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.
Hello world!
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
- To participate, you need to send an application to idea@glavstart.ru with the subject of the letter: “Plug and Play”.
- 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.
- Applications are accepted until 22.00 on June 19.
- On June 20, 5 finalists will be named.
- 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
Hello world!