Tomsk IT-company will invest 50 mln rubles in start-ups annually

TOMSK, Oct 2 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk IT-company Rubius has launched the investment fund Rubius AdVentures, with the help of which it will invest 50 million rubles annually in domestic start-ups, deputy governor Andrei Antonov reported in his Facebook page.

"Rubius launched the investment fund Rubius AdVentures. The company plans to invest 50 million rubles annually in the most interesting start-ups throughout Russia. <…> The authors should propose a project that solves the current problem of consumers, has a scalable business model. It is also preferred to have MVP, minimal team and readiness for first sales. IT and hardware-solutions are in the priority", – Antonov wrote.

He adds that the graduates of the accelerator "Big Intelligence. Tomsk" will be the first to receive money from the fund. You can apply to the accelerator before October 5 on the razvedka-tomsk.ru website.

Rubius is a Tomsk IT company specializing in engineering software development. Earlier it was reported that it closely cooperates with the Tomsk State University, in particular, the company together with the university opened the first master's degree in virtual reality and a course on machine learning. In addition, Rubius is one of the organizers of the DevPRO IT conference, which has been held annually in Tomsk since 2013.