UZCARD Ventures Corporate Venture Fund and Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) Accelerator signed a partnership agreement. As part of the cooperation, a venture capital investment roadshow is planned in Tashkent on April 19-21 with the participation of international practicing venture capital experts and investors who will share their experience, knowledge and solutions in the venture capital industry.
The course will be of interest to future venture capitalists, analysts and business angels, CEOs and entrepreneurs who are interested in investing in innovation.
In three days, course participants will learn how to:
- Choose strategies for making money in the venture capital market.
- Formulate investment portfolio management strategies.
- Analyze major risks.
- Own the key metrics to analyze the technology business.
- Analyze growth points of portfolio companies.
- Ways of assessing the value of technology companies at different stages.
- Structure venture deals by terms and jurisdictions.
- Formulate exit and co-investment strategies.
Speakers and course experts:
- Maxim Chebotaryov – Founder of the course “School of Investments FRII”, Managing Partner at Cats.vc
- Dmitry Kalaev – Director of accelerative programs at FRII
- Elena Krylova – Director of the Investment Transactions Support Department of FRII
- Ilya Korolev – Portfolio Manager at FRII
Program of the event:
April 19 at 14:00-18:00, Tuesday FULL DAY
Maxim Chebotarev, Founder of the course “School of Investments of FRII”, Managing Partner at Cats.vc
The new reality: theory, practice, trends:
- History of venture capital market in Russia and world practice.
- Basic strategies for making money in the venture capital market.
- Strategy for creating and managing an investment portfolio.
- The main risks and challenges for the investor.
Dmitry Kalaev, Director of the FRII accelerator
Accelerator: stimulating growth when working with early-stage companies’ Basic principles of the FRII accelerator.
April 20 at 2 p.m.-6 p.m., Wednesday. ONLINE DAY
Ilya Korolev, Portfolio Manager, FRII (VR/AR, LegalTech, Marketing Tech)
- How to evaluate pre-seed/seeded startups by pitch deck and more
Nikita Bulgakov, BDM One Two Trip, Partner at Cats.vc Foundation. Valuation of technology companies at different stages:
- Approaches to defining the stage of a company.
- Evaluation Methods, DCF.
- Identify and work with key metrics of technology companies.
April 21 at 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Thursday. ONLINE DAY
Elena Krylova, Director of Investment Transactions Support Department, FRII Legal aspects of investment transactions:
- Ways of investing.
- Conducting due diligence and the main risks to be identified.
- Basic entry conditions, structuring of deals.
- A breakdown of the terms of the corporate contract.
- Choice of jurisdiction and form of doing business.
An open conversation with venture capital market practitioners.
The course will be held at the site of the corporate accelerator UZCARD
April 19-21 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Cost of the course – 4,500,000 soums
To participate, please submit an application form – https://forms.gle/HjgH2fdnMzBwQbuT6
FRII is a Russian venture capital fund established by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. The Fund provides investments to technology companies at early stages of development, conducts accelerator programs and participates in the development of methods of legal regulation of the venture capital industry in the Russian Federation.
UZCARD Ventures is UZCARD’s corporate venture fund investing in fintech and near-fintech startups at pre-seed and seed stages.