Results of the competition «Triumph»

September 20, 2017, IVAO and MineGenics ummed up the results of the biotechnology projects competition «Triumph» in the field of aging at the St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum in the context of the meeting: «From Biomedical Research to Healthy Longevity».

The competition «Triumph» was divided in 2 parts:

  • The correspondence stage, in the light of which IVAO Science Department selected seven projects.
  • The internal stage, the finalists presented their projects in the context of the meeting: «From Biomedical Research to Healthy Longevity».

The competition jury:

  • Alexey Semyonov (chairman of the Union of Business-Angels Organizations (SOBA);
  • Mikhail Vonskiy (Candidate of Biological Sciences, VNIIM Mendeleevf, Head of Biomed Technologies Group of the Almazov National Medical Research Centre);
  • Vladimir Suvorov (consultant-expert of the business incubator "Ingria;
  • Denis Kurek (CEO Future Biotech); Yuri Chigradze (investment manager of Primer Capital);
  • Dmitry Tomchuk (Director for Business Development of the Rybakov Foundation);
  • Yakov Kop (investment analyst of the FRII);
  • Olga Orlova (Chairman of the Committee for Innovation Activity and Implementation of ITMO University Technologies);
  • Lada Fomenko (CEO of IVAO).

Finalist’s projects were provided to investors and business angels, experts in biotechnology and medicine, the scientific department of IVAO for evaluation.

According to the competition «Triumph» results from this candidates were estimated the winners:

The winners:
1

Yanchikov Mikhail

Founder / CEO of EyeMove.

Project: Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's, analyzing the movement of the eyes using a mobile phone camera, Moscow

200000 Р
2

Yagolovich Anna

Ph.D. Scientific employee of the Laboratory of Engineering of Protein of IBCh RAS. Assistant of the Department of Bioengineering of the Biological Faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. General Director of LLC Manebio.

Project: Innovative conjugated drug Manselan with dendrimer for the treatment of malignant tumors, Moscow

100000 Р
3

Ashapkina Maria

LLC BIOTECHPRODAKTS, Director; RGRSTU, assistant of the Department of AITP

Project: «Fitness joints» restoration of the motor function under the control of a smartphone or gadget in the home period, Ryazan

70000 Р

The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) presented its nomination and prize: «The Best IT Project in Medicine» — the Accelerator start-up training — a three-day intensive for the founders of start-ups in Moscow, during which the founders are immersed in all aspects of launching Internet companies, receive feedback from FRI experts and can better understand and assess their market, strength and team. At the end of Intensive best startups will be invited in absentia Accelerator — a two-month training program for full-time Accelerator FRII (https://edu.iidf.ru/?arrangement=eb946e73) and for obtaining of investments;

In the nomination from the FRI: «The best IT project in medicine» won the following projects:

        
  1. Parinov Andrey (Research Fellow of the Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis Laboratory, HSE, Project: FCDSS — Medical Solution Support System), Moscow
  2.     
  3. Ashapkina Maria LLC BIOTECHPRODAKTS, Director; RGRSTU, assistant of the Department of AITP Project: «Fitness joints» restoration of the motor function under the control of a smartphone or gadget in the home period, Ryazan
  4.     
  5. Kirillov Bogdan (Master of Data Analysis in Biology and Medicine at the Higher School of Economics.) Project: DeepCall: Intelligent base caller for Sanger sequencing data, based on artificial neural networks. Moscow