1. I N N OVAT I V E WO O D STO C K
Create. Inspire. Trend.
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2. THE STARTUP
OF STARTUPS,
OR TWO DAYS IN THE
INNOVATION VILLAGE
AND IN THE RIGHT
COMPANY
Mike Butcher
Editor of Techcrunch Europe
«Sheer informality of the event
was exactly what Startup Village
organizers were aiming for».
On June 2–3,
the Skolkovo
Innovation Centre
will host a major
international
event for startup
companies and
investors — the
Startup
Village 2014.
Peter Vesterbacka
CMO, Rovio and Angry Birds Founder
«Startup Village organizers have
done a great job. Entrepreneurs,
scientists, government officials,
investors, researchers, and students
meet here to discuss technological
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ideas and business projects».

3. Startup Village will be the culmination
of the Russian Startup Tour-2014,
taking place from January 18 to April 24
throughout 27 regions of Russia.
As a result of Russian Startup Tour
3 best startup companies from each city
get free invitations to Startup Village.
Startup Village 2013
over
attended by
more than
2000
5000
pitch sessions
applications
people
Prime Minister of the Russian
Federation,
visited several pavilions at
the Startup Village
Viktor Vekselberg
President of the Skolkovo
Foundation
220
best startup
projects
selected
The consolidation of the Russian startup
community and its integration into the global
innovation process — that was the goal of
the Startup Village and the Russian Startup
Tour which preceded it. On the one hand, to
let the young Russian innovators know that
they are not alone, that there are a lot of
people trying to take the same journey, and
that there are a lot of those who are willing
to help them reach their goal. On the other
hand, to teach young people to position their
innovations correctly, to plan their business
strategy competently, and not to be afraid of
anything. And, finally, to direct the emerging
entrepreneurs towards the understanding
that the ultimate goal of their innovative and
business activity is to take Russia up to the
leading positions in the world’s economies.
пресса
Dmitry Medvedev
While the Moscow event lasts for just three
days, the ‘warm-up’ tour that has built up
awareness of Startup Village has covered
21,000 kilometres over the past two months.
«I am highly confident that the
Russian entrepreneurs, who are
present here, will create new jobs.
These new startups will become
successful manufacturing companies;
they will be the next Apples, Googles
and Siemenses. Your ideas are
needed here and now. Together we
will succeed».
Pekka Viljakainen
co-Chairman of the Organising
Committee and ideological inspirer
of the Startup Village
«The informal atmosphere of the
conference is the reason why the
Startup Village received the nickname
of «Innovative Woodstock», with the
large number of guests exceeding
even the best expectations».
Alexander Galitsky
Almaz Capital Partners
«It’s big and it’s fun».
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4. Startup Village programme consists
of three main parts:
1. The Conference
2. Startup Market
Master classes and
individual training provided
by the leaders of the global
investment and business
community.
Any Russian innovation
company has the opportunity
to participate in the preselection of projects that will
be displayed on the counters
in the pavilions of the
technological market.
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5. 3. Startup teams competition
200 best startup projects that were preselected and shortlisted by the experts and that received the highest scores,
will have the opportunity to participate in the contest of
the Startup Village and to give a 4-minute presentation
on their project in front of the judging panel consisting of
professional investors, representatives of the largest Russian
and international technological corporations and research
institutes.
FOCUS OF PITCH-SESSIONS:
↘
­ The digital community
↘
­ Health On
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­ Energy technology
↘
­ New industrial technologies
AWARDS AND PRIZES FROM STARTUP VILLAGE
ORGANISERS:
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1st place winner —
900 000 rubles
2nd place winner —
II 600 000 rubles
3rd place winner —
III 300 000 rubles
Getting into the final —
150 000 rubles
In addition, Event Partners and Sponsors will also be able
to provide their prizes.
At Startup Village companies ranging from biotech to
engineering to Internet startups displayed their products to
visitors and potential investors in a fashion reminiscent of a
traditional trade show.
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6. Startup Village 2014:
startup companies from
Russia and other countries
present their projects
to potential investors,
partners and customers.
They become acquainted
with already implemented
projects debate the trends
in technology development
on Earth and in outer
space and sign the major
agreements.
One of the most successful ideas of Startup
Village organisers is a reverse pitch session,
when major investors speak to startupers,
trying to explain to them in a limited amount
of time «why they should take their money»;
such sessions took place on the second day
of the conference.
Winners Startup Village 2013
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1st place
«I couldn’t even dream of getting the top score from the
judges. Winning the Startup Village came as a complete
surprise to me; I was simply flying up to the stage — as if I
grew some wings. Such victory really inspires and empowers
to promote the project with the renewed vigour. In addition to
the charge of energy and the unique quality seal that can be
used when communicating with investors, the project received
a 900,000 roubles grant, which will certainly come in handy».
Konstantin Artemyev, «Bravo Motors»
The best project represented at the Startup
Village conference in Skolkovo was an electric
car transformer, which, thanks to its compact
size, will allow users to travel around Moscow
without the problems of traffic jams
or parking.
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7. Winning projects of the
Startup Village were
presented to the leaders
of the world economy at
the Skolkovo booth at the
St Petersburg International
Economic Forum 2013
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2st place
«Organisation of Startup Village was of top-notch international
level. It was incredibly useful. I established connections with
representatives of investment funds and other entrepreneurs».
Nikolai Ivanov, InsidErPharm
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3st place
«Extremely useful event for
motivating, for lifting the spirits
of students, of people involved
in science. When all we hear is
everybody screaming: “There are
thieves everywhere!”, «The best
fled abroad!», «Everything is bad
all around!», it is great that there
are people, who are doing the right
thing and who stay positive.
I came here thinking: «It’s cool, that
it’s happening, but it’s a shame that
it started so late”. Startup Village,
an effort that promotes science,
though not fundamental, but
applied, is still an important
and necessary event».
Vladimir Treshchikov, T8 R&D Centre
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8. Venue
Startup Village will take place at the
Skolkovo Innovation Centre in the Hypercube
building and the surrounding area — right
under the open sky. The venue will transform
into a real innovation village. Pitch sessions
will be held in special wooden pavilions,
and right under the media façade of the
Hypercube there will be a 2 000-seat main
stage, an outdoor food court and bars with
over 500 seats, as well as a recreation area
at the edge of the pond and a lot more to
make this day a memorable experience for
the visitors of the conference.
There is nothing
valorous in getting
together many young
Americans on the rainy
day of August 15, 1969,
to attend the music
festival at the milk
farm near Woodstock,
New York. It took some
time afterwards to
call this day as the
defining moment and
event which influenced
the complete
generation.
The fact the first
Skolkovo Startup
Village which took
place during the same
rainy days in 2013 was
called as «Innovational
Woodstock» is least
related to the similar
weather conditions and
thousands of people
brought together
also for something
unique. The first
Startup Village opened
doors to the next
one, moreover, it set
up the a tradition
to likely become a
key stage in new
generation of Russian
entrepreneurs and
innovators formation.
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9. Startup Village Music
Festival 2013
At the Startup Village, networking does not
stop after the main programme comes to the
end. On June 2–3, music festival and parties
will be held in the village.
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10. Speakers 2013
Mikhail Kokorich
Dmitry Petrov
Dauria Aerospace President
Professor of Biology at Stanford
University
«Interesting event: maybe, the first
one in Russia of this type of events». «Obviously, there are a lot of very
talented people here working in the
medical field».
Vladimir Yelin
DoRa company, Skolkovo resident
«Despite rain, the first Startup
Village day was amazing. Skolkovo
organizers, as always, demonstrated
high level of organization».
Vladimir Treshchikov
T8 R&D Centre, Startup Village finalist,
2nd place
«I was very glad to see the
competition results, 4-minutes pitch
was unusual and difficult to make. It is
a very useful event for motivation».
Alvaro de Marichilar
Founder of BlueOxygen, serial
entrepreneur, traveller and business angel
«Startup Village is a very
reasonable initiative of Russia —
we need to care about those,
who risk».
Media Coverage
Startup Village 2013 was attended by 250 Russian media representatives: the leading
information agencies, TV channels, radio stations, print and online publications, including the
Kommersant, the Vedomosti, RIA Novosti, Interfax, ITAR-TASS, First channel, NTV, RBC TV,
Russia 24, Russia Today, and others.
Startup Village was covered by 25 foreign mass media companies, including The New York
Times, Financial Times, BBC, The Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, Dow Jones Newswires, France
24, TechCrunch, Mashable, and others.
Over 500 media publications covering the Startup Village were issued during and after
the event.
Media partners 2013
A recent Startup Village
event in Moscow organised
by the Skolkovo Foundation
celebrated and showcased
new Russian innovations,
positioning Moscow as an
emerging tech hub.
Alexander Chernov,
Vice President of the Skolkovo Foundation
Mike Butcher,
editor of TechCrunch Europe
Inside, the sheer variety
of products — from aerial
mapping drones to head up
displays to devices for oil and
gas exploration-showed the
enormous range of the kinds
of companies Skolkovo will
eventually entertain.
Vision, ambitions, innovations — that was the keynote of Startup
Village, — an International Conference for startup companies
that took place atin Skolkovo Hypercube.
This year, the Skolkovo Foundation has made its first attempt
to gather the Russian startup community in one venue, to
showcase the projects that already had been able to get up on
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their feet, and to find the new ones that require support for their
successful promotion.

11. Partnership
Startup Village is a wonderful venue for positioning of companies. We are
interested in cooperation with different categories of companies. If you would
like to become our partner, please email us at startupvillage@sk.ru
Partners 2013
Official partners
Organisational partners
Business programme
partners
LinguaLeo
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12. Startup
Village
2014
30 countries
and over 40
Russian regions
3000
TOTAL
PARTICIPANTS
10 000
STARTUPS
500
INVESTORS
1000
PARTNERS
500
GUESTS
See you at Startup Village!
Startup Village is:
1) A venue for interaction between
startup companies, big business, and
investors.
2) An opportunity to present your
projects to potential investors,
on the one hand, and increased
awareness of the innovators in
regards to main technological tasks
of big business on the other hand.
3) A contest for startup projects that
determines the top 20 technology
startups, three of which become the
main winners.
4) Promotion of innovative
entrepreneurship as life philosophy
among young people with a view
to establish a reserve of potential
projects in the regions of the
Russian Federation. Increased
awareness among entrepreneurs in
regard to existing tools of public and
private support for small innovative
enterprises and young researchers.
5) Special master classes,
unique lectures, live first-hand
communication with the guru of
technology entrepreneurship.
startupvillage.ru
startupvillage@sk.ru
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13. C O N TA C TS
Pekka Viljakainen
co-Chairman of the Organising
Committee and ideological inspirer
bulldozer@sk.ru
Ekaterina Inozemtseva
Program Management
einozemtseva@sk.ru
Ekaterina Pankratova
Speakers Relations
+7 916 0040319
epankratova@sk.ru
Alina Suslova
General Organization
+79166458196
asuslova@sk.ru
Evgenia Lebedeva
Pitch-sessions Coordination
+7 915 204 69 57
elebedeva@sk.ru
Mikhail Tykuchinsky
Partners Relations
mtykuchinsky@sk.ru
Roman Scherbakov
PR and media relations
+79162379769
rs@sk.ru
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