Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
Vladimir Afanasiev is an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive experience in various sectors. Since May 2008, Vladimir has served as the Owner of ICE Partners, a system integrator specializing in manufacturing companies. Concurrently, since May 2019, Vladimir has been involved with the Tracker MTS Startup Hub, focusing on project development and preparing pilots for internal business clients at MTS. Additionally, from September 2018, Vladimir has contributed to the Internet Initiatives Development Fund as a PreAxelerator Expert, providing assessment and guidance to startup founders, and has owned a programming school for children, teaching coding in Scratch, Python, and Unreal Engine. Since March 2017, Vladimir has also owned SL-ICE, specializing in artificial ice solutions for skating rinks. Educationally, Vladimir holds a Bachelor's degree in Automated Control Systems from Военно-Воздушная Инжерерная Академия им. Жуковского and a Bachelor's degree in Financial Management from Финансовая Академия при Правительстве РФ.
Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
One of the priorities of Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) is financial and expert support to startups in their early development stages. The Fund also plans to launch a variety of educational programs and to perform a number of legislative initiatives. These steps will help to increase transparency and ensure effective cooperation between entrepreneurs, investors, and state agencies in the field of venture capital investments in Russian IT projects. Internet Initiatives Development Fund will further the development of the necessary infrastructure and conditions that will be conducive to a full-fledged industry of small and medium online businesses in Russia.