During its third stage Russian Startup Tour covered four Russian towns of Nizhniy Novgorod, Astrakhan, Rostov-on-Don, and Kaluga in four days April 16-19, 2013.
A group of experts and mentors from development institutes traveled over 3500 kilometers in four days to meet with young entrepreneurs and startup owners in the Russian regions.
The turnout at the third stage of the Russian StartUp Tour reached 934 participants, among them young entrepreneurs and authors of innovative projects.
42 innovative projects were presented to the group of experts and mentors from development institutes in the four towns. The number of applications during the third stage of the Russian Startup Tour reached 200.
Majority of projects proposed at the third stage of the Russian Startup Tour relate to the IT and business solutions (27) and instrument engineering (8) sectors. Healthcare and education, energy and automotive, food industry and agriculture were among sectors of interest for the submitted projects.
The overall volume of investment requested by the young entrepreneurs reached over 700 million rubles.
During the Russian Startup Tour events experts and mentors from the development institutes presented more than 60 reports, speeches, and lectures in the 4 towns and addressed more than 130 questions.
More than 24 hours were dedicated to consulting, coaching, and answering questions of anyone interested in getting an expert advice or a recommendation on how to develop and promote a project.
Event producers: Skolkovo Foundation, Zvorkinskiy project, RVK
Partners: Foundation of Development Assistance to Small Enterprises in Science and Technology, Skolkovo MBA, Skolkovo entrepreneurship community, Skolkovo Institute for Science and Technology (Skoltech), VTB Capital, Technopark Skolkovo, Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRRO), Finland’s leading business accelerator Startup Sauna, Federal university competition for technological projects “Kubok Technovazij.”
Support provided by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation, and Federal Agency for Youth Development.
On April 25 experts from the road show Russian StartUp Tour will meet with Belgorod entrepreneurs. April 29 will be the last stop of the Russian StartUp Tour in the 15th town of Kaliningrad.