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St. Petersburg to host global finale of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2013

January 28, 2013

Microsoft, Skolkovo, and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) are jointly organizing in St. Petersburg the final stage of ‘Imagine Cup 2013,’ this year’s international student technology contest. The event will occur in July in Russia’s former capital. Microsoft’s Imagine Cup is a leading international student technology competition. Approximately $340,000 in total prize money will …

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YotaPhone wins the CNET Best of CES Award for Hottest Mobile Device at the 2013 International CES

January 10, 2013

Las Vegas – Yota Devices today announced it won a Best of CES Award for its YotaPhone, the first dual-screen phone with a full-color liquid crystal display (LCD) on one side and an electronic paper display (EPD) on the other. Produced and judged by editors from CNET, the winners of the Best of CES Awards were …

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Forty-four Russian startups highlighted at TechCrunch Moscow

December 13, 2012

Attracting an array tech investors, startup entrepreneurs, and professionals from Russia and abroad, the annual TechCrunch Moscow conference took place for the third time on December 9 and 10 in Digital October, a major venue for tech events and educational programs. This year’s topic was ‘War and Peace,’ with 44 projects involved, representing a variety of …

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WebReady attracts startups from 13 countries to St. Petersburg, rewards JavaScript mistake monitoring and iPad app startups

December 8, 2012

WebReady, a contest organized by Ingria, a St. Petersburg-based technopark, took place in St. Petersburg last week. One of the Russian startup scene’s most notable competitions, the event included a startup exhibition, elevator pitches, conferences, and a Venture Capitalist Corner as well as a variety of other networking opportunities. Featuring Internet and mobile sections for …

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Innovative restaurant social app Gvidi tops Russian language App Store; publisher AlterGeo among Red Herring award finalists

November 19, 2012

Earlier this month, Gvidi, a mobile app dedicated to restaurants, cafés and bars across Russia and neighboring countries, achieved the number one ranking in the Food and Drinks category of the Russian language App Store just “hours” after its release, and has remained among the fifteen most popular free iOS apps. Gvidi is a “smart” helper …

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Kiev’s IDCEE attracts investors from USA to India; Russian startups win top prizes

October 30, 2012

Once again this year, the annual IDCEE conference held in Kiev on October 18th and 19th attracted an impressive array of Internet oriented investors, startup entrepreneurs, and professionals of all kinds from far beyond Ukraine and the neighboring countries (see videos). A rare phenomenon in such events, investors – coming from all parts of Europe …

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Midemlab contest 2013: A call to Russian startups

October 29, 2012

In partnership with East-West Digital News, Midem, the leading international b2b event dedicated to the new music and entertainment ecosystems, cordially invites Russian startups to midemlab. This major startup and app developer competition will take place in Cannes, France, from Jan. 26 to 29 of next year. If you have built a solution that will help music executives, …

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Russia’s AlterGeo among White Bull finalists

September 10, 2012

Last week, AlterGeo came as the only startup from Russia and neighboring countries to be selected among the 30 finalists of the White Bull European innovation championship. “The applicants were incredibly strong this year. We’ve carefully selected this year’s finalists based on business proposition, market strategy, technological solutions and understanding of customer needs,” said White Bull …

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Tatarstan startup contest sees six winners; government grants issued

July 31, 2012

Six projects have won the “Startup-Sabantuy!” contest organized by Kazan’s IT-Park and the venture fund Runa Capital. Two thousand participants from 13 cities of the Volga Federal District presented 130 projects in an “elevator pitch” format. Thirty selected projects then took part in the next stage – a five-day Startup Camp that included business training …

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From satellite communications to online charity donations, Russia’s young inventors honored at BIT Contest

July 3, 2012

BIT Contest, the largest tech contest in Russia and neighboring countries, held its finale last Thursday at Digital October, a popular tech event venue in Moscow center. This year, more than 1,000 applications were received from all Russian regions as well as from neighboring Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. A special nomination, ‘Global Track,’ has been …

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i-Free Innovations’ Everfriends artificial intelligence technology wins prestigious award

April 14, 2017

St. Petersburg, Russia – i-Free Innovations, a Russian mobile applications and games developer and publisher, today announced that Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology developed by a team led by engineer Vladimir Veselov, in cooperation with i-Free Innovations for its Everfriends Android-based virtual mobile assistant, has won the prestigious Turing100 “AI Machines Competition” held in Bletchley Park, …

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