At the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno were chosen the best start-up projects
16 teams participated in the final startup battle of the III open competition "Innastart".
In 2020, the final of the competition was held online. The mechanism of the final, despite the remote participation of the finalists, remained the same: three minutes for the presentation, afterwards answers to questions from the contestants and the jury, which included teachers of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno, as well as businessmen and entrepreneurs from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Traditionally, the winners were named in four categories. So, in the category "Best startup project-PRODUCT", the first place was taken by the mobile app for improving the quality of sleep "HealSleep". In second place is the educational (pedagogical) business project "game-school Mary Poppins". The third place was shared by the project, which creates a database of audio fairy tales "Audio-trip into the world of fairy tales" and the linguistic database "Voices of Grodno".
The winner in the category "The best start-up project – SOCIAL INNOVATION" was the project, which creates a mobile application on the sports theme "Street simulator", in the second place took "Studio of projects and startups", the third place was shared by the database for graduates "Entrant" and the interactive educational theater in German "Forum-theater".
The team that presented the idea of developing and selling devices, which serves motorcycles, was the first in the category "The best startup project-TECHNOLOGY". The second place took the idea of creating parking facilities using solar energy for electric vehicles, the third place was taken by the creators of the chatbot for legal advice "Life-line" and courses for sports scouts "PRO SCOUT". In the nomination "The best startup project – SERVICE” was the first children's environmental studio "INVENTA", the second app "Falconway", the third place was shared by event Agency "Like" and "ZD PHOTOGRAPHY".
The winners and prize-winners of the IV open competition of student startup-projects "Innastart" were awarded prizes, certificates for free consultation in the scientific and technological park of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno and the opportunity to use its infrastructure and services.
It should be reminded that the competition was held in several stages. The students attended educational trainings from experts in the field of business, came up with and correctly framed their ideas, after which the jury, which included teachers of the Yanka Kupala state University of Grodno, representatives of enterprises and organizations of Grodno, evaluated the demand, relevance, practical feasibility, competitiveness of the project, as well as the availability of a justified business model of the project. By the way, about 40 applications were submitted for participation.
