On September 29, within the framework of the fifth stream of the VC School (Venture Capital School) educational course in Almaty, the pitching of startups - participants of the Smart City Accelerator Almaty program took place in an offline format.
Smart City Accelerator Almaty is a joint program of Astana Hub and the digitalization management of the Akimat of Almaty. The project aims to digitize city services and create a comfortable urban environment.
The invited guests: the founder of the YellowRockets Group company Sergey Bogdanov, the managing partner of the YellowRockets.vc venture fund Dmitry Sutormin and the IIDF portfolio manager Ilya Korolev held a master class for novice investors. The course participants learned what questions should be asked in order to quickly and effectively assess the prospects of a startup, its readiness to grow and scale.