Autotracker from the Stavropol region has attracted 30 million roubles of credit at the SME Bank, subsidiary bank of the SME Corporation, at a preferential rate of 3 per cent under the programme to support high-technology SMEs. Funding is planned for the development of the software used in the area of transport. The agreement on the opening of the credit line was signed within the framework of the Caucasus Investment Forum 2024.

" The concessional lending programme for high-technology SMEs allows financing for both revolving and investment projects. This enables business to increase the planning horizon, implement more ambitious plans, reduce the time of new products to be marketed. On the basis of feedback from the entrepreneurs themselves, the " high-profile " programme is constantly being refined. For example, since the beginning of the year, the process of obtaining financing for enterprises from the ITC roster has been simplified, and the maximum amount of credit has been increased to 1 billion roubles, " noted by the Chairman of the Ivan Podbereznjak SME Board.

The Attacker is a vertically integrated company in the GLONASS/GPS area of vehicle fleet management and monitoring. The company ' s equipment may be installed in all modes of transport, including special equipment, agricultural machinery, urban transport, dangerous goods transport vehicles. Autotrackers monitor location, speed, engine, fuel consumption and analyse a number of other real-time parameters to optimize processes and improve safety.

The State Programme for the Development of High-technology Companies, which is operated by the SME Corporation, provides comprehensive financial and non-financial support from the time of the development of a promising idea to the stage of the company ' s entry into the capital market. The ICPD Digital Platform can apply for participation. Support measures under the launch-IPO project can be derived from SMEs in 16 priority areas: artificial intelligence, communication Internet technology, Internet, new production technologies, new materials and substances technologies, genetic technologies, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

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SME support is provided through the " Small and Medium Enterprise " project.