The 15 best industrial start-ups were presented during the Business
Priority pitch session at the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit
(GMIS 2019). The event was held under the slogan ‘Innovations are Changing the
Landscape of the Future’. The session was held with the support of the
Roscongress Foundation along with the Digital Economy Development Fund as part
of the Start-up Lounge project. The National Engineering Corporation was the
general partner of the Pitch Session.
The session featured presentations of eight Russian and seven international
start-ups in such areas as artificial intelligence, nature-like technologies,
and social engineering modelling. Based on voting, these projects were selected
from among the top 100 start-ups and granted the status of Business Priority.
The Russian projects that were
presented, in particular, included Bmpower, which produces world-class hydrogen
batteries, RFsense, which manufactures acoustic wave systems that provide new
opportunities for utilizing the potential of power grids, and Motiviti, a
platform for staff development, training, and motivation. Foreign start-up
projects included presentations by Otago (Singapore), which converts biomass
into energy, and Sponsh (South Africa), which produces a special fabric for the
irrigation of deserts.
In addition, representatives of such
projects as Lige, Cubi, Ecolight, Nilar, Hion, Kalancha, Credence Robotics,
Big3, Hologroupe, and The Concept made presentations to Russian and Arab
investment funds, state-owned corporations, and major industrial companies. The
best projects can count on support from large investment funds and further
scaling.
“The Business Priority project is thriving. This is
evidenced by the fact that international companies took part in the innovative
project competition at the GMIS 2019 in addition to Russian companies. I am
confident that the quality of expertise that the Roscongress Foundation is
offering to investors and young entrepreneurs will enable them to attract new
investments and reach a higher level of development”, said Yury Cherches, a
member of the Roscongress Foundation Board of Directors.
The GMIS 2019 also featured a youth business platform
whose members can also present the best innovative youth projects. The platform
for young professionals was organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the UAE
Ministry of Energy and Industry, the United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO), the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the
Administration of the Sverdlovsk Region, the Russian Export Center, and the OT
WINTA Foundation.
