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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
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The capital has begun accepting applications for a new stream of the educational program "Venture Academy". This is a practice-oriented course, which is conducted by the Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC) foundation in partnership with the Moscow Venture Fund (MVF). The program is designed for entrepreneurs, beginning investors, top managers and analysts who want to gain practical skills in the venture market.
The training provides a systematic understanding of the basics of venture investment, as well as the necessary knowledge and tools for assessing the prospects of startups and reducing risks. The course is held in a combined format: online and offline.
The theoretical part is available on the platform I. Moskov and is a series of video lessons devoted to types of investment instruments, investment models, market regulation and startup evaluation methods. Participants who successfully pass the final test will gain access to the practical module.
The practical part of the program is divided into the modules “Venture Analytics” and “Venture Deal”.
The first will be of interest to analysts who plan to work in venture funds. Participants will take master classes and receive consultations from mentors, master the skills of searching and selecting technology projects, investment analysis of startups, working with portfolio company metrics and analyzing real cases. Upon completion of the module, the best graduates of the program will have the opportunity to get an internship at the country's leading venture funds.
The Venture Deal module is aimed at beginning investors. Here, participants learn together with experts how to verify financial and business models of startups, and also get the opportunity to join a real syndicated deal.
Over the course of the program's existence, its graduates have invested over 500 million rubles in promising companies. Thus, investors in the third stream invested over eight million rubles in the development of a platform for integrated logistics services for marketplaces, and students in the fourth stream invested about 11 million rubles in the production of new-generation vending machines. This deal was the largest in the history of the program and allowed the company to scale up production and expand its network in Moscow. More than 50 investors in subsequent streams jointly invested 5.5 million rubles in a marketing platform for promoting products through bloggers, and over 20 participants in the 10th stream invested 3.3 million rubles in a startup developing functional healthy drinks.
Since 2024, the program has been actively scaling up with the support of regional development institutions and Sber. Five programs have been conducted, covering a total of 41 subjects of the Russian Federation. More than 550 regional representatives became interested in venture investing, of which over 200 successfully completed the training. In August 2025, applications were accepted for participants from Yakutia and the Far East — thus, the program covered the regions of the Far Eastern Federal District.
To become a participant in the new stream of the Venture Academy program, you must submit application until October 15 on the i.moscow platform.
Moscow Innovation Cluster contributes to the creation of conditions for the implementation of priority areas of scientific and technical development in the capital. This is the development and implementation of modern technologies, ensuring cooperation, effective interaction of all participants in the city's innovative ecosystem. The cluster includes organizations from 87 regions of Russia. Developers and representatives of high-tech businesses have access to over 50 digital services and services provided by the city. The project is supervised by the capital Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development.
Moscow Venture Fund supports entrepreneurs from the start of a project to the active growth stage and provides financial assistance for successful development. Currently, three main support programs are available – preferential targeted loans for project development, their scaling and preparation for entering the stock market. Over the entire period of its operation, the fund has supported more than 100 companies in the amount of 1.4 billion rubles and helped attract more than 3.6 billion rubles in investments.
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