The European Association Tech Tours announced the start of accepting applications for participation in the
Second Russian Tech Tour , scheduled for September 22-25 in Moscow, Kazan and Tomsk. 25-30 of the most promising high-tech startups will be selected for this event and will be shown to representatives of leading European and American venture funds and corporations. Entrepreneurs can expect to receive investments in the amount of several million to several tens of millions of dollars.
The previous similar event took place in 2004, and then 237 companies submitted applications (twenty of them reached the final, including Parallels, Acronis, Yandex, ABBYY). According to Konstantin Fokin (president of the second Tech Tour), this year, at least 350 applications are expected.
Who will be lucky and get to the final? Applications are reviewed by the Selection Committee, which includes leading representatives of the Russian venture capital market. Among the members of the Supervisory Board is Alexander Tech Galitsky, President of the first Tech Tura, Albina Nikkonen, Executive Director of the Russian Association of Direct and Venture Capital Investments.