The second contest selection of start-ups for location in Business incubator to be held in IT-park

The second contest selection of start-ups for location in Business incubator will be held on June 8 in technopark in the sphere of high technologies “IT-park”. Applications have been received since the beginning of May. Now 20 young IT companies that will present their projects to expert commission claim for location in IT-park.

The expert group is comprised of representatives of IT business – «Softline» Director for investments Elena Alekseevna, «Softline» Deputy director for investments Vladimir Tarkhanov, Manager of «СОО of Uvenco Holding», Director for development of «Ritzio Group», Managing partner of Runa Capital Dmitri Chikhaev, Co-founder and head of Greenfield-Project Renat Garipov, Deputy PM –Minister of info and communications Nikolai Nikiforov and Director of GAU “Technopark in the sphere of high technologies “IT-park” Dinar Nasyrov.

First contest selection of start-up projects was held in April. New eleven IT-companies introduced presentations and business plans of their innovative projects to expert group. Five of them gained working places in business incubator - “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).

Information:

Business incubator was opened on April 26, 2011. It occupies 980 m² on the third floor of IT-park and is meant for 120 working places. Six equipped working places with centralized secretariat in business incubator, accounting, legal, consulting and project management services are granted to the residents. The price for location of one team in business incubator for first year of work on the project makes 6 000 roubles. Maximum possible period of location is 3 years. Presence of investor is a compulsory term for making application to business incubator.