• 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
  • 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
  • Объявлены победители Startup Village 2015

    Победителями конкурса питч-презентаций, прошедшего в рамках конференции Startup Village 2015, стали один технологический и два медицинских проекта. "Гравитон", Tectum и RealTarget - победители Sturtup Village 2015. «Процесс был сложный...

    03 June, 19:54 Efendieva Marina
  • Ivideon gets $4 million from Impulse VC to go global

    IT cluster resident Ivideon has received a $4 million boost from Impulse VC to take its video-streaming service global. Screenshot from Ivideon website The startup’s cloud platform allows users to beam video to any device using almost any...

    03 June, 11:42 Nowak David
  • Сервис видеонаблюдения Ivideon привлек $4 млн от Impulse VC

    В первый день Startup Village компания Ivideon объявила о привлечении инвестиций в размере 4 млн долларов от фонда Impulse VC. Средства понадобились команде для продвижения на международный рынок. Снимок экрана сайта ru.ivideon.com «Привлеченные...

    03 June, 10:12 Efendieva Marina
  • В первый день Startup Village подписаны сделки на 13,8 млрд рублей

    В первый день международной конференции Startup Village 2015, проходящей в инновационном центре «Сколково» (2-3 июня), подписано 14 соглашений на общую сумму 13,76 миллиардов рублей, сообщил Sk.ru организаторы. Крупнейшее из них – соглашение...

    03 June, 10:09 Baklanov Mikhail
  • 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
  • В Сколково началась Startup Village

    На территории инновационного центра 2 и 3 июня проходит крупнейшая стартап-конференция Восточной Европы. Количество зарегистрировавшихся гостей Startup Village, 12 тысяч человек, существенно превзошло прогнозы организаторов В церемонии открытия принял участие...

    02 June, 12:17 Mungalov Dmitry
  • Кирилл Каем: Biocity займется всем спектром биотехнологических исследований

    Подписанное 2 июня, в первый день работы Startup Village, партнерское соглашение между Фондом «Сколково» и Turku Science Park открывает путь к созданию в России мощного биомедицинского центра с широким спектром исследований. Об этом рассказал Sk...

  • Prizes, prizes, prizes

    It’s not just millions of rubles and Skolkovo residency on offer for the winners of the Startup Village pitch sessions: Companies from IBM to Google and SAP are lining up to reward the top startups with investment, acceleration programs and entry into...

    29 May, 8:51 Nowak David
  • Skolkovo launches Startup Village app for iPhone and Android

    Skolkovo has launched a Startup Village smartphone app to help 10,000 visitors get the most out of Eastern Europe’s biggest startup conference. Startup Village runs next Tuesday and Wednesday at Skolkovo’s headquarters just west of Moscow...

    28 May, 9:16 Nowak David
  • 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
  • Resurrecting Alan Turing at Startup Village

    Alan Turing may have died 61 years ago, but the legendary British wartime code-breaker will take his place alongside Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and F1 driver Mika Hakkinen as star guests of Startup Village on June 2-3. A computer-aided image of Alan...

    22 May, 10:07 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
  • 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
  • Startup Tour puts Ufa on the map of Russian innovation

    The Startup Tour completed its penultimate stop this week on its three-month journey around Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, putting the central city of Ufa firmly on the map of Russian innovation. ThUfa's State Petrochemical Technological University...

    23 April, 10:42 Nowak David
  • Startup Tour: Biomed rules in Belarus

    Seventeen innovations received recognition at the Minsk stage of the Startup Tour this week, with four projects winning a place in the pitch sessions at Startup Village in Moscow this summer. The winners of the Belarus pitch sessions. Photo: sk.ru ...

    16 April, 14:15 Nowak David
  • Белорусский этап Стартап-тура ставит первые рекорды

    МИНСК. Впервые за почти пятилетнюю историю проведения Стартап-тура красную ленточку по случаю открытия его этапа перерезали члены правительств сразу двух государств: вице-премьер РФ Аркадий Дворкович и первый вице-премьер Белоруссии Василий Матюшевский. ...

    14 April, 14:13 Baklanov Mikhail
  • Krasnoyarsk startups told to dumb down their pitches

    The Krasnoyarsk stage of the 2015 Startup Tour ended with two local companies invited to the Startup Village pitch sessions in Moscow and a message for all participating innovators: Dumb down your pitches! The city in eastern Siberia was the ninth stop on...

    07 April, 15:05 Nowak David
  • Startup Tour leaves the Far East, but Skolkovo stays behind

    The Startup Tour may have left Russia’s Far East, but the Skolkovo Foundation remains in the region for the foreseeable future with the Vladivostok branch beginning its official operations on Monday. The winners in Vladivostok. Photo: sk.ru ...

    06 April, 11:48 Nowak David
  • Владивосток стал восьмым городом проведения Всероссийского стартап-тура

    На территории кампуса ДВФУ мероприятие собрало и объединило участников из Приморья, Амурской, Магаданской, Сахалинской областей, Камчатского и Хабаровского краев. На территории кампуса ДВФУ мероприятие собрало и объединило участников из Приморья, Амурской...

    02 April, 10:27 Vitaly Shustikov
  • A glimpse inside Kazakh innovation

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan – Anar Akbarli typifies the new generation of innovators from Central Asia: Progressive, tenacious, and very, very smart. His is a generation tasked with providing a new string to the Kazakh economy’s bow, and if his product pitch...

    26 March, 10:25 Nowak David
  • Startup Tour opens door to Skolkovo ecosystem in Kazakhstan

    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...

    20 March, 17:17 Nowak David
  • The day the Russian Startup Tour ceases to be ‘Russian’

    A key message that Skolkovo transmits its startups is the need to expand into new territories. Now it is leading by example: This week, Russia’s biggest innovations roadshow ventures abroad for the first time in its five-year history. Almaty - the...

    13 March, 14:02 Nowak David