The best venture investor will be named in October

The selection of nominees for the National Award "Venture Investor" – 2016 has started.

According to the Regulations, applicants are selected on the basis of statistical data from the Review of the Russian Direct and Venture Investment Market conducted annually by the RAVI. Clear and understandable criteria allow the most unbiased and impartial approach to their selection. Long lists of applicants in 8 competitive nominations are already being formed: 

• The best venture investor
• The best deal of the "early" stage
• The best way out
• The best investor in the real sector
• The best investor in the regions
• Best Syndicated Deal
• Opening of the Year
• The best investor at the seed stage

As part of the first stage, three nominees – the best in each nomination – will be determined by an Expert Jury by absentee voting. The Jury members will also propose candidates for 2 non-competitive nominations: "Smart Money" and "Person of the Year".

Who is worthy of the title of Laureates of the Award will be determined in early October at an in-person meeting of the Jury chaired by Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Andrey Fursenko. The Jury is highly representative: Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Management Board of RUSNANO Management Company LLC, Alexey Komissarov, Director of the Industry Development Fund, Alexander Lupachev, Director of Russia Partners Advisors, Sergey Polyakov, General Director of the Fund for the Promotion of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere, Vice President Higher School of Economics Igor Agamirzyan, Senior Partner of Baring Vostok Alexey Kalinin, President of IBS Group Anatoly Karachinsky, Chairman of the Management Board of Moscow Exchange Alexander Afanasyev, Director of the Internet Initiatives Development Fund Kirill Varlamov, Managing Partner of Almaz Capital Partners Alexander Galitsky, General Director of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs Andrey Svinarenko, President of the National League of Managers Dmitry Alexandrov, Managing Director of the VEB Innovation Foundation Andrey Zyuzin, Professor of the Higher School of Economics Ivan Rodionov, Honorary President of NABA Konstantin Fokin.

"I'm sure all market players will agree with me: being an investor is always a risk, and being a venture investor is a double risk," said Albina Nikkonen, Executive Director of RAVI and Secretary of the Jury of the Award. Therefore, the main task of the Jury was to "identify leaders and identify best practices of the venture market," and the National Award "Venture Investor" itself became a kind of recognition sign."

About the award

The National Award "Venture Investor" 2016 is awarded to the leaders of the Russian venture investment industry – funds that demonstrate a high class and culture of investment activity, establish professional standards of business practices and determine the key trends of the domestic venture industry.

In previous years, the winners of the Award were: I2BF Global Ventures, Baring Vostok, Bioprocess Capital Partners, Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan, Frontier Ventures, Russia Partners, Almaz Capital, Yakutia Venture Company, Starta Capital Accessor Fund I, AddVenture Fund, Internet Initiatives Development Fund (FII), InVenture Parthners, FinSight I LP, Intel Capital; the person of the Year in 2015 was Dmitry Chikhachev, Managing Partner of Runa Capital.

On the issues of the Award:
awards@rvca.ru +7 (812) 326-61-80

Details are available on RAVI's website.

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