Mining industry management systems developer VIST Group, whose daughter company VIST Robotics is a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation, has sold a majority stake to Zyfra, a company developing solutions to digitalize industry, the companies said in a statement...
Brain4Net , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster that provides solutions for service providers, has raised $2.5 million in investment. The company provides solutions based on its B4N service platform, and helps service providers...
ANTWERP, Belgium – Three Skolkovo startups are among the top 50 scale-ups selected to take part in SuperNova , a major new tech fair taking place in Antwerp on September 27-28. SuperNova will take place in various locations surrounding Antwerp's...
The sixth Skolkovo Startup Village ended on Friday evening with an awards ceremony for the winning tech startups and projects that had taken part in the event’s competition. The winners of the 2018 Startup Village hold up their prizes on the main...
Skolkovo resident startup CardsMobile , the creator of the Koshelek (Wallet) mobile app, has raised investment from Alfa Bank in exchange for a 25 percent stake in the fintech startup, the bank announced Monday in a press release. Photo: CardsMobile COO...
Skolkovo Ventures was named the Best Russian Consultant on the VC Market at the Russia VC Awards earlier this week. The competition’s jury noted that Skolkovo Ventures is the most active player on the market of investment consulting for tech companies...
AgroDroneGroup , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that uses drones and computer software to closely monitor the condition of soil and crops, has raised 25 million rubles ($440,000) in investment from the Russian-Belarusian Venture Investment Fund...
Skolkovo startup Pravoved.ru , a robot-lawyer platform providing legal consultations, has raised $1 million from two venture funds, AddVenture and Target Global Fintech Opportunities Fund. Pravoved.ru has developed and launched a robot-lawyer based on neural...
Playkey , Russia’s first cloud-based decentralized gaming platform and a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation, has raised more than $10.5 million in an ICO (Initial Coin Offering). The team behind Playkey, a cloud platform that allows users...
Russia’s biggest lender, Sberbank, has acquired 25.07 percent of shares in Skolkovo resident startup VisionLabs , which has been ranked one of the world’s best face recognition technology companies. VisionLabs founder and CEO Alexander Khanin...
Seven Skolkovo startups have launched crowdfunding campaigns as they compete against each other in a reality TV show on Russian TV titled “An Idea Worth a Million.” Motorica has made 3D-printed cable-operated prosthetic hands for more than...
R-Sept , a Skolkovo resident startup that has developed a robotic milking station for cows, has raised 10 million rubles ($170,000) in funding from two investors, the company told VC.ru last week. Alexey Khakhunov, CEO of R-Sept, shows off the company's...
Apis Cor, the parent company of a Skolkovo resident startup that uses 3D printing to construct buildings, has raised about $6 million in investment from the Rusnano Sistema Sicar venture fund, Vedomosti newspaper reported Thursday. Apis Cor demonstrated...
Skolkovo startup HUDWAY has exceeded its funding target less than 24 hours after it launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest head-up display (HUD) designed to make driving safer. The HUD is attached to the dashboard and projects the navigation...
Optogard Nanotech , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation, has raised 110 million rubles ($1.8 million) in financing from Garant, a group investing in industrial projects. Under the terms of the deal, the investors and company founders have become partners...
Navigine , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes indoor navigation and tracking systems, has raised $900,000 in funding from an international syndicate of investors led by the Innovestor co-investment service. Navigine's technology can be used to...
UNIM , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s biomed cluster that provides remote cancer diagnosis services, has raised investment from Medme, a strategic investor on the digital medicine market. Under the terms of the deal, the details of which...
Advanced Gene & Cell Technologies (AGCT) , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s biomed cluster, has received the first tranche of investment from the RBV Capital venture fund allocated to carry out Russia’s first clinical practice...
The Skolkovo Foundation announced the official launch of Skolkovo Ventures – three new investment funds devoted to IT, industrial technology and biotech – at the Startup Village open-air conference on Tuesday. The investment funds have been set...
A delegation of European investors, VCs, corporate partners and business angels visited the Skolkovo Technopark on Wednesday in search of promising startups as part of the Russian Tech Tour. Skolkovo's senior vice president for innovations, Vasily...
LETA Capital venture fund has invested a further $1 million in Skolkovo startup Brain4Net , a leading Russian developer of software for upgrading and managing networks. The investment was made in the form of convertible notes, and will be used to perfect...
NFWare , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that develops network software that enables the high-speed processing of internet traffic, has raised $2 million in venture funding, the IT company said in a statement Thursday. The round was led by...
A robotic pet sitter designed by an offshoot of a Skolkovo resident startup has raised more than double the amount it was seeking, just a few days into its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Pebby consists of a smart collar and a remote-controlled...
The Skolkovo Foundation investment service was ranked fourth in a rating of M&A consultants working on the Russian market in 2016 that was released on Monday. The first place went to ALTHAUS Group, followed by Sberbank CIB and RB Partners, in a list...
Skolkovo resident startup GeoSteering Technologies , the maker of “smart drilling” software for use at oil and gas production facilities, signed an agreement with the government of the Tyumen region at the Sochi 2017 Russian Investment Forum this...