Samarkand's Bonu reaches 10,000 downloads for its 3D cake-ordering app

Bonu, a cake-ordering app from Samarkand, has reached more than 10,000 downloads within weeks of launch. The app also moved ahead of larger players in Uzbek foodtech in the App Store charts.

The app is a 3D cake builder. Users pick the shape, choose the filling and add decor, then place an order. Delivery takes 3 hours. That is the part the team focused on: cakes on demand, not the ready-meal delivery that dominates the market.

A team of 7 people from Samarkand built Bonu. They started without outside money. The startup now reports hundreds of orders and is in talks with venture funds. It operates in Tashkent and Samarkand.

The team says more cities are next. No funding figures, investors or dates were given in the source.