tashkent feb 22 reuters  iman an uzbek company providing buy now pay later services compliant with islamic finance rules has raised over 1 million from a group of venture capital investors aiming to grow in central asias most populous nation the former soviet republics underdeveloped fintech market has attracted the attention of foreign players such as georgias largest banking group tbc bank which has set up a digital bank in the country of 35 million imans founders say they want to capitalise on the strong preference for halal products among uzbekistans predominantly muslim population and then replicate the business model in other countries such as pakistan our concept is building a halal klarna iman founder and chief financial officer mark zubov said referring to a swedish fintech firm investors in the seed round included battery road digital holdings myasiavc le merciers capital block0 and vector crypto capital iman said reporting by mukhammadsharif mamatkulov additional reporting by olzhas auyezov in almaty editing by jason neely