Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has tasked his government with creating infrastructure for driverless transport in Russia, bringing the country a step closer to the appearance of autonomous vehicles on its roads and motorways. Volgabus and KB Avrora's...
Hot on the heels of other major French retailers scouring the Skolkovo innovation city for new technologies, a team of talent scouts from the Decathlon Group chain of sports stores met with a range of Skolkovo startups on Monday with a view to adopting their...
People working at the Skolkovo innovation city outside Moscow can now get a free lift to and from work and get to know their colleagues at the same time, thanks to an app designed by resident startup DaDaEdu , whose name translates as “Yes yes, I’m...
A delegation of more than 40 representatives of South Korea’s LG Electronics visited the Skolkovo innovation centre on Monday to investigate opportunities for cooperation and meet some of Skolkovo’s hi-tech startups. LG Electronics' CTO...
Galina Balashova, the Soviet architect who designed generations of Soviet spacecraft interiors, will give a talk at the Skolkovo Technopark on Thursday as part of the annual Days of Industrial Design festival. Archive designs of spacecraft interiors by...
The Skolkovo Foundation announced the official launch of Skolkovo Ventures – three new investment funds devoted to IT, industrial technology and biotech – at the Startup Village open-air conference on Tuesday. The investment funds have been set...
Skolkovo resident Anisoprint , the maker of an innovative 3D printer, will host a conference at the Skolkovo innovation city next week devoted to additive manufacturing using continuous fibers reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite materials. Antonov demonstrating...
A delegation of European investors, VCs, corporate partners and business angels visited the Skolkovo Technopark on Wednesday in search of promising startups as part of the Russian Tech Tour. Skolkovo's senior vice president for innovations, Vasily...
The fifth annual Skolkovo Robotics event opened at the Skolkovo Technopark on Friday with a greeting from space. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky addresses the Skolkovo Robotics conference from onboard the ISS. Photo: Sk.ru. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed two agreements on Thursday aimed at providing the authorities responsible for Russia’s roads with hi-tech solutions designed by the foundation’s resident startups. Victor Vekselberg (left) and Roman Starovoit...
Half of all Russian-origin innovative pharmaceuticals are developed by Skolkovo Foundation startups, Kirill Kaem, head of the organisation’s biomed cluster, told a meeting of the foundation’s council on Monday evening. Of about 1,400 pharmaceuticals...
Skolkovo’s Technopark has signed an agreement with Cherkizovo Group, a major Russian meat producer, to establish an acceleration centre for Skolkovo resident startups working in the areas of biotech in agriculture and industry. Renat Batyrov, left...
The Skolkovo Foundation will set up three venture capital funds to provide additional sources of investment for startups, the foundation’s president Victor Vekselberg said Friday at the Open Innovations forum. Skolkovo Foundation president Victor...
Skolkovo resident Anisoprint has attracted 17 million rubles ($270,000) in investment from the NK4 engineering centre under an agreement signed at the Open Innovations forum on Thursday. Fyodor Antonov, head of Anisoprint, pictured at work in his lab...
Two of Russia’s key development institutions, the Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Company (RVC), will combine their efforts next year to organize the Open Innovations Startup Tour (OIST), a roving quest to find and support talented startups in...
The biggest Technopark in Eastern Europe, speakers from some of the world’s most successful companies, and the latest developments in virtual reality will all be on show next week at the Skolkovo innovation centre when it hosts the annual Open Innovations...
This year’s Open Innovations tech forum will be hosted by the Skolkovo innovation centre, the event’s organizing committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has decided. The forum, which this year runs from October 26-28, will...
В начале июня компания BrainySoft приняла участие в Startup Village . Компания более 10 лет предлагает готовые автоматизированные решения для кредитных организаций. Благодаря надежности и безопасности процессов, продукцию BrainySoft выбрали уже более 100 организаций...
Популярный сервис «Кнопка» стал аккредитованным партнером Технопарка «Сколково». Благодаря «Кнопке» стартапы смогут сосредоточиться на развитии своей идеи и бизнеса, а сопровождение деятельности компании поручить профессионалам...
ALMATY - Kazakhstan’s Minister for Investment and Development Asset Issekeshev raised the curtain Thursday on the sixth leg of the Russian Startup Tour - and first to take place abroad – with a call to transform Almaty into a major innovations hub...
Впервые с начала проведения Стартап-тура в 2011 году, главное инновационное роуд-шоу страны выходит за пределы государственных границ РФ. 19-20 марта Стартап-тур будет проходить в Алма-Ате. В нынешнем году формат мероприятия существенно отличается от предыдущих...
Leading nuclear cluster resident Optogard Nanotech has received an 80 million ruble grant from the Skolkovo Foundation to build a laser-plasma facility at the innovations center. Optogard's laser-plasma technology at work. Photo: Optogard Nanotech...
Грантовый комитет фонда «Сколково» единогласно одобрил предоставление крупного гранта резиденту ядерного кластера, компании «Оптогард Нанотех». Деньги пойдут на запуск в иннограде лазерно-плазменного центра, где будет реализована уникальная...
The mission to raise awareness in Skolkovo got a boost on Wednesday with a snappy speech from strategy director Ekaterina Inozemtseva at Europe’s biggest startup conference, Slush 2014. Speaking in front of hundreds of potential investors and company...
HELSINKI, Finland - The finances are in place to guarantee the Skolkovo Innovation Center will be completed on schedule, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told sk.ru on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of Slush 2014, Europe’s biggest...