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Triple Point
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Experience sharing
Lectures and insights from the industry top experts
Networking
Opportunity to meet industry leaders, VCs, and potential customers
Skoltech Support
PR, prototyping, operations, and legal help
Win the grand prize!
Up to ₽4M rubles of no-dilution money
Skoltech Triple Point is the first Russian student-led entrepreneurial challenge similar to MIT$100K (MIT) and Tiger Launch (Princeton). In tight collaboration with MIT, we launch a yearly series of three competitions, each targeted to the specific stage of Skoltech students' startups and with the corresponding prize funds provided by our sponsors. The prizes are really prizes, so no company stake or any other tie for the winners.
up to ₽17.5M
the total yearly prize fund
at least 10 mentors
from academia, industry, and business
at least 100 hrs
of mentoring for participants
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Triple Point competitions

Skoltech Triple Point challenge includes three distinct competitions: PITCH, ACCELERATE, and LAUNCH. Each competition is targeting Skoltech students' startups on a particular level of development. For the first competition, PITCH, it is enough to have just an idea and be able to pitch it. The second competition, ACCELERATE,is organized for startups, which have entered (or are ready to enter) the business model validation process with an MVP version of a product. The third competition, LAUNCH,is intended to support Seed-level startups, i.e., which are ready to enter the market with almost functional products and validated (at least, partly) their business model.

Pitch your startup idea in 90-sec video, get to the finals, and have a chance to win up to ₽1M in no-dilution funding
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5 min showcase to join and accelerate with our mentors. Get to the finals and win up to ₽2M in non-dilution funding
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Solid business presentation, describing key aspects and traction. The finals provide a chance to win up to ₽4M in non-dilution funding.
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  • A 90-second video about your startup idea to apply for participation
  • A product may be in the form of a prototype, description, or any other form of an MVP.

  • Firstly, applications get a quality assessment by the organizing committee
  • Secondly, they are assessed by the external jury members, and from 10 to 20 finalists are selected
  • Thirdly, finalists present their ideas to the panel of judges at the public online event
  • The applications are assessed according to the pitch quality, idea originality, and the level of the idea elaboration
  • The application should comply with the general program rules
  • Prizes (up to): 1st - ₽1M, 2nd - ₽700k, 3rd - ₽300k

  • Deadline for submission: October 29, 2021
  • Finalists will be selected before: November 5, 2021
  • The date of the finals: November 12, 2021
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  • A 5-min showcase presentation about your startup to apply for participation
  • A product should be partly functional and may be tested among potential users

  • Firstly, applications get a quality assessment by the organizing committee
  • Secondly, they are assessed by the external jury members, and from 5 to 10 finalists are selected. The finalists get assigned a business development mentor to accelerate the business model creation and validation
  • Thirdly, finalists present their ideas to the external jury members at the public (online or offline) event
  • The applications are assessed according to the presentation quality, the level of business model elaboration, and the level of MVP readiness
  • The application should comply with the general program rules
  • Prizes (up to): 1st - ₽2M, 2nd - ₽1.3M, 3rd - ₽700k

  • Submissions open: November 1, 2021
  • Deadline for submission: December 31, 2021
  • Finalists will be selected before: January 11, 2022
  • The date of the finals: February 4, 2022

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  • A business presentation describing key business model aspects and traction of a startup
  • A product should be mainly functional and ready to be distributed among potential customers

  • Firstly, the applications get a quality assessment by the organizing committee
  • Secondly, they are assessed by the external jury members, and from 5 to 8 finalists are selected
  • Thirdly, finalists present their ideas to the external jury members at the public (online or offline) event
  • The applications are assessed according to the presentation quality, level of business model validation, and the level of a product readiness
  • The application should comply with the general program rules
  • Prizes (up to): 1st - ₽4M, 2nd - ₽3M, 3rd - ₽1M

  • Submissions open: May 1, 2022
  • Deadline for submission: June 3, 2022
  • Finalists will be selected before: June 10, 2022
  • The date of the finals: June17, 2022

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Skoltech Triple Point is the condition of particular heat and outside pressure when the team tends to coexist simultaneously in three states of Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship

invented by Semyon Fast, Skoltech Alumnus


"I am a committed supporter of the Skoltech Triple Point initiative in enhancing the entrepreneurial environment. I would be very happy to assist the project leaders in any way appropriate in terms of judging or mentoring."
Stuart Lawson
Member of the Board of Directors of Skolkovo Ventures, EY Senior Advisor, RBCC Board Member
April 13, 2021
"I believe that initiatives of this kind are good and need to further develop entrepreneurial ecosystem in Moscow and Russia. I think the partnership between MIT and Skoltech is an excellent base for building successful competition of this kind. I strongly support this effort and hope to participate as a mentor and jury member."
Vitaly Polekhin
President of the International Investor Organization INVESTORO, Chairman of the International Cooperation Committee of EBAN, Investor of Delivery Club
May 5, 2021
Meet Our Judges
Fedor Antonov
Ph.D., Skoltech Alumnus
CEO and Founder at Anisoprint - manufacturer and developer of composite 3D printers
Dmitry Vasilev
M.Sc., Skoltech Alumnus
Engineer and co-founder of Karfidov Lab: Russia's top industrial design company
Vahe Taamazyan
M.Sc., Skoltech Alumnus
Co-founder and CEO @ Sizolution,
Co-founder @ Freestylo
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How to participate
1
Prepare
We recommend to start with reading the rules of the Skoltech Triple Point challenge, checking the MIT$100K website, and watching some of their previous competitions
2
Describe
Explain your idea/startup in the format needed for a competition you'd like to apply. E.g., if you are going to participate in PITCH, prepare a 90-sec oral presentation without slides. Test it with you comrades and rework if needed
3
Apply
Fill the form below and wait for our reply. You have two attempts to apply: after the first tryout, we provide you the recommendations for improvement (if needed) and the next submission will be counted as the final. Have doubts? Leave us your email and get more info from the organizing team
4
Participate
Be selected for the finals by our external judges and be ready to pitch during the live event
You still have time to apply!
We accept your applications to the PITCH competition until midnight October 29, 2021
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90-sec video for the PITCH competition, startup presentations for ACCELERATE and LAUCNH
Meet Our Team
Cool guys who want to help Skoltech startups grow
Andrei Chemikhin

Skoltech Ph.D. Student
Managing director
Arina Ivanova

Skoltech M.Sc. Student 
Head of Marketing and Communications
Katherine Alex Pakhomova
Skoltech Ph.D. Student
Head of Jury and Mentors
We have various opportunities and great plans!
Alexey Cheremisin
Skoltech Project Leader
Maksim Malyy
Skoltech Project Coordinator
Douglas Hart
MIT Project Leader
Christina Chase
MIT co-Project Leader
FAQ
Do I have to participate in all competitions sequentially?
No. All competitions are targeted to the particular levels of students' startups and do not require participation in the sequential order. For example, if you've already started to develop the product and test your business model, you may apply to ACCELERATE competition without participating in the PITCH one. 
Is it for Skoltech students only?
No. Any Russian startup project with at least one actual Skoltech student as a decision-making team member is eligible to participate. 
Should I give something in return for prize in case of winning?
No. The prizes are no-dilution meaning that they do not dilute your company's stakeholders shares. So, by this meaning they can be called "free," and noone will ask you to give them back or provide a company share. The only thing we would ask you is to spent them accurately and according to the very flexible and low-beurocracy Agreement of participation, which you will need to sign in order to participate in finals. 
On which things can we spend the prizes?
In general, on everything related to the startup project, i.e., marketing and PR activities, salaries, team-building events, and startup-related appliances. The detailed list of the available expenditures will be provided in the Agreement of participation, which you will need to sign in order to participate in finals.
Do I have to provide any license to Skoltech in the case of winning?
We do not regulate any IP-related affairs. However, you should be sure that you are eligible to use the IP, on which your technology is based. For instance, if you team includes Skoltech employees, you should have a clear understanding of your related rights and obligations. In this case, we strongly recommend to consult with the Skoltech KTO.
What about NDA?
We do not sign any NDAs because it does not make sense at this stage. In case of getting to the finals, please, be ready to provide few sentences about your project for the website and present your startup during a public live event. 
Is there any limitation related to the size of the team?
No. The only thing you need to take into account is that one of your team members should be a current Skoltech student.
I have an idea but have no team. What should I do?
Submit your pitch and wait for the updates. We will organize team forming events for all participants. Also, you can join our Telegram chat and network with other interested students.
Join the Skoltech Triple Point managing student team! 
Leave us your email and we will contact you soon to discuss the possible opportunities for you as a team member! Why to join:

  1. Understand the entrepreneurial industry from a different perspective
  2. Develop your professional network
  3. Get a line in CV
  4. Become a part of the best rising entrepreneurial competition in Russia
  5. Advance your managerial skills