MobilityLab of MobilityLab

MobilityLab is a part of IT group.

It is formed in 2011 as the center of researches, developments and commercialization of technologies of a class of a corporate mobile workplace (Enterprise Mobile Workplace) on the basis of modern mobile devices.

History

2020: Opening of an investment round

On April 28, 2020 the MobilityLab company announced the readiness for the investment attraction in the company within an open investment round for acceleration of capture of the maximum market share during the turbulent period which nevertheless is perspective for solutions of mobility, cyber security, AI and remote access. Products of the Russian technology companies already reached that level of a maturity when directly compete with the known international solutions, but often concede to them in implementation scales because of limitation of own resources. For MobilityLab it is open for cooperation with external investors together with whom it intends to occupy that market share which corresponds to the proved world level of technologies and products of the company.

"The solutions of MobilityLab developed for these years and used in the largest companies of the country showed capability of the company to develop both in technologies, and in business. Attraction of external investments will allow us to turn into the following weight category with a serious sight on leadership in Russia and a productive exit to foreign markets in modern reality of qualitatively extended digital requirements of society and business. The open investment round means opportunities for large investors to enter into the company which capacity – the maximum market share in Russia", 'Sergey Orlik, the CEO of MobilityLab noted'

2015

Negotiations with investors

In June, 2015 the chairman of the board of directors of IT Group Tagir Yapparov said in an interview to TAdviser that the company conducts negotiations with several funds for an investment attraction occasion in MobilityLab for more active promotion of the product WorksPad (before MobileSputnik) in international market.

"We can advance it integrally and we do it, but speed is very small, and the window of opportunities is limited", - he noted.

Yapparov explains interest in foreign markets with a negative situation in the Russian IT market.

"We see that the market in itself is reduced two years. At the same time in a negative side for us its structure changes. The high share of own products allows to balance in income generation to us, and we make great efforts to become the global player. Generally, the situation difficult, but in it is the clear strategy, clear models of the further movement".

Parameters of the possible transaction and names of potential investors in IT are not revealed, referring to confidentiality agreements.

If earlier the company communicated mainly with foreign investors, then now considers generally Russian funds, Yapparov says.

The state companies (Rostec, Rostelecom) which are interested in IT in IT do not see a possibility of attraction as investors yet: "The matter is that with them there is a risk of shift of focus. They solve the production problems which are not connected with business globalization. Such alliance is not considered by us yet though it also can be implemented later".

As of June, 2015 IT possesses 70% of MobilityLab, other shares are distributed between company executives - Sergey Orlik (11.3%), Sergey Makaryin (11.3%) and Roman Polozov (7.4%).

Preserving of control in MobilityLab, according to Yapparov, is not basic - "it is a working question".

In 2008 IT already tried to raise external funds, the head tells it: "We were at a stage of signing of documents on sale of a share to the financial investor. Somewhere in May we approved assessment of the company and planned that we will sign documents on the transaction in the fall. But in August, 2008 burst a world financial crisis and the transaction did not take place. Since then, unfortunately, the situation in terms of investment strongly worsened, but at the same time, according to us, there are scenarios at which the investment attraction and now is possible".

Now, according to Yapparov, own original products and technologies are better capitalized. He considers WorksPad one of the best products in the world for mobile employees.

Development plans for foreign sales

On March 24, 2015 the MobilityLab company announced staff changes in a management system and creation of a new position − the development director of the international business.

In the company invited Nikolay Zezyulinsky to again organized position - he has a considerable work experience in the Russian and foreign IT companies. The happening changes - an important stage of the ambitious program of the company for an exit to international market. The program was announced in February, 2015, along with the presentation of the flagman application of the company – a mobile corporate workplace of WorksPad.

Within the strategy the MobilityLab company is going to create a partner network in the main large markets in Russia and abroad through which WorksPad sales will be organized. The development director of the international business should define priorities of the markets, to look for potential partners, to develop business relations with them, to support them in the organization of sales and to provide growth of their volumes.

"We created very interesting product which was already appreciated by the largest Russian companies, and now we pass to a new stage – expansion of presence in foreign markets. This task not less ambitious and difficult, than directly development of technologies and output of a product to the domestic market, – Sergey Orlik, the CEO of MobilityLab noted. – I am glad that the high quality professional whose knowledge and experience will help with building of the steady relations in the new markets joined our command and will provide achievement of strategic objectives of our project".

"The market of corporate mobility still is in a formation stage therefore in it there is a high potential for any companies – as for the international IT giant diversifying the product line and the technological startups presenting unique innovative solutions in a certain direction which, certainly, MobilityLab treats, – Nikolay Zezyulinsky said. – The company is an innovator and has all premises occupying the niche on the international scene. And it is already indirectly confirmed with results of our participation in WMC-2015 in Barcelona where we represented WorksPad and met potential partners".

2012

Since 2012 MobilityLab works as a part of an IT cluster in the status of the resident of the innovation Skolkovo project.