The Russia-India business mission was organized jointly by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Russian Export Center, and the Skolkovo Foundation. During the last day of the mission on July 9, six Skolkovo startups in the fields of healthcare, IT...
A large group of top managers of AB InBev, the largest beer brewery in the world, visited the Skolkovo Foundation. Over several hours representatives of the Belgian company, led by Vice President for Global Solutions Tassilo Festetics, toured the Skolkovo Technopark...
The current CEO and the founding partner of Skolkovo Ventures, Mr. Vasily Belov will move to new employer, within technology industry. Photo: Sk.ru. Pekka Viljakainen, the chairman of the board of Skolkovo Ventures : «Within first 2 years...
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...
Cutting-edge medical systems developed by Skolkovo resident startups will be introduced in the Novgorod region under a cooperation agreement signed on Thursday. The signing followed a meeting between representatives of the regional Health Ministry and Skolkovo...
The Skolkovo Foundation council met in the new Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) campus for the first time on Thursday ahead of the state-of-the-art building’s launch in September. Skoltech will begin the process of moving...
The Skolkovo Foundation and its resident startups signed a raft of agreements with major commercial companies during the annual Skolkovo Startup Village on June 6-7. On the first day of the outdoor event for tech entrepreneurs and investors from around the...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed two agreements on Thursday aimed at providing the authorities responsible for Russia’s roads with hi-tech solutions designed by the foundation’s resident startups. Victor Vekselberg (left) and Roman Starovoit...
Half of all Russian-origin innovative pharmaceuticals are developed by Skolkovo Foundation startups, Kirill Kaem, head of the organisation’s biomed cluster, told a meeting of the foundation’s council on Monday evening. Of about 1,400 pharmaceuticals...
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...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed a strategic business cooperation agreement with the Russian division of Japan’s Panasonic Corporation during a state visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the island nation on Friday. Skolkovo vice president...
HELSINKI - A new Russian venture fund formed jointly by the Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Capital, a state investment vehicle, was presented to an international audience Wednesday at the Slush tech conference in Helsinki. The new fund, Skolkovo...
Oil producer Gazprom Neft is to open a research and development centre at the Skolkovo innovation centre outside Moscow under an agreement signed Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg (left)...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev cast his eye over innovations from residents of the Skolkovo Foundation this week at the Russian Arms Expo in Nizhny Tagil. Belyakov, left, showing Medvedev the Skolkovo stand. Photo: sk.ru Medvedev, who created...
Computer-aided design giant Autodesk has signed a cooperation agreement with the Skolkovo Foundation to potentially provide software support to resident startups and Skoltech students. Skolkovo's Alexandra Barshchevskaya, left, and Autodesk's...
Skolkovo is teaming up with two of its biggest industrial partners in Panasonic and truck-maker KAMAZ in a search for the next big breakthrough in battery technology. Panasonic's Gavrilov, third from right, with Skolkovo colleagues. Photo: sk.ru ...
One of Russia’s largest manufacturers of electricity generators and electric motors is to form a research center at Skolkovo under an agreement worth 280 million rubles and signed at Startup Village this week. Grachev, right, and Shcherbakov at...
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 ...
Skolkovo resident SEMAT has secured 50 million rubles in investment from Russian-Czech company MTE Group to research electrical discharge machining, a deal signed at Startup Village. Karavaev and Volkov, in light suits, during the signing. Photo: sk.ru...
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin cut the ceremonial ribbon to officially open Nobel Street at the Skolkovo Innovation Center on Wednesday, the second day of the Startup Village conference. Medvedev, center, shakes hands with Sobyanin as Arkady Dvorkovich...
Panasonic opened its R&D Center at Skolkovo during Startup Village on Tuesday, opening a new chapter in electronics research cooperation between Russia and Japan. The Panasonic R&D Center at Skolkovo Technopark Office Center. Panasonic signed...
Russia’s high-tech startups are getting better by the year, but innovators need to be more persistent to commercialize their solutions, said Pekka Viljakainen, advisor to Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg and an ever-present in three editions of the...
Skolkovo resident companies that use technology incorporating Russia’s GLONASS global position system will get their own tech park within the Skolkovo Innovation Center, it emerged Wednesday. Gurko, left and Belyakov shake hands at Navitech. Photo...
The second foray outside the confines of Russia begins Tuesday for the Startup Tour, which visits the Belarusian capital of Minsk in its quest to uncover and develop the top startups in the CIS. The National Library of Belarus in Minsk, venue for the...
The Krasnoyarsk stage of the 2015 Startup Tour ended with two local companies invited to the Startup Village pitch sessions in Moscow and a message for all participating innovators: Dumb down your pitches! The city in eastern Siberia was the ninth stop on...