Yerevan as part of the Beeline and the Technological Development Center’s joint project called StartHub Armenia, the press office of the telecommunication company reports.  

StartHub Offline is a number of meetings between startups and IT market flagship companies.  
According to the press office, Enterprises Incubator Foundation Director Bagrat Yengibaryan and CEO of Beeline in Armenia Andrey Pyatakhin spoke at the meeting on ecosystem of startups in Armenia and other issues.

The activity of the Enterprises Incubator Foundation and its programs were presented at the meting.  
Yengibaryan pointed out advantages and faults of the ecosystem of startups in Armenia. He also spoke about cooperation with the public sector, support for scientific startups and development of regional programs.

“The IT industry’s achievements are numerous, and they are due to cooperation between the private and public sectors and development of grant programs in this area as well as creation and development of appropriate ecosystems with the help of big companies,” Yengibaryan said.

He said that there are 100 registered startups in Armenia’s IT industry, of which 80% are operating.  
Pyatakhin, on his side, presented Beeline’s programs aimed at supporting beginner companies and prospects for possible cooperation with the telecommunication sector.

“We have several years of experience in cooperation with startups and experts in this area,” he said. “Starthub Offline meetings help us understand better the existing problems and offer solutions. Besides, we have launches our own incubator, which helps startups obtain necessary knowledge to put a good idea into a working business project.”

VEON Armenia CJSC (Beeline brand) is part of Veon Group, one of the world largest integrated telecommunication operators.
The Group holds 100% of VEON Armenia CJSC’s shares.
VEON Armenia provides fixed and mobile telecommunication services. -0---

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16:31 02/22/2019