GoTech 2019. Opening Ceremony and Startup Battle Arena Pitch

Greetings from the organizers and partners of GoTech Arena 2019: Irina Kalashnikova, Co-Founder & CEO GoTech Innovation, Eugenia Barchenko, Co-Founder & COO GoTech Innovation, Natalia Degtyareva, Corporate Accelerator Director at VTB, Konstantin Sinushin, Managing partner at the Untitled ventures.

Arena Pitch — 13 startups from Russia and Europe were selected from 700 applications and took part in the pitch session on the main stage of the GoTech Arena forum. The main selection criterion: whether the company can become successful on the global market. Each performance: 3 minutes in English. During this time the founder needed to convince members of the jury and audience of GoTech that the company will be able to compete globally and become a success story on the global market with a potential volume of over $1 billion.

The main prize for winner is two tickets to Web Summit 2019 conference in Lisbon from the event organizer GoTech Innovation. VTB Bank awards the best FinTech startup with the opportunity to launch a commercial pilot project. The Untitled Ventures fund established a $100,000 investment proposal. Vienna Business Agency awards one of the finalists with a tour to Vienna FinTech Week 2019 in Vienna.

Pitch session participants:
AI Chatbot – automate communication and operations with customers using an AI-based chatbot.
AnyWay – predictive driver behavior analytics platform for car rentals.
Cybertonica – a Russian-British company that develops a platform for cross-channel fraud monitoring and payment optimization.
Directual – a platform for quick creation of digital products without programming.
electroNeek – a Lean Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution for creating digital workforce and personal assistants.
Exomys – passive exoskeletons for industrial application and logistics in order to support employees during exhausting work shifts.
Mishka AI – a smart plush toy for preschoolers that develops, teaches and helps to form useful habits. A friend for the child and a help for the parent.
ORBL – a global facial & emotions recognition platform: the most scalable, fastest, and accurate technology.
Raison Ai – a smart financial and investment management app that combines classic and digital assets.
Travel – a platform for planning and booking road trips with budget personalization and smart cars integration.
Tango Vision – a solution allows smart buildings to communicate with visitors, and helps management company to make decisions based on Big Data.
TraceAir – creation of 3D digital model of the site using drones and unmanned aerial vehicles in a few hours.
VR Concept – an application for collective work with CAD / BIM / CAD models in virtual and augmented reality without programming skills.

The Jury included 6 people: Konstantin Sinushin, Managing partner at the Untitled ventures, Nicolai Rodimov, International Business at Vienna Business Agency, Regional Manager CEE & CIS, Irina Kalashnikova, Co-Founder & CEO GoTech Innovation, Natalia Degtyareva, Corporate Accelerator Director at VTB, Lubov Simonova-Emelyanova, Head of Technology Development office at Rostelecom, Denys Zhadanov, Vice-President of Marketing at Readdle.

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