Venture studio · Caucasus & Central Asia

Funding and first clients for startups in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Westgate Labs works like a venture studio. We put capital in, open doors to enterprise customers, and stay on the team until the company can scale on its own.

CaucasusCentral Asia
What we do

Two things every founder here needs and rarely gets at the same time.

Funding

Capital from the studio first, then a syndicate.

We invest at pre-seed and seed, then bring in the regional and international funds we already work with for the next round.

  • Studio cheque with hands-on support, not just money
  • Warm introductions to follow-on investors
  • Data room, deck and financial model built with you
Client discovery

Your first enterprise customers, in the room with you.

Banks, telcos, retailers and public bodies across the region. We make the introduction, sit in the first meetings and help close the pilot.

  • Named buyers across the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Pilot design and pricing for the local market
  • A path from one country to the next four
How it works

A studio, not a fund. We build alongside you.

Three stages, in this order. Most companies spend a year with us across all three.

Stage 1

Discover

Four weeks. We test the problem with real buyers in two markets and agree on what to build first.

Stage 2

Build

The studio cheque goes in. Our product, design and go-to-market people join your team for the first version and the first pilot.

Stage 3

Scale

Seed round with our syndicate, expansion to the next markets in the region, and the hires that let us step back.