2. STARTUP VILLAGE INSPIRER
Pekka A. Viljakainen
Chairman of Organizational Committee
twitter @pviljakainen
“That day when Russian parents will advise
their children to start their own businesses rath-
er than get a job in any company or
governmental authority, will mean that
Russia made a breakthrough in building
a new economic future!”
“That day is closer than you think. You can see
it at Startup Village!”
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3. AIMS OF EVENT
Coach startup companies
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Connect Russian and to accelerate their growth
international start-up and increase level of the
communities projects’ quality
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Promote Russian federal
and regional programs
for startup companies
Find partners and Connect big technological
4 investors for startup
companies 5 companies and startup
companies
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4. ABOUT STARTUP VILLAGE
Who will
What? Why? participate? Where?
Startup Village will be Startup Village’s idea is 1000 startup companies, Village will be organized
held on 26th-28th of to bring together startups 300 investors, 150 media in future Skolkovo city in
May for the first time and and investors. We want representatives, students, our first building Hyper-
will be hosted annually to unite Russian startup government officials and cube and on the terrace
by Skolkovo and other community and give everybody who is inter- right outside. Don’t worry
partners. It is going to be them a chance to have ested in technological about weather condi-
the largest technological an access to the investors, entrepreneurship. Total: tions, we will make sure
startup conference in big companies and 3000 participants. you don’t get soaked.
Russia. media. Village will have a Within 2 years we will hold
right network atmosphere, it our already constructed
where everybody is buildings and it will be-
open minded and easy come a place where
going. We want to help ideas meet money.
startups and investors
to get everything they
need for the productive
communication and
networking. We guarantee
you picturesque Russian
country side, fresh air,
good topics and amazing
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5. FULL PROGRAM
D i s c u s s i o n s H a r d t a l k s W o r k s ho p s P a r t i e s
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6. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
26 May - Opening international offices: how to
make it smartly?
Coaching day
- Starting a new business in Russia: how
(preparing for pitch sessions)
to avoid bureaucracy?
Welcome cocktail
- The ways of commercialisation: IPO,
merger, organic growth?
27 May Evening program: announcement of
30 finalists, first OpUS graduating cer-
Plenary Session: Building and en- emony, party
trepreneur society: What Russia can
learn from other start-up societies?
Pitch sessions tracks (240 compa- 28 May
nies): IT, Clean Technologies, Life General Discussions:
Sciences Technologies, Industrial - Meet CEOs
technologies
- Success Stories
General discussions:
- Meet young millionaires
- Hard talks with investors
and successful entrepreneurs - Leadership
- Startup Communities - Commercialization
- Business Angel Societies Market trends in IT, CleanTech, Indus-
trial and Life Sciences Technologies
Master-classes:
Pitch sessions of finalists
- Avoiding mistakes in IP protection
Awarding ceremony
- Mastering your sales pitch: what
makes the attention from the inves-
tors?
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7. VENUE FACILITIES
★ 6 Stages
❍ 20 Meeting Rooms
(book it via personal accounts)
❇ Media Center
▲ Video Pavilion
❂ Partners’ zone
(booths, demonstration zones)
✌ Leisure zone by the lake
(Open air food court, bar)
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8. P A R T N E R S (as is 16.03.2013)
Media partners
▲ Startupafisha.ru
▲ Kommersant Newspaper
▲ NTV
▲ Vesti.Innograd
(Russia 24 TV-channel)
▲ Sk review magazine
▲ Gazeta.ru
▲ Polit.ru
▲ Startupoint.ru
▲ Arcticstartup.com
and others
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9. KEY CONTACTS
About pitch session and competition issues If you need a visa or accommodation support If you are speaker For general enquiries
startuppitches@startupvillage.ru travel@startupvillage.ru speakers@startupvillage.ru info@startupvillage.ru
Pekka Viljakainen Alina Suslova
Startup Village Main organizer
Chairman +7 916 645 8196
bulldozer@sk.ru Asuslova@sk.ru
Maxim Uvarov Diana Dudina
Program content Partners and Sponsors
+7 985 923 2552 +79104009030
Muvarov@sk.ru Diana@sk.ru
Vera Koryakina Roman Sherbakov
Partners and Sponsors Media
+
7 916 637 31382 media@startupvillage.ru
Vkoryakina@sk.ru
Responsible for pitch sessions: Anton Voropaev
IT Life Sciences technologies Russian Startup
Katya Gaika IT Tour organizer
EGaika@sk.ru Katya Gaika EGaika@sk.ru +7 906 789 5865
Biomed
Polina Kolomenskaya PKolomenskaya@sk.ru AVoropaev@sk.ru
Clean Tech
Nuclear
Energy Efficiency Pavel Ovchinnikov POvchinnikov@sk.ru
Mikhail Tykuchinskiy MTykuchinskiy@sk.ru Kristina Bogdanova
Nuclear Industrial technologies
Pavel Ovchinnikov POvchinnikov@sk.ru Website Editor
Space
IT Pavel Sharov PSharov@sk.ru Kris@sk.ru
Katya Gaika EGaika@sk.ru Energy efficiency
Mikhail Tykuchinskiy MTykuchinskiy@sk.ru
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10. JOIN THE VILL AGE!
www.startupvillage.ru
Ticket sales start
on 1st of April
Startup pitch sessions application starts