Joint US/Russia’s Starta Accelerator, which is part of the Starta Ventures group, has been mentoring 20 Russian and international technology start-ups as they participate in a three-month acceleration program in New York, Marchmont News portal reports.
Starta’s seventh round of enrolment brought together marketplaces, e-commerce players, real estate technology start-ups, fintech developers, retail companies and CBD product makers that use a broad range of technologies, including AR, blockchain, AI, etc.
The start-ups will have their business models and products validated in the US market, choose their marketing and sales optimization strategies, adapt to new culture, and receive training and master classes conducted by mentors from a number of largest US companies, such as Google and Microsoft among others. Each team is eligible for $130K in investment.