Hoff is in the midst of digital transformation; innovation has always been and is in the focus of attention for us. Thanks to scouting of technology companies by the GoTech Innovation team, we were able to find innovative solutions for further cooperation to improve the customer experience through digitalization and increase internal efficiency through process automation. I was impressed by the TechScout platform – a convenient tool for collecting applications from startups and the subsequent work of experts. Ahead is the launch of joint pilots with the teams we have chosen.

Programs for innovative teams within the framework of RITA are a completely new format for large business cooperation. We were not only able to select many technological solutions for implementation, but also got a unique opportunity to exchange experience and expertise between partners in the process. GoTech Innovation managed to collect almost 600 technological solutions applicable to the business processes of the alliance partners. We were pleased with the high level of most of the participants, it was difficult to choose the finalists, in the end, we were able to select solutions that meet our strategic objectives in the development of a seamless online and in-store shopping experience. We are now preparing to launch several pilots with startups that we found thanks to GoTech – for example, in the field of financial services and expanding value-added services for our customers. To improve the experience of our customers in physical stores, eliminating the need to waste time in lines, we began working with a startup that developed a solution to scan and pay for goods using a smartphone without cashiers.

The GoTech Innovation team carried out a large-scale scouting, providing us with a funnel of technological solutions from more than 700 ready-made projects. Now we have already held several effective individual meetings with the finalists and are planning to develop our further cooperation.

Despite the different level of projects, the finalists turned out to be strong. We chose the really best ones and did not select according to the residual principle.

I was pleased with the positive attitude of foreign startups to the Russian market. Those who have already worked in our country described their experience as positive, the rest mentioned that they were ready to adapt and did not see this as a problem.

We’ve always taken GoTech as a two-way channel through which you can access interesting projects, and deliver them information about our opportunities. In 2017, just six months after the launch of FunCubator, we got access to dozens of companies of our technological focus and stage. FunCubator nomination the following year was no less effective. We recommend this event to all colleagues who are starting to build a startup pipeline!

We have been cooperating with GoTech Innovation for more than 5 years and each time we remain very satisfied with the results. Thanks to GoTech, a large flow of prospective companies gathers, many of them eventually manage to start piloting their solutions in Finland. Every year the quality of startups is increasing, the GoTech team always completes tasks in time, works flexibly and finds mutually beneficial solutions in any situation

The quality of startups selected by GoTech really stands out. I’m very much impressed.

GoTech Arena is the best startup conference in Russia. The atmosphere is as always turbulent as a startup world itself.

GoTech brings together investors and startups from the idea stage to the growth stage, from apps to very deep tech. GoTech Arena – very vibrant, lots of interested people.

Due to our partnership with GoTech in 2018 Rostelecom has started negotiation with 25 startups!