Uzum

Uzum runs Uzbekistan's largest digital ecosystem: an online marketplace with its own fulfilment network, the digital bank Uzum Bank, instalment credit (Uzum Nasiya), express delivery (Uzum Tezkor), a car marketplace and services for sellers. It was founded in Tashkent in 2022 by Djasur Djumaev with co-founders Nikolay Seleznev and Roman Lavrentyev, absorbing the Apelsin bank app and Paymart. More than 17 million people use it each month. It became Uzbekistan's first tech unicorn with a Series A in March 2024, raised equity from Tencent and VR Capital in 2025 and a strategic investment led by Omani sovereign entities in 2026, and reported a $176 million net profit for 2025. Its founder has said it plans to list within two to three years.