In anticipation of the big event StartUp Village, a model networking session was held in the Hypercube yesterday for investors interested in Skolkovo residents from the biomedical and energy-efficient technologies clusters.
The Skolkovo Fund's investment director, Edward Kanalosh, commented on the preliminary results and shared his impressions about the quality of the networking taking place with investors. At the beginning of a short interview, Edward Kanalosh, found it necessary to clarify that this was not a pitch, but rather about a "shuttle session" for the investment community. The Skolkovo Fund's investment director clarified the meaning of this term, saying: "We are delivering startups to the doorsteps of investors, as it were."
Yesterday, 20 investors came to the session in Hypercube, of which 12 were interested in opportunities in the energy-efficiency cluster, and 8 were more interested in the prospects of investment in biomedical technology.
Commenting on the composition of the investors at yesterday's shuttle session, Kanalosh said they represented companies or private investors who currently have the necessary financial resources, that is, a high degree of readiness for making an investment. Additionally, corporate, portfolio and individual investors all participated in the session, and this diversification of investors, Kanalosh said, was especially noticeable at the sessions of the energy-efficient technologies cluster.
"Some investment companies have left positive feedback on our shuttle session” The fund's investment director said. “All really used this time very, very well; the company yesterday was very sociable, and we all saw a classic example of networking when investors are not idle even a minute, but rather are constantly communicating with startups."
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