«Сбербанк» - Sberbank and 500 Startups choose most promising IT startups
Summary
Insize — a computer vision technology for warehouses and distribution centers retailers could use to batch orders, making no mistakes, cutting time, and removing human errors. Throughout the course of the accelerator stakeholders signed 154 partner contracts, tested 218 ideas and held 792 meetings with companies and investment funds from Russia and abroad. From day one startups were refining their products with representatives of Sberbank ecosystem and the bank’s partners to launch pilot projects and agree on cooperation terms after the completion of the program. As many as 23 mentors from the Silicon Valley visited Moscow over eight weeks from October 21 and December 11 to teach their courses, ranging from Customer Development to Fundraising. Taught in English, the courses featured lectures, team workshops, personal meetings with mentors to work on the startup details and fundamentals of how they should be grown.