More than 80 million rubles of investment were received by startups consisting of nine teams of schoolchildren and students from different cities of Russia at Demodna of Sber youth accelerators. This was reported by the press service of the financial institution. Investment offers came from venture funds and business angels.
Sberbank said that Demodnaya participants spent six months developing technological products, determining the target audience and a profitable business model, achieving first sales in accelerators, and also took part in the TV program “Startup Race” about youth IT entrepreneurship. “Friday!” TV channels. and “Saturday!”, where the star curators complete their mission.
Demoden will be the sixth and final episode of the series and will be titled “Friday!” will be broadcast on the channel. December 10, 8:20.
On demo day, the biggest checks were received by start-ups: SmileAI – a telemedicine app to monitor dental health using photography, Dairy Vision – a computer vision system to monitor the health of cows, Neurolumber – a computer vision device to automate woodworking.
According to Alexander Vedyakhin, first deputy chairman of Sberbank’s board of directors, the finalists received an unprecedented amount of funds for youth programs and numerous offers from corporate clients.
“This shows that investors are starting to look seriously at tech solutions created by young kids, and that young people now have access to tools and information on how to approach a tech business idea and turn it into a monetizable venture.” said the company’s top executive.
According to him, Sber sees his mission as disseminating such success stories and showing that the quality of a solution does not depend on its age, but only on the determination and talent of its author.
“Our mission is to create an infrastructure where every budding entrepreneur can fully realize his potential and receive the necessary support,” Vedyakhin added.
Sberbank announced that participation in accelerators is free for school, college and technical school students, as well as undergraduates, graduate students and university employees. Training takes place online. You can register until December 15th.
The company has had free boosters since 2021. Over three seasons, 130 thousand young people from different cities of the country participated in the accelerators. They created 3 thousand business projects and collected 420 million rubles for their development.