Top-7 best Russian start-ups in 2013

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Technoblog TNW( The Next Web) on February 21 published the results of the annual Russian Startup Awards 2013.

TNW holds its startup competition in 12 European countries. Both nominees and winners are determined by voting of Internet users. The Russian Startup Awards are awarded in seven different nominations, the winners of which became participants of our today's Top-7 of the best Russian start-ups in 2013 .

Contents:

  • 7. Runa Capital - the best investor of 2013
  • 6. Ecwid - the best ecommerce start-up of 2013
  • 5. Dish.fm - the best design project of 2013
  • 4. Talkbits - the best mobile application of 2013
  • 3.DoctorNaRabote is the best web application of 2013
  • 2. Igor Sysoev is the best cofounder( co-founder) 2013
  • 1. LinguaLeo is the best Russian startup of 2013

7. Runa Capital is the best investor of 2013

The Russian fund Runa Capital invested more thanin half of the number represented in our Top-7 projects. The size of the fund's assets is more than $ 135 million. And as practice shows, this money is invested in really worthwhile start-ups.

6. Ecwid - the best ecommerce start-up in 2013

Ecwid is a platform for easy creation of online stores that can be embedded on a page in social networks, etc. Get the easiest online store on your page in just 5 minutes. The investor of the project was the Runa Capital fund.

5. Dish.fm - the best design project of 2013

The startup is designed to help users find food in restaurants. While the project works only with the institutions of San Francisco and New York, in the coming months, the creators promise to add a lot of restaurants in the US and Europe.

4. Talkbits - the best mobile application of 2013

The new social network was launched in mid-February and is intended for the exchange of voice messages. The service offers voice communication on-line and supports multi-user conferences.

3. Dr. NaRabote is the best web application of 2013

This professional social network is intended exclusively for doctors. The project participants are more than 100 thousand doctors, and the subscriber database has more than 400 thousand addresses. According to the administration's statements, students and users are not doctors who do not have access to the resource.

2. Igor Sysoev - the best cofounder( co-founder) 2013

The nginx web server, created by Sysoyev, is used in millions of different sites, including Rambler, Facebook and Yandex projects. By popularity, high-performance nginx is second only to Apache. To promote nginx in 2011, Nginx, Inc. was founded.

1. LinguaLeo - the best Russian start-up in 2013

In mid-2012, venture fund Runa Capital invested $ 3 million in the development of the start-up. The project is designed to learn English and practice online. The resource contains more than 80 thousand serials, books, lectures and dialogues in English, as well as grammar courses and a section for communication. The site LinguaLeo available for download applications for the iPhone, Android and WinPhone.