20-year-old Uzbek attracts $500,000 and launches a startup in Silicon Valley

Bakhodir from Bukhara moved to San Francisco at the age of 20 and attracted half a million dollars for his startup

A native of Bukhara, Bakhodir became interested in programming from adolescence: from the first program in Pascal to creating a Telegram bot at the age of 16, which attracted the attention of startup programs.

At the age of 14, he moved to Tashkent to study robotics, web development and programming. Later, training and work at IBM in Poland helped him prepare for the international startup scene, but the goal always remained Silicon Valley.

Through the X platform, Bakhodir became acquainted with the global ecosystem of startups and investors, where he noted equal opportunities regardless of geography. Today, his company creates monetization tools for application developers and messenger bots, helping to overcome a new challenge — turning a product into revenue.

The $500,000 pre-seed round took place after one call with an investor, the CEO of Whop, who believed in the idea and the founder's personality. Bakhodir notes that at an early stage, it is the personality of the entrepreneur that most often determines the investment decision, and not the business indicators.