Latvia’s CopyMonkey wins Emerge Challenge

Minsk Belarus

Latvian startup CopyMonkey.ai, the creator of an AI-tool for content generation in e-commerce, won Emerge Challenge 2021 ahead of Russia’s Imin, Kazakstan’s CEREBRA North Macedonia’s AirCare and Estonia Enty.

CopyMonkey.ai received an offer of up to €60,000 investments from AngelsBand (Belarus Business Angel Network, Emerge 2021 partners), which said it would also invest €100,000 in ZENOO, a startup that produces freeze-dried raw food for dogs offering various subscription plans.

Emerge 2021 received more than 700 startups applications from 46 countries to participate in the conference. Overall, Emerge 2021 gathered more than 6,500 participants from more than 100 countries online.

Emerge Conference was founded by two young female entrepreneurs, Margo Lazarenkova and Alina Nilsson, and it has been connecting great minds since 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. Last year the conference switched to online.