Business incubator for 120 working places to open in IT-park

On April, 26 a solemn ceremony of opening businees incubator and handing certificates to its first five residents will be held on April, 26. RF Minister of communications and mass media Igor Shegolev and RT President Rustam Minnikhanov are to participate in the event.

The program of visit also includes review of data-centre, business-hotel and offices of resident companies.

First contest selection of start-up projects to be located in business incubator was held in technopark in the sphere of high technologies “IT-park” on April, 18. New eleven IT-companies introduced presentations and business plans of their innovative projects to expert group

The expert group consisted of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov, Director of GAU “Technopark in the sphere of high technologies “IT-park” Dinar Nasyrov, Director of group of companies “BARS group” Timur Akhmerov, Head of “Ernst & Young” company office in Kazan Airat Kaveev, Director-general of ZAO MetaQuotes Software Renat Fatkhullin.

According to experts’ decision five start-ups presenting the most interesting and perspective projects were chosen, - company “Effektivno.rf” (automated model of assessing municipal employees), “SpeakTo” (audio service for distant learning), “Avtodoria” (the system of controlling observance of traffic regulations), “10tracks.ru” (the system of keeping and distribution of musical content), “Plusner” (internet service for sending messages).

Six equipped working places with centralized secretariat in business incubator, accounting, legal, consulting and project management services will be granted to the winners.

The next contest selection of potential residents will be held on May,28 in IT-park.

Business incubator of Technopark in the sphere of high technologies “IT-park’ is a business platform for support and development of perspective IT projects of start-ups and their promotion at external market.

First-priority purposes of business incubator are creation of favorable conditions for developing projects of minor IT-companies, creation of site for open interaction among start-ups and exchange of information and, as a result, creation of new competitive production in IT sector.

The main purpose of business incubator is rendering help in development of minor IT-companies via complex help including registration of a company, legal, accounting, consulting services, training, searching of investors and possibility to promote production at the market.