Startup Sauna Warmup is an event for startupers and investors, aimed at seeking the investment-attractive projects, sharing experience and establishing contacts between startups, investors and mentors.
Aim of the Contest:
Promote the development of the innovative activity in the region, by attracting entrepreneurs, young scientists, experts and investors.
Objectives of the contest:
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[read more] Startup Sauna Warmup is an event for startupers and investors, aimed at seeking the investment-attractive projects, sharing experience and establishing contacts between startups, investors and mentors.
Aim of the Contest:
Promote the development of the innovative activity in the region, by attracting entrepreneurs, young scientists, experts and investors.
Objectives of the contest:
1. Encourage the formation of the favorable business environment and realization of the region’s business potential.
2. Conduct the event using the world experience and best foreign technologies.
3. Promote the establishment of business contacts and creation of the maximum opportunities for the participants’ communication.
Participants:
-Projects at the following stages: pre-seed, seed, prototype, working prototype, alpha, private beta.
-Domestic and foreign experts.
-Business-angels and investors.
-Development institutions.
Format of the contest:
The contest is made up of the presentations of startups in the format of Elevator Pitch, “Invest- carousel”, Reverse Pitch and Success Story. The projects that pass the expertise will be presented to the investors. All the participants will have the opportunity to discuss their project and receive a professional judgment from experts, investors and the audience. All the participants will receive opinions of their presentation and the changes it needs. Many participants will be able to find mentors for their project. The best startups will receive funding. The event expects to host over 30 startups. Working language English.
Expected Results of the Contest:
All the projects will receive professional assessment. The winner will have the opportunity to participate in the six –week program Startup Sauna Intensive at the Aalto Venture Garage incubator (Helsinki). Other prizes from the partners of the event are also planned.
Information about the organizers of the contest:
Aalto Venture Garage is a Skandinavian business accelerator with the work site based in Helsinki. At present Garage holds investment sessions for projects from Eastern Europe. The best teams will go on a six week business training with the opportunity of attracting a new round of investment and establishing contacts in Europe.
NTR Group unites several innovative IT companies working both on the home market and abroad. Its key areas of competence are the development of own software and hardware products, mentoring, organizing and conducting the events aimed at forming the innovative environment, seed funding of the projects with international potential. NTR Group has the experience of introducing startups in the European and American markets. One of the latest major events organized by NTR (jointly with TAPI) as part of Tomsk innovative Forum was the conference “Bridge to success. Tomsk - 2011”, which resulted in sending one project to Helsinki, and another one –to a training course based on the Cambridge educational program Enterprisers in the Moscow incubator InCube.
