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...
МИНСК. Победитель конкурса проектов в биомедицинских технологиях Владимир Хрыщанович не пришел на церемонию награждения. Такие ситуации довольно редко случаются во время Стартап-тура. Борьба за путевку на Startup Village идет достаточно напряженная, а в Минске...
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...
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...
Skolkovo’s Biomed Cluster is expecting around 30 to 40 agriculture-based startups to become residents in the coming months as the Russian government moves to encourage high-tech innovation in food production. Skolkovo VP Kirill Kaem, the executive...
Skolkovo is looking to tap the biotechnology potential of Cuba and other parts of Latin America, officials said this month after foundation president Victor Vekselberg received a high-level Cuban delegation led by Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart. Fidel Castro...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The Kazakh stage of the Startup Tour concluded on Friday with several innovations winning a place at the Startup Village in June and, perhaps more significantly, the foundations put in place for of a new era of high-tech cooperation between...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The top two biomedical innovations at the Startup Tour in Almaty this week seek to modernize cattle rearing in Kazakhstan, with promising knock-on effects for the meat and dairy industries. Ruslan Altaev of Skolkovo's Biomed Cluster...
The fifth stage of the Russian Startup Tour culminated this week with four teams from Yekaterinburg winning an invitation to the Startup Village in Moscow. The finalists in Yekaterinburg. Photo: sk.ru The capital of the Ural Mountains region was...
The Russian Startup Tour unearthed some innovative gems in Kazan over the last two days, with six startups invited to Startup Village in Moscow and four million rubles in investments handed out. At the pitch competition in the Kazan IT park on Tuesday and...
The Skolkovo Foundation began accepting applications Monday for the pitch sessions at Startup Village, Eastern Europe’s biggest innovations conference, at the Innovation Center on June 2-3. Last year's Startup Village attracted around 10,000...
The third stage of the Russian Startup Tour concluded this week in Nizhny Novgorod, where two startups won million-ruble investments and six were invited to Startup Village in Moscow this summer. The finalists and winners from the pitch sessions in Nizhny...
The Russian Startup Tour gathers pace this week with a visit to Nizhny Novgorod, where 29 finalists are to compete for places at June’s Startup Village and a special guest will provide a glimpse into the future of the automobile industry. Nizhny...
Skolkovo’s top startup expert Pekka Viljakainen on Thursday announced the five winners of the pitch sessions at stage two of the Russian Startup Tour in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Three victors received 1 million rubles investment from Fund to...
Adaptive toys for rehabilitation and a robotic assistant surgeon were among 13 winning innovations at the first stage of the Russian Startup Tour in Rostov-on-Don. More than 100 projects from the southern city and surrounding region competed for a place...