Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Arkady Dvorkovich participated as a distinguished speaker during a panel session titled “The Policy Makers’ Challenge: Navigating Through a Recession”. The session was part of the #GMIS 2020 virtual summit...
ExoAtlet , a Skolkovo resident company from the biomedical technologies cluster, recently gained CE certification allowing the company to export its rehabilitative exoskeleton technology to all EU countries as well as some non-EU states. This is a major leap...
On August 12, a press conference covering the launch of the Skolkovo Foundation’s first environmental program, GreenTech Startup Booster, took place. The project was organized with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the...
Fourteen foreign companies taking part in the Skolkovo Softlanding program recently passed the expertise assessment stage and are now applying for residency. The Skolkovo Softlanding Program is aimed at making entry into the Russian market easier for...
The Skolkovo Softlanding program, an annual event aimed at helping foreign companies seeking entry into the Russian market, began its first ever session in online format. The program links up foreign companies seeking entry into the Russian market with development...
Sensor-Tech , a Skolkovo Foundation resident and up and coming company, has two unique devices that are designed to assist the deaf and blind in tackling the daily issues associated with the disabilities. These are called “Robin” and “Charly...
3D Bioprinting Solutions , a Skolkovo resident belonging to the Skolkovo Foundation Biomedical Cluster, recently agreed to collaborate with KFC in developing an innovative technology aimed at making chicken using a 3D bio-printer. The two sides came up...
“Skolkovo is one of the innovation centers, but let’s speak honestly: it is now the leading innovation center and probably, in terms of competency and capabilities, the most powerful center in the country.” This assessment was made during...
The company, Rapid Bio , is a resident of the biomedical technologies cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation and recently received a product license from the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) for its instant blood test designed to...
One of the main reasons behind the creation of the Skolkovo Foundation was to revitalize Russian domestic innovation in multiple industrial and technological areas, including robotics. Now, ten years later, ROBBO, a startup and Skolkovo resident that specializes...
Few Russian startups experience the emotions that the winner of the Startup Village competition feels, and there have only been two and a half dozen of these over the eight years of the conference’s existence. However, a two-time victory in the startup...
It’s difficult to imagine the challenges facing one with cerebral palsy or other musculoskeletal disorders and developmental disabilities, especially kids who under normal circumstances love to run around and play games. Sensart , a Skolkovo resident...
The startup competition, a part of Startup Village Livestream’20, has ended with winners from four tracks: IT, BioTech, Industrial Tech, Energy Tech. The winners walked away with cash prizes from a prize pool valued at 24 million rubles For the first...
Exactly one week remains before the launch of Startup Village Livestream'20 , which the organizers call “one of the first virtual conferences in Russia and the major free technology event of the year”. In the year of the 10 th anniversary of...
The eighth successive Startup Village technology conference opened on the very same day as the ten year anniversary of the creation of the Skolkovo Foundation. “This is a very important and meaningful date for us and we are very happy that we are marking...
“Don’t waste your time waiting for COVID-19 to dry out; if you have an investment project - you can start it online”. That’s what Pekka Viljakainen says, a venture investor from Finland and an advisor to the Chairman of the Board of...
The movie Avatar evoked an imaginary world of lush bioluminescent jungles. Now the popular fascination for sustainably glowing foliage is being realized through advances in designer genetics. This week in Nature Biotechnology, scientists have announced...
The formula "Shoot for the sun to hit the Moon" has never been fairer than during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The coronavirus disease, which has made half of the world's population stay at home, not only fails to prevent ExoAtlet from engaging...
Skolkovo Technopark launched the first acceleration program for foreign high-tech companies in 2020. About 25 startups from Uzbekistan take part in it. Their interests range from medicine and agriculture to IT, energy efficiency and industrial technology. Yuri...
The final phase of the corporate acceleration program that has been co-run by Skolkovo Foundation and international biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is now complete The representatives of six corporate winners speak about their developments. Natalia...
ROBBO, a resident of Skolkovo Foundation's IT Cluster, finalized the process of registration of ROBBO Japan. As early as next spring Tokyo and Fukuoka can see the emergence of ROBBO Classes. These are engineering classes that teach children robotics, programming...
ExoAtlet premiered the world's first exoskeletons for children in as many as two versions, Mini and Midi. The premier was hosted by the annual symposium ExoRehab Spotlights in Skolkovo, which has been held by the Foundation's resident for three consecutive...
Applications for this year as part of Skolkovo Foundation's competition to identify the best projects for end-to-end digital technology are now closed. Several dozens of applications were submitted. What makes the competition remarkable is not only its...
An innovative domestically developed device for extracorporeal blood purification has been registered in Russia: appropriate permit for clinical administration was issued by the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) This medical...
On 14th of October, Saudi Arabian Oil Company’s President & CEO Amin H. Nasser and Angara Services ’ CEO Ilya Rodin signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration. Saudi Aramco President & CEO Amin H. Nasser attended the Saudi...