Investment decisions on grants allocation and business incubators’ supportGrant Council– a body created based on the experience of the World Bank and operating under the “National Agency for the development of Innovations “QazInnovations” JSC to finance and support innovative projects.The Council consists of market experts with experience in investing in innovative projects and industry experts with many years of experience in the commercialization of high technology projects.It will operate continuously to evaluate the performance and mentor grantees and protect their interests.The Council covers 8 of the 10 priority technologies and therefore has independent experts in all areas for technical advise.

Consulting and expert advisory support to the project management team on bridging competency gaps and overall development, launching and managing the Research Commercialization, Business Investment in R&D and Innovation Capabilities programs:- development of key regulatory frameworks- seminars for corporations and universities on project implementation and participation in World Bank programs- building a body of knowledge of technology developers, entrepreneurs, and infrastructural participants of the ecosystem in the field of R&D commercialization;- support for contract management at the initial stage of programs implementation- analysis of the National Innovation System

• Corporate tech scouting in AgriFoodTech within the URALCHEM Innovation• Development of standalone VC with anchor corporate LP

• Implementation of the best practice of biz acceleration in the Mendeleev University of chemical technology

“I8GA helps build the playing field, then invest in the players like no other group I’ve ever come across.” – Phil Wickham, CEO Kauffman Fellows“We design, support, create ecosystems that foster entrepreneurial innovation … working with governments, investors, corporates … then invest in startups which emerge out of them.” – Victor Hwang, PartnerThey’re a small group, work fast, ‘under the radar,’ and are really good. They fill the gap between private innovators and public resources.” – Esther Dyson, board memberThey do some of the most insanely amazing work we’ve seen bringing early stage startups out of emerging markets, and venture capital into mature markets.” – Gary Tan, Y Combinator

JSC YAROSLAVTECHNOLOGY carries out R&D and manufactures rubber goods (flexible fencing for air-cushion vessels, breathing bags for individual protection means, elastic containers for liquid and loose cargoes, gases, pneumatic rescue tents, liners and canopies for swimming pools, pneumatic plugs for repair of water supply networks)

Since 1970, a network of territorial subdivisions providing development, production, repair and metrological service of agricultural devices in the republics and regions of the Soviet UnionCurrently, it is undergoing hard times and is managed through a professional board of directors to avoid losing the remaining competencies and staff

• GP/LP assessment and selection in a course of new VC fund formation and launch: pipeline check, DueDiligence, termsheet and LPAs negotiations

• Making infrastructure instruments economically valuable providing methodological support as well as eliminating common fears of innovative ecosystem players; private-public partnerships design and management

• Investment decisions on the Infrafund dealflow

• Skolkovo Startup Academy https://startup.skolkovo.ru/en/ssa/

• Hi-tech SMEs development and market launch; IP optimisation and protection, pre-seed funding structuring, "funnel" formation and control

• Technology outreach activities:Development of "technology entrepreneurship" approach for proper hi-tech SMEs formation and market penetration; consultancy on business-modeling;• Commercialization support activities:Assessment of R&D commercialization potential, Inventory of Intellectual Property Rights, Interaction with R & D teams, Fundraising issues, Commercialization Projects (overall project management)