Event Details
Dear AmCham members,
We are happy to invite you to our next AmCham Panel Discussion on Georgian startups.
This panel will share specific examples of venture-backed startups that are solving problems in ecommerce, logistics and other fields. "Startup" in the panel title is the venture capital meaning relating to ability to achieve very high speed of growth and high scale.
The founders on the panel have raised millions of dollars of seed funding and are growing in markets outside of Georgia. (Our international guest raised one $100M round before he exited)
We also will discuss the general development of the startup "ecosystem" and the current stage.
Speakers:
- Giorgi Tsurtsumia, Payze - Y Combinator graduate growing payment solution for businesses in post-Soviet countries
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgitsurtsumia/
- Vano Chaladze, Cargon - Growing "an innovative online freight forwarding solution, which seamlessly connects shippers to carriers"
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vano-chaladze-b193a471/
- Salim Dhanani, stealth startup - CEO and co-founder of Big Pay, a successfully grown-and-exited digital bank in Malaysia. He lives in Singapore but is choosing Georgia as the location for his new fintech
https://www.linkedin.com/in/salimdhanani/
(former startup https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/bigpay-raises-up-to-us100m-to-further-establish-itself-as-the-leading-challenger-bank-in-sea#gsc.tab=0)
- Nato Chakvetadze - Nato has been working with the Georgian startup ecosystem for years, in diverse roles with the former president's administration, Ilia State University, and 500 Startups/500 Global.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nato-chakvetadze-47405039/
- Colin M. Donohue (moderator) - Helped develop the Georgian startup ecosystem for the past 7 years, bridging Georgian startups to the world.
