"TechnoPiter" is an educational program for the development of startup projects that are at the stage of formulating an idea and finding a target audience for their product.
You should participate if you have:
- a project idea and a team, but need the investment and development assistance;
- an idea, but no team, and you don’t know where to start;
- no idea, but really want to try.
Projects in one of three directions are accepted:
The accelerator schedule:
- 11 March – 7 April: collection of applications;
- 11 April: opening of the accelerator;
- 11 April –17 May: first stage (generating ideas and forming teams);
- 10 October – 22 November: second stage (project development);
- 20 November: demo day.
Each project will be supported by experienced mentors and experts, and industrial partners will advise in which direction to develop.
The project is open to students of any year and field of study, to PhD students and teachers aged 18 to 35 who are interested in developing entrepreneurial skills and creating their own technology startup.
Reasons to participate:
- the opportunity to undergo an internship/practice in a partner company;
- the opportunity to receive credit automatically for a discipline/practice;
- development of entrepreneurial skills, including for performing research and development work in the form of a start-up project;
- certificate of completion of the acceleration program;
- the opportunity to receive a grant in the amount of one million rubles from the Innovation Promotion Fund;
- gifts from partners.
Application deadline: 7 April.
For more information check the accelerator website.