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...
The Skolkovo Foundation is celebrating a double victory in robotics after the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) won first place in the national final of the Eurobot international amateur robotics contest, and the Skolkovo International...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
Russian teams took part in five of six disciplines at the Cybathlon in Zurich at the weekend, in the world’s first international competition for disabled people who use hi-tech devices to help them in their everyday lives. A contestant taking part...
Sergei Semaikin sits motionless in his wheelchair, wearing a tight cap with wires poking out from the holes in it and leading to a small black box fixed to the cap at the base of his skull. On the computer screen in front of him, a cartoon figure runs, jumps...
Moscow will see its first ever Cybathlon on August 13 for users of bionic prosthetic hands and arms, organised by Skolkovo resident Motorica , which makes roboticised prosthetic hands for children and adults. The official trailer for the Cybathlon 2016...
An international team of students and graduates from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) will present its project for a two-person flyby past Mars at the Gemini Mars Design Competition in Washington D.C. in September after it was selected...
Dozens of young tech entrepreneurs left the fourth annual Startup Village elated on Friday after winning cash prizes of up to 3 million rubles ($45,000) in a competition at the culmination of the two-day event held at the Skolkovo innovation centre. Multikubik...
Thousands of tech entrepreneurs, investors and curious visitors from across Russia and around the world gathered in glorious sunshine at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Thursday at the opening of the fourth Startup Village, an annual two-day open-air event...
A presentation of Elon Musk’s headline-grabbing vacuum train, a drone race and business leadership tips from a Shaolin monk are among the highlights of this year’s Startup Village, the annual open-air large-scale conference for tech entrepreneurs...
A 3D printer that prints buildings, a system for destroying toxic algae using an electrical current and a method of monitoring employees' health via a device worn on their clothes were among the futuristic industrial startups competing for prizes at the...
The winners of the first stage of the Startup Tour in the Siberian city of Irkutsk have been announced, as the nationwide search for promising tech startups prepares to move to the far eastern city of Vladivostok. Igor Karavaev, centre, and Pekka Viljakainen...
As both oil prices and the ruble continue to fall, the Startup Tour that is about to begin its annual journey across Russia in search of promising tech companies is needed more than ever before, says Pekka Viljakainen, the project’s creator and an advisor...
The co-founder of a Skolkovo resident startup has been included on Forbes’ list of 30 influential people under 30 for his company’s work creating what the magazine describes as “friendly, intuitive, promotional robots.” Oleg Kivokurtsev...
There was double joy for Skolkovo resident robotics startup KB Aurora at this year’s RoboCross competition in Nizhny Novgorod – victory for its student-run affiliate in the main category, and top spot for the main company in a spinoff contest run...
Home security firm Graviton has destroyed the field to win the 2015 Startup Village pitch competition, impressing the judges with its sensor-based system to win the 3 million ruble prize and an invitation to become a Skolkovo resident. Graviton's...