Looking for a still unknown hero or What is RFS


    Firemen are looking for,
    Police are
    looking for, Photographers are looking for
    In our capital,
    They have been looking for a long time,
    But they cannot be found ...

    S. Ya. Marshak “The Story of an Unknown Hero”


    We are Glavstart - by and large the embassy of investors in the country of startups. Firstly, we are looking for interesting startups at the level of ideas or early prototypes for seed investments. Secondly, we are looking for startups that are useful and necessary for strategic investors.

    We know about so many startups, but by definition we cannot grasp the immensity. Therefore, from time to time, we announce the search for startups on topics that interest us and our investor partners. Announcements on a thematic search for startups - RFS or Request For Startups - we publish on our Facebook page.

    So, what startups and why are we looking for strategic investors?

    Strategic investors are looking for startups that, as a result of a purchase, investment or partnership, would form a synergy with the investor’s existing business. Strategic investors from different market segments work with us.
    • Internet companies
    • companies from related markets that have already begun to actively explore the Internet (mobile operators, telecommunications companies, TV channels, media, etc.),
    • offline companies that are only planning their development paths on the Internet.

    We help companies formulate their Internet strategies, and we also help them search and find startups that can solve the tasks set by the Internet strategy. Themes for such startups we publish on our Facebook page . Sometimes, for reference, we provide lists of similar foreign services. Understand us correctly, we are not interested in the literal clones of these services - we give them only as an illustration of our words, so that it is clearer what we mean. We are more interested in the fact that the services you offer have new and unique properties, but at the same time they should nevertheless solve the tasks originally set for the projects.

    So, we will assume that you have realized the topic posed in the request, and this topic really interests you and you are able to do it.

    What should a startup have in order to interest a strategic investor?
    • It should be a startup. Startups are people who gathered in order to make an interesting project for them. And who are already doing it. And who will do it regardless of whether this particular investor gives them money or not.
    • The core of the team. The core of the team is the bearer of the idea and people who have the competencies to implement the key components of this idea.
    • Project developments. The team should already have something ready that can be shown to the investor. To, firstly, to prove that you can not only speak beautifully, but also to do, and, secondly, to demonstrate the level of your competencies. This “something” does not necessarily mean a running service that brings money. It can be just a prototype.
    • The desire to continue working with the investor. An investor does not invest in a bare product - an investor invests in a team that can make a product that already makes a product, and that will continue to tear the product even after the investor buys the product. And the team.

    Once again, I will focus on important points for the investor:
    • The investor is not looking for a team of outsourcers. The investor is not interested in people who, for the announced price, are ready to get together for a while, “fuck” the right product and hand it off with giblets to the investor.
    • An investor needs a bearer of ideas. There should be a person in the team who is “on fire” with an idea - who is constantly thinking about how this idea can and should be developed. An investor does not even need a group of qualified developers / marketers / sellers who are able to work only in accordance with the requirements specified in detail by the investor.
    • An investor is not interested in a “bare” idea. If you have an idea, but you cannot program it, you cannot promote it, and you cannot sell it, then the investor does not need you. Either you yourself must have one of the key competencies for the implementation of the project, or you must come to the investor with a ready and motivated team. An investor invests not just in an idea, but in a team and the quality of implementation.

    And the last moment: our ads are not yet offers with ready-made conditions and price. This is a sign that the investor is, in principle, interested in projects on this topic, that he is ready to look in more detail at the specific project you submitted, that he will carefully study the level of qualification and “charge” of the bearer of the idea and competence of the team, and that decision-making is at least positive , even if it’s negative, it will take a rather long time (although from our history we also know precedents when making a positive decision took only a few days).

    Read the feed of our announcements , send your projects to idea (at) glavstart.ru. Who seeks will always find. This applies equally to us and to you.

    With investor greetings,
    Arkady Moreynis

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