Today, June 1, started accepting applications for the annual competition of innovative projects in the field of Internet and mobile technologies
Web Ready: Internet & Mobile .
In 2012, Web Ready is held for the 4th time. Applications for the contest will be accepted until October 14, the Web Ready final in the format of the Investment Forum will be held on November 30 in St. Petersburg.

Web Ready is held in two main categories:
Best Internet Startup and Best Mobile Startup . Additional nominations from the jury and special nominations from the competition partners are also planned.
The prize fund of the competition is
1,500,000 rubles .
“This year we are focusing not only on Internet projects, but also on developments in the field of mobile technologies, which have become drivers of IT development for the next few years,” said
Irina Kalashnikova, organizer of the Web Ready contest . - In connection with new accents, we have changed nominations - projects, both at the seed stage and at the start-up stage, will be accepted in two main nominations - Internet and Mobile. In addition, the competition is expanding geographically - we are planning to open at least 5 regional stages in Russia, as well as to conduct overseas stages of Web Ready.
Over 3 years of the competition,
over 1,400 projects from 120 cities and 14 countries took part in it. The final of the competition is attended by about
500 participants, 100 of whom represent investment funds . During the final, an exhibition of Web Ready semi-finalists, presentations of selected finalists, a performance by special guests, as well as VC Corner - a platform for meetings of investors and projects are held. Last year, for the first time, regional stages of the competition were held - they were held in the
Volga region, Siberia and the Urals . As a result of their holding, 106 applications were attracted (a total of 579 applications were submitted to the competition in 2011). 12 projects became the winners of Web Ready-2011,
ResumUp and Shop Points projects were the best in the main nominations.
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More than 20 winners and finalists of Web Ready over the years have already attracted investment in their own projects.