June 15 is the deadline of accepting applications for Web Ready, Russia's largest startup competition in Internet and mobile technologies. Since 2014, the project is also the IT-track of the program of the federal contest, the accelerator GenerationS. ITMO University acts as an information partner of the project.
A series of activities will be launched in July, 2014. The final will be held on October, 8.
Russian Venture Company (RVC) and Moscow Innovation Development Centre are organizers of the program GenerationS.
Partners of the IT-track include "Skolkovo" Fund, the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) and the Business Incubator Ingria.
Young entrepreneurs and developers of start-up projects in various scopes of information technologies are invited to participate in the contest Web Ready. The contest is held in three categories:
- Seed: projects during the start;
- Sturtup: projects in the stage of monetization;
- Growth: success stories.
Moreover, the EMC company has established a special nomination for startups in cloud technologies, Big Data and software (SaaS).
The best projects will receive grants for business development. The jury includes representatives of venture capital funds and investment companies, successful entrepreneurs, top managers of the leading IT companies of Russia.
The Expert Council will select 80 best projects, which will be able to take part in the acceleration program and to reach the final of the Web Ready contest.
Activities of the accelerator:
- educational program of the representatives of the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF);
- mentoring session Weekend Activity;
- work with the mentorsof the program;
- investment forum Web Ready:
- presentation of competitive start-up projects to the experts and investors during the Demo Days;
You can find detailed information on the official website of Web Ready.