On June 25, 2009, a meeting with President of the European Tech Tour Association, Sven Lingjaerde is to be held in IVF RT

Sven Lingjaerde, President of the European Tech Tour Association, arrived to Kazan with the purpose of participation in preparatory measures within the framework of carrying out the Second Russian Tech Tour, which is to take place in Kazan from September, 22, to September, 25, 2009. Sven Lingjaerde is a co-founder of Vision Capital, a Trans-Atlantic venture capital firm established in 1996, investing in European technology companies seeking to enter the US market. Vision Capital currently manages $175 million in three funds with offices in San Francisco and Geneva, Switzerland.
Carrying out Tech Tour is a special platform, thanks to which the Russian technological companies can enter the international markets.
A number of the Russian companies, among which are: Acronis – producer of information management systems for database storage and restore, Yandex – leading Russian Internet company, and Parallels – leader in the sphere of virtualization and automation systems that were the participants of the First Russian Tech Tour in 2004. In September, 2009, Tech Tour returns to Russia with the aim to find and introduce next generation of the Russian technological companies. Companies need to register on www.techtour.com to take part in selection.
25-30 best projects will be presented to representatives from tens of leading world venture funds and technological corporations. In each such tour, no more than 60-70 delegates-investors take part, for consideration of which up to 25 best high-tech companies of the country or sector were presented. Limited number of participants gives the opportunity for fruitful business communication, foremost, between investors and entrepreneurs.