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  • Сколково накануне Startup Village

    Считанные часы остаются до открытия в иннограде крупнейшей в Восточной Европе стартап-конференции. Startup Village продлится два дня, 2 и 3 июня Ожидается, что в конференции примут участие 12 тысяч человек. Программа насыщена и разнообразна - от специальных...

    01 June, 13:24 Mungalov Dmitry
  • Startup Village mastermind hopes investors will ‘smell the blood’ at Skolkovo

    “Investors are like predators: when one smells the blood, the rest will follow – in a positive way!” says Pekka Viljakainen of the large numbers of investors expected at this year’s Startup Village, the massive open-air event for tech...

    31 May, 16:28 Collinson Shura
  • Silicon Valley stars and Shaolin monks: Skolkovo Startup Village prepares to dazzle visitors

    A presentation of Elon Musk’s headline-grabbing vacuum train, a drone race and business leadership tips from a Shaolin monk are among the highlights of this year’s Startup Village, the annual open-air large-scale conference for tech entrepreneurs...

    26 May, 17:23 Collinson Shura
  • Drones, helicopters and Boeing take center stage at MAKS air show

    The MAKS air show has proved to be a significant driver of business for the Skolkovo Foundation, which has overseen deals for several resident companies and announced the completion of construction of a Boeing pilot training facility at the Innovation Center...

    27 August, 11:38 Nowak David
  • A foothold in Southeast Asia for Skolkovo

    The Skolkovo Foundation and 11 of its resident startups have sought to gain a key foothold in Southeast Asia, as a road show to Singapore brought opportunities for forging new partnerships and cementing existing ties. The motivation behind the trip to...

    06 July, 11:37 Nowak David
  • Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev: Skolkovo is producing results

    Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Skolkovo is starting to produce tangible results, despite being less than five years old. From left: Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg, his advisor Pekka Viljakainen, and Prime Minister Medvedev. Photo: sk.ru ...

    04 June, 14:54 Nowak David
  • Deals worth $272 million announced on day one of Startup Village

    Day one of Startup Village saw deals signed or announced to the tune of $272 million, organizers have announced. .One of Tuesday's 14 deals being signed by Skolkovo's senior vice president Vasily Belov, center. Photo: sk.ru One of Startup Village’s...

    03 June, 10:08 Nowak David
  • В Сколково началась Startup Village

    На территории инновационного центра 2 и 3 июня проходит крупнейшая стартап-конференция Восточной Европы. Количество зарегистрировавшихся гостей Startup Village, 12 тысяч человек, существенно превзошло прогнозы организаторов В церемонии открытия принял участие...

    02 June, 12:17 Mungalov Dmitry
  • Update available for Startup Village

    Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...

    26 May, 13:03 Nowak David
  • Чему учит пример горячих финских парней?

    На конференции Startup Village, которая пройдет в Сколково 2-3 июня, состоится мировая премьера финского проекта LNGTainer – virtual pipeline concepts. 10 тысяч участников крупнейшей в Восточной Европе стартап-конференции станут свидетелями необычного...

    13 May, 9:10 Baklanov Mikhail
  • Startup Tour makes final stop of 2015 in Krasnogorsk

    KRASNOGORSK, Moscow Region - Russia's biggest innovations roadshow wound up last week in the Moscow region town of Krasnogorsk. Moscow Region Government headquarters in Krasnogorsk. Photo: sk.ru The Startup Tour, whose goal is to stimulate high...

    29 April, 11:54 Nowak David
  • ‘A big move for Sino-Russian economic relations’ - press reacts to Skolkovo-Cybernaut deal

    Skolkovo’s $200 million deal with Cybernaut to stimulate Russian-Chinese innovation won prominent coverage in the world's media this week, with references to “a big move for Sino-Russian economic relations” that may have “a significant...

    24 April, 12:44 Nowak David
  • Startup Tour puts Ufa on the map of Russian innovation

    The Startup Tour completed its penultimate stop this week on its three-month journey around Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, putting the central city of Ufa firmly on the map of Russian innovation. ThUfa's State Petrochemical Technological University...

    23 April, 10:42 Nowak David
  • $200 million for Russian-Chinese innovation

    The Skolkovo Foundation has teamed up with China’s Cybernaut Investment Group to create a $200 million venture fund to stimulate high-tech innovations of mutual interest. Skolkovo's senior VP for innovations Vasily Belov and Russian Deputy Prime...

    21 April, 21:10 Nowak David
  • Startup Tour: Biomed rules in Belarus

    Seventeen innovations received recognition at the Minsk stage of the Startup Tour this week, with four projects winning a place in the pitch sessions at Startup Village in Moscow this summer. The winners of the Belarus pitch sessions. Photo: sk.ru ...

    16 April, 14:15 Nowak David
  • Белорусский этап Стартап-тура ставит первые рекорды

    МИНСК. Впервые за почти пятилетнюю историю проведения Стартап-тура красную ленточку по случаю открытия его этапа перерезали члены правительств сразу двух государств: вице-премьер РФ Аркадий Дворкович и первый вице-премьер Белоруссии Василий Матюшевский. ...

    14 April, 14:13 Baklanov Mikhail
  • Kaliningrad hosts Skolkovo Scientific Advisory Council meeting

    Less than a week after opening a branch in Vladivostok, Skolkovo wrapped up its Scientific Advisory Council meeting in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad on Friday, illustrating the foundation’s geographical reach domestically. Just days after the Vladivostok...

    10 April, 11:35 Nowak David
  • A forum of robots, a meeting of minds

    The third Skolkovo Robotics International Conference was a runaway success, attracting a wide array of participants from all corners of the planet and, critically, encouraging the discipline to flourish domestically. The March 20-22 event at the Skolkovo...

    24 March, 11:16 Nowak David
  • 10 simple rules for international success

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan – As part of the March 19-20 Startup Tour in Kazakhstan’s second city, Skolkovo’s startup guru Pekka Viljakainen gave a master-class on initiating a high-tech business. During the Finn’s 35-minute presentation at the...

    24 March, 9:54 Nowak David
  • Когда робототехники говорят

    Робототехники, собирающиеся в одном помещении, подобны компании французов за обеденным столом. За французским столом все разговоры о еде. На конференции Skolkovo Robotics все разговоры – о роботах. Альберт Ефимов. Фото Sk,ru После того, как...

    21 March, 20:05 Baklanov Mikhail
  • Startup Tour opens door to Skolkovo ecosystem in Kazakhstan

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The Kazakh stage of the Startup Tour concluded on Friday with several innovations winning a place at the Startup Village in June and, perhaps more significantly, the foundations put in place for of a new era of high-tech cooperation between...

    20 March, 17:17 Nowak David
  • Skolkovo Robotics: «витрина технологий» открылась в Гиперкубе

    В Гиперкубе стартовал «нулевой день» третьей международной конференции Skolkovo Robotics . Официальное открытие конференции состоится лишь завтра, но и профессиональная программа, предназначенная для участников робототехнического сообщества, оказалась...

    20 March, 9:55 Efendieva Marina
  • The day the Russian Startup Tour ceases to be ‘Russian’

    A key message that Skolkovo transmits its startups is the need to expand into new territories. Now it is leading by example: This week, Russia’s biggest innovations roadshow ventures abroad for the first time in its five-year history. Almaty - the...

    13 March, 14:02 Nowak David
  • Startup Tour: Kazan yields DNA analysis, river cleansing technology

    The Russian Startup Tour unearthed some innovative gems in Kazan over the last two days, with six startups invited to Startup Village in Moscow and four million rubles in investments handed out. At the pitch competition in the Kazan IT park on Tuesday and...

    04 March, 19:23 Nowak David
  • Application process opens for Startup Village 2015

    The Skolkovo Foundation began accepting applications Monday for the pitch sessions at Startup Village, Eastern Europe’s biggest innovations conference, at the Innovation Center on June 2-3. Last year's Startup Village attracted around 10,000...

    02 March, 14:35 Nowak David