Giorgi Tskhovrebadze

Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
Tskhovrebadze in 2018
Born (1999-02-23) February 23, 1999
Nationality Georgian
Education Ecole polytechnique
Occupation Entrepreneur, Computer programmer
Years active 2012-present
Known for Chief Executive Officer at RehabGlove, Co-creator of Wild Ones Remake
Website giorgi-tskhovrebadze.com

Giorgi Tskhovrebadze (Georgian: გიორგი ცხოვრებაძე; born February 23, 1999) is a Georgian Entrepreneur and a computer programmer. He is a co-founder of RehabGlove, and currently operates as a chief executive officer[1][2]. He is also co-creator of a popular videogame Wild Ones Remake[3].

Ecole polytechnique wrote a profile about Tskhovrebadze in their 2017 Annual Report[4]

Early life

Tskhovrebadze was introduced to computer programming in 2009, when he started studying at Information Technology Centre "Mziuri". After studying for 3 years, he continued learning programming languages like C#, ActionScript 3, on his own and started creating games and applications for mobile Bada OS before joining Stick Run team in 2012. Tskhovrebadze graduated from Komarovi Physics and Mathematics High School in 2016 in Tbilisi[5], and enrolled at Ecole polytechnique Bachelor program in 2017.

Career

Video Games

In 2012, Giorgi became one of the designers of popular Facebook game Stick Run, which now has over 50 million players[6]. After leaving Stick Run Team in 2013, he stated creating games for Facebook Platform, one of the games being Fly and Smash, which had half a million players and over 400,000 likes on Facebook[7].

In 2016, Giorgi and Tunisian programmers Ahmed Selmi and Iyed Ben Hadj Dahmen, recreated a videogame Wild Ones Remake, which quickly caught attention of players. Wild Ones Remake has over a million players and is now listed in Facebook's Top Role-playing video games category[8].

RehabGlove

Giorgi Tskhovrebadze is a chief executive officer at RehabGlove. Giorgi founded the startup with his brother, Dimitri Tskhovrebadze, in 2016. RehabGlove is a startup, which is creating exo-skeletons for stroke rehabilitation. After founding the company, RehabGlove has received multiple awards and recognition by companies like Microsoft and Seedstars. Microsoft has named RehabGlove "The Best Innovation in CEE & Central Asia regions" at Seedstars Regional Summit in Kyiv, Ukraine[9][10]. Seedstars named RehabGlove as "Georgia's most promising startup"[11][12].

In February, 2017, RehabGlove was presented at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and got selected in top 10 startups[13][14][15].

In April, 2018, RehabGlove was presented at the Seedstars World Summit in Switzerland[16].

References

  1. ↑ (Georgian)Winner of the Seedstars Tbilisi is announced.. Marketer. Retrieved September 20, 2017
  2. ↑ RehabGlove Official Website
  3. ↑ Wild Ones Remake Developers. Wild Ones Remake Website.
  4. ↑ Ecole Polytechnique 2017 Annual Report. A glove against hand paralysis. Retrieved July 26, 2018
  5. ↑ (Georgian) Virtual Reality as a means of rehabilitation. Sputnik Georgia. Retrieved April 5, 2017
  6. ↑ (German)Mit "Stick run" zum Jungunternehmer. OVB-Online. Retrieved August 21, 2013
  7. ↑ Fly and Smash likes counter. Facebook. Retrieved February 11, 2018
  8. ↑ Top Role-Playing games on Facebook.Facebook. Retrieved February 11, 2018
  9. ↑ What happened at CEE regional summit in Kyiv. Seedstars. Retrieved December 13, 2017
  10. ↑ Meet the Rockstart Digital Health 2018 startups who will bring innovation through empowerment. Startup Juncture. Retrieved August 12, 2018
  11. ↑ RehabGlove named Georgia's most promising startup at SeedstarsTbilisi. Seedstars. Retrieved September 21, 2017
  12. ↑ Rockstart announces the 10 new startups in the Digital Health 2018 program. Silicon Canals. Retrieved August 12, 2018
  13. ↑ Georgian startups among top inventions at leading tech congress. Agenda. Retrieved March 8, 2017
  14. ↑ RehabGlove and Treepex Rank Top Ten at Mobile World Congress. Georgia Today. Retrieved March 8, 2017
  15. ↑ (Georgian)Georgian Innovators on Mobile World Congress. Rustavi 2 Archive. Retrieved March 14, 2017
  16. ↑ Discover 65 finalist startups that are in competition for 2018 Seedstars Summit. Seedstars. Retrieved February 5, 2018
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