From phyto lamps for hydroponics to a glucometer for the Deputy Prime Minister: university startups presented developments at Technoprom-2025
Participants of the University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform took part in an exhibition and discussions on measures to support the Technologies federal project.
Startups from Russian universities presented their developments and pilot products at the stand of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education at the XII International Technological Development Forum Technoprom-2025.
"For three years, the Platform has become an important assembly point, where at every stage of a startup's development - from the emergence of an idea to implementation - the necessary accompanying tools and services have been created. About 800 thousand people passed through the Platform's events and thousands of them became part of the process of creating small technology companies (STC), which in the coming years are designed to become the basis of an innovative economy. We are actively continuing this work together with the Ministry of Economic Development already within the framework of the Technologies federal project and consider it important to maintain and develop a dialogue between science and business, "said Olga Petrova, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia.
During the inspection of the exhibition, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko personally tested one of the medical solutions - the non-invasive Teraphoton glucometer, created by scientists from ITMO University (St. Petersburg).
The team of the startup "Terahertz Photonics" has developed a compact and easy-to-use device for monitoring glycemia and observing blood sugar levels. The technology is based on a non-invasive method for determining the level of glucose and glycated hemoglobin in the blood - the Deputy Prime Minister just had to put his finger on a small panel for 45 seconds, after which the device gave the test result: the indicators are normal.
According to Anna Vozianova, co-founder and executive director of the startup, there are no analogues to such a hardware complex in the world. "We have a prototype ready, a patent has been obtained, we plan to cooperate with Russian companies and create our own technological platform for the serial production of devices - we are looking for investments for this project. We plan to produce a glucometer in the form of a bracelet - for long-term monitoring of blood sugar levels", she said.
While the device was testing, the ITMO University team presented another development - a 6G router and an optimized route method in next-generation wireless networks. The Deputy Prime Minister was also shown the technological solution of the Harmonics startup from the Startup Studio of Tomsk Universities, which detects electrical and mechanical defects in any electric motors and can be used in the oil and gas, mining and other industries. Now the development is being tested at several sites of RusHydro - in particular, at the Bureyskaya and Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power stations. Tomsk startup studios also presented the Biochist project, a biological product for treating effluents from fats at meat processing enterprises.
In addition, the exhibition presented the project of the Institute of Gastronomy of the Siberian Federal University - the startup "Scientific Dacha" to create phytolamps with a special light spectrum for hydroponics.
Within the framework of the forum, representatives of startups also took part in the panel discussion "Energy boost: the best mix of support measures", organized by the University Technology Entrepreneurship Platform.
Deputy Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Irina Manuilova drew attention to the fact that technological leadership is impossible without technological entrepreneurship. "Synergy of support measures at the federal and regional levels - and in the Novosibirsk region there are 21 such measures - make it possible to make the path from an idea to a product as short as possible. It is important that in conditions of a shortage of personnel there is an opportunity to realize oneself through a project. As a result of the work - more than 50% of GRP - this is the contribution of small and medium-sized companies," she said.
Technology entrepreneurs themselves drew attention to the fact that for the development of startups, not only financial assistance is needed, but first of all, support in finding a qualified customer and a platform for a pilot.
"The assistance of the authorities and the entire infrastructure for assisting the technical representative is especially necessary here. A company of 10-25 people can come up with something innovative, but a qualified customer is required to help form the correct Terms of Reference for the use of this technology in a particular industry. And we need help in B2B communications, finding partners - those who will be ready to test the pilot, "said Ivan Shelemba, a graduate of Novosibirsk State University, founder of SibSensor.
Also on August 27, a meeting of the TechPredClub took place, where startup leaders presented their projects in the comedy stand-up genre and were able to communicate with colleagues and experts of the Platform in an informal setting.
The platform of university technological entrepreneurship was launched by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in 2022 in order to reveal the entrepreneurial potential of young people and train professionals in the field of technological entrepreneurship. Included in the federal project "Technologies" of the national project "Effective and Competitive Economy".