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STARTUPC r e a t e . I n s p i r e . T r e n d .

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It’s all about the spark. The spark of creativity. Innovation. Entrepreneurship. The flash of inspiration that fosters new technologies, changes mindsets, and transforms economies. Welcome to Startup Village, Russia’s catalyst for change. Create. Inspire. Trend.

Only in its third year and yet alreadya fixture on the European startupcalendar, Startup Village matchesinvestors with innovators in an open-airfestival of entrepreneurship. Heldover two summer days at the SkolkovoHypercube, Startup Village incorporateslively debates, interactive startupexhibitions, and the startuppitch sessions - the culminationof the Russian Startup Tour that sees the top innovators receive funding and the chance to become Skolkovo residents.

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Startup Village is a key initiative of the Skolkovo Foundation – a non-profit set up to create an ecosystem of innovation in Russia and integrate it into the global innovation process. Startup Village brings together startup communities from across Russia and neighboring countries.

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This is achieved with the help of the Russian Startup Tour. The Skolkovo team seeks out pock-ets of talent from around the country and brings the best budding entrepreneurs to Moscow for the Startup Village. Previous years have shown this two-pronged approach to be quite effective. Some of Skolkovo’s most successful startups have come from outside the big cities.

Few events can unlock the potential in Russia’s startup community in the way that Startup Village can.

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RUSSIAN STARTUP TOUR

FACTS AND FIGURES

The Russian StartupTour is held fromFebruary throughApril and takes inall of Russia’s majorpopulation centers.Enterprises fromsurrounding provincestravel to regional hubsto take part, leavingfew corners of thisvast countryuntapped.The goal is to developregional startupcommunities by givingall stakeholders –from investors to civilservants and research institutes – the tools they need to commercialize theirideas.

10 cities

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22 cities

3,000 participants

200 pitches

300 invitations for startups to join a specialist event that nurtures young entrepreneurs

15 cities

5,000 participants

150 invitations for startups to participate in the Startup Village

27 cities

8,900 participants

450 projects got through expert assessment

87 finalists invited to participate in Startup Village pitch contest

The Russian Startup Tour is thecountry’s biggest project to findand nurture fledgling companieswith potentially game-changinginnovations.

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RUSSIAN STARTUP TOUR-2015 ROUTE

FEBRUARYRostov-on-DonTomskN.Novgorod

3-4 11-12 17-18

MARCHKazanEkaterinburgAstana, KazakhstanSt. Petersburg

3-4 11-12 17-1825-26

APRILVladivostokKrasnoyarskMinsk, BelarusUfaMoscow region

2-3 6-7

14-1722-1329-30

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The Russian Startup Tour will be held in 12 major cities from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, giving the chance to startups from the surrounding provinces to take part.

St. Petersburg

Moscow region

Rostov-on-Don

Nizhny Novgorod

Kazan

Ufa VladivostokKrasnoyarskEkaterinburg Tomsk

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A total of

10,000

participants

2,000 startups

500 investors

from more than 40 countries and over 60 Russian regions.

The third annual Startup Village will take place at the Skolkovo Hypercube on June 2-3, 2015.

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“THE STARTUP VILLAGE IS HELD IN AN ATMOSPHERE THAT GETS WARMER BY THE

YEAR. OVER THESE DAYS, THE STARTUP VILLAGE WAS ATTENDED BY NEARLY 10,000

PARTICIPANTS FROM 27 CITIES. THIS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE INDEED. WE HOPE THAT

ALL THE STARTUPS WILL FIND THEIR INVESTORS AND BEGIN OPERATIONS”

Address by Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Prime Minister

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1Where startups mingle with investors and big business.

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Where startups pitch to investors; where innovators learn the realities of the market they hope to enter.

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3Where the country’s top 20 startups are determined, with the top three winning grants to develop their innovations.

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Where innovative entrepreneurship is promoted as a way of life as much in the big cities as out in the provinces; and innovators learn about the public and private financing available to small enterprises.

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5Where the gurus of technology entrepreneurship hold special master-classes, lectures, and are open for one-on-one conversations.


SPEAKERS AT STARTUP VILLAGE 2014M

aster-classes and individual training from

the leaders of the global investm

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2014

HAJE JAN KAMPS, Founder, Triggertrap

ALESSANDROCURIONI, Department Head,IBM Fellow

PETER VESTERBACKA, Co-founder, Rovio Mobile

NATALYAKASPERSKY, Founder and CEO, InfoWatchGroup of Companies.Co-founder,Kaspersky Lab.

SAKU TUOMINEN, Founder&CEO, Dreamdo


“THIS IS WHY THE STARTUP VILLAGE

WAS SET UP: TO HELP YOU GET

IN MOTION AND SUCCESSFULLY

DEVELOP IN THE FIELD OF

INNOVATION!“

“TODAY WE ARE AT THE STARTUP VILLAGE.

WE ARE PREPARED TO INTERACT AND

COLLABORATE. THIS IS A FANTASTIC

OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU CAN USE TO YOUR

ADVANTAGE“

Nikolai Nikiforov Viktor Vekselberg, President of the Skolkovo Foundation

Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation


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STARTUP TEAMS CONTEST

The best 200 startup projects are pre-liminarily selected and shortlisted by a panel of experts. Those that receivethe highest score will have the opportu-nity to compete at the Startup Village by giving a four-minute pitch to a judging panel consisting of professional inves-tors, representativesof the largest Russian and international technological corporations and research institutes.

FOCUS OF PITCH-SESSIONS:

AWARDS AND PRIZES FROM STARTUP VILLAGE ORGANIZERS: 21 FINALISTS

1st Prize

900,000 RUR

2st Prize

600,000 RUR

3st Prize

300,000 RUR

The Digital CommunityEnergy TechnologyHealth OnHigh Manufacturing

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STARTUP BAZAAR

ALL STARTUPS HAVE THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRELIMINARY SELECTION PHASE, WHERE PROJECTS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT STANDS AND BOOTHS OF THE TECHNO BAZAAR.

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Startup Village is attended by government officials and the CEOs of major investment funds. The lack of any separate VIP areas means you can find yourself having coffee with investors and ministers alike. A traditional guest is Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his deputies Igor Shuvalov and Arkady Dvorkovich, as will as ministers Nikolai Nikiforov and Igor Levitin.

COFFEE WITH ANYONE

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“STARTUP VILLAGE HAS DONE IMPORTANT

WORK BY BRINGING TOGETHER STARTUPS

FROM ALL OVER RUSSIA AND INVESTORS AND

MANAGERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD“

“THERE ARE MANY TALENTED RESEARCHERS IN RUSSIA, AND THEIR IDEAS AND

TECHNOLOGIES MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO SAIL OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT MUST

BE TRANSFORMED INTO PRODUCTS AND ONLY THEN FIND THEIR CUSTOMERS IN THE

RUSSIAN AND GLOBAL MARKETS. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF

TECHNOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WHICH BRIDGES SCIENCE AND BUSINESS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO AT SKOLKOVO, IN

PARTICULAR THROUGH EVENTS SUCH AS THE STARTUP VILLAGE, WHERE EVERYONE WHO IS ALREADY A PART OF THE EMERGING RUSSIAN

INNOVATION COMMUNITY CAN MEET AT A SINGLE VENUE“

VLADIMIR FORTOV, PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PETER VESTERBACKA, Creator of Angry Birds


More than 240 venture investors visited the Startup Village in 2014, including: INVESTORS

eventures


350RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN JOURNALISTS

MEDIA COVERAGE

Cumulative TV/radio channels audience – over

50,000,000 people

Cumulative audience – over

10,000,000 people

62 broadcasts, 58 TV interviews, over 100 publications


PARTNERS OF STARTUP VILLAGE

The Startup Village is a superb platform for promoting your company. We are open to approaches from any types of company. If you would like to become a partner, e-mail us at: [email protected].


THE STARTUP VILLAGE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY,

INTERESTING, AND PROFESSIONAL EVENT, WHICH CAN HELP SHED

LIGHT ON HOW COMPANIES WORK, HOW THEY ACHIEVE

SUCCESS, AND HOW LONG AND TEDIOUS THEIR PATHS

HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN FROM STARTUPS TO MAJOR

CORPORATIONS.

THE JAPANESE MARKET HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY

RECEPTIVE, BUT NOW SOME NEW COMPANIES

EMERGE THAT WANT TO ENTER THE EUROPEAN MARKETS. NOW THE IT

MARKET IS OF INTEREST TO US. THAT IS WHY WE

ARE HERE AT THE STARTUP VILLAGE TODAY.

Fuyuki Yamaguchi, Chief Investment Officer at MistletoeEamonn Carey, Huffington post, Journalist investor and advisor


THE STARTUP VILLAGE IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER STARTUP CONFERENCE IN THE WORLD, AND IS THE ONLY CONFERENCE OF THIS SCALE IN RUSSIA

Year after year, the Skolkovo team seeks to create an indelible impression on the visitors of the Startup Village. Our main goal when we are building the site is to create a relaxed atmosphere that best fosters communication among all participants. The open-air startup conference is staged at the site of the future Skolkovo City. The idea is that every visitor can judge the progress of Russia’s first innovation center with their open eyes.


SEE YOU AT THE STARTUP VILLAGE!JUNE 2-3, 2015

SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER,

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

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