The Demo Day of RU TechPark Student Online
Accelerator 2020 was successfully conducted
Press release 15 June
2020
On June 5, 2020, the Demo Day of “Startup as Diploma” Student Online Accelerator 2020 gathered
15 teams, which presented their high-tech projects in such clusters as IT,
Robotics, Space technologies, VR and AR. The expert panel of the Demo Day
included the representatives from Far Eastern Federal University, Far East High
Technology Fund, Skolkovo Foundation, VEB Ventures, Foundation for Assistance
to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology, Japan Center in
Vladivostok.
Following the tradition of launching the Accelerator on the Cosmonautics
Day, this year Russky Technopark successfully managed to organize the
acceleration program exclusively for students in the online format. The
Technopark has received 137 applications to participate in the «Startup as
Diploma» Student Online Accelerator, and after careful selection, 15 teams were
enrolled in the program. Overall, the participants have spent about 100 hours
on traction-meetings and worked on their projects with the assistance of more
than 20 invited speakers, experts, and professional trackers.
After the final presentations, the first prize of the Demo Day was
granted to the "LowThrust" project, the universal solar sail module
for small spacecraft, developed by Anastasia Khramtsova. The LowThrust
developer was awarded with a prize of 100 thousand rubles (about 1,400 US
dollars). Alexander Ustyuzhaninov with his project "Mesto ryadom",
navigation and analytical system for horizontal and vertical positioning
indoors, took the second place. The third place was granted to gift selection
service based on open data analysis in social networks, "Give me
gift", project presented by Olga Kobchenko. Moreover, Yuri Kharlamov, Far
East High Technology Fund Mentor, selected two other projects, ARGO and
PROSTO.AI, for personal mentorship.
"I am delighted to note that all teams have shown significant progress
within the 1,5 months of intensive work. It is also worth mentioning that four
projects in frames of the program have launched product sales, which is quite
an important result for such a short period. Russky Technopark launched this
year’s Accelerator taking into account the feedback received from students, and
I should say that our work and efforts have paid off. RU TechPark Student
Online Accelerator 2020 became a truly unique and productive event", - commented
Dmitry Borovikov, Russky Technopark CEO.
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Russky Technopark (RU TechPark) is designed to create
the ecosystem of technology entrepreneurship in order to ensure the innovative
development of the entire Russian Far East, and to assist Russian hi-tech
companies in entering the promising Asia-Pacific markets. Established pursuant
to the decision of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the
Technopark is based at Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) on Russky island
in Vladivostok. Since 2020, Russky Technopark has become the regional operator
of Skolkovo Foundation, maximizing its value for more than 75 resident
companies. Most of the residents represent IT cluster, but there is a number of
prominent projects in other clusters too, such as Biotech, Robotech, Energytech
and etc. Besides that, Russky Technopark is actively engaged in the work with
students through the “Startup as Diploma” program and FEFU Student Tech &
Innovation Center.
http://en.rutechpark.ru/demo_day_2020
