Biomedicine and energy projects dominate Novosibirsk phase of Startup Tour

The Skolkovo Foundation’s Startup Tour has completed its third stop-off in the western Siberian city of Novosibirsk, following visits to Irkutsk and Vladivostok.

The two-day event to identify promising tech startups was held at Novosibirsk’s Academpark – the technopark of the city’s historical science town.

More than 1,500 people registered to take part in the event in Novosibirsk, Russia’s third biggest city, including hopeful entrepreneurs from neighbouring regions such as the republic of Altai and Altai region, and the Kemerovo, Omsk and Tomsk regions. Participants had the opportunity to pitch their ideas and attend workshops, as well as network with representatives of the local business community and regional authorities.

Participants in the Novosibirsk phase of the Startup Tour. Photo: Sk.ru.

The most projects were submitted in the biomedicine and energy categories. The top three projects in each category were chosen by a jury, and the overall winners in each region will attend the Startup Village held at Skolkovo in June, attended by investors from around the world.

The Skolkovo Startup Tour will next visit the Urals city of Chelyabinsk on February 15-16. In total it will visit 11 Russian cities, as well as the Belarussian capital Minsk and the Kazakh city of Almaty.

The winners in Novosibirsk were:

Biological and medical technologies category

1. Alexandra Tarkova, for her development of a new kind of biological prosthetic aortic valve that can be implanted via minimally invasive surgery
2. Yevgeny Dubinin, for his EpiKordis project
3. Olga Yarovaya, for her development of a new kind of anti-viral medication, and Ilya Vasilchenko, for his method of using intraoperative hyperthermia to treat malignant tumours

Biotechnoloy in agriculture and industry category

1. Yevgeny Shvedkin, for his introduction of the substance Vetostim into the rearing of poultry, pigs and other animals to increase the efficiency of meat production
2. Andrei Podolets, for his bio-packaging for water
3. Dmitry Algazin, for his Rosinka device for germinating seeds

Industrial technologies and materials category

1. Vadim Vasilets, for his Colibri-M convertiplane – a hybrid UAV with a changing aerodynamic system
2. Andrei Fedyukin, for his innovative technology for underground exploration
3. Vagiz Kabirov, for his development and organisation of the production of systems for the electrical control of wound goods

Energy and energy-efficient technologies category

1. Viktor Ratushnyak, for his recycling system for steel and concrete waste products
2. Yevgeny Butakov, for his plasma-fuel system, and Alexei Dzhezhora, for his energy transformation system
3. Artyom Zhukov, for his energy element based on a bioreactor

IT category

1. Dmitry Voronenkov, for his Pingo project – an app for teaching drawing
2. Alexander Molchunov, for his Segmento Target project – AI management of online advertising
3. Viktor Bryzgalov, for his corporate system of knowledge management