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ITMO Accelerator Winners on Their Virtual Dressing Room Project
This summer, another season came to a close at ITMO Accelerator. At the final Demo Day, the first place went to EasyTry – a startup working on a virtual dressing room for online stores. Thanks to a new algorithm and a proprietary computer vision technology, the team’s app can grab clothes from one photo and transfer them to another. The algorithm doesn’t require any pre-made 3D models or multi-angled photos of the product. We spoke to Daniil Andreev, founder and CEO of EasyTry, about the project’s origins and how the developers overcame challenges to become breakout stars on the market.
08.09.2021
Metrica Founders on How Their Platform Helps Analyze the Market and Make Business Decisions
In 2020, Dmitriy Komarentsev and ITMO graduate Nikolai Golos launched the Metrica analytics service. In this article, Dmitriy talks about how their service facilitates decision-making, what startupers need to know about their competitors, and how the developers plan to enter the European market.
23.08.2021
Microrevolution: On Home-Made Fermentation in the Modern World
Home-made fermented foods and drinks, such as sauerkraut and mushroom tea, have been popular in Russia for the longest time and nowadays, there seems to be a new wave of interest in this topic among young people. In today’s article, we discuss this topic together with Valeriia Sofina, author of the Microrevolucion blog on fermentation.
17.08.2021
ELS Access Co-Founder Evgeny Voronin on Shared Parking
In July, ELS Access, a startup that supports shared parking spaces, became a runner-up at ITMO Accelerator. The team proposed an app that allows users to rent parking spaces both short- and long-term. ITMO.NEWS talked to Evgeny Voronin, the head of development at ELS Access, to learn more about shared parking in Russia, the project’s target audience, and their future plans.
13.08.2021
ITMO Accelerator Demo Day: Top Startup Projects From Virtual Fitting Rooms to Sharing Parking Places
As another season at ITMO Accelerator came to an end, the finalists of the program presented their startup projects and plans for their development to an expert board.
22.07.2021
ITMO Student Creates Platform for Finding Team Members for Various Projects
Smart Family is a new service for building teams and exchanging competencies not only between students but also university graduates, Technopark residents, and participants of ITMO Accelerator. The platform already brought together over a hundred people and several startups, including WeGoTrip, ScanFace, BuildDocs, and others.
24.03.2021
SingleStore Founder Nikita Shamgunov on How to Launch a Startup
Nikita Shamgunov, the founder of the SingleStore company and an ITMO University graduate, gave a lecture on building a startup and collaboration with aspiring entrepreneurs at the ITMO Preaccelerator’s Demo Day.
24.02.2021
Demo Day at ITMO Preaccelerator: the Best Projects Presented
In mid-February, ITMO Preaccelerator hosted Demo Day, during which 14 teams presented their projects. Among them were both beginners and already functioning businesses. ITMO.NEWS put together a summary of the presentations.
18.02.2021
Digital Promotion: How to Do It Right
What is the best time to launch a promotional campaign? How do you come up with creative ideas? How to check if they are viable? Evgenii Marchenkov, CEO and co-founder of AdSide Media, an American agency that specializes in mobile app advertising and e-commerce, shared his experience on the topic.
14.01.2021
ITMO Technopark in 2020: Tech Business, New Clubs, and International Cooperation
2020 has been a tough year for business, but life at ITMO Technopark hasn’t stopped: the year was marked by new clubs and platforms, innovative tech projects, international schools and festivals, as well as a record number of applications for ITMO’s Preaccelerator and Accelerator programs. Here’s what happened in the technology business this year.
31.12.2020