The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) plans to invest RUB 500 million in the computer games and e-sports market over the next 18 months, RIA Novosti reports citing the Fund’s press service.

On Monday, the IIDF launched an accelerator (a three-month accelerated business development programme for IT startups) jointly with one of the fastest growing cybersport organizations in the CIS – M19 – as part of the first stage of the project. The project aims to create technology for processing and analysing of data based on a player’s behaviour. It also envisages the establishment of platforms to hold and search for tournaments and services to work with opinion leaders and their audience, marketplaces and shops, scouting players, and finding game partners. The programme is scheduled to kick off on 7 June this year.