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International
IT-accelerator
The program helps startups grow their businesses, attract investments, and launch pilots with the support of Sber, international entrepreneurs, and industry experts
$ 60 000 000+
startups received investments thanks to Sber500
10 500+
pilots and contracts
with Sber and partners
Our alumni results
x4
average revenue
growthof companies
Application deadline:
April 10, 2026
April 10, 2026
Our strength: international expertise and networking
15+ countries
Top methods
for boosting growth
for boosting growth
2 500+
Mentors and experts are carriers of business cultures from other countries
Best practices from the world’s leading entrepreneurs, experts, and business angels
Mentors & experts
in community
in community
Partnership and Fast Track
Investments
PR and promotion
Community
Realize a pilot and contract with Sber as well as partner companies. All applications will be reviewed by the integration team regardless of selection to the accelerator
Showcase your startup's achievements in both the Russian and international media
Share your experience with the best Russian and international startups - Sber500 alumni
Attract investments from Sber's partners - leading venture capital funds and business angels
We’ll help you gain the experience and resources needed to grow your startup
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Timeline
February - May
Collection of applications
Online submission of applications from participants and their verification by the organizer for compliance with the requirements
May - June
Bootcamp
Intensive 3-week online program focused on startup growth. Selection of the most promising teams to collaborate with Sber's ecosystem and partners
July - August
Acceleration program
Selected participants undergo an online accelerator program. The organizers facilitate partnerships with Sber and corporations, as well as attracting investments from funds
October
Demo Day
Presentation of projects and achievements of startups in front of experts, investors, and representatives of large corporations will be held offline in Moscow as part of the Moscow Startup Summit conference.
February - May
Collection of applications
Online submission of applications from participants and their verification by the organizer for compliance with the requirements
May - June
Bootcamp
Intensive 3-week online program focused on startup growth. Selection of the most promising teams to collaborate with Sber's ecosystem and partners
July - August
Acceleration program
Selected participants undergo an online accelerator program. The organizers facilitate partnerships with Sber and corporations, as well as attracting investments from funds
October
Demo Day
Presentation of projects and achievements of startups in front of experts, investors, and representatives of large corporations will be held offline in Moscow as part of the Moscow Startup Summit conference.
Submit your application by April 10, 2026
Participations Terms
MVP
and First Sales
and First Sales
SberUnity
Legal form
Online + Full-time
Availability of a minimum viable product and sales. The exception DeepTech-solutions with science-intensive base - may not have sales
Active engagement with corporations and investors on the SberUnity platform during the acceleration period
The presence of a legal entity or sole proprietor and willingness to conduct business in the Russian Federation
Team's readiness to work on the project full-time during the acceleration period from anywhere in the world – online
The program is held in English
You’re in good company
Since 2018, we have been working with startups from different industries that have achieved multiple growth after the accelerator and make up the Sber500 alumni community
Seeking breakthrough solutions for Sber and Russia
Priority will be given to startups aligned with Sber's interests, Russia's National Priorities, as well as GenAI and DeepTech projects
- Acceleration and increased performance of AI models
- Confidential computing
- Homomorphic algorithms
- Acceleration of data classification
- Search in unstructured data
- Efficient data compression
- Synthetic data recognition
- GenAI-based solutions for customers and businesses
- AI for the entertainment industry for different age groups
- Computer Vision - search by specified parameters for various business purposes
- Solutions based on diffusion neural networks for business
- Data warehouses and data analytics platforms
- Secure Data Storage for digital twins
- AI-Centric Devices
- AI for the entire sales cycle
- Mass-market wearable devices with AI — augmented reality glasses, headphones, microphones
- Embedded AI for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)
- AI-based drone role management
- Data anonymization and masking
- Solutions for preventing phishing and social engineering
- Ensuring security throughout the AI model development lifecycle
- Cybersecurity solutions based on foundational AI models
- Managing cybersecurity risks related to human factors
- Secure data storage and transmission channels
- Corporate protection tools and advanced cybersecurity technologies
- Digital transport
- Digital city
- Digital enterprise
- Solutions for digitalization and automation of production, construction, agriculture, healthcare, retail, utilities, real estate, and energy
- Robotization of construction
- UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) in construction and agriculture
- Solutions in engineering knowledge, energy management, incident management, and occupational fire safety
- AI solutions for generative design
- Digital transformation of customer service
- Monitoring market prices for materials and services
- Cost engeniring - cost estimation of an object based on a BIM model
- Estimation of construction costs based on accumulated data
- Volume design based on specified parameters
- Compliance control of object norms at the design stage
- Automation of construction supervision
- Automation of work progress assessment
- Smart assistants for schoolchildren, students, and teachers
- AI-based services for creating personalized educational tracks
- Career guidance services using ML technologies
- Advanced learning analytics and solutions for assessing content and learning effectiveness
- Educational products in AR/VR and the metaverse
- Training simulators
- Financial literacy solutions for children and teenagers
- Innovative assessment and diagnostic tools based on digital footprints
- P2P employee development modules
- Employee profiling using AI technologies
- Solutions for the KidTech segment and parents
- AR virtual try-on
- AI and generative network solutions for the e-commerce segment
- Eco-friendly product packaging
- Freshness technologies
- Packaging that extends product shelf life
- Products for equipping and improving courier performance
- Services for increasing conversion in e-commerce
- Platforms for training and enhancing customer-centricity
- AI for Sustainable Development
- Monitoring, control, and forecasting of greenhouse gas emissions and absorptions
- Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)
- Decarbonization of AI model development, training, and inference processes
- Measuring and improving the energy efficiency of data processing software
- Alternative energy sources, energy carriers, and energy efficiency
- Recycling — collection, processing, and disposal of waste, circular economy
- Electric transport and logistics networks, including transport powered by new energy sources
- Water resources — efficient production of clean water, consumption, purification, and reduction of water pollution
- Remote sensing of the earth, ESG solutions in AgroTech and land use
- Technologies and innovative solutions in green technologies, ecology, and climate for b2c, b2b, and b2g segments
- Devices for continuous remote monitoring
- AI-powered services for therapy, diagnostics, and healthy lifestyle
- Digital solutions for clinics to automate and optimize various processes
- IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) systems
- Digital solutions for R&D of pharmaceuticals
- Wearable gadgets for health management
- Solutions for the treatment and management of diabetes and allergies
- Technological solutions in healthy lifestyle, nutrition, and nutraceuticals
- Wellness solutions for stress management, sleep improvement, psychological well-being, and mental health
- Solutions for advertising optimization and increasing ROI
- Automation of performance marketing
- End-to-end analytics platforms
- Virtual marketing specialist
- AI for analytics, advertising optimization, and marketing strategy development
- AI SMM manager, AI in SEO
- Technologies and solutions for brand safety and anti-fraud in advertising channels
- Innovative and wow tools for attracting customers through online and offline channels
- Crypto wallets & asset management
- Blockchain technology & data security
- Decentralized infrastructure & interoperability
- Innovations in blockchain technology
- Blockchain networks: bridges & L1/L2 interoperability protocols
- Wallets, NFTs, DAOs, Decentralized Identity
- DeFi: exchanges, trading, derivatives, payments, insurance, borrowing, lending, custody
- Multi-agent systems in blockchain networks
- Automated AI dataset verification in blockchain networks
- Post-quantum cryptography in blockchain
- Transaction analysis for AML: user behavior classification for fraud detection
- Automated tokenomics: economic modeling for crypto projects
- RLN (Regulated Liability Network)
- Deposit Token, ONYX, Project Guardian
- Digitalization, personalization, and AI solutions for HoReCa
- Technologies for tourism development
- Home robotics
- Audiovisual technologies
- Anti-fraud in HoReCa
- PLM, PDM — specialized design systems
- Production information flow management systems
- CAD/CAM (Comuter aided design) — systems for designing engineering objects for electronics and computing technology
- MISR algorithms for processing satellite imagery
Partners
Our partners are large corporations, companies of the Sber’s ecosystem, as well as investors working with the MVP stage and above
Investors
Sberbank Partner Companies
Corporations
The list is being updated
Your growth
is our goal
is our goal
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