Thirteen resident startups of the Skolkovo Foundation are among the innovative tech companies that have been selected to take part in the upcoming reality TV show “An Idea Worth a Million,” in which companies compete for a main prize of 25 million...
Four Skolkovo resident startups are among the 10 finalists of the Innotribe Startup Challenge taking place next week at the International Financial Congress in St. Petersburg. The four Skolkovo companies selected for the final of the competition on July...
If you’re stuck for ideas of where to go on holiday this summer, how about visiting a mythical world you once saw in a dream? Or how about spending some time on Mars? If you’re looking for something more earthly but can’t face a long-haul...
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...
Whoopi Goldberg’s got it. Susan Sarandon has it. So has Dolly Parton, and they’re far from alone. An estimated 176 million women around the planet suffer from endometriosis, a condition in which tissue that normally grows inside the uterus (endometrium...
An innovative drug described by Skolkovo’s biomed cluster as “female Viagra” and a potentially groundbreaking system of diagnosing endometriosis – a medical condition that affects millions of women around the world – were among...
The Skolkovo innovation city is gearing up to host its biggest event of the year on June 6-7: the giant outdoor two-day Startup Village , a conference and exhibition for tech entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world. Startups can take part...
As the Skolkovo innovations city prepares to host its fifth annual Startup Village , a giant two-day festival outside Moscow for entrepreneurs and investors, the event’s godfather, Finnish entrepreneur Pekka Viljakainen , is crystal clear on its draw...
ARKHANGELSK — Conditions in the Far North are not easy, and the people who live there are the first to acknowledge that. The Russian government agrees, and in compensation for the long, harsh winters, polar days of little light, and short, cool summers...
A competition to take part in a bootcamp in London is underway for Russian tech startups seeking to expand on international markets. The U.K.-Russia Techbridge Bootcamp is a nine-day programme in London held on June 13-21 for Russian tech companies described...
Skolkovo startups won two out of four categories at the Startup of the Year awards at Moscow’s Digital October centre on Wednesday. Koshelek (CardsMobile), an app that allows users to compile all their bank, transport and discount cards into one electronic...
Copter Express , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation, has taken second place in the Global Mobile Challenge , a major mobile app competition held in partnership with the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, for its system for using drones...
The Open Innovations Startup Tour 2017 , a roving search for talented tech startups across Russia and several neighbouring countries, has completed its first stop abroad in the Kazakh city of Almaty, following earlier visits to Russia’s Far Eastern regions...
This year’s Open Innovations Startup Tour , the Skolkovo Foundation’s annual roving quest for talented tech startups across Russia and neighbouring countries, began Monday in the northern city of Yakutsk, just a few hundred kilometres below the...
The world’s best face recognition algorithm is made by Skolkovo resident Vocord , according to the MegaFace platform, which rated it above Google in one of its rankings this week. Vocord's algorithm was developed to identify faces in crowds...
Hackers may be associated around the world with Russia above any other country, thanks to news reports that often describe cybercriminals as Russian, and to accusations this year that Russian hackers were behind attacks on the U.S. Democratic National Committee...
HELSINKI — Marvelmind Robotics , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes high-precision indoor navigation systems, has made it through to the semifinals of the Slush 100 Pitching Competition in Helsinki. Maxim Tretyakov, CEO of Marvelmind Robotics...
HELSINKI — The Skolkovo startups currently taking part in Slush, the annual large-scale tech startup event held in Helsinki, are better prepared than ever before, the Skolkovo Foundation’s vice president for strategy and investment, Ekaterina Inozemtseva...
More than 50 resident startups of the Skolkovo Foundation are heading to Helsinki next week for Slush , the biggest event for tech startups in Northern Europe. Below are just a few of the companies that will be on the hunt for investors, partners and expert...
An armada of Skolkovo startups will head to Helsinki next week for Slush , one of the biggest events in Europe for tech entrepreneurs. Slush attracts thousands of tech entrepreneurs and investors from around the world. Photo: Affe Tavasti / Slush. ...
Two Vietnam-based companies – one that helps people to secure their copyright and another that creates smart tags using QR codes – will be attending the Skolkovo innovation centre’s Startup Village outside Moscow in June after winning invitations...
The Skolkovo Foundation has awarded its first invitations to next year’s Startup Village in Moscow, selecting two Asian startups from the finalists of the Tech in Asia Jakarta Arena competition. The winners of Tech in Asia Jakarta Arena, including...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — In a city with even worse traffic jams than Moscow, it is surely no coincidence that the first unicorn to emerge from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta was a transport app: Go-Jek, which began as a bike-taxi service. Participants...
Marvelmind Robotics , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that makes indoor GPS technology, has won the first prize of 5 million yuan ($740,000) at the Slush Shanghai pitching competition for the best seed-stage companies. Marvelmind Robotics...
A Russian Cybathlon Federation was officially set up on Tuesday to develop the creation of technology to help disabled people, with the Skolkovo Foundation among the signatories of the founding document. The first international Cybathlon was held in Zurich...