Sberbank, VK Group, Yandex, MTS, VTB, as well as other owners of large Russian ecosystems have become the main buyers of startups this year, according to a study by the Venture Barometer, in which more than 300 Russian-speaking representatives of the venture capital market took part. Their share of participation in such transactions was estimated at 22%, although last year it was 11%.

89% of investors made new investments in 12 months, almost a third of them invested in ten or more startups. Last year, new investments attracted only 85% of survey participants, compared to 75% a year earlier.

In the list of countries attractive for investment, according to the authors of the study, Russia dropped from third to fifth place, behind Israel and Great Britain.

According to experts, in 2021, Russian ecosystems acquired startups due to increased competition, since each of them is increasing its presence in all areas of IT and innovation. According to the general director of the Moscow Innovation Agency Alexei Parabuchev, in the capital alone in ten months corporations have invested in startups almost twice as much as in the entire last year.

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