Five Russian startups – the winners of the Startup Challenge accelerator organised jointly by the Skolkovo Foundation and multinational pharma giant AstraZeneca – are showcasing their inventions at the International Future Healthcare Forum in the...
Russian Railways (RZD) is to invest 300 million rubles ($4.8 million) in the industrial fund of Skolkovo Ventures as part of the state rail monopoly’s work to use innovative Russian technology to modernise the industry and make it more efficient. Together...
As Slush , one of Europe’s biggest events for tech entrepreneurs, draws closer, Skolkovo startups have been attending a two-day boot camp headed by a prominent Finnish entrepreneur and coach. Finnish entrepreneur and mentor Aape Pohjavirta, left...
Budding tech entrepreneurs from across Russia’s Far East gathered in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok on Thursday for Startup Village by the Sea, an event organised by the Skolkovo Foundation with the aim of propelling young startups towards commercial...
Following the success of the annual Startup Village in Moscow in June, the Skolkovo Foundation is planning a spinoff event – Startup Village by the Sea – to be held on September 8 in Russia’s Far Eastern port of Vladivostok. The Startup...
It’s not just millions of rubles and Skolkovo residency on offer for the winners of the Startup Village pitch sessions: Companies from IBM to Google and SAP are lining up to reward the top startups with investment, acceleration programs and entry into...
ALMATY - Kazakhstan’s Minister for Investment and Development Asset Issekeshev raised the curtain Thursday on the sixth leg of the Russian Startup Tour - and first to take place abroad – with a call to transform Almaty into a major innovations hub...
Technoserv has become a Skolkovo partner, signing a deal that compels Russia’s largest IT systems integrator to create an R&D center on the territory of the innovations hub. Technoserv, which recorded a total turnover of more than 40 billion...