Innopolis, Yandex.Cloud and Tochka have launched a platform for the development of IT startups

The Innopolis special economic zone has launched an IT business support project with the participation of partners - this is

Yandex.Cloud, Tochka Bank, MTS, Test IT, GeekBrains and Taxnet. Startups will receive services that will help them optimize resources for developing solutions and establish business administration or accounting services. To receive special conditions, a company needs to register as a startup in a special economic zone, fill out an application and pass the selection process.

For example, startups will receive grants foruse of any services of the Yandex cloud platform in the amount of 200 thousand rubles. Within six months, startups will be able to use any platform services, including Yandex developments in the field of machine learning and serverless computing. Tochka will provide a secure transaction service for working with prepaid customers and assistance in participating in government procurement. 

Partners will also provide startups with a test management system, access to proprietary training materials, a service for checking suppliers and contractors, and special discounts on their services.

These services and comprehensive support mechanismswill make Innopolis one of the best platforms in Russia for technology entrepreneurs. The partners we invited to participate in the project provide services necessary at the stage of formation of companies. Often it is startups that give birth to breakthrough ideas, so we consider one of our priorities to be the creation of the necessary conditions for young companies.

Renat Khalimov, General Director of the Innopolis special economic zone

Since December 2019, the Innopolis SEZ operatessimplified procedure for obtaining startup status. During this time, 52 companies passed the selection of an expert council and began work on projects. Startups are provided with an office on a preferential lease or workplaces in a coworking space (from 1,000 rubles per month). From 2020, there is a reduced tax rate of 1% for companies that pay tax on total income when applying the simplified tax system.

In the special economic zone Innopolis105 residents, 21 partners and 52 startups. These companies have created 3.6 thousand jobs. Among the residents and partners are Acronis, Yandex, Alfa-Bank, Schneider Electric, Magnit IT Lab, IT X5 Technologies, Open Mobile Platform, companies of the ICL group, Sberbank of Russia, S7 TechLab. The volume of investments exceeds 20 billion rubles.

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