The submission period for the GoTech contest is now open. The first 2 nominations are announced: Arena Pitch and SKL Tech from the business incubator of the company SOKOLOV Jewelry. Acceptance of applications will last 4 months, during this time the organizers plan to launch at least 10 industry tracks and nominations within GoTech.
Pitch-session with 15 startups from Eastern Europe in primetime on the main stage of GoTech Arena conference on October 15, 2019, in Moscow. For 3 minutes the founder should convince the jury members from top funds and corporations that the company will be able to compete globally and become a success story in the world market with a potential volume (PAM) of more than $1 billion.
Business incubator jewelry company SOKOLOV Jewelry has launched the SKL Tech nomination. Startups that improve people’s quality of life by saving time or money are invited to participate. The winner will receive a cash prize of 150 000 RUB, an invitation to the incubator SKL Tech and the opportunity to raise funding. Companies applicable in the jewelry industry will get an additional possibility in the form of a co-pilot with SOKOLOV Jewelry.
“GoTech is the largest and one of the most productive contests of technological projects in Eastern Europe. Annually we receive about 1000 applications from more than 30 countries. Over 100 companies awarded in different nominations raised funding, even more – launched joint pilots with corporations,” tells CEO of GoTech Innovation, the organizer of the contest Irina Kalashnikova. – Every year the interest of the foreign and Russian partners to technological solutions is growing, we are glad that GoTech remains an effective platform for interaction of all participants of the innovation community for more than 10 years.”
Learn more about the GoTech Contest and submit the application on this page.
The winners of all nominations will be announced during GoTech Arena conference in Moscow on October 15. The event will gather 1200 entrepreneurs, investors, representatives of large companies and startups. The Early Bird ticket sale to the forum is open.
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Contact information: Anna Ayubi, GoTech team
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GoTech Innovation has been providing technology projects to corporations and working with them since 2009. Key competencies: scouting startups and technologies around the world, acceleration, and tracking of innovative projects, creation and implementation of corporate programs and events for working with turnkey startups. The GoTech Innovation team initiated GoTech Contest and GoTech Arena conference which open doors to early-stage tech companies from Russia and Eastern Europe to new markets. There are more than 6,000 startups in our pipeline, and in the portfolio, there are joint startup programs with partners in Russia, Finland, the Baltic States, France, Austria, Germany, and Latin America.
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