• Dodging politics, Russia's Skolkovo tech center evolves

    The technology incubation campus outside Moscow has retooled itself in the face of challenging times and a changing political scene. John Tefft, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, at Startup Village. Photo:sk.ru John Tefft, the U.S. ambassaor to Russia...

    15 July, 10:07 Nowak David
  • Generating innovations: Ruselprom becomes Skolkovo partner

    One of Russia’s largest manufacturers of electricity generators and electric motors is to form a research center at Skolkovo under an agreement worth 280 million rubles and signed at Startup Village this week. Grachev, right, and Shcherbakov at...

    05 June, 11:06 Nowak David
  • What a difference a year makes

    When Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declared at Startup Village that the Skolkovo Innovation Center is developing as planned, he was speaking as someone who’d had the benefit of several helicopter fly-bys to back up the assertion. Now, the picture...

    05 June, 10:16 Nowak David
  • Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev: Skolkovo is producing results

    Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Skolkovo is starting to produce tangible results, despite being less than five years old. From left: Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg, his advisor Pekka Viljakainen, and Prime Minister Medvedev. Photo: sk.ru ...

    04 June, 14:54 Nowak David
  • Куба присматривается к опыту «Сколково» для создания первого технопарка

    «Страна наша небольшая, но смелость у нас – выше этого дома!» - говорит Эльба Роса Перес Монтойя, министр науки, технологий и окружающей среды Кубы. Делегация Кубы побывала в Фонде «Сколково». А «дом», о котором говорила...

    04 June, 14:31 Baklanov Mikhail
  • Skolkovo signs up for Energy Without Borders

    A major investment fund that provides the government with technology solutions in the energy industry is to base its research center at Skolkovo under a deal signed at Startup Village this week. The signing ceremony at Startup Village. Photo: sk.ru ...

    04 June, 11:45 Nowak David
  • MTE Group invests 50 million rubles in Skolkovo resident SEMAT

    Skolkovo resident SEMAT has secured 50 million rubles in investment from Russian-Czech company MTE Group to research electrical discharge machining, a deal signed at Startup Village. Karavaev and Volkov, in light suits, during the signing. Photo: sk.ru...

    04 June, 10:23 Nowak David
  • «Сколково» помогает инноваторам становиться бизнесменами

    «Проект «Сколково» развивается в целом успешно», - заявил премьер-министр Дмитрий Медведев на заседании Попечительского совета Фонда, которое прошло в рамках международной конференции Startup Village. «Я посмотрел, как идет...

    03 June, 17:43 Baklanov Mikhail
  • Dmitry Medvedev awards first diploma in Skoltech history

    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev extended his congratulations to Skoltech’s first graduates on Wednesday, ceremonially awarding the first diploma at Startup Village. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, somewhere in the melee of graduates. Photo...

    03 June, 15:05 Nowak David
  • Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin cuts ribbon to open Nobel Street

    Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin cut the ceremonial ribbon to officially open Nobel Street at the Skolkovo Innovation Center on Wednesday, the second day of the Startup Village conference. Medvedev, center, shakes hands with Sobyanin as Arkady Dvorkovich...

    03 June, 14:15 Nowak David
  • Deals worth $272 million announced on day one of Startup Village

    Day one of Startup Village saw deals signed or announced to the tune of $272 million, organizers have announced. .One of Tuesday's 14 deals being signed by Skolkovo's senior vice president Vasily Belov, center. Photo: sk.ru One of Startup Village’s...

    03 June, 10:08 Nowak David
  • Panasonic opens R&D Center at Skolkovo

    Panasonic opened its R&D Center at Skolkovo during Startup Village on Tuesday, opening a new chapter in electronics research cooperation between Russia and Japan. The Panasonic R&D Center at Skolkovo Technopark Office Center. Panasonic signed...

    02 June, 16:26 Nowak David
  • Skolkovo signs deal with Turku Science Park to create 200 million euro ‘Biocity’

    The Skolkovo Foundation has signed an agreement with the Turku Science Park in Finland to create a 200 million euro ‘Biocity’ – a leading biomedical research facility. Victor Vekselberg, right, and Rikumatti Levomaki signing the deal...

    02 June, 14:09 Nowak David
  • Послы США, Франции, Японии заявили о поддержке проекта «Сколково»

    Когда посол Франции в РФ Жан-Морис Рипер обошел этим утром площадку конференции Sturtup Village в Сколково, он не увидел на фудкорте ни французского вина, ни французских сыров. Тем не менее, как мсье Рипер не без юмора признался часом позже, даже в таких условиях...

    02 June, 10:44 Baklanov Mikhail
  • Startup Village 2015 declared OPEN!

    Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich declared Eastern Europe’s biggest startup conference open on Tuesday, as Startup Village revved into gear and more than 10,000 registered visitors swarmed around a sun-drenched Innovation Center. ...

    02 June, 10:35 Nowak David
  • US ambassador: America continues to support Skolkovo

    The US Ambassador to Russia, John F. Tefft, has signaled his country’s continuing support for the Skolkovo project, noting in a speech at Startup Village that the relationship will not be imperiled by political tensions. US Ambassador to Russia...

    02 June, 10:23 Nowak David
  • Startup Village: скучно не будет

    Двукратный чемпион Формулы-1 Мика Хаккинен станет участником открывающейся во вторник конференции Startup Village. Из статьи о «летающем финне», размещенной в Википедии, можно узнать множество любопытных деталей его биографии, включая пожар, в котором...

    01 June, 10:51 Baklanov Mikhail
  • 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
  • Ex-F1 star Mika Hakkinen to appear at Startup Village

    Two-time Formula One champion Mika Hakkinen is to take part in the Startup Village innovations conference on June 2-3, organizers confirmed Monday. Mika Hakkinen. Photo: Flickr Startup Village is Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event and...

    18 May, 13:06 Nowak David
  • Чему учит пример горячих финских парней?

    На конференции Startup Village, которая пройдет в Сколково 2-3 июня, состоится мировая премьера финского проекта LNGTainer – virtual pipeline concepts. 10 тысяч участников крупнейшей в Восточной Европе стартап-конференции станут свидетелями необычного...

    13 May, 9:10 Baklanov Mikhail
  • ‘Keep Calm and Make Robots’

    In business, they say, failure is the first step on the ladder to success. If that’s true, Daria Kaftan is headed in the right direction. Daria Kaftan, the 24-year-old rock-chick innovator and familiar face in the Skolkovo ecosystem. Photo: sk.ru...

    06 May, 16:49 Nowak David
  • Стартап-тур - 2015 подошел к финишу

    В подмосковном Красногорске завершился последний этап Стартап-тура - 2015. Инновационное роуд-шоу прошло в нынешнем году по 10 городам России, а также побывало в Алма-Ате и Минске. В заключительный день подмосковного этапа тура жюри определило 15 победителей...

    30 April, 18:22 Baklanov Mikhail
  • 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
  • Startup Tour makes final stop of 2015 in Krasnogorsk

    KRASNOGORSK, Moscow Region - Russia's biggest innovations roadshow wound up last week in the Moscow region town of Krasnogorsk. Moscow Region Government headquarters in Krasnogorsk. Photo: sk.ru The Startup Tour, whose goal is to stimulate high...

    29 April, 11:54 Nowak David
  • Belarus enthusiastic for Startup Tour – Vasily Belov

    The energy of the participants at the Minsk stage of the Startup Tour is something to behold, said Skolkovo’s senior vice president for innovations Vasily Belov. Vasily Belov in Minsk. Photo: sk.ru The tour is calling in on Belarus this week...

    15 April, 9:23 Nowak David