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Small and medium-sized IT companies believe that they need funding more because such organizations do not have enough resources to independently develop products.

has not yet used grant support jamaica cell phone number list from the Russian Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Mass Media and the Ministry of Digital Development, but it was a good industry opportunity. "The pause in grant support for small IT projects indicates the need to redistribute funds - the choice was made to support large-scale projects rather than grow small startups. The decision is logical, but there is no certainty that the funds will be spent with maximum efficiency in this way," he believes. "In some cases, small and medium businesses can be more "expert" and more effective in terms of development, especially niche software. The deprivation of industry financial support in the toughened working conditions due to geopolitical factors can stop the development of some small companies and to some extent will contribute to the monopolization of the market."

IW Group Marketing Director Olga Lysenko commented: "This year, the company used grant support to organize an event for representatives of the IT community and business, as well as to represent the company at Russian conferences and exhibitions. We used this opportunity for the first time in 2021 and were pleased with it. I will not name the amount, since everything depends on the budget of a specific event, the number of participants and other factors. In 2023, we would like to continue using this opportunity; we took these tools into account in the company's development strategy."

Denis Solodkov, General Director of Innovwave AP LLC, believes that grant support is more important for small businesses. "As for colleagues working in the ICC direction, we are talking about large customers who, of course, have important projects in specific industries for specific needs. We do not question their importance. However, the resources that are allocated with grant support are better directed to those who themselves cannot do it, that is, small businesses, with a high-quality, appropriate selection. That is, first there is a selection, as a result of which they are convinced that the project is worth it, and then - financing, which is still more important for small ones," he explained.

Acting CEO of Computer Vision Systems (part of the Lanit Group) Mikhail Smirnov said that the company received a small grant this year. "There was another one in the plans, but now it is in question. We will monitor the situation and act based on the emerging input data," he said. "Funding is more necessary for small and medium-sized businesses, since such companies do not have enough resources to independently develop products. But it will work effectively provided that the selection of projects and control over the spending of funds is high-quality. State corporations, on the contrary, have more resources to create and develop solutions. The most likely scenario for the market in the event of the cancellation of grants to businesses is a decrease in the number of IT companies. It will be difficult to promote new developments, since in the current conditions the domestic market offers few orders to small companies, and the participation of the external market has noticeably decreased. Large industry is not ready to invest in new products. Such companies also apply for grants."