Ekaterinburg startups present their projects to investors on May 15

On May 15, 2010, a StartupPoint forum will be held in Yekaterinburg for the first time, which is a communication platform for investors and startups. The event will be held with the support of the federal IT company SKB Kontur , the AKSIT Association , the IT-eburg information technology site .

The meeting will be held at: Yekaterinburg, Moskovskaya Gorka Hotel (Moskovskaya St., 131). Beginning at 14.00. StartupPoint invited startups who want to draw attention to their project. This can be done absolutely free. The only condition is prior registration and the desire to submit your project to the public.

Registration is made at this address .
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The event will include a discussion of the participants' projects, a “quick acquaintance” section for investors and startups, and also presentations by startup experts: Udi Dahan (one of 33 experts recognized by the .NET International Association, initiator and trainer of the International Association of Software Architects, guru in SOA, web services and XML) and Deputy General Director of SKB Kontur Leonid Volkov.

“StartupPoint is an unprecedented opportunity for participants to get high-quality feedback from experts, evaluate the attractiveness of their ideas and get to know potential investors. In addition, Ekaterinburg is a very developed city in terms of information technology. Therefore, I am confident that the meeting in the StartupPoint format will be very relevant and productive , ”said Maxim Stafeev, external investment manager of SKB Kontur.

In the role of investors will be representatives of the investment department of SKB Kontur and other companies. “At the beginning of this year, the venture financing of Internet start-ups was launched within our company. By organizing such a forum, we plan to achieve a specific goal - to identify the most promising projects, ”added Maxim Stafeev.

Registration for the event will last until May 14. Everyone who wants to share their ideas and ideas and share tips with other startups are invited to participate. In order to become a member, you must complete the registration form.

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Startup Point and Startup Investor Community Meetings are events aimed at ensuring effective business contacts between representatives of start-up projects and meeting with investors. The main specificity of meetings consists in a variety of communication formats, which allows startups and investors to study and discuss new ideas, projects and solutions most fully and from different sides.

The main formats are Elevator Pitch (a short story about the concept of a product, project or service), Startup Lynch (a discussion format for a start-up project, in which the audience asks the startup questions about his project), SpeedNetworking (a group communication format that allows participants to quickly get to know each other) with a friend).

As of the end of August 2009, a total of 19 StartupPoint meetings were held in Russia, where 320 presentations were presented. The total investment received by startups due to participation in Startup Point community meetings was $ 2.2 million.