Developers: | Russian Railways (RR), Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) |
Date of the premiere of the system: | September, 2019 |
Branches: | Information technologies, Transport, Tourism, hotel and restaurant business, Pharmaceutics, medicine, health care |
2019: Start of the program
At the beginning of September, 2019 the Russian Railway was announced start of the accelerator for startups. The program will be implemented together with the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF), said in the press release which came to edition TAdviser.
This project in the Russian Railway is called the first corporate accelerator for search and preparation for piloting of startups based on head research institute of the industry VNIIZhT.
Participants of the program will have an opportunity to adapt the technologies for a request of business customers of the Russian Railway and by means of experts of IIDF will prove cost efficiency of the technologies for corporation. Acceleration will last until the end of 2019.
Based on the program of the company, proved the efficiency, will receive "The passport of the project" and Road map — allowing documents for carrying out tests on experimental polygons of the Russian Railway. In usual conditions on preparation of such documents leaves of half a year.
The Russian Railway automated systems of control of repair and traveling works, methods of fight against freezing on power lines, e-learning of employees, etc. interest.
According to the results of the program of a command present the projects adapted for requirements of network of the railroads, to top managers of the Russian Railway and the biggest customers and partners of corporation on Demo Day action. Successful startups will be able to pass to tests on regional innovation platforms of corporation.
The accelerator is a next step in development of the innovation infrastructure of corporation. Scientific and technical projects, internal and external startups for us are points of ensuring steady growth of company competitiveness in global market of transport and logistics services — the chief of the center of the innovative development — Russian Railway branch Alexander Zazhigalkin said. |
Requests from the companies and projects for participation in an accelerator of the Russian Railway are accepted till October 25, 2019.