East-West Digital News (EWDN) is the first comprehensive English-language online resource dedicated to Russian IT.The site offers a full coverage of Russian market activity, providing news and data directly from Russian sources in English to bridge information gaps between the vibrant IT markets in Russia and the rest of the world. EWDN offers a comprehensive range of information content – from daily news to in-depth studies – as well as a variety of professional business tools designed to improve business communication between market participants at all levels.
«The AngelInvestor» is the magazine for inside information on what is happening in the angel investment and venture capital worlds. «The AngelInvestor» is Russia's Number 1 source of industry news, resources and Entrepreneur business investment proposals.«The AngelInvestor» is published monthly and is sent out to over 20,000 accredited high-net-worth business angel investors and potential business angel investors. The magazine covers various topics including; industry news, successful business angel interviews, industry profiles, start-up spotlights, resources, lifestyle features, events, and an entire section of entrepreneur Investment Proposals.
LiveJournal is a community publishing platform, willfully blurring the lines between blogging and social networking. Since 1999 LiveJournal has been home to a wide array of creative individuals looking to share common interests, meet new friends, and express themselves. With more than 16 million journals on topics like politics, entertainment, fashion, literature and design, some key similarities emerge: the overall culture is distinctly open source-not only from a product perspective-but from a cultural one. The spirit of volunteerism pervades LiveJournal, crossing all boundaries and propagated via insanely passionate individuals. At LiveJournal creativity, diversity and tolerance are the mainstream.
The National Union of Business Angels is a non-profit partnership which incorporates legal entities and individuals, private and institutional investors who invest in innovative high-technology companies and entities which render services in the areas of investments and innovations. The decision on the National Union foundation was made at the 7th Venture Fair on October 10, 2006 on the initiative and with the support of the Russian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (RVCA) and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Russia.
TUSUR is one of the leading engineering universities in Russia, located in the intellectual heart of Russia and Siberia — the city of Tomsk. It is a young university, ambitiously striving for leadership and global presence in education and research. TUSUR was also the first Russian university to start implementing a complex development model that focuses on entrepreneurship in addition to two traditional university missions, i.e. education and research. In the course of the last decade it has created a network of innovative companies founded by its alumni. Today this network comprises 85 companies.
Social networks expert service Sarafannoye Radio Lab is a community of marketers, sociologists, journalists, software programmers and media managers from Russia, Ukraine, and the US. The lab is a business and non-profit project at the same time. Sarafannoye Radio services focus on social media monitoring, implementation of web 2.0 influence tools and monetizing applications.
"The Innovation Breakthrough" is the first large-scale project aimed at developing the technology business in Ukraine, which ultimate aim is to attract funding for a number of ideas and projects of Ukrainian developers, scientists and entrepreneurs selected during the contest. The project is run by Global Management Challenge Company. The objective of the contest is to find a mutual interest between the authors of ideas and investors for the successful implementation of new products or services.
RUVENTO is a group of companies consisting of Business Accelerator RUVENTO, VC Fund RUVENTO, and a management company RUVENTO Venture Partners. Business Accelerator RUVENTO helps to commercialize the breakthrough Russian technologies at a very early stage. If the project shows considerable potential, it is financed by RUVENTO to enable further business expansion. RUVENTO invests primarily in the following industries: biotech, nanotech, medicine, alternative energy and IT.
Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council (MARBC) is a major non-profit organization in the Mid-Atlantic region that provides information about and services related to Russia and the CIS. MARBC organizes more than 25 events annually in the United States and organizes American participation in more than 10 events in Russia, with an emphasis on industries in which the Russian market is most lucrative and prosperous, including advanced technology, energy and environment, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, advanced materials/nanotechnology, manufacturing technology, information technology, transportation, instrumentation, communications, air, space and surface transportation, agriculture, robotics, and security, among others. The goal of MARBC is to enable companies based in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region to enhance their positions in Russia and the CIS and to attract Russian businesses to the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.
SVASE, the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping startup entrepreneurs across all technology sectors build robust business plans, and find Venture Capital investors to fund their growing startups.
LiveExpert.ru is the online service for those who wishes to get a professional consultation in practically any field, including law, medicine, and psychology. LiveExpert.ru maintains an expert directory with profiles, reviews,and ratings. Users can choose their own expert from the directory and contact him/her in chat. They can also post their question and have an expert contact them with an answer!
yAdvisor.com is a marketplace and platform for online consultations. It's Quora meets oDesk: you don't just get quick free opinions, you instantaneously hire available experts, get immediate consultations via voice, chat and video, and automatically pay them.
Startup Afisha is a service for Russian startup community that aims to bring together its events and leaders to address the problems of the market.
Startup Afisha is a hub for all entrepreneurs, investors and organizers of startup events. It features a calendar of events and conferences for startups and investors, search service for investment and jobs opportunities, reviews of all startup activities and classes offered by the Startup School. The project was launched in October 2010. Geographic scope: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, USA.
IJNet.org is the premier global website for journalists and media managers to learn about training and networking opportunities. Its weekly e-mail bulletin reports on the latest innovations, resources and awards. IJNet publishes in Arabic, Chinese, English, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Users come from more than 185 countries. Donors and media-training groups use IJNet to publicize their work to an ever-growing community dedicated to improving journalism.
RUSSOFT Association is a nation-wide association of the most technically competent software developing companies from Russia and Belarus. By joining forces under the leadership of RUSSOFT we are able to provide customers with a range of comprehensive products, solutions and IT services. As the major Association of software developing companies, RUSSOFT provides the most accurate and up-to-date information about the Russian software market. We regularly organize market studies - in solo or in collaboration with prominent Russian and international partners. RUSSOFT maintains the largest database of software developing companies in Russia and serves as the most reliable source of information for the whole business community.
Unova is a web resource for information about innovation, startups, and venture capital markets. We publish news about startups and portfolio companies, venture funds and their activities, announcements of events, and other useful information.