(Kazan City
KZN.RU, 27 April). The XVI Russian (XI Kazan) Venture Fair opened in Kazan. Solemn
ceremony held at the HTEC "Corston" was attended by President of
Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin. Also the participants
were welcomed by the Russian President's aide Andrei Fursenko.
After the
opening ceremony the guests visited the exhibition fair, which presented infrastructure
of support of innovation in Tatarstan, RT Government Portal reported. 55
innovative companies will present their projects. Recall that the most
promising ones will be accelerated in international program that started this
year.
To
participate in the program of acceleration and the fair 378 applications from
start-ups from 37 Russian cities and 15 countries were received. The event
attended by companies from Moscow, Kazan, St. Petersburg, Samara, Kaliningrad
and other Russian cities as well as Baku (Azerbaijan). Industrial, oil and gas,
medical, biotech, IT-projects, as well as start-ups, dealing with new material,
are presented.
Recall
Venture Fair is held annually in Kazan since 2005. It is organized by Tatarstan
Investment and Venture Fund and the Russian Venture Capital Association (RVCA).
In the entire history of the Kazan Venture Fair more than 700 investors from
Russia and foreign countries, 488 exhibitors, 8,600 participants from 70 cities
of Russia and 30 foreign countries (annually up to 1500) took part in this
event.