The Media Lab of the Communications Commission has launched the 6^th edition of the startup idea contest “Ideadrome.” The aim of the contest is to discover digital media startups, and to help improve, develop and realise their ideas.

As part of the contest, the 5 chosen teams with the best startp ideas will spend a week working with professional mentors, discussing important topics such as validating the idea, creating a prototype and a business model, team management, dealing with financial and legal issues, and presenting the idea to the investors. The intensive training will be followed by the announcement of the winners. The contest has a prize pool of GEL 10,000.

The “Ideadrome” contest has been successfully held on five occasions. The winners have already managed to export their products internationally.