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Russian tech companies are invited to apply to Go Estonia Nomination at GoTech Contest. Partners of the nomination Startup Estonia, KredEx and European Regional Development Fund will support the winning startups in entering the European market.

Winners and participants of the Finlanding nomination at past GoTech competitions have already taken the chance to enter Finland with their businesses. Their success is due to the cooperation with startup support institutions in the country, a new initiative to get a startup visa, and a great desire to scale the business.

Director of Invest-in projects at the Helsinki Center Vladimir Chepurnoy and senior adviser to the Helsinki Business Hub Maria Hartikainen talk about how finalists attracted the attention of the jury, what were their first steps, and what are the secrets of preparing for the competition this year.

Evgeny Babaev, Head of Innovation Search and Selection Projects, X5 Retail Group, talks about how European startups who submitted applications attracted the organizers of the contest, what are their prospects for implementation and what key mistakes they made while participating in the selection.

“Beeline”, a leading Russian telecommunications operator and digital service provider, together with GoTech launched a contest to find breakthrough projects using 5G technology. Startups will be provided with a platform equipped for testing solutions in the new generation network.

Let’s find out all of the GoTech Contest opportunities for technological startups – see which nominations are suited best for your company!

VTB Bank became an Official partner of GoTech Arena forum and established a special award at Arena Pitch nomination. One of the finalists will be able to launch a pilot project with the Bank.

On August 1 and 2, Vellamo Center of Kotka, Finland, held *Ship startup festival and Final of Startup Connect Contest. Read all about the contest and its winners.

Denis Levchenko, Head of Innovations at X5 Retail Group, spoke about how cooperation between X5 and startups will be organized, who have the greatest chances to implement their projects and what criteria will become key when choosing solutions.

The application period for the LevelUp Startup Accelerator began – an accelerator program for early-stage technology projects interested in developing in the global market. The organizer is Cursor Oy. Sprint #1 of the program is organized by GoTech Innovation.

In order to influence the people who can bring your startup idea into reality, it is necessary to convey it in an interesting and extremely simple way. A winning presentation begins with a winning synopsis – a valuable lesson for innovators in any professional field.  This article contains tips on how to properly express the main idea of your project.