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We 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.

Retail 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.

We 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.

Corporations and banks are actively attracting startups to accelerate the transfer of business to high-tech rails. At the same time, many startups purposefully create products for companies of specific industries.

On the development of what solutions, you need to stake in the era of COVID-19, discourses Irina Kalashnikova, the co-founder of GoTech Innovation, in Rusbase column.

Kaspersky Innovation Hub is inviting you to join today the Cyber Security for Small & Medium Businesses open call and launch a Pilot! GoTech Innovation is the scouting partner in Russia and Europe. We are looking for companies and startups for the program that meet the requirements below.

According to the study done by the Barometer project, each of the 30 largest Russian corporations in terms of revenue from the “RBC 500” rating for the period July 2019 – June 2020 carried out at least one initiative to implement a strategy for working with innovations. The interest of corporations in breakthrough technologies is shown in such forms as acceleration programs, hackathons, and qualifying sessions. Irina Kalashnikova, co-founder of GoTech Innovation, which helps corporations to work with technology projects, revealed to Invest-Foresight all the specifics of working in the field of corporate innovation.

The Coronavirus pandemic has affected many companies, in connection with which business processes started to change, new products have appeared on the market, and the demand for services that help to improve the lives of people and the functioning of companies in self-isolation has grown. The GoTech Innovation team did not stand aside, adapted to the new reality, and transferred joint events with clients online. In May and June, the company organized online demo days for the Retail Tech Innovation Alliance (RITA) and Kaspersky Lab following the results of the travel accelerator Kaspersky Exploring Russia. The first event took place via Zoom, the second – via Microsoft Teams. Irina Kalashnikova, co-founder and CEO of GoTech Innovation spoke about the features of both services.

One of the most important skills of successful founders is to admit their mistakes (even if it needs to be done publicly). Today we would like to share with you the experience of Kyle Nakatsuji, founder and CEO of Clearcover, a digital auto insurance provider. On his Crunchbase blog Kyle revealed how to adequately assess the steps for further growth and business development and not be afraid to admit your own delusions.

Kaspersky Exploring Russia tourism accelerator had the aim of gathering interesting and promising tourism projects from different countries and then to help their creators implement their ideas further and overcome the crisis. The accelerator managed to involve all parts of the world (except Antarctica). And the jury considered applications from the most unexpected corners of the planet: from Colombia to Australia. More than 500 applications were sent from 47 countries on five continents since the launch of Kaspersky Exploring Russia.

On June 25, Kaspersky Exploring Russia tourism accelerator Demo Day was held, at which the main winners and the special prize winners selected by the partners of the accelerator were awarded.