Events and recognition
Project presentations, team awards and development programmes.
Upcoming presentation
Mink · Startup School 4 Demo Day
Mink is a Startup School 4 finalist. It is scheduled to present at Demo Day in Baku on October 31, 2026, held alongside TEI Forum.
CAERC · Official announcement ↗Upcoming presentation
VRGO · Startup School 4 Demo Day
VRGO is a Startup School 4 finalist. It is scheduled to present at Demo Day in Baku on October 31, 2026, held alongside TEI Forum.
CAERC · Official announcement ↗Team achievement
ABAS · UNEC 2nd Student Startup Competition
The project won the UNEC 2nd Student Startup Competition. Winners were announced on October 9, 2026. Matin Mehdi is its idea originator and a team member.
Team achievement
Komandam · UNEC 2nd Student Startup Competition
The project won the UNEC 2nd Student Startup Competition. Winners were announced on October 9, 2026. Matin Mehdi is its idea originator and a team member.
Festival presentation
100th Agribusiness Festival · Aghdam
At the 100th Anniversary Agribusiness Festival in Aghdam, UNEC students presented the AgroEye-Bot robot, the VRGO VR platform and the Bərəkət mobile app. With a teammate, Matin Mehdi presented VRGO to Minister of Agriculture Majnun Mammadov and Special Representative of the President Emin Huseynov.
UNEC ↗Exhibition
ADEX 2026
At the 6th Azerbaijan International Defence Exhibition at Baku Expo Center, Matin Mehdi presented his Dəmirbilək project in the University – Defence Industry Cooperation Zone. The UNEC stand also showed the Smart Air Fuel Optimizer and SpiderScout AI projects.
UNEC ↗Forum
AIIF 2026 · International Investment Forum
At the 2nd Azerbaijan International Investment Forum at Baku Convention Center, three innovative UNEC student projects were presented, including the AgroEye-Bot robot and the VRGO VR platform. At the forum exhibition Matin Mehdi presented AgroEye-Bot, a livestock monitoring system combining computer vision with real-time sensor diagnostics.
UNEC Rector · Facebook ↗Team achievement
GameTech Bootcamp · Best Code
The UNECom team, including Matin Mehdi, won the Best Code category and a USD 2,000 prize at the GameTech Bootcamp hackathon in Baku. 91 teams applied and 16 reached the final.
UNEC ↗Team achievement
Enactus Azerbaijan · 2nd place
UNEC placed second among 24 universities at the Enactus Azerbaijan 2026 National Competition and earned a place at the Enactus World Cup 2026 in Brazil. In the final the team presented Pinpoint and Smart Helmet. Matin Mehdi is a team member.
UNEC ↗Team achievement
Farm2Tour · VRGO · 1st place
The UNECom team won the 36-hour Farm2Tour agritourism hackathon in Guba with VRGO and earned direct entry to Startup School 4. Team: Sardar Soltanzada, Matin Mehdi, Aslan Musayev, Salminaz Orucova and Nigar Azizova. Matin Mehdi is VRGO’s co-founder and CTO.
UNEC ↗Team achievement
GreenTech III · 1st place
The Ecob team, including Matin Mehdi, won first place in the Inclusive and Social Innovations category at GreenTech III in Ganja. 100 teams took part.
UNEC ↗Development programme
VRGO · UNEC incubation
The project was admitted to UNEC incubation and received a cash award. Matin Mehdi is its co-founder and CTO.
Development programme
PinPoint · UNEC incubation
The project was admitted to UNEC incubation and received a cash award. Matin Mehdi is its co-founder and CTO.
Development programme
AgroEye-Bot · UNEC incubation
The project led by Matin Mehdi participated in UNEC incubation and received a cash award.
Further project updates and activities on LinkedIn. LinkedIn ↗
Competitions and development programmes
- October 9, 2026
ABAS · UNEC 2nd Student Startup Competition
Winning project · Matin Mehdi is the idea originator and a team member
- October 9, 2026
Komandam · UNEC 2nd Student Startup Competition
Winning project · Matin Mehdi is the idea originator and a team member
- 2026
AgroEye-Bot · UNEC incubation
Project lead · Cash award received
- April 24, 2026Source ↗
GreenTech III · 1st place
Ecob team · Inclusive and Social Innovations category · Ganja
- September 9–11, 2026Source ↗
GameTech Bootcamp · Best Code winner
UNECom team · USD 2,000 team prize
- August 28, 2026Source ↗
Enactus Azerbaijan · 2nd place
UNEC team · Qualified for the Enactus World Cup 2026 in Brazil
- May 2026Source ↗
Farm2Tour Hackathon · 1st place
VRGO · UNECom team · Matin Mehdi is co-founder and CTO
- 2026
VRGO · UNEC incubation
Co-founder and CTO · Cash award received
- 2026
PinPoint · UNEC incubation
Co-founder and CTO · Cash award received
- October 31, 2026Source ↗
Mink · Startup School 4 Demo Day
Accepted to Demo Day · Upcoming presentation alongside TEI Forum
- October 31, 2026Source ↗
VRGO · Startup School 4 Demo Day
Accepted to Demo Day · Upcoming presentation alongside TEI Forum