Red Team Accelerator
An expert centre for technology entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem development in Central Asia and the South Caucasus
Growing founders. Strengthening ecosystems.
Winner of the CEVF Awards 2026 for Best Startup Support Program in Central Asia
Growing founders. Strengthening ecosystems.
Winner of the CEVF Awards 2026 for Best Startup Support Program in Central Asia
A founders-first accelerator
Our programmes put founders first: their ability to make decisions, adapt to uncertainty and scale their businesses.
We believe strong founders build strong companies, and strong companies create resilient ecosystems.
We believe strong founders build strong companies, and strong companies create resilient ecosystems.
Some of the region’s strongest experts
on the Red Team Accelerator team
on the Red Team Accelerator team
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Evgeny Frolov- Founder of Red Team Accelerator
- In the acceleration and startup industry since 2016
- Programme lead for Google for Startups Silkway Accelerator and AI’preneurs at Astana Hub
- Worked with 1000+ startups and entrepreneurs from Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the CIS
- Led more than 30 acceleration and incubation programmes
- Expert in startup growth coaching, founder development and startup ecosystem development
- Worked with Astana Hub, NURIS, MOST, DEX Innovation Center (Czech Republic) and MAICT (Moldova)
- Project geography: Central Asia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the CIS
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Nikolay Tyan- Partner at Red Team Accelerator
- In the startup and acceleration industry since 2018
- Lead startup growth coach and programme lead for Google for Startups Silkway Accelerator, Startup Garage, AI’preneurs, NURIS Quick Start and Terricon Valley
- Worked with more than 300 projects and analysed 1000+ startups from Central Asia, Mongolia and the Caucasus
- Specialises in startup growth coaching, customer development and startup scaling
- Worked with projects in AI, SaaS, marketplaces, EdTech, manufacturing and B2B tech
- Helped startups enter Uzbekistan, MENA and US markets
- Project geography: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Mongolia
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Oleg Zhumakhanov- Serial entrepreneur with 25 years of experience building companies
- One of the leading startup growth coaches in the CIS, combining startup growth coaching with the Natural Approach.
- Lead startup growth coach at IIDF (2015 - 2021);
- Programme lead at Google for Startups Silkway Accelerator 2023;
- Startup growth coach at HSE{inc}, the Higher School of Economics Business Incubator;
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Levan Kavtaradze● In venture capital since 2007
● Investment Director of the international publicly listed fund TMT Investments Plc 100+ investments, 4 unicorns in the portfolio
● Angel investor, advisor and educator
● Co-founder of VIUM VC business school
● Completed 50+ venture capital deals worth tens of millions of USD
● Deal geography: USA, UK, EU, Central Asia and the CIS
Who we work with:
- We deliver business development programmes for startup founders whose companies are growing and ready to scale.
- Large companies seeking to develop corporate entrepreneurship or find synergies with innovative solutions on the market.
- We work across the startup ecosystem, delivering leading acceleration programmes and training startup growth coaches, angel investors and venture capital funds.
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Our products
We focus on supporting entrepreneurs and the startup ecosystem
- business growth and scaling programmes for ambitious entrepreneurs
- for startup founders planning to raise investment within 3-6 months
- We train aspiring startup growth coaches and professionals who want to deepen their practice and become programme leads
- We also work individually with entrepreneurs and their teams towards their goals
Organisations that trust our experts
Evgeny Frolov, CEO of Red Team Accelerator, shares his views on entrepreneurship, regional development, the startup growth coaching methodology and acceleration programmes.
Key points:
Key points:
- entrepreneurship is an act of creation, so the founder is the source of everything in their business
- our brain works against us, even though it cannot quit this “job”;
- a good startup growth coach must maintain a private practice alongside their work in accelerators;
- a founder is forced to remain in a constant state of schizophrenia to survive.
Umed Rakhimov’s podcast
This episode’s guest is the founder of Red Team Accelerator, an acceleration programme lead and startup growth coach with 7 years of experience, who has worked across all 5 Silkway Accelerator cohorts in partnership with Google for Startups.
The “Red Team” concept
The concepts of “red teaming” and “blue teaming” originated in the military and were formulated in the 1960s to train combat units in offensive and defensive operations.
The approach was later adopted by cybersecurity, where it describes a team of “ethical hackers” working with a client’s information security staff. A Red Team identifies vulnerabilities in a company’s IT infrastructure and works with the client’s IT team to develop a defence strategy and a list of actions to address those vulnerabilities.
The concept of red teaming captures our approach to working with startups. When founders build businesses under extreme uncertainty, they are exposed to many cognitive biases. By combining a product approach, startup growth coaching methodologies and a coaching mindset, we identify vulnerabilities in a founder’s vision, business model, product, team and communication with customers and partners. By “hacking” the founder, we reshape the startup into a more resilient and competitive business with ambitious goals and prospects.
The approach was later adopted by cybersecurity, where it describes a team of “ethical hackers” working with a client’s information security staff. A Red Team identifies vulnerabilities in a company’s IT infrastructure and works with the client’s IT team to develop a defence strategy and a list of actions to address those vulnerabilities.
The concept of red teaming captures our approach to working with startups. When founders build businesses under extreme uncertainty, they are exposed to many cognitive biases. By combining a product approach, startup growth coaching methodologies and a coaching mindset, we identify vulnerabilities in a founder’s vision, business model, product, team and communication with customers and partners. By “hacking” the founder, we reshape the startup into a more resilient and competitive business with ambitious goals and prospects.
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