Financing services include attraction of venture capital, financing of projects at an early stage by organizing and holding mass events and individual meetings with venture capitalists (private investors, federal and regional funds, businesses), and investors (business angels, federal and regional funds, a Russian venture company) who fund the projects at an early stage.
MoneyTalks Forum
Presentation of projects to western investors, an event held jointly with Technopolis
Business promotion services include providing the resident with business contacts and building a client base by organizing and holding mass events and individual meetings with prospective clients and customers, business partners, experienced managers and entrepreneurs from various industries.
Business promotion events:
- Technology Challenge Setting technical tasks for start-ups by operating businesses
- Happy Hour Program of informal meetings of Business Incubator’s projects participants
- Morning Coffee Meetings of project leaders with invited specialists
- Student Meetings Ingria Presentations of students’ start-ups to build teams
Training Courses enable residents to obtain the necessary practical skills for conducting negotiations with business partners and managing innovative projects.
Business Incubator holds the following training courses:
- Improving presentation techniques
- Technological entrepreneurship
- Fast Track Program of entrepreneurship training held jointly with the USA-Russia Center for Entrepreneurship
- Open Days Ingria Open workshops and master classes for entrepreneurs
- Start-Up Lynch Trainings in the art of presentation of innovative projects
- Test-Drive Ingria Presentation of projects before representatives of venture funds and experts
Business Services
- Providing access to the kitchen and copy center equipment
- Providing access to the Internet and reference and information systems
- Access control and cleaning
Consultations on starting up a business
- Setting up a legal entity
- Building a business model
- Building a team
- Developing a plan for intellectual property protection
- Developing a marketing plan
- Developing a business plan
- Developing a pilot product
- Developing a product prototype
- Product positioning and branding
- Preparing a product presentation
- Attracting financing
- Attracting clients and customers
- Building sales channels
- Setting up production
- Use of a partnership network
- Attending business incubator’s events
Providing Work Stations
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Co-working Center is the business incubator’s space where the residents temporary work stations are located.
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Cubicle is office space divided by partitions into separate offices where the residents permanent work stations are located.
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Offices are separate rooms where the residents permanent work stations are located.
Access to Partnership Network
- Legal services
- Patenting and licensing services
- Marketing services
- Financial and economic services
- PR and advertising services
- Recruiting services
- Designing and printing services
- Others