GoTech is a consulting firm that connects technology companies with investors and corporations since 2009. Key competencies: scouting around the world, corporate acceleration programs.
GoTech team has been working with startups for more than 10 years. If you want to run a corporate accelerator, prepare to hold a contest, conference, hackathon, pitch-session or any other event, where it comes to startups and technologies – let’s get acquainted, we will be glad to help.
GoTech is a leader in the field of technology scouting. Our funnel numbers more than 10 000 startups from 50 countries and is constantly updated. Experienced team and international partner network allow finding solutions for corporate tasks and startups for investment in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
We use our own TechScout platform to work with startups. Now it is available for wide use. With the help of TechScout, you will be able to collect applications from startups on your website, manage the pipeline, organize the work of experts and monitor the results of the assessment.
For more than 10 years, the GoTech Innovation team has been providing corporations with services for the preparation and implementation of programs for working with technological projects. There are more than 10,000 startups in our pipeline, and in the portfolio, there are more than 50 joint startup programs with partners in Russia, Finland, the Baltic States, France, Austria, Germany, and Latin America. Also we held the largest independent startup contest GoTech and the GoTech Arena forum in Russia and Eastern Europe.
GoTech Innovation is a professional team that helps innovation creators and consumers find each other and start collaborating. Our portfolio includes GoTech and Web Ready contests, the launch and development of the most successful business Incubator in St. Petersburg, the GoTech Arena forum, TechScout platform, over 300 events and programs for startups, investors and corporations.
Irina is engaged in general management of the company, has more than 15 years of experience in marketing, product development, and team management. She has worked in financial and consulting spheres, corporations and small companies since its inception and knows how to turn the idea into a business. Graduated from St. Petersburg State University.
Eugenia is a high-level professional who has experience in managing business processes of the development of high-tech products. With over 10 years of experience in managerial positions in industrial and IT companies, she is a mentor of a number of promising startups. In the team, she is responsible for the development of corporate acceleration programs.
We like working with technology companies, introducing new products and solutions. Each year along with partners we launch several startup programs, hold the largest in Eastern Europe independent startup contest and forum GoTech Arena that is dedicated to technology business. If your company is already working or planning to work with startups – there is something to discuss, write to us!
Irina Kalashnikova,
Co-founder & CEO
Leading corporations and venture funds, international programs and development agencies from Russia, Finland, Estonia, France, Austria, Lithuania, Germany, USA, and Japan.
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
GoTech, as one of the few private companies in Russian VC ecosystem, does not just talk about innovations, but really helping strtups to grow, and corporations to benefit from new technologies. The Untitled ventures is pleased to support GoTech team in all endeavors to develop the VC market and help it to grow.
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!
A 10-years experience of holding GoTech – the largest independent contest of startups in Eastern Europe
3 years of organization of GoTech Arena – the forum on global business and technologies, where more than 1200 people take part, 100 best startups are pitching, annually signed investment deals and pilots are being launched
30 industry competitions, pitch-sessions, and acceleration programs were held along with partners
The TechScout platform for creating and automating the pipeline of startups for contests, acceleration programs, pitch-sessions, and other events
International partner network for global scouting and support of startups in entering new markets
Information channel on entrepreneurs (20 000 subscribers) and investors (400 + subscribers)
Don’t miss upcoming conferences, pitch sessions, startup competitions, and acceleration programs hold by GoTech Innovation and our partners.
The Helsinki Centre in St. Petersburg, NewCo Helsinki and the Helsinki Business Hub are inviting companies to help them enter the European market through Finland.
Kaspersky Innovation Hub is inviting you to join today the Cyber Security for Small & Medium Businesses open call and launch a Pilot
Eugene Kaspersky, cybersecurity expert and successful entrepreneur in the field of security solutions development, is launching the tourism accelerator «Kaspersky Exploring Russia».
Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA), consisting of X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group, and Hoff, launches the first selection of startups.
What’s on your mind? We would love to help you with all topics related to innovation and getting things done. Let’s talk.
Collaboration between startups and corporations in many countries is already quite a familiar model of business development. But in Russia it is only taking root. What goals can be in such a partnership, and what does each of the parties get from it? Evgeniya Barchenko, executive director of GoTech Innovation shares her views.
MoreHave you ever wondered how a state of five million people can assure its leading positions according to the results of various international economic studies? Today we would like to acquaint you with the main advantages of Finland as a country for the development and promotion of your business.
MoreWe are happy to announce finalists of the Kaspersky Open Innovation Program «Cyber Security for Small & Medium Businesses»! Representatives of Kaspersky closely reviewed all 186 applications from 36 countries and selected 12 of the brightest and most interesting participants. The largest number of applications came from the USA, the United Kingdom, Israel, Russia, Germany, and France. Every third application received a very high rating from the organizers.
MoreFinlanding Startup Support Program announces new scouting round for the companies that interested in expanding their business to Europe via Finland. Vladimir Chepurnoy, Director, Invest-in of Helsinki Centre, explains the specifics of Finlanding this year.
MoreCB Insights, one of the largest analytics platforms that monitors investment market trends, venture capital organizations and startups, has released its third annual Fintech 250 report, a list of the Top-250 leading and most promising startups in the fintech sector. Thanks to a patented algorithm that assesses the current state, growth potential, business model of a startup, as well as market dynamics, CB Insights ranked TOP-250 out of 16,000 companies that participated in the study.
MoreIrina Kalashnikova, Co-founder and CEO of GoTech Innovation prepared the most important tips for startups on finding and working with mentors.
MoreDid you know that Finland is in the TOP-5 European countries in terms of venture capital investments? According to the FVCA study, the list of 5 countries with the highest level of venture capital investments (in relation to GDP), in addition to Finland, includes Sweden, Ireland, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
MoreWe are glad to inform you that on September 15th the acceptance of applications for the Finlanding program begins. The program organizer, Helsinki Centre in St. Petersburg, together with program partners NewCo Helsinki and the Helsinki Business Hub, are inviting Russian technology companies to participate in the program to help them enter the European market through Finland. GoTech Innovation is an operator of applications and scouting of Finlanding program.
MoreRetail Innovation Tech Alliance, consisting of X5, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado group, and Hoff, goes global and launches the second selection of startups in Europe and the USA. The leading European accelerator for the brands and retail industries, Lafayette Plug and Play (LPnP), acts as a scouting operator.
MoreWe want to share with you some interesting material about corporate venture investments. It is no secret that during a pandemic and a global economic downturn, many venture capital companies are forced to slow down their investment rates. However even in such a challenging period, there are effective ways to fight the recession by focusing on the effectiveness of commercial transactions. We want to share with you Beth Kearns’ theory of “shifting gears” – 5 types of multilateral transactions that can potentially add value to an investment portfolio and expand the influence of the corporation as a whole.
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