• 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
  • 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
  • «Летающий финн» Хаккинен выступит на Startup Village

    Знаменитый гонщик «Формулы-1», двукратный чемпион мира Мика Хаккинен, прозванный «летающим финном», приедет в Москву на Startup Village 2015 – крупнейшую в России и Восточной Европе конференцию стартапов. Она пройдет 2-3 июня в...

    18 May, 11:41 Mungalov Dmitry
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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