Ambassadors from more than 50 countries visited the Skolkovo innovation city on Wednesday to meet with the Skolkovo Foundation’s senior management and hear more about opportunities for international tech companies and startups. An ambassador tests...
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...
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...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed an agreement with Singapore’s Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Wednesday during the ASEAN-Russian summit in Singapore. Alexander Khanin (left), CEO of Skolkovo...
Group-IB , a Skolkovo resident company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, is opening new global headquarters in Singapore, it announced at CyberCrimeCon 2018 in Singapore on Monday. Ilya Sachkov, CEO of Skolkovo resident company Group-IB at...
One year after Luxembourg’s prime minister and deputy prime minister took to the stages of the Open Innovations forum at the Skolkovo Technopark, representatives of the small innovative nation returned to Skolkovo last week to tell resident startups about...
Sarex , a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation that uses aerial photography to improve telecoms services, was awarded the highest number of points of any startup at the culmination of the first MTS StartUp Hub, an accelerator programme organised by the Russian...
Skolkovo resident robot-maker Promobot has landed a contract worth $56 million with a U.S. company, the Perm-based robotics company announced Tuesday. Promobot's Alexei Yuzhakov (left) shakes hands on the deal with USLG's Paul Spivak as Promobot...
The first Russian incarnation of the giant German digital business expo CEBIT will take place at the Skolkovo Technopark next year after the technopark signed a cooperation agreement with Deutsche Messe Rus, the Russian arm of the event’s organizer. ...
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...
The Skolkovo innovation city welcomed a large delegation from the Belgian city of Antwerp this week, at which the two sides established areas of cooperation and one Skolkovo startup won the chance to launch pilot projects at Antwerp companies. The 100...
Guests of selected Moscow hotels will be able to check in upon arrival more quickly than ever before thanks to a new system using face recognition technology devised by Skolkovo resident VisionLabs together with self-service systems developer Invend. ...
Skolkovo resident VisionLabs and the smart building systems developer Alphaopen have launched a smart home system that uses face recognition technology to enable residents to enter their building without a key and to reach their floor without pressing a lift...
Skolkovo resident startup ExoAtlet , which makes rehabilitation exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again, has raised $5 million in investment to expand its business to Europe and beyond. The funding is being provided by the Korean company Cosmo...
Every spring for the last three years, Russia’s leading space experts have met for the InSpace Forum in Moscow to discuss how to boost the country’s space industry by facilitating cooperation between the state space corporation Roscosmos and the...
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...
The Skolkovo Foundation has teamed up with the Russian Export Centre, a state body that helps Russian companies enter foreign markets, to set up a Russian innovations hub in Dubai. The hub is planned to be located in the national innovations and industrial...
Skolkovo resident ExoAtlet , the inventor of rehabilitation exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again, has set its sights for expansion on Japan, where it is setting up a joint venture with its South Korean partners and investors. Dennis Ahn...
Russia’s first commercial research biobank, National BioService , opened a brand new laboratory at the Skolkovo Technopark on Thursday. The National BioService lab at the Skolkovo Technopark will be used for both the company's own research and...
Russia’s biggest lender, Sberbank, has acquired 25.07 percent of shares in Skolkovo resident startup VisionLabs , which has been ranked one of the world’s best face recognition technology companies. VisionLabs founder and CEO Alexander Khanin...
The proximity of Vladivostok to Asia is palpable throughout the port city in Russia’s Far East, from the abundance of right-hand drive cars imported from Japan – a growing number of them electric – and currency exchange points displaying rates...
Skolkovo resident Hoversurf has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dubai police after demonstrating its Scorpion flying motorbike at the GITEX technology week in Dubai. Hoversurf demonstrates its human-carrying drone in Dubai this week. Video...
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...
A new technopark opened its doors in Russia’s Far East port of Vladivostok on Wednesday, with the aim of fostering tech entrepreneurship and startups there with support from the Skolkovo Foundation. Victor Vekselberg, Olga Vasilyeva and Nikita Anisimov...
Optogard Nanotech , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation, has raised 110 million rubles ($1.8 million) in financing from Garant, a group investing in industrial projects. Under the terms of the deal, the investors and company founders have become partners...