Corporate Challenge Brief: your challenge, matched with proven technology
A challenge is simply a concrete problem in your company that you want solved: fraud on mobile payments, client paperwork that takes weeks, losses in the cold chain, irrigation that wastes water. Describe it in plain words, no technical knowledge needed. UpGrowth, the Skolkovo innovation ecosystem's partner in Algeria, screens proven Russian and CIS technologies and brings you the ones that already solve that type of problem. One submission per challenge.
- FinTech and AgriTech focus
- One submission per challenge
- About 10 minutes
How it works
Submit your brief
Describe the pain point in plain terms. No technical specification needed at this stage.
We screen the ecosystem
UpGrowth and the Skolkovo team shortlist technologies that already solve your class of problem.
You meet the matches
Intro calls, online pitch sessions or an in-person visit, in the format you choose in the brief.
Eight priority sectors
Skolkovo's ecosystem runs deep across all of these, and every one is open for challenges. FinTech and AgriTech are the first wave.
Prefer to talk first?
Reach the program team directly:

