The Fund “Softline Venture Partners” conducts the contest “Dev Genetation”

The Fund “Softline Venture Partners” conducts the contest “Dev Genetation”The Fund “Softline Venture Partners” conducts the contest “Dev Genetation” for search of the most perspective projects in the IT-industry, established by young developers. The main prize will become financial support for the best startup in amount of $100K. The project, which will take the second place, the Fund will organize education program of product-management in the Berkeley University.

The third-place taker will participate in the program “StartupAccess”, in the course of which the project founder will go to Boston for getting acquainted with venture business in USA, and will get a chance to meet with American investors and business-angels.

The Microsoft has established a special nomination: the Company will award prizes those projects, which use firm technologies of Redmond software giant. And the Corporation SAP will invite to take part in the “SAP-SKOLKOVO” Moscow Startup Forum, which will be conducted in November, 27-28.

This year the Fund “Softline Venture Partners” significantly simplified the process of applications filing for the projects selections. In order to take part in the “Dev Gneration” it is required to complete a special form and apply presentation, formed in accordance with base recommendations, stated at the contest page.

Organizers have gathered the representational jury, which includes technology experts of the Corporations “EMC”, “IBM”, “SAP”, “Microsoft”, The Skolkovo Open University (SOU), and also the Startup - mass media “Firrma.ru” and “Hopes & Fears”.

It is interesting that in estimation the projects will take part Maks Skibinsky – native of Russia, angel-investor and mentor of the accelerator “500startups”, located in the Silicon Valley. Having other equal conditions the expert committee will prefer projects with ready product prototype, and also existing businesses with understandable business-model.

In the Fund while estimating the projects will be applied methodology of foreign business-accelerators, when one Startup is estimated by 3-5 experts.

The final will be conducted in November, 28 in Moscow, where will be invited 10 leaders of the experts rating, among which the contest committee will choose three best teams.





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