April-August 2019
Finland-Russia
100+ companies
Join
Startup Connect Contest
Contest for early-stage startups from Finland and Russia, interested in new markets and international expansion. Take part in pitch session during *Ship Startup Festival! Get participation package in Web Summit 2019 and other opportunities.
What solutions are we looking for?
The contest is looking for the statups presenting solutions from the following field. However, participation is not restricted by these areas.
Logistics
IoT
Robotics
Smart Mobility
Industry 4.0
Hardware
What are the key dates?
April 2 - June 10
Application period
June 11-27, 2019
Evaluation process
June 28, 2019
10 finalists are announced
July 15-26, 2019
Training session for finalists to make perfect pitch in English
August 1-2, 2019
Final pitch session during *Ship Startup festival in Kotka
Why take part? Here are the main prizes!
10 finalists will make pitch presentations during *Ship Startup Festival in Kotka (Finland) - bright summer event with great networking, exciting atmosphere, and 5 000 euros as a prize.
The winner takes it all:
Web Summit
Participation package in Web Summit 2019
LevelUp
Acceleration program LevelUp CBC batch
Piloting
Piloting opportunities with local companies
Contest Jury
Hassib Fowad Rezai
*ship Startup Festival (FI)
Heidi Sjögren
Cursor Oy (FI)
Irina Kalashnikova
GoTech Innovation (RU)
Maxim Balanev
St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development
Aleksander Andreev
Almaz Capital
Sergey Dashkov
Phystech Accelerator
Don't miss you chance to present your start-up at *Ship Startup Festival!
Key organizers
The contest is organised by GoTech Innovation in the framework of the contract with Cursor Oy.
Co-organizers
The following institutions are co-organizers of the competition.
Infopartners
We thankful to the following institutions for supporting the competition.
