Events & contests

Slush revokes €1 million prize from Russian founded-startup after international outcry

Yesterday Immigram, a UK-based but Russian-founded tech immigration platform, opted out from the Slush competition, just a couple of days after winning the first prize.  Almost simultaneously, Slush formally revoked the win “in light of new information on the extent of [Immigram’s] operations in Russia.” The attribution of the Slush prize to a Russian-founded startup had shocked a number of …

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Russian-founded tech migration platform wins €1 million at Slush, spurring controversy over solidarity with Ukraine

Immigram, a UK-based tech immigration platform, has won first prize at Slush, Helsinki’s yearly top tech event.  The Russian-founded startup will receive €1 million in investment coming from top global investors including Accel, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, NEA and Northzone.  Immigram had raised half a million just six months ago, earning trust from Joint Journey and Xploration …

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‘Hack For Peace” invites developers, entrepreneurs, mentors and investors to create anti-war tech products (Oct. 21-23)

Sigma Software Group, a Swedish-Ukrainian IT company, and Tech Nation, a UK platform providing support services to forward-looking leaders and founders, have teamed up to host‘Hack for Peace.’ This cross-European hackathon aims to support the creation of anti-war tech products. The organizers welcome aspiring newcomers, advanced coders, professional entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, and all others who …

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Google bans Russian and Belarusian participants from its open source programming contest

This year, Google Summer of Code (GSoC) — a global online program focused on bringing more developers into open source software development — will not accept participants from Russia or Belarus.  Neither will coders from “the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (‘DNR’) and Luhansk People’s Republic (‘LNR’)” be allowed to participate, says GSoC in its FAQ, referring to “current circumstances.” Ukrainian participants are welcome, provided that they are located outside …

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New approaches to smart city and smart region discussed at Moscow forum (March 3)

On March 3, 2022, Moscow will host the nation-wide business forum “Smart City & Region: Digital Technologies on the way to Smart Country.” The event will be held offline, with the possibility of participating in online broadcast. This event aims to establish an open and trusting dialogue between government authorities and business; assess the situation and forecast its development;  formulate specific proposals that can be used …

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Moscow clinics bet on AI-powered medical diagnosis, Russian startup triumphs in South Korea

No less than two million preliminary diagnoses using a neural network were made to date in Moscow during medical home visits, city authorities announced last week. “Today, the latest digital tools are used in routine medical practice in all adult polyclinics relies – including a clinical decision support system (CDSS) allowing for AI-powered preliminary diagnoses,” according Moscow’s Department of Information Technologies (DIT). After the practitioner enters the patient’s …

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New East Tech Awards highlight 11 promising startups from Russia, Estonia, Ukraine

On Dec. 22 New East Tech Awards highlighted 11 startups from Eastern Europe operating in a variety of fields. One of the winners is based in Kyiv, Ukraine, three are from Estonia while the others are located in Russia or founded by Russians.  The awarded companies received investment proposals from The Untitled, one of the …

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3 awards in 2 weeks: Sber’s AI teams and products gain international recognition

Sber’s excellence in certain technology segments, including artificial intelligence, was highlighted several times earlier this month through a variety of international and domestic awards.  In the yearly ranking “World’s Best Trade Finance Providers” of international magazine Global Finance, the Russian financial and digital giant appeared as number one in the category “Best Use of Artificial …

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New East Tech Awards: Highlighting the region’s best startups and investors (deadline: Dec. 17)

New East Tech Awards — an event intended for both startups and investors — aims to highlight the strongest players in the VC market and provide them exceptional collaboration opportunities, networking and resources.  Startups from the ‘New East’ (Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Balkans) as well as VC funds, business angels and accelerators investing in …

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Nobel Prize winners’ tech anticipations encapsulated at major Moscow conference

This year’s edition of Open Innovations — one of Russia’s top tech events — was marked by the participation of holders of Nobel, Fields, Wolf and Abel Prizes, leading Russian and foreign scientists and futurists, alongside representatives of corporations, businesses and government bodies. They shared their vision of the future with over a million of viewers from 70 countries followed expert presentations. …

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From unmanned factories to harsh workshops: The present and future of industrial digitalization discussed at top Moscow conference

It is still difficult for industrial companies to understand why they are in need of digital transformation. The ideal future for the industry will be not just the automation of the existing processes, but the establishment of new business models. This and other topics were discussed at Nobel Vision. Open Innovations 2.0, a major international conference held yesterday at Skolkovo …

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Venture Camp in Dubai: A breathtaking business and leisure experience!

This VC Camp in the UAE will uniquely combine networking, learning, and adventure. Reserved for tech investors, this event offers a rare opportunity to find partners, discuss deals, learn from each other — and have loads of fun!  Camp features include:  Interactive masterclasses and group discussions Desert survival and best practices Sand buggies and 4×4 ride through sand dunes …

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