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2024: Foundation Launch

On January 25, 2024, it became known that Aleksei Kalinin, the main owner and head of the board of directors of the Aquarius Group of Companies, launched the Advanced Technologies private equity fund. This structure will support and develop high-tech Russian startups.

According to Forbes, Kalinin's wife, Marina Ivanova, who holds the position of vice president of Aquarius for development, is participating in the Advanced Technologies project. The family fund will focus on projects to develop the IT industry in Russia and organize the export of relevant solutions. In particular, it is planned to invest in young companies whose activities are related to the development of telecommunications equipment.

Aleksei Kalinin

There are a lot of ambitions and tasks, and for us the main question is the emergence of new companies and new technologies. In any case, this is tens of billions of rubles in the coming years. We are always open to partnership and love to move forward. Now we are at the very beginning of the journey, - says Ivanova.

As of the end of January 2024, Advanced Technologies is considering several projects for investment. The first transaction of the fund was the investment in the capital of LLC Irtea"," a subsidiary. MTS This enterprise is engaged in the creation of domestic mobile communication base stations/with 4G5G open architecture OpenRAN. More than 30 specialists moved to Irteya. " Skoltech In addition, it is known that Irteya and MTS signed a forward contract for the supply of 20 thousand base stations until 2030: equipment is necessary for import substitution of equipment from foreign manufacturers who have left the Russian market. As part of the transaction, Advanced Technologies acquired a 50 percent stake in Irteya LLC. In the future, the parties plan to attract another partner in the capital of this company so that "no one has a share of 50% or more."^[1]

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