Russian startups pitch&networking event at Slush

Meet some of the most prominent founders of Russian startups and investors, key players of the innovation ecosystem in Russia at Slush days.

You are welcome if you have Slush badge (any category). Please, keep you Slush badge with you. If you have no Slush badge, contact by email directly to e.barchenko@gotech.vc (Eugenia Barchenko).

Date and time:
Tue, December 4, 2018
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EET

Location:
NewCo Helsinki
1 Ensi linja,00530 Helsinki, Finland

Agenda:

- 5:45 PM Registration and warm-up for speakers
- 6:00 PM Opening remarks
- 6:05 PM Going Global story by Alexey Panev, founder Navigine
- 6:15 PM Pitching of 20 Russian startups (2 minutes, in English)

Tusion, NovaKid, MedMe, Buldozer.rent, Volts, FeelEco, Balance Set, Motorica, Loyalty Lab, Hello Baby, Nano Print, IPCI, Family with kids, WondeRobe, Quality Force, Sizz App, CarTaxi, Benefactory, Armaks Group.

- 7:10 PM–8:30 PM Beer&Chips

Participation is free.

The event is brought to you by:

GoTech Innovation – the innovation agency that connects technology companies with investors and corporations since 2009. Among core projects are the open contest for startups GoTech and GoTech Arena forum, startup programs with corporations.

Helsinki Centre (www.helsinki.ru/english/) – established in 2008, is the representative office of Helsinki, Kotka and Lahti. The centre facilitates promotion of economic and business potential of the Finnish cities in Russia, introduces business opportunities of the Finnish regions to Russian companies and entrepreneurs; maintains and promotes friendly relations and cooperation among the cities and Saint Petersburg.

NewCo Helsinki (newcohelsinki.fi/en/) – service entity was established by the City of Helsinki in 2014. NewCo Helsinki is a marketing and brand name for the entity, services are operated by the City of Helsinki and Helsinki Enterprise Agency. Business advisory service was started already in 1992. We offer a wide range of entrepreneurship support services from basic entrepreneurship education to how to create a global high potential growth company. Our objective is to make the first steps of entrepreneurship easier, lower the obstacles related to entrepreneurship and decrease the risk of failure.

Helsinki Business Hub (www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi/) – the regional development agency for the Finnish capital region makes Helsinki the best place to accelerate your business. Helsinki Business Hub enables foreign companies to establish their businesses and innovation driven companies to grow and develop in the Helsinki region by providing the right information and contacts and by designing growth opportunities for our customers, free of charge and based on full confidentiality.