Russian Venture Company (OJSC)
Russian Venture Company (OJSC) (RVC or Russian Venture Company) is a government fund of funds and a development institute of the Russian Federation, one of Russia's key tools in building its own national innovation system.

Russian Venture Company was established by Russian Government on June 7, 2006 (Order No. 838-r). Its mission is to encourage Russia’s own VC industry and boost capital of VC funds. RVC’s role is that of a government fund of venture capital funds channeling public incentives to venture capital and financial support to the hi-tech sector, and of a Russian VC industry development institute.

RVC’s authorized capital — RUB 30 011 320 700 (about US$ 1022 mln.) — is 100% owned by the Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimuschestvo). The Board is composed of seven directors, including Elvira Nabiullina (Russian Minister of Economic Development), Andrey Fursenko (Russian Minister of Education), Igor Artemyev (Head of Antitrust Committee), Sergey Guriev (Rector of Russian Economic School), Yigal Erlich (founder and Managing Partner of Yozma Group), Esko Aho (Prime Minister of Finland in 1991-1995, current member of the Executive Committee of Nokia Group), and Igor Agamirzian, CEO of RVC.

RVC operates through private-public partnerships that take form of private VC funds: 49% of their capital is contributed by RVC—to be matched by 51% from private investors.

RVC backed VC funds’ investment priorities focus on technologies from the Critical Technologies List approved by Russian President.

So far, these funds include: VTB Venture Fund (RUB 3,061 mln i.e. about US$ 104 mln.), Bioprocess Capital Ventures (RUB 3,000 mln i.e. about US$ 102 mln.), Maxwell Bio-Tech (RUB 3,061 mln i.e. about US$ 104 mln.),), Leader Innovations (RUB 3,000 mln i.e. about US$ 102 mln.), Tamir Fishman CiG Russian Fund (RUB 2,000 mln i.e. about US$ 68 mln.), S-Group Ventures (RUB 1,800 mln i.e. about US$ 61 mln.), New Technologies (RUB 3,061 mln i.e. about US$ 104 mln.), Seed Fund (RUB 2,000 mln), RVC Biopharmaceutical Investment Fund (RUB 500 mln, to be increased to RUB 1.5 mln), RVC Infrastructure Investment Fund (RUB 500 mln, to be increased to RUB 2 bln), RUSSIAN VENTURE CAPITAL I LP (RUB 300 mln), RUSSIAN VENTURE CAPITAL II LP (RUB 600 mln).

As on early March 2010, 12 RVC backed funds run a portfolio of 60 companies, invested capital totaling more than RUB 6 bln i.e. about US$ 200 mln. more...

«Finances» Group
The “Finances” Group has been conducting its activities on the audit services market since 1991, steadily occupying a respectable position among the largest audit companies, which is confirmed by the ratings of independent magazines, such as the “Expert” and “Kommersant-dengi”. Today, the “Finances” Group is a specialized corporation, uniting audit and consulting companies in Moscow and 9 regions of the Russian Federation: Saint-Petersburg, Voronezh, Krasnodar, Ekaterinburg, Lipetsk,Samara, Nizhnii Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Perm. The client base of the “Finances” Group contains more than 7 000 entities of different organizational forms. In 2006 the “Finances” Group joined the international association of auditors and consultants “Nexia International”, one of the top 10 leading audit networks in the World, and became its official representative in the Russian Federation.

The main goal of the “Finances” Group’s activities is the facilitation of effective business development and creation of modern management systems for our clients. Highly qualified specialists of the “Finances” Group will help to turn your books into assets and to do that we will:
* Create and automate accounting and tax record on the basis of 1C products and our own computer software;
* Conduct the audit of accounting(financial) records;
* Prepare individual and collective financial records in order to correspond to the requirements of the international financial reporting standards;
* Inspect the correctness of tax charges;
* Examine the correctness of finances and business operations;
* Offer the implementation and certification of management systems in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9000 and 14000 ,OHSAS 18001 standards, as well as integrated management systems;
* Conduct financial, tax and legal Due Diligence
* Carry out an expert evaluation in the sphere of housing and public utilities;
* Offer opportunities for the formation of investments, including private offerings;
* Offer advice in the sphere of corporate management and formation of an administration company;
* Prepare a set of the necessary documents and control the procedure of placement of securities on an exchange and proper securities quotation.

The result of our work is the high manageability of our business in the sphere of finances, improvement of the company investment attractiveness, and minimization of the risk of being imposed with tax and administrative sanctions by the controlling state authorities.

RUSNANO
The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) was established in 2007 by the Federal law № 139-FZ to enable Government policy in the field of Nanotechnology.

To accomplish this task, RUSNANO co-invests in nanotechnology industry projects that have high commercial potential or social benefit. Early-stage investment by RUSNANO lowers the risk of its investment partners from the private sector.

RUSNANO participates in building nanotechnology infrastructure, which includes the nanotechnology centers of excellence, business incubators and early stage investment funds. RUSNANO provides scientific and educational programs that are required for its investment projects to succeed, and also supports the popularization of nanoscience and nanotechnology. RUSNANO selects promising spheres for investment based on longer-term foresight created by the leading Russian and world experts.

To assist the Russian nanotechnology industry advance to the global market and strengthening of its international links RUSNANO develops partnerships with the leading nanotechnology centers in the world and organizes the annual Nanotechnology International Forum in Russia.

The U.S. Russia Center for Entrepreneurship
Since 2002, The U.S. Russia Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) has developed a reputation for quality programming, innovative training and concrete results. Starting with a mission to accelerate entrepreneurship in Russia, CFE has:
- Trained hundreds of entrepreneurs who have created thousands of jobs
- Created proprietary learning materials, conducted innovative networking events, and directed practical peer-to-peer exchanges
- Helped launch and worked with a wide range of business and entrepreneurship organizations that have advanced economic reform efforts in the country
- Started a nationwide professional academic association to create new curricula and enhance entrepreneurship education in universities
- Partnered with international organizations and companies to provide recognition programs for Russian entrepreneurs, including sponsoring and supporting Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year awards
- Conducted policy forums to improve the climate for innovation by highlighting the factors that improve and inhibit a culture of entrepreneurship
- Provided matching funding for new initiatives that allow CFE to work with new partners and expand the breadth and reach of our entrepreneurship development activities
- Facilitated the work of many other important Russian and international organizations such as: Junior Achievement Russia; OPORA; the Russian Microfinance Center Foundation; the Entrepreneurs’ Organization; the US Russia Business Council; the Financial Services Volunteer Corps; the Civilian Research and Development Foundation; Harvard Business School; the European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research; the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund; the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia; and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

As a result, CFE has become a credible, respected and internationally recognized force for economic development, the advancement of opportunity, and community well-being through entrepreneurship.

CFE is an initiative of the U.S. Russia Investment Fund. Initially capitalized by USAID, the U.S. Russia Investment Fund, over the course of many years, was a leading private equity fund dedicated to developing and financing growth companies in Russia.

PETROCONGRESS CBC
Innovative project – PETROCONGRESS CBC is a new unique venue in St. Petersburg that offers high-level international congress events arrangement services (forums, congresses, conferences, symposiums, business meetings, routs, exhibitions, education programs and special events).

This is available with PETROCONGRESS multifunctional congress-hall that seats up to three hundred people, 17 multifunctional conference-halls and meeting rooms with separate VIP-zone.

RESTEC
RESTEC Exhibition Company was established in 1990. Annually VO "Restec" holds more than 100 exhibitions and congress events, including exhibitions in Moscow, St.-Petersburg, regions of Russia, as well as about 20 projects abroad, 10 forums and congresses and a great amount of conferences, round tables and seminars.

Opora Rossii
All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Mid-sized Business OPORA ROSSII was created in 2002. It is represented by regional and territorial offices in 80 constituent regions of the Russian Federation. OPORA Nonprofit Partnership includes more than 125 nonprofit organizations all over the country. OPORA ROSSII and Nonprofit Partnership together consolidate about 370 thousand people, who initiated job creation for 5 million employees.
Since December 2009 the Head of OPORA ROSSII St. Petersburg division is the vice-president of OPORA ROSSII Ivanov D. N.

The main objective of OPORA ROSSII is consolidation of entrepreneurs and other citizens in order to form favorable political, economical, legal and other conditions for entrepreneurship in Russian Federation and subsequent effective development of Russian Economy.

OPORA ROSSII goals are:
-To provide public inspection of decisions adopted by state bodies of authority in small and mid-sized business;
-To provide feedback channel in business and authorities relations;
-To participate in developing economic and legal mechanisms to fight corruption;
-To influence state policy in the sphere of small and mid-sized business;
-To assist in creating the Russian middle class;
-To support the high status of the entrepreneur and the prestige of the entrepreneurial position.
OPORA ROSSII St. Petersburg division has created appropriate commissions for realization of these goals.

TheAngelInvestor
The Magazine for alternative business investments across Russia. «The AngelInvestor» is the magazine for inside information on what is happening in the angel investment and venture capital worlds. «The AngelInvestor» is Russia's Number 1 source of industry news, resources and Entrepreneur business investment proposals.
«The AngelInvestor» is published monthly and is sent out to over 20,000 accredited high-net-worth business angel investors and potential business angel investors. The magazine covers various topics including; industry news, successful business angel interviews, industry profiles, start-up spotlights, resources, lifestyle features, events, and an entire section of entrepreneur Investment Proposals.
Corporate Publishing Limited is a boutique publishing house catering to niche affluent business angels', venture capital and lifestyle markets. We are a team of highly skilled professionals working to provide direct marketing opportunities through «The AngelInvestor» magazine, one of Russia's most exclusive publications.
«The AngelInvestor» publication is a Russian only magazine which exclusively targets the Angel Investment and Venture Capital community. «The AngelInvestor» is quite simply the fastest and most direct route to achieve your objectives, whether providing a product or service to wealthy High-Net-Worth individuals or, if you are looking to raise investment capital for your start-up or existing business.

Institute for the Development of Financial Markets
The Institute's main activities include:
*Organizing and holding public events, such as: conferences, seminars, round tables, forums, and presentations;
*Training students to successfully pass qualifications exams, upgrading qualifications of working securities market experts, and conducting professional seminars;
*Organizing corporate courses and consultation seminars both in Moscow and in Russia's regions.

Utilizing highly skilled tutors - who are actively engaged in financial markets - in the training process facilitates effective qualitative training of market participants.

Institute employees are a stable and experienced team - having successfully carried out more than a dozen large-scale projects, as well as having organized and held a large number of professional conferences, congresses and forums. The Institute's conferences have always been well attended by a large, varied and professional audience; these conferences have also received extensive coverage from leading Russian and foreign mass media. The Institute's organized events, which include both Russian participants and foreign partners, including: investors, leading representations from major exchanges, state officials, and journalists, have made it possible to create a convenient meeting ground where representatives of Russian business and their foreign counterparts can get together for mutual cooperation.

The Institute for the Development of Financial Markets (IRFR) is currently engaged in a number of exciting projects focused on advising a wide range of Russian companies on appropriate mechanisms and best-practice techniques for attracting investment. Among the long-term and multi-stage targets are:
*Upgrading regional economic and investment policy;
*Creating favorable, long-term conditions for investment into the Russian economy as a whole;
*Actively using financial market mechanisms to attract investment;
*Organizing effective inter-regional economic cooperation.

RVCA
Objectives and goals of RVCA activities:
*Creation a positive political and entrepreneurial environment for investment activities.
*Representing the RVCA members interests at the government level, in press, in financial and industrial markets within the country and abroad.
*Information support and communicative grounds establishment for the Russian venture market participants.
*Building a cluster of highly qualified professionals for the venture business companies.

Russian Association for Entrepreneurship Education
The Russian Association for Entrepreneurship Education (RAEE) was founded in 2008 to foster entrepreneurship through university education, research, and international collaboration between professors, entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers. RAEE membership is open to all individuals and organizations interested in enhancing entrepreneurship development.

Membership Benefits Include:
*Global networking and collaboration opportunities
*Access to best practices in teaching methodology, cases, urriculum, etc.
*Participation in international conferences and training programs
*Research grants
*International faculty exchange and career opportunities
*Publications
*Recognition and award programs
*Personal and professional development
*Access to members-only areas with materials to support entrepreneurship educators.

Business Incubator Higher School of Economics
Business Incubator was founded in 2006 by students and professors of State University – Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, and has quickly become a catalyst for student entrepreneurial activities far beyond its HSE walls.

The Incubator concurrently hosts up to six startup teams. Startups get a fully equipped office space, administrative and consulting support. They also enjoy free participation at HSE and industry events, and take full advantage of networking opportunities provided by the Incubator’s team.

In just 3 years since its inception, the Incubator became a starting ground for a number of well-known student companies: SmartKniga, Skillopedia.ru, Native Speakers Club, Roomix, PensiaMarket, TimePad, and others.
Business Project Competition

Business project competitions serve an important purpose of popularizing entrepreneurship among students, searching for talented young entrepreneurs and “Next Big Thing” ideas.

HSE {10K} was initiated in 2006 as an analog for the MIT(100K) competition. It is a contest of students’ business projects – be it an idea or a young company.

Startup of the Year is another popular contest that attracts ambitious young entrepreneurs. They not only have to defend their business model, but present the audience with a short video about their startup. Winners of HSE {10K} and Startup of the Year receive cash prizes and a two-year residency at the Incubator.

The Incubator also runs less formal contests and business games:

* Iron Entrepreneur started as a team-building tool for HSE{10K} and spread virally throughout the country.
* Flip-Chat is very popular among technology students, as it allows to generate and present business ideas without an emphasis on presentation skills.

The Incubator partners up with other organizations to run regular business and networking events for startups and young entrepreneurs: BIT contest, Startup Weekend, Startup Point, Harvest (Greenfield.ru project) and many others.

The Incubator capitalizes on the leading role of HSE as a provider of entrepreneurial knowledge. It runs courses in entrepreneurship as well as stand-alone seminars provided by real entrepreneurs. Over 60% of participants come from other schools (mostly technology-oriented), and almost all of them participate in other events organized by the Incubator. Currently, the Incubator offers the following courses in entrepreneurship:

* How to Start a Successful Business, or Entrepreneurship 101,
* Business Laboratory,
* Creative Thinking in Business.


HSE{sun} is a yearly summer conference for Russian entrepreneurial support organizations. The Incubator invites participants from other schools, technology parks, venture firms, private businesses and multinational corporations to discuss common challenges in fostering entrepreneurship, and collaborate on designing a more effective support infrastructure for innovative businesses.

Internet-project Corporate management
Group of companies "Alt-Invest" specializes on rendering of consulting services and creation of decisions in strategic financial and investment planning area of business.
The company is the publisher of Internet-project «Corporate management» (www.cfin.ru) and Marketing encyclopedia (www.marketing.spb.ru)which contain more than 50,000 pages of references and methodical information, fragments and complete texts of the books, selected publications of leading journals in the market and experts views.
Edition is more focused on analysts and financial experts of an average and the top level of management. It has a weekly audience of 100,000 people, Opt-in e-mails — more than 15,000 subscribers. Access to professional publications is provided on free basis.

Mergers & Acquisitions in Russia
Mergers.ru / «Mergers & Acquisitions in Russia» - Internet-project which providing both informational and analytical support and improvement of Mergers & Acquisitions in Russia.
The project mission — providing both informational and analytical support and improvement of M&A processes in Russia, and giving encouragement to its participants

The project is aimed at:
• Offering an objective view on processes and participants of Russian M&A market;
• Covering the main theoretic aspects of integration processes of Russian M&A market;
• Working out new approaches to M&A processes analysis and evaluation;
• Covering and monitoring M&A legislation;
• Working out informational and analytic products concerning the market of corporate control and its processes;
• Gaining and analyzing opinions and points view of M&A professionals;
• Encouraging getting in touch and bridging corporate control market participants.

The project uniqueness consists in complex covering the key aspects of M&A theory, practice and legislation, providing objective M&A analytics (comments and researchers of M&A specialists) and effective tools for M&A market participants interaction, based on of communication, search of potential partners, allocation of opened and trustworthy corporate information.
This project is an independent M&A resource, which takes in account the interests of all corporate control market participants. At that it does not and will not provide any consultation of M&A deals or give any juridical, financial or other forms of support in order to avoid any interest in subjective (non-objective) reflection of M&A information and analytics.
The project is targeted at progressive managers and specialists in finances/investments, lectures and graduate students. Our audience — people, that are aimed at bringing about their ideas, applying new approaches/methods and always take responsibility for their actions.

Ingria Business Incubator
Ingria Business Incubator was founded by the Government of St. Petersburg. It is part of St. Petersburg high-tech Technopark and a site for launching small businesses utilizing new knowledge, technologies and solutions.
Mission: To utilize society’s human resources, to foster entrepreneurial activity by providing access to required financial resources, business contacts and professional management support.

Association of Personnel Search Consultants
Association of Personnel Search Consultants (APSC) is the largest and the most reputable professional union of recruiters on the territory of the Russian Federation, the CIS and Eastern Europe. The activity of APSC is targeted at providing effective employment of high-profile specialists in the era of market economy.

The APSC mission is to assist the development of the civilized personnel search market in Russia.

The tasks of APSC are:
*formulating professional ethic standards for APSC members;
*providing members of the Association with professional information;
*assisting in upgrading qualification of specialists within the framework of the Association;
*building up and upholding high professional reputation of APSC members;
*representing and protecting the common interests of APSC HR community in the relations with government authorities;
*interacting with international personnel search consultants' organizations.

The composition of APSC:
*More than 100 best personnel search and selection agencies from 26 Russian cities (from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad) as well as recruiting agencies from Belarus and the Ukraine;
*5 regional departments and 8 clubs "Territoria personala";
*Research and Training centers.

The history of APSC:
*1991 "The Izvestya newspaper" published the article "Headhunters" by Vasiliy Zakharko.
*1996 Creation of APSC on the non-commercial basis.
*1997 Foundation of Professional Ethics Commission.
*1997-1998 Well-known American, Canadian and European recruiters held seminars for recruiters in Moscow, Krasnodar, Minsk, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk.
*1998 APSC performed enormous assistance to recruiting agencies in preserving and developing personnel search business during the economic crisis in Russia.
*2000 Organization of the First International Congress in Kiev "Eurasia" employment in the 21st century" with the assistance of International Labor Organization.
*2001 Establishment of the Board of Experts of APSC.
*2002 Registration of the Internet site www.apsc.ru.
*2004-2005 Adoption of the Code of Interpersonal relations of HR market participants after the wide discussion in 20 Russian cities.
*2005 Working out of "The Program of personnel search market development".
*2006 Accomplishment of All - Russian project "Enhancement of efficiency of graduate employment in the era of market economy".
*2006 Creation of Media clubs network "Territoria personala" in 8 Russian cities.

Imperia Kadrov
IMPERIA KADROV has been successfully going at personnel search market of Russia since 1995.

During the years past IMPERIA KADROV has deservedly reached the status of one of the personnel search market leaders. And today the list of our Customers includes Russian and international key companies representing various chief business segments: Retail, Finance and Banking, Industry, Fuel-energy complex, Building and Development, Informational technologies and Telecommunications, Advertisement and PR, Consulting, Trade, Medicine and Pharmacy.

Our Customers value individual approach and professional team involved in the working process running with us, which makes possible solving different targets successfully in the shortest periods of time:
*Recruiting services: personnel of different degrees and levels search.
*Outstaffing / Temporary personnel provision: personnel costs optimization.
*Consulting services: efficient business support.

The complete list of our Customers today includes over 1000 brand-names. Daily we provide them with more then 50 employees.
In November 2008 we inaugurated our new office in Krasnodar.
In 2009 we opened new branch office in St.-Petersburg.
IMPERIA KADROV is member of Association of Personnel Search Consultants, American Chamber of Commerce and Moscow International Business Association Service-bureau.
During the working process IMPERIA KADROV follows ethical principles included into the agency’s Ethical code rigidly.
IMPERIA KADROV mission: We connect employers who need a professional team with employees looking for favorable job.
IMPERIA KADROV history is a continuous Story of Success. The Story of Success of people, who found their vocation and made a career. The Story of Success of our Customers, who found with our assistance valuable employees and qualified specialists. The Story of Success of the company’s Employees, many of which started with us reached the career light on the top.

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS:
In 2008 IMPERIA KADROV was awarded with Moscow Population State Placement Service Government Certificate of Honor.
In 2007-2008 IMPERIA KADROV was among the top-three in RBC annual ratings of Russian recruiting companies.
In 2006 IMPERIA KADROV was awarded by Protection of Consumers Russian Fund Diploma “For contribution to civilized consumer market of Russia forming” during the festivals “The best in Russia”, “The best in Moscow”, “The best in Moscow area”.
In 2005 IMPERIA KADROV got the prize “For the most loyal Customers” as a result of the recruitment market research organized by Personnel Management Magazine.
In 1997-1998 recruiting services market of Russia researches made under the order of Reconstruction and Development International Bank showed, that IMPERIA KADROV has the leading positions between personnel search agencies in the spheres of top management, accounts and finance, sales, ads and marketing and logistics vacancies filled. IMPERIA KADROV got the highest mark from the Customer companies when they called us the agency, operating with which was the most effective.

OmniGrade
The OmniGrade Rating Monitoring Agency:

*A Professional Company
Our employees are all top class professionals in the sphere of factoring, commodity markets, information technologies and financial analysis. We know what is essential to be able to fully assess any customer; objectively, impartially and in depth.

*An Innovative Company
We offer a new business model intended to meet the challenge of the current economic situation and to help protect economic entities. And we will continuously improve our business model, impartially and actively, based on our assessment of ongoing developments in the business environment.

*A Multinational Company
We consider all regions, countries and continents to be our operational area.
Our Mission

To create conditions for stable, reliable, confident and mutually beneficial relationships between businesses at any time and in any economic circumstances.

PREQVECA
PREQVECA.ru is an information and analytical website devoted to the private equity industry and venture financing in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries. The website is a part of Cbonds Group.

The website offers the following information:
*Databases on:
o Private Equity funds
o Asset management companies
o Deals
o Portfolio companies
*News, information, comments and reviews on PE&VC industry
*Reference materials and glossary of PE&VC terms
*PE&VC events and conferences.

The youngest industry of the global financial system and the leading model of fundraising and creating equity value in a new economy is taking first steps in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries. We aim to promote and support the Private Equity/ venture capital industry by meeting the need for information of all participants of the investment process, such as asset managers and funds, institutional investors, intermediary services providers, investment banks and companies seeking financing.
We see our role in providing information and strengthening ties within the PE&VC professional community in Russia and the CIS. We are certain that Russia and the CIS countries present great investment opportunities and we believe that entrepreneurial activity and the resulting economic growth will need support and investments from an energetic and efficient Private Equity/ venture capital industry.
We are looking to cooperate with all participants of the private equity/ venture capital industry and we offer you an opportunity to bring some relevant information home to the professional community, express your opinion and standpoint and share your experience.
We welcome any initiatives and suggestions in the field of private equity and venture financing. You are welcome to contact us if you have any ideas or questions.