The 5th Russian Venture Fair October 7 - 8, 2004 Saint-Petersburg Russia

Main blocks 

Exposition part
At the stands of the Fair there will be presented projects of perspective small innovation companies at different stages of development specialized in various fields. The Sixth Venture Fair’s will feature industry specific tracks.

Congress Program
The "Congress Program" of the Fair will include a wide range of events like conferences, seminars, presentations, round table, discussions and master classes, devoted to analysis of the experience of venture capitalists in Russia and abroad, development of the Russian venture industry and the transfer of the national industry to the innovation way of development. List of topics include private equity and venture capital market overview, fundraising, legal aspects af venture activity, exits etc. 

The diagrams:

• Geographic distribution of participating companies (FD – federal district)
• Number of companies (%) by the industry sectors

Main organizers

Russian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (RVCA)
Rf Ministry of Education and Science  

Main features

• The companies present whole business activities
• Strict selection process and special trainings for companies managers and owners
• Comfortable atmosphere for negotiations of investors and companies
• The Fair is open for the specialists only

Participants

• Foreign and Russian venture and private equity funds representatives
• Leading specialists of investment companies and banks
• Managers of law and consulting organizations
• Heads of foreign national private equity and venture capital associations
• Representatives of various Ministries, Federal districts governments and regional administrations
• Deputies of State Duma and Council of Federation members

Place

Central Exhibition hall "Manege"
Isaakievskaya square, 1
Saint-Petersburg, Russia