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...
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 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...
Ecologically friendly cleaning products made by Skolkovo resident BioMicroGel have gone on sale in Perekryostok supermarkets across Russia after the innovative startup signed a contract with X5 Retail Group, one of the country’s biggest retail chains...
Compo , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation, has raised 200 million rubles ($3.5 million) in investment from VEB Innovations , a tech investment fund set up by Vnesheconombank. The startup, a resident of Skolkovo’s advanced manufacturing...
Several resident startups of the Skolkovo Foundation took their products and technologies to Las Vegas last week for CES , one of the world’s biggest consumer technologies exhibitions and conferences, which ran from January 9 to 12. Promobot robots...
The directors of three Skolkovo startups won awards at two ceremonies this week for their innovative tech developments. Group-IB head Ilya Sachkov at a previous EY awards ceremony. Photo: EY. Ilya Sachkov, head of the cybersecurity company Group...
Fibrum , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster that makes virtual reality headsets, games and platforms, has developed the world’s first chain of virtual stores for the Chinese ecommerce platform AliExpress. Customers...
Nine Skolkovo startups are heading to the French capital this week to exhibit their innovative solutions at Paris Retail Week , one of the biggest events in the European retail industry. Paris Retail Week attracts visitors and participants from all over...
Face recognition technology went definitively mainstream this week, with the unveiling of Apple’s new iPhone X, which is unlocked when it recognizes the owner’s face. But the technology makes many people decidedly nervous. Last week, The Guardian...
Two resident startups of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster have been selected to take part in the Starta accelerator in New York, guaranteeing them $130,000 each in funding. Alexander Berenov, general director of Inspector Cloud. Photo: Sk.ru...