HELSINKI - A new Russian venture fund formed jointly by the Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Capital, a state investment vehicle, was presented to an international audience Wednesday at the Slush tech conference in Helsinki. The new fund, Skolkovo...
“Investors are like predators: when one smells the blood, the rest will follow – in a positive way!” says Pekka Viljakainen of the large numbers of investors expected at this year’s Startup Village, the massive open-air event for tech...
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...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday expressed gratitude to the Skolkovo Foundation’s Ekaterina Inozemtseva and Alina Suslova for their work in promoting entrepreneurship in Russia. Inozemtseva is the Foundation’s director of strategy...
More than 50 Russian startups presented their ideas at Slush, a cutting-edge event for high-tech companies and venture investors in Finland from November 18-19. In 2014 more than 50 Russian startups attended Slush, the hippest IT event of the season...
HELSINKI, Finland – The warm welcome meted out to the Skolkovo delegation at Europe’s biggest startup conference last week shows that Russia is becoming a key player on the international tech scene, but the organization can’t rest on its laurels...
The mission to raise awareness in Skolkovo got a boost on Wednesday with a snappy speech from strategy director Ekaterina Inozemtseva at Europe’s biggest startup conference, Slush 2014. Speaking in front of hundreds of potential investors and company...
HELSINKI, Finland - Russia’s chief proponents of innovation took to the silver stage Tuesday at Slush 2014, Europe’s biggest startup conference, to share the secrets of entering the Russian market. From left: Galitsky, Viljakainen, Dvorkovich...
HELSINKI, Finland - The finances are in place to guarantee the Skolkovo Innovation Center will be completed on schedule, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told sk.ru on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of Slush 2014, Europe’s biggest...
HELSINKI, Finland - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich says his country has something to learn from the Finnish innovation process. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. Photo: sk.ru Dvorkovich leads Russia’s efforts...
HELSINKI, Finland - In a high-tech flurry of lasers and dry ice, Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb raised the curtain on Europe’s largest conference on the startup industry on Tuesday, with Skolkovo’s biggest ever delegation of 53 companies...