The number of local and global partners joining the "Startup School 4: Five Continents – 500 Startups" program, implemented at the initiative of the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication's (CAERC) "Enterprise Azerbaijan" portal, is rapidly increasing. This program covers 5 continents - America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia - and is aimed at expanding cooperation between global innovation ecosystems. The project, held under the motto "Five Continents - 500 Startups," has been joined by local ecosystem partners such as "Caucasus Ventures," the Agricultural Innovation Center, "Founder Club," "SABAH.HUB," "Innoland," "Yeni Fikir," "Coders Azerbaijan," "BERC Group," and others.

Global partners of the "Startup School 4" project:

From the American ecosystem: "Synapses Ventures" (USA), "TechDev Academy" (USA);

From the Asian ecosystem: "Silk Road High-Tech Industrial Park Association"-SRHPA (China), "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade" (Pakistan), ATUIAB – Azerbaijan Turkey Uzbekistan Businessmen Union (Uzbekistan);

From the African ecosystem: "DELPHI LTD";

From the Australian ecosystem: "MH INSPIRES PTY LTD";

From the MENA ecosystem: "LICORNE GULF" investment fund (Qatar);

From the European ecosystem: "Deep Tech Foundry" (Malta), "The Brutally Honest" (Finland), "BeHumbo" (Estonia);

From the Turkish ecosystem: Ostim Technical University, Cappadocia Technopark, Nigde University Technopark, and other organizations are partnering.

To expand partnership opportunities, the "Enterprise Azerbaijan" portal is conducting negotiations with leading players from the local public and private sectors, as well as prestigious acceleration and research centers from the global ecosystem such as "Enterprise Singapore," "Gansu Science and Technology Development Promotion Centre" (China), "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade" (Pakistan), "New Mansoura University" (Egypt), the Institute of Leadership and Good Governance of the Ethiopian Civil Service University, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Uzbekistan IT Park, "Astana HUB," and others.

The "Demo Day" event, the final stage of the "Startup School 4" project, is planned to be organized within the framework of "TEI Forum 2026," which will be held at the Baku Congress Center on October 30-31, 2026.

Startup applications for the "Startup School 4" program will continue until May 15, 2026. Startups can register for the project via the link: https://startupschool.az/en/register