3 months internship in Silicon Valley

    Good news for Russian startups who are thinking about entering the Western market.

    Silicon Valley’s largest accelerator, Plug and Play , has been helping European, including Russian, startups enter the global market since June.
    Plug and Play, their investment partner, Global Venture Alliance , and we, the Glavstart startup factory, will give one of the Russian startups $ 100,000 ($ 75,000 in investment in the project and $ 25,000, including internships) and will be sent to Silicon Valley for three months.

    What does an internship include


    • investments
    • work with mentors Plug & Play
    • access to resources of accelerator technology partners
    • full access to the Plug & Play infrastructure (more about their capabilities can be found on their website)
    • introducing Silicon Valley to investors


    Rules for participation


    1. To participate, you need to send an application to idea@glavstart.ru with the subject of the letter: “Plug and Play”.
    2. In the application you need to talk about your team, leave contacts for communication and attach a presentation of your project (the presentation may be in Russian), from which it will become clear why your project should conquer the world market.
    3. Applications are accepted until 22.00 on June 19.
    4. On June 20, 5 finalists will be named.
    5. On June 25, at the opening of the Plug & Play technology center in Moscow, Said Amidi, the founder of Plug & Play, will select a project from 5 finalists who will go for a 3-month internship in Silicon Valley. The remaining finalists will receive useful prizes / investments / gifts.


    Startup Requirements


    • good knowledge of English
    • working prototype
    • potential scalability of the business to the American and international markets (projects focused only on the Russian market, or having strong counterparts in the USA are almost / not considered)
    • valid passport


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