The winner of the scholarship Skolkovo announced

Artem Burnatov, founder of MuzFound project, has become the winner of a contest that was instituted by Sergey Koltovich and Evgeniya Sabadyshina, graduates of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

Artem Burnatov, founder of MuzFound project, has become the winner of a contest that was instituted by Sergey Koltovich and Evgeniya Sabadyshina, graduates of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. He will receive a scholarship of 350 000 roubles, the amount is to be used for the partial financing of the education at the Noeiaiaey Startup Academy. The competition was instituted in August 2013. It featured more than 10 entrepreneurs which presented their projects that have a significant social and public importance or are related to culture or art. The winner was selected by the jury board that included Sergey Koltovich, Evgeniya Sabadyshina and Lawrence Wright, Director of the SKOLKOVO Startup Academy. MuzFound is a social network that is going to unite art persons all over the world. «We wanted to select a mature applicant and future student and examined the level of project development», said Sergey Koltovich. «It was also important to find a person that would be able to bring diversity and newness, passion and drive in the class». The graduates of three classes of the SKOLKOVO Startup Academy have already attracted $ 4 mln of investments and created 140 jobsites, with a total estimated cost of their startups reaching $ 30 mln...