• ‘Huge potential’ between India and Russia in spotlight at startup summit

    Russian-Indian economic cooperation may be best known for major military hardware deals, but the future lies in the exchange of hi-tech innovations, speakers resolved at the India-Russia Startup Summit held at the Skolkovo Technopark on Tuesday. Skolkovo...

    11 December, 15:24 Collinson Shura
  • Russian startups get crash course in entering Japanese market

    The Japanese market does not have the reputation of an easy place to do business for foreign companies. But with its high-income, tech-savvy population, it is a dream for many innovative businesses, and neighbouring Russia is no exception. To help Russian hi...

    13 February, 14:08 Collinson Shura
  • Diving into the Czech market: a crash course for Russian startups

    Russian entrepreneurs seeking to enter the EU market need look no further than Prague, Skolkovo startups heard this week at a seminar titled “The Czech Republic: A Gateway to the EU Market.” The Czech Republic offers a range of support mechanisms...

    22 September, 17:05 Collinson Shura
  • Update available for Startup Village

    Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...

    26 May, 13:03 Nowak David
  • Russian startups mature, but need more tenacity - Pekka Viljakainen

    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...

    29 April, 13:03 Nowak David
  • Second foreign assignment for the Startup Tour to kick off in Minsk

    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...

    13 April, 11:06 Nowak David
  • Catalyzing angel investment in Almaty

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan - It’s springtime in downtown Almaty, though winter is blowing its last frigid gusts off the snowy peaks of the Zailiyskiy Alatau mountain range and around the city's skyscrapers and Soviet-built housing blocks. At a downtown...

    30 March, 12:05 Nowak David
  • St. Petersburg delights with cow pregnancy tests and ‘Internet of Vegetables’

    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...

    27 March, 9:57 Nowak David
  • Moscow students discover Pharma's Cool

    Hundreds of Moscow students packed out a lecture theater this week to hear what most of them already believe: Pharma’s Cool. The lecture hall at Moscow’s Sechenov University of Medicine. Photo: sk.ru The three-week lecture series targeting...

    25 March, 13:15 Nowak David
  • A forum of robots, a meeting of minds

    The third Skolkovo Robotics International Conference was a runaway success, attracting a wide array of participants from all corners of the planet and, critically, encouraging the discipline to flourish domestically. The March 20-22 event at the Skolkovo...

    24 March, 11:16 Nowak David
  • The day the Russian Startup Tour ceases to be ‘Russian’

    A key message that Skolkovo transmits its startups is the need to expand into new territories. Now it is leading by example: This week, Russia’s biggest innovations roadshow ventures abroad for the first time in its five-year history. Almaty - the...

    13 March, 14:02 Nowak David
  • Russian Startup Tour reaches Kazan

    More than 140 startups registered an interest to take part in the Kazan stage of the Russian Startup Tour, the fourth stop on the innovations roadshow that runs Tuesday and Wednesday in the Tatarstan capital. The Kazan Kremlin. Photo: flickr The...

    02 March, 10:43 Nowak David
  • ‘We already love you’

    Moving house can be a daunting affair. A new neighborhood, strange faces, different social norms. Now imagine you have to do business in that environment and be successful from day one. Welcome Day at Skolkovo for its new resident companies. Photo: sk...

    26 February, 8:55 Nowak David
  • Intel partners Startup Tour, Startup Village

    U.S. tech giant Intel on Tuesday announced it had become a partner to the Russian Startup Tour and the summer's Startup Village, two of Russia’s most important events to encourage the growth of new high-tech companies. Intel's Valery Cherepennikov...

    17 February, 13:56 Nowak David
  • TEDx and Skolkovo: Possible Is Everything

    A TEDx talk organized by the Skolkovo Foundation and Open University Skolkovo attracted a large crowd to a central Moscow hotel over the weekend, with its theme - "Possible Is Everything" - provoking lively debate and captivating presentations. ...

    17 February, 9:12 Nowak David
  • NHS market opened up to Skolkovo startups

    The special health authority that plays a key role in deciding which medicines and healthcare devices are bought up and distributed across Britain’s National Health Service came to Skolkovo on Friday in search of new innovations. Representatives from...

    06 February, 16:56 Nowak David
  • Skoltech scientists talk brains, smart grids at Hypercube

    Top minds from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology gathered in the Hypercube last week to present research trends in the fields of brain evolution, renewable energy and quantum physics. Skolkovo is aiming to become a top international science...

    01 December, 12:40 Nowak David
  • Year of the Netherlands in Russia Brought Practical Results to Skolkovo

    In the frameworks of the year of cooperation between the Netherlands and Russia a meeting yesterday in Saint-Petersburg was held between the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte (this European country has the...

    24 June, 11:23 Voronkov Viktor