I-Free company became a partner of the Web Ready’ 2013 contest

November 29, 2013

– St. Petersburg, Russia - i–Free Company is once again a partner and sponsor of Web Ready, an international competition for innovative projects in the field of mobile and Internet technologies. The final of the competition, in which the winners will be determined, will be held on November 29 at the Skolkovo Hypercube (Moscow).

For many years, i-Free has been supporting industry conferences and competitions aimed at startups and teams developing promising projects and products based on mobile technologies.

As last year, i-Free became a partner of Web Ready, contributing to the prize fund of the competition.In addition, Georgy Zamyshlyaev, Head of the Investment project Management at i-Free, became a member of the Startup nomination jury, in addition, i-Freeventures will also be represented at VC Corner, a specialized meeting of project managers with investors.

This year, the Web Ready competition broke the records of previous years in terms of the number of projects:716 applications were submitted from 100 cities and 21 countries. The competition is held in three main categories: Seed – for projects that do not yet have revenue, Startup – for projects that are monetized and set scaling goals, Growth – for projects that have already achieved some success.

The finalists of the competition will have the opportunity to make a presentation on the main stage of Web Ready in front of representatives of 70 investment funds, business angels, mentors, heads of IT companies, development institutes and media representatives. The prize fund this year will amount to 1.5 million rubles.

Commenting on the cooperation with Web Ready, Georgy Zamyshlyaev, Head of the Investment Projects Department at i-Free, said: "The competition is getting bigger every year, and more and more new, promising projects are taking part in it. The vivid success stories of the winners of previous years have proven the effectiveness of WebReady as a platform for meeting young teams and investors, and we hope that this year's competition will not be an exception."

Other partners and sponsors of Web Ready’ 2013 include companiesIntel, MasterCard, MegaLabs, PWC, Skolkovo.

The list of semi-finalists of the competition can be found here. Detailed information about the Web Ready competition is published on the official website:http://web-ready.ru/.

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i-Free is an innovative company that has been operating in the CIS market since 2001 and in the international market since 2006. Specializes in the creation and implementation of innovative projects in the field of mobile and NFC technologies, electronic finance, digital content distribution, electronic payment systems and micropayments, the development of applications for smartphones and new network devices, as well as the promotion of digital products in the B2C market and the implementation of B2B projects in the field of mobile marketing.

The company is represented and successfully operates in international markets: i-Free offices are located in Kiev (Ukraine), Minsk (Belarus), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Mumbai (India), Beijing (China), Sao Paolo (Brazil). I-Free products and services are delivered today to more than 100 countries around the world.

The headquarters of i-Free is located in St. Petersburg, the representative office is in Moscow. Currently, the company employs more than 750 people.

i-Free cooperates with leading mobile operators in Russia and the CIS countries, global mobile equipment vendors, banks, multinational brands and trademarks, major media holdings, publishing houses and Internet resources.

More detailed information about the company is available on the website www.i-free.com

For more information, please contact:

Aelita Davydova,

e-mail: pr@i-free.com