Yesterday, at the 18th Startup Point, which was held at the joint RIF + IB conference, Arkady Volozh, Yandex General Director, was among the other eminent experts. The appearance of such a distinguished guest was not accidental. During the event, Volozh shared plans for cooperation between Yandex and Startup Point.
As Arkady himself said, in view of the fact that there is no specialized start-ups selection department at Yandex, and in the year Ya.Ru acquires 3–4 companies, there is a need to engage third-party expertise. And it is no secret that this is one of the priority issues of development. After all, the same service Yandex.Probki - the result of a successful purchase. So, go to the most important thing. ')
Arkady Volozh said that Yandex will now use Startup Point as a platform for finding and buying promising start-ups (the investment option will not be considered). And in the near future, such a kind of "review" will be held in Yandex.
Congratulations to Vitaly Akimov and Arkady Moreynis! And also the whole team www.startuppoint.ru