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Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA), consisting of X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group, and Hoff summed up the results of the first stage of the scouting program. As part of the selection of startups, 395 applications were received from 17 countries (Russia, Belarus, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, USA, Serbia, Ukraine, Finland, Estonia). The volume of applications received 4 times exceeded the program plan. 15 startups reached the finals and participated in the online Deal Flow Session with the RITA experts. GoTech Innovation was the scouting operator in Russia and the CIS.

Only a few days remain before the first Deal Flow Session of Retail Innovation Tech Alliance. During the event, startup founders will present their solutions and voice proposals for cooperation with X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group, HOFF. The key to successful completion of the Deal Flow Session is the compliance of the technological solution with the business expectations of RITA partners.

Experts from X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M. Video-Eldorado, HOFF carefully examined 395 applications from 17 countries and selected 15 startups to participate in the online Deal Flow Session. During the event, startup founders will present their solutions and voice proposals for cooperation with companies, experts will ask questions and share some feedback.

Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky, has launched ‘Kaspersky Exploring Russia’, a tourism startup accelerator. The project aims to help the Russian tourism industry in general, and young entrepreneurs in particular, to use this period to expand the opportunities for their businesses.

Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA) continues its first selection of startups to launch joint pilots with leading Russian corporations; applications can be submitted on the website www.rita.vc until April 30. When participating in the selection of RITA, each technology company wants to receive a proposal for cooperation and launch a pilot project. Eugenia Barchenko, co-founder of GoTech Innovation, learned from Ivan Melnik, Innovations Director at X5 Retail Group, what new solutions the X5 Retail Group expects and how to successfully complete the pitch session. GoTech Innovation is the RITA selection operator in Russia and the CIS.

On April 14, Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA), consisting of X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group, and Hoff, launches the first selection of startups. GoTech Innovation is the scouting operator in Russia and the CIS.

At the TechChill conference, which was held in Riga on February 21-22, 2020, the GoTech Innovation team organized a round table where its participants tried to figure out what personal qualities of startup founders and their teams can contribute to successful development.

On October 15, in Moscow, GoTech Arena forum and the finale of GoTech Contest were held. The organizer of the largest contest of tech companies in Russia and Eastern Europe is the consulting company GoTech Innovation.

We have prepared a guide for you on how to participate in the GoTech Arena forum with a maximum value for your startup!