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Business Accelerator

The Quick Start acceleration program helps startups at the MVP stage with confirmed demand to validate new growth hypotheses, build sales and scale!
NURIS provides an intensive Quick Start business acceleration program twice a year to help startups launch managed sales and scale to other cities and regions.


The application to Quick Start XII acceleration program is open until February 27.
What does Quick Start offer?
  • Investments
    Up to $6,5K
    Equity based seed funding is provided to the most promising startups by the Commission decision.
  • Individual
    traction sessions
    Weekly one-on-one consultations with an experienced tracker throughout the acceleration to help to plan and achieve project goals
  • Educational
    program
    Hands-on training on key aspects of business, including marketing, unit economics, market assessment, fundraising and more from the industry's most experienced experts
  • Access to a broad mentor pool
    Connecting to a pool of mentors, experts, business angels and venture capital funds with advice and feedback
  • Access to NU partners and resources
    Exit (fast track/soft intro) and presentation for corporate partners, government agencies and quasi-public companies
  • Post-acceleration
    support
    Assistance in scaling the business to international markets, access to Amazon Web Services and Yandex Cloud resources, introduction to business angels and venture capital funds, and assistance in fundraising.
What do startups achieve after the program?
Business metrics growth (traction)
Sales/user base/pilots/partnerships, etc.
Scaling strategy
Product-Market Fit, sales funnel, unit economy, development plan
Readiness for investment
Investor Pitch Deck, financial model, Executive summary
Network expansion
Meetings with investors, companies and experts
Eligibility criteria for participation in the program
  • Startups with a scalable solution in Edtech, HealthTech, AgroTech, FinTech, E-commerce, Retail Tech
  • The team must consist of at least 2 people:
    - At least 25 hours commitment per week to work on the startup;
    - Fluency in English language.
  • Minumim viable product
  • Traction - proof of demand for the product/service (first sales/users/registrations/downloads/pre-sales)
  • Willingness to create a legal entity to participate in the acceleration program
QUICK START Business Accelerator in numbers:
11
batches
100
alumni
$1.7M
attracted grants and invetments
Quick Start alumni
Jaryq
Career Guidance Platform to make the choice of profession through virtual internships
Alpha Education
Learning experience platform and interactive environment for educational organizations
Balam
Platform for effective interaction between kindergartens and parents
FunCode
Web platform to study programming from scratch in interactive game format, with the instant application of theory in practice.
GoCrowd
Investment and loan crowdfunding platform for small and medium-sized businesses
Listva
Asian IT Talent Network
bobo app
Online simulator to prepare for the UNT
KazEcoTech
Energy-saving boiler for heating systems
Kale
Corporate wellbeing robot for employee development and retention
SULU.LIFE
Booking system for beauty salons and individual masters
beam.kz
Platform for automation of cooperation between employers and educational institutions
15 minute mentoring
A platform that makes it easy to connect with experienced mentors on the topics of career choice, career change, and employment
Dain
A platform where surveys are conducted, communications are conducted internally, and proven international practices are implemented
razum.is
An online platform where anyone can get expert advice to solve their problems
Aibomed
System for management, development and automation of operational processes of the clinic
Hustle Free
Platform for organizing sports events
Tabys
Profitability management system
Speech Lab
Speech recognition technologies in Kazakh and mixed Russian-Kazakh
Garderob
A platform where people can buy and sell clothes from their personal closet
CodiPlay
An educational solution for learning to program on a smartphone
Smart Grades
Mobile app to increase your child's motivation in different areas: school, tutoring, sports clubs, household chores and healthy habits
Onyx
Ecosystem for computer clubs, cyber athletes and cybersports teams
UvU International
Safe transportation service for children
Oquda
Market Network platform in the industry of recruiting students to foreign universities
Bilimber
Application for preparation for university entrance exams
Vedom
Search for sneakers and detailed information about them
SarqytApp
Application for buying food from restaurants, cafes and shops with discounts up to 80%
Q Bazar
Mobile delivery service products at home
VOCA
Online service for weekend tours by subscription
Recordo.me
Service for searching photos from marathons by start number
Qfit
Service of per-minute payment for visiting fitness clubs
WorkTap.kz
Specialized online services supermarket
BeGame
Internet gaming platform that allows you to play modern computer games from weak computers
Logizi
A mobile platform that helps senders choose a courier company with the best prices and delivery terms
Recruit.ai
Technology for automating the recruiting process based on artificial intelligence
Teachers Lab
A marketplace where teachers can buy, sell or post their own copyrighted teaching materials
Keep it fresh
A mobile platform that helps senders choose a courier company with the best prices and delivery terms
Pilyulya.kz
InDriver for pharmacies. The best drug prices are looking for you
JOISS!
A mobile outlet that allows business entities to sell unsold products and reduce their balances
Q-Vend
An analogue of a vending POS-terminal operating on the basis of a controller that works autonomously without the Internet via a QR code
Crepiks Academy
Interactive and multilingual platform for teaching programming
On-Moms
Online courses to prepare for childbirth without gaps
ReLive Intelligence
Intelligent video analytics platform for industrial enterprises
Aero
Proctoring system to check the presence of a student, the fact of cheating and other activity
Jobster
Online recruitment service for the hotel and restaurant business
Space3D
Scalable industrial 3D printer with high-strength plastic printing
  • AE lab
    Development of monitoring system for dry transformers
  • eGIStik
    GIS service for precision farming
  • Green Laundry
    Self-service laundry with solar collectors
  • 3D Map Laboratory
    Service for digitizing buildings in 3D
  • KOMPRA
    Counterparty verification service
  • MobiGarden
    Autonomous mobile "green" installations"
  • SymSyz
    Indoor navigation system for people with disabilities
  • Electric_Drive
    Electric drive for the automation of mechanical wheelchairs
  • QRmove
    Electronic payment system for public transport
  • 3D Metal Printer
    3D Metal Printer - A high resolution 3D printer that prints metal and costs up to $4,000.
  • Kunde café
    Kunde café - training and employment for adults with special needs.
  • Salemdeme
    Salemdeme is a service that allows you to send parcels to anywhere in the world with the help of fellow travelers.
  • Smart Monkey
    Smart Monkey - educational toys by subscription.
  • Bionics
    Bionics - production on a 3D printer of individual prostheses for children with the absence of an upper limb on a permanent basis (up to 18 years).
  • IZZI
    IZZI is an online booking service for small and medium businesses.
  • Giftsensor
    Giftsensor is a gift selection service based on linguistic and visual analysis of a user's profile in social networks.
Business Accelerator team
Our contacts
Do you have any questions? Please contact us!
quickstart@nu.edu.kz
Glass pavilion of Nazarbayev University,
53 Kabanbay Batyr Ave., Astana