The Magnit corporate accelerator, MGNTech, took place on July 8 with sixteen competing solutions reaching the final selection phase. Each startup pitched for ten minutes before receiving feedback from an expert jury comprised of Magnit representatives. The...
Israel's Ambassador to the Russian Federation, His Excellency Alexander Ben Zvi, visited Hadassah Medical Center in Skolkovo to partake in a ceremony marking thirty years of diplomatic relations between Russia and Israel. Ambassador Ben Zvi, Viktor Vekselberg...
Three Skolkovo resident companies made it to the final of the seventh annual competition "Industria," with S-Innovations taking first place. The two runners-up from Skolkovo were the companies Biomicrogel (BMG) and Stereotech. S-Innovations...
The Skolkovo Foundation chairman, Arkady Dvorkovich, spoke at the Moscow Urban Forum as part of an international panel with expert representatives from Germany, Russia, the UK, Columbia, and the UAE. Mr. Dvorkovich focused on smart city solutions, a new...
Elvis , a bionic eye solution created by Skolkovo company Sensor-Tech, is the first step towards restoring eyesight using artificial intelligence. The device sends images of object outlines in real-time directly into the brain using a combination of smart vision...
On June 21-24, Skolkovo residents took part in a business mission to Arab Health 2021. The companies Geotar, VRSim, MEDVR, and The Psycho Hyperreality drew attention as they demonstrated their virtual reality solutions. Virtual reality technologies are part...
The board of directors has approved a new development strategy for the Skolkovo Foundation up to 2024 with the prospect of an extension to 2030. The document means the creation of a more client-oriented services ecosystem to achieve the national development...
Rapid Bio, a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation (VEB.RF Group), has received the European CE mark – DE/CA09/0170/R26/IVD/001. The express test for Covid-19 antigens became the first Russian-made test to be registered by the European Union. Rapid...
Arkady Dvorkovich, the chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation, signed a cooperation agreement and a memorandum of understanding with the Qatar Financial Center and the Qatar Science and Technology Park, respectively. The delegations met at the St. Petersburg International...
The future of world energy and environmental security, the opportunities in international cooperation in different fields, prospective technological fields, and support from businesses for innovative projects were the main topics for Skolkovo Foundation (VEB...
The 24th St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF) was organized with Qatar as its guest country, Sber as its title partner, Rosseti as a strategic partner, and VEB.RF and VTB as general partners. The main topic for Skolkovo Foundation (VEB.RF) speakers at the...
The Skolkovo Foundation (VEB.RF) has joined the UN Global Compact, a non-binding agreement spearheading a global initiative to develop and implement sustainable development solutions, and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). The Foundation...
The Skolkovo Softlanding Program is one of the simplest ways for foreign startups to achieve market entry into Russia and actively seeks out hi-tech startups working on technologies across sectors applicable to the Russian market and the Skolkovo startup ecosystem...
Startup Village 2021 contained an eclectic selection of speakers from a broad spectrum of sectors, cultures, and backgrounds. One of the key talks – “Houston, We Have a Problem. Post-Crisis Business Check Up” – comprised six speakers...
Startup Village is the Skolkovo Innovation Center’s signature event, bringing together participants from Russia and around the globe – startup owners, investors, partners, corporate figures, mentors, technology experts, and many more. This year’s...
Ivan Kosenkov, the head project manager in space technologies at the Skolkovo Foundation, recently spoke to Gazeta.ru regarding the ongoing issue of artificial "space junk" in Earth's orbit, which poses a threat to satellites underpinning our...
Russian chess grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi and his team used Zhores Supercomputer located at Skoltech to prepare for FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. Zhores Supercomputer. Source: https://www.skoltech.ru/en/2019/01/zhores-supercomputer...
The turnover for Skolkovo residents in 2020 showed a 60% increase that amounted to 160 billion rubles (€1.7 billion), according to Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the security council of the Russian Federation and chairman of the board of trustees...
A roundtable titled “Exorehabilitation – key directions and methods” took place online on 27 April. Representatives of the Skolkovo resident company ExoAtlet discussed opportunities with specialists on the adoption of exoskeletons into medical...
The Skolkovo Softlanding program is the place to go for foreign startups seeking entry into the Russian market. It offers numerous services such as training, in-depth understanding of the Russian market, project analysis, liaisons with investors and experienced...
Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company that specializes in investigating and preventing hi-tech cybercrimes, has detected a large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world. Group-IB...
Rapid Bio, a Skolkovo Foundation (VEB.RF) resident, has developed and registered its own Covid-19 express test jointly with Avivir company and the first of its kind in Russia. The test is designed to detect virus-neutralizing antibodies following the Covid...
Skolkovo Innovation Center’s university, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), has made it into the SCImago Institutions Rankings, entering the 23rd overall world percentile. It is in the 5th percentile for Eastern Europe and the 2nd...
It may seem odd that in a modern society we still rely on bees to a large extent for much of the food that ends up on our dinner plates, yet that is no overstatement, it is a fact. Even with all the advancements in agriculture that human civilization has made...
Sheikh Ahmed bin Nasser bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar’s new ambassador to the Russian Federation, visited Skolkovo for the first time after recently taking up his post at the Qatar embassy in Moscow. During the visit, the ambassador met with Skolkovo Foundation...