A major investment fund that provides the government with technology solutions in the energy industry is to base its research center at Skolkovo under a deal signed at Startup Village this week. The signing ceremony at Startup Village. Photo: sk.ru ...
A wind generator, a cow pregnancy test and the curiously titled Internet of Vegetables were among the victors in the pitch contest at the seventh stage of the Startup Tour, which wrapped up in St. Petersburg this week. The winners of the pitch sessions...
Texas-based Propell Technologies, which owns an exclusive license to use clean fracking technology developed by a Skolkovo resident, has received a $5 million investment from Roman Abramovich's Ervington Investments. The deal, announced this week, spells...
An initiative by the Russian Energy Ministry and private business could see Russian startups unleashed on the country’s oil wells as extracting gets tougher and foreign expertise dries up. The chill in foreign relations comes at a time when the so...
Skolkovo put 12 of its top energy startups on display Wednesday at the second annual Oil and Gas Forum in Moscow, which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and moderated by Skolkovo Foundation president Viktor Vekselberg. The first day...
EnSol Technologies, a Skolkovo resident tech startup, has entered a cooperation agreement with Panasonic to develop a new battery for forklift trucks that could double the efficiency of warehouse work. Many industrial forklifts and other electric reach vehicles...
A Russian government decree has come into effect that provides free electricity installation for investors in the Skolkovo Innovation Center, saving them potentially millions of rubles in startup costs. The decree, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...