• Startup Village mastermind hopes investors will ‘smell the blood’ at Skolkovo

    “Investors are like predators: when one smells the blood, the rest will follow – in a positive way!” says Pekka Viljakainen of the large numbers of investors expected at this year’s Startup Village, the massive open-air event for tech...

    31 May, 16:28 Collinson Shura
  • TICKS not BRICS? Russia’s race to replace commodities with technology

    In an article last week, the Financial Times wrote that the concept of the BRICS group of emerging economies was dead, arguing that Russia and Brazil’s dependence on commodities exports had led to them being usurped by tech-heavy economies Taiwan and...

    04 February, 12:03 Collinson Shura
  • Startup Tour selects its first winners in Irkutsk

    The winners of the first stage of the Startup Tour in the Siberian city of Irkutsk have been announced, as the nationwide search for promising tech startups prepares to move to the far eastern city of Vladivostok. Igor Karavaev, centre, and Pekka Viljakainen...

    02 February, 17:43 Collinson Shura
  • Стартап-тур дошел до Бабра

    ИРКУТСК. Символом Иркутска со времен Екатерины Второй является бабр. Так на якутском языке называется тигр. Императрица повелела нанести изображение этого сильного животного на герб гигантского края, о богатствах которого должен был свидетельствовать соболь...

    01 February, 11:27 Baklanov Mikhail