5/15/2020
Retail Innovation Tech Alliance summed up the first selection of startups
Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA), consisting of X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group, and Hoff summed up the results of the first stage of the scouting program. As part of the selection of startups, 395 applications were received from 17 countries (Russia, Belarus, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, USA, Serbia, Ukraine, Finland, Estonia). The volume of applications received 4 times exceeded the program plan. 15 startups reached the finals and participated in the online Deal Flow Session with the RITA experts. GoTech Innovation was the scouting operator in Russia and the CIS.
5/12/2020
M.Video-Eldorado: we offer a modern platform covering the whole country, and all the channels of interaction for testing the product
Only a few days remain before the first Deal Flow Session of Retail Innovation Tech Alliance. During the event, startup founders will present their solutions and voice proposals for cooperation with X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group, HOFF. The key to successful completion of the Deal Flow Session is the compliance of the technological solution with the business expectations of RITA partners.
5/8/2020
15 finalists of the Retail Innovation Tech Alliance
Experts from X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M. Video-Eldorado, HOFF carefully examined 395 applications from 17 countries and selected 15 startups to participate in the online Deal Flow Session. During the event, startup founders will present their solutions and voice proposals for cooperation with companies, experts will ask questions and share some feedback.
5/6/2020
Eugene Kaspersky launches accelerator to help tourism startups
Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky, has launched ‘Kaspersky Exploring Russia’, a tourism startup accelerator. The project aims to help the Russian tourism industry in general, and young entrepreneurs in particular, to use this period to expand the opportunities for their businesses.
4/28/2020
HOFF: we grant innovative projects access to our business processes
In less than a week we will finalize accepting applications from startups to launch joint pilots with corporations as part of the Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA). Konstantin Peshekhonov, IT Director at HOFF, talked to GoTech Innovation co-founder Evgenia Barchenko about his company's expectations from the first selection. GoTech Innovation is a RITA operator in Russia and the CIS. The selection of the first projects will end on April 30, startups are welcome to apply online at www.rita.vc.
4/20/2020
Cooperation with X5 Retail Group will give startups the opportunity to implement their projects in thousands of stores
Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA) continues its first selection of startups to launch joint pilots with leading Russian corporations; applications can be submitted on the website www.rita.vc until April 30. When participating in the selection of RITA, each technology company wants to receive a proposal for cooperation and launch a pilot project. Eugenia Barchenko, co-founder of GoTech Innovation, learned from Ivan Melnik, Innovations Director at X5 Retail Group, what new solutions the X5 Retail Group expects and how to successfully complete the pitch session. GoTech Innovation is the RITA selection operator in Russia and the CIS.
4/14/2020
Retail Innovation Tech Alliance launches the first selection of startups in Russia
On April 14, Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA), consisting of X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group, and Hoff, launches the first selection of startups. GoTech Innovation is the scouting operator in Russia and the CIS.
