Volotovskaya Elena

Biography

As of October 2014 - CEO of Softline Venture Partners.

As of July 2016 - Chairman of the Investment Committee of Softline Seed Fund.

As of March 2017 - Vice President of Investment Softline (Softline).

2021: Chairman of the Commission at the Russian Information Technology Development Fund

Elena Volotovskaya, head of the Softline Venture Partners fund, became the chairman of the commission for the selection of copyright holders in order to reimburse the costs of using Russian software by SMEs of the Russian Information Technology Development Fund (RFRIT). This was announced on November 10, 2021 by Softline.

Ministry of Digital Science of Russia through the operator - RFRIT - launched a program thanks to which organizations small and medium-sized businesses will be able to purchase Russian cloudy software at a 50% discount, and copyright holders will receive appropriate compensation from the fund.

The program started on September 28, 2021. Program participants will be selected by RFRIT in accordance with Resolution Governments of the Russian Federation No. 1031. The total volume of the program is 7 billion, rubles of which 1 billion rubles have been allocated for 2021. In the process of working with applications, RFRIT will check the documents submitted by copyright holders and conduct an examination of software solutions. At the same time, the final decision will be made by the Commission for the selection of copyright holders, which includes representatives of the Ministry of Digital Science, Russia SME Corporations leading experts in the field. information technology

The fund has already begun to consider the first applications from the copyright holders of cloud software. Since October 25, several meetings of the commission for the selection of program participants have already taken place. Elena Volotovskaya, Chairman of the RFRIT Commission, assessed the prospects of this measure to support entrepreneurs. In her opinion, the program will allow Russian companies, including regional ones, to accelerate the digital transformation of the business, and software developers will be prompted to register their software in the Register of Domestic Software.

"For me it is a big responsibility, but first of all - involvement in a big and important business. The program has the right goal setting - small businesses will receive a serious impetus for digital transformation - according to our data, at least 40% of small and medium-sized businesses are interested in new technologies. In addition, the IT-Business will have another channel for the distribution of Russian software, which is extremely important for the development of the information technology sector in our country. I hope that small IT companies from various regions of Russia will also be among the copyright holders of the program, "Elena Volotovskaya noted.

Elena Volotovskaya is an investment expert with many years of experience in the field of M & A. At Softline, Elena joined as Director of Institutional Investor Relations before forming and leading the Softline Venture Partners Foundation team. In addition to her main activities, Elena devotes a lot of time to public initiatives. She is a member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses "Opora Rossii," the head of the Opora Rossii Committee on Information Technologies, and is also a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Digital Industry of Russia.

2022: Vice President of Opora Rossii

Elena Volotovskaya, Vice President of Softline, Head of the Softline Venture Partners Fund and Head of the Opora Rossii Information Technology Committee, has been appointed Vice President of OPORA ROSSII. Softline announced this on November 22, 2022. In this position, she oversees the direction related to the development of information technologies and the availability of venture and angel investments for SMEs.

Elena's main task as vice president of OPORA RUSSIA is to unite the efforts of various OPORA RUSSIA committees and commissions interested in stimulating digital transformation small and medium-sized businesses. Digitalization is a global trend that has long gone beyond the IT sphere and has penetrated into everything, industries economies public life state and governance. For SMEs, digital transformation becomes a necessary condition for business development, competent work with, financial personnel and other resources, and, of course, expanding their own opportunities in the market.

All this is impossible without the development of the IT sector, an increase in the number of technology companies, building clear interaction with relevant ministries and departments, as well as the expert community.

{{quote 'For this, my colleagues and I plan to build a system work, which will be based on three "whales":

• knowledge of the real state of affairs in the IT market,
• formation of effective communication channels with all those included in the process of digital transformation of SMEs,
• Creating conditions for the real transition of small businesses to digital (through regulatory instruments, measures to support the IT industry, search for new opportunities for the development of information technologies), - said Elena Volotovskaya. - No less promising topic for small businesses and, especially, for startups remains the search for investments for the implementation of projects in the technological field. Until now, most entrepreneurs have a rather vague idea of ​ ​ the opportunities provided by the venture capital industry, what opportunities angel investments provide and how to become a business angel yourself. For OPORA ROSSII and its participants, these issues can be of great value.}}

2023: Joining the Board of Directors of Softline Group of Companies

Softline Group, a provider of solutions and services in the field of digital transformation and information security, has formed the Board of Directors. It included, among other things, the vice president of Softline for investments Elena Volotovskaya. Softline representatives reported this to TAdviser on February 28, 2023. The full list of members of the Board of Directors can be found here.