Start a journey in Moscow
Moscow is a city of superlatives. It boasts the most billionaires and the most colossal buildings in the world. Moscow is buzzing 24/7 with its 13 million inhabitants, and it is the most eastern hotspot of startups in Europe. Startup Life in Moscow will definitely be a different kind of experience. Do you have the guts to go for it?
Start a journey in Moscow
Moscow is a city of superlatives. It boasts the most billionaires and the most colossal buildings in the world. Moscow is buzzing 24/7 with its 13 million inhabitants, and it is the most eastern hotspot of startups in Europe. Startup Life in Moscow will definitely be a different kind of experience. Do you have the guts to go for it?
Startup scene in Moscow
Have a look at the following articles to get grasp what’s going on in Moscow at the moment.
» Europe’s hottest startup capitals: Moscow on Wired 15.8.2011
» Moscow’s Rising Tech Start-Ups on The Wall Street Journal 26.9.2011
» First international start-up accelerator opens in Moscow on Russia BTH 9.11.2011
» Russia’s startup climate: 5 steps away from primetime on VentureBeat 21.12.2011
Good to know links
» GreenfieldProject – grass-roots entrepreneur community, like Aaltoes
» Incube – startup incubator within Academy of National Economy
» HSE Inc – startup incubator within Higher School of Economics
» Digital October – a venue for many startup events
» Communist Loft [ru] – a co-working space
» Moscow School of Management – Skolkovo
How about the language?
Startup scene is Moscow is full of energetic young people and you will get along with English very well. However, if you have been learning Russian language, this your chance to hone and use it!
Stay up-to-date
To keep yourself up-to-date you can read startup and IT related news at East-West Digital News in English language. Startup events can be found at StartUpAfisha [ru].
Open positions in Moscow:
Further questions for Mikko Ikola – mikko.ikola (a) aaltoes.com
Android Developer at ZeptoLab in Moscow
ZeptoLab is an independent team of professionals dedicated to the science of fun. We know what good games are made of, and we possess the required ingredients. ZeptoLab is the producer of the highly successful mobile game, Cut the Rope. …
iOS Developer at ZeptoLab in Moscow
ZeptoLab is an independent team of professionals dedicated to the science of fun. We know what good games are made of, and we possess the required ingredients. ZeptoLab is the producer of the highly successful mobile game, Cut the Rope. http://zeptolab.com/ …
Mobile game designer at Pixonic in Moscow
Pixonic is social and mobile games developer and publisher. We’ve raised 6 million USD in venture funding. We’ve worked with more than 50 games in 14 social networks that currently have 1 million DAU. Our mobile games reached US top-10 …
Game Artist at Pixonic in Moscow
Pixonic is social and mobile games developer and publisher. We’ve raised 6 million USD in venture funding. We’ve worked with more than 50 games in 14 social networks that currently have 1 million DAU. Our mobile games reached US top-10 …
Game Designer at Pixonic in Moscow
Pixonic is social and mobile games developer and publisher. We’ve raised 6 million USD in venture funding. We’ve worked with more than 50 games in 14 social networks that currently have 1 million DAU. Our mobile games reached US top-10 …
Back-end Developer at Ostrovok.ru in Moscow
Ostrovok provides consumers in Russian-speaking countries with an easy way to book a hotel anywhere in the world. The company was started in October 2010 and has a team of more than 100 people based in Moscow, Russia. Ostrovok is …
Front-end Developer at Ostrovok.ru in Moscow
Ostrovok provides consumers in Russian-speaking countries with an easy way to book a hotel anywhere in the world. The company was started in October 2010 and has a team of more than 100 people based in Moscow, Russia. Ostrovok is …
Web-designer at Ostrovok.ru in Moscow
Ostrovok provides consumers in Russian-speaking countries with an easy way to book a hotel anywhere in the world. The company was started in October 2010 and has a team of more than 100 people based in Moscow, Russia. Ostrovok is …
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Schedule for 2012
Application period: 1st batch: 16.1.2012 – 29.2.2012, 2nd batch: 1.3.2012 – 15.3.2012
Info event: 15th, February 2012, at 6pm, at Aalto Venture Garage
Internships start: June 2012
About Startup Life
Startup Life is a 3-12 month internship program for the most talented students and researchers.
You will work for the most promising startups around the world and learn from the best entrepreneurs.
Startup Life is not a regular internship program: we’ll help you to build a network of other entrepreneurial-minded people and promise you’ll have the time of your life.
