StartUp Sabantuy! – a new project of it-Park

Kazan it-Park with participation of investment Fund Runa Capital announces the launch of a new project — StartUp Sabantuy! From mid-may to mid-June of this year, the team of experts of the Kazan it-Park will pass through all capitals of the Volga Federal district (13 cities — Izhevsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Cheboksary, Nizhny Novgorod, Saransk, Penza, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Kirov, Perm, Ufa, Orenburg, Saratov) in search of prospective it-startups.



Each city will be Elevator-pitches, at the end of the project-winners will receive invitations to the final DemoDay Kazan it-Park, where they will be evaluated by specially invited experts, they — potential investors: representatives of large investment funds – numerous friends and partners of the it-Park in the first place, experts of Fund Runa Capital.
Deputy Director of it-Park Ramil Ibragimov (curated by Business incubator): "on Friday the 13th of April of this year took place on the 6th selection for the right placement in the Business incubator of it-Park, which was attended by 117 projects from 13 cities of Russia and Ukraine: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Donetsk, Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Izhevsk, Ulyanovsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny. Interest in it-Park high, and we decided to take a proactive approach themselves to go to the regions to find interesting projects that could successfully integrate into the it ecosystem of Tatarstan.
We already have a number of positive examples is the same Real Speaker project from Yoshkar-Ola, who, being in the Business incubator of it-Park with a very raw project in just six months, with our help has made a huge leap forward became a resident of SKOLKOVO, has won in several competitions, won several grants, initiated the procedure for obtaining a patent in the United States, has received large-scale expert support from a significant number of mentors representing leading investment funds, currently in the final stage of negotiation with a potential investor, plus, the decision of the expert Committee, the project was among the first 10 startups that Kazan it-Park in may this year sends to the technological internship in Silicon valley. The minimum goal for the project StartUp Sabantuy! find 13 real Speakers, one in each city. Plus we with great desire is ready to share with our neighbors experience on the establishment of a fully functioning it ecosystem".
In some cities, the team of experts of the it-Park will be joined by colleagues from the investment Fund Runa Capital. This is not the first project where the interests of the it Park and Runa Capital are the same. In March of this year, Kazan hosted the forum of the heads of 22 of the world's leading investment funds with a total portfolio of managed assets in the industry more than $ 20 billion. "Runa VC off-site meeting", initiator of which was made by Runa Capital. A resident of the Business incubator of it-Park is Ulyanovsk startup Ecwid, which Runa Capital recently invested $ 1.5 million. Experts of Fund Runa Capital regularly provide expert support for the Kazan start-UPS.
Ramil Ibragimov: "many of the name of the project – StartUp Sabantuy! – can raise a smile. In choosing the name, we focused on our Finnish friends from Aalto Venture Garage the creators project StartUpSauna. They have chosen the "sauna" as the world's most famous Finnish brand. What is associated with Tatarstan is better than Sabantuy? Plus Sabantui in itself is a great holiday that is eagerly awaited every year the Tatars, living all over the world.
By the way, our DemoDay we are planning to spend just before real Sabantui, which will be held in Kazan in late June, and we are sure the next day will give the participants a real treat to those who come to us were able to evaluate not only the it ecosystem, but also to understand that Tatarstan is a great place to live. By the way, our friends from Aalto Venture Garage seriously interested in the idea of the StartUp Sabantuy! and ready 3 the most powerful of the project, which will be held interviews with their experts to invite to a 6-week intensive course in Helsinki in the business incubator Aalto Venture Garage.
StartUp Sabantuy! starts may 11 in Izhevsk. All details and registration at: www.startupsabantuy.com

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