• Scooter sharing scheme expands from Skolkovo to Finland

    Samocat Sharing , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s energy-efficient technologies cluster, is expanding its kick scooter sharing scheme to the Finnish city of Espoo. Sergei Pisarenko, cofounder of Samocat Sharing, rides a scooter around...

    21 July, 17:25 Collinson Shura
  • Technostart competition for industrial startups culminates in grand finale at Skolkovo

    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...

    25 April, 11:26 Collinson Shura
  • Drones, helicopters and Boeing take center stage at MAKS air show

    The MAKS air show has proved to be a significant driver of business for the Skolkovo Foundation, which has overseen deals for several resident companies and announced the completion of construction of a Boeing pilot training facility at the Innovation Center...

    27 August, 11:38 Nowak David
  • Getting at the gold cleaner, faster and cheaper

    Purifying gold is a dirty business. After extraction, the precious metal - rarely found in its unadulterated form and usually mixed in with silver in natural deposits - must be dissolved in acid before electrolysis produces pure gold. The procedure is known...

    17 August, 10:50 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
  • Техностарт-2015

    Компания Адаплаб приняла участие в конкурсе Техностарт 2015 в числе 20 финалистов. В рамках подготовки к конкурсу активно проводилась менторская сессия, где мы получили ценные советы экспертов из области машиностроения, инвесторов технического сектора...

    15 April, 18:39 alex7
  • Forging innovation in metallurgy with EcoSlag

    In the first of a series of interviews, Sk.ru discovers what makes innovators tick in the less glamorous but no less critical field of metallurgy. Recycling steelmaking slag the EcoSlag way. Photo: Amir Shakurov EcoSlag is a Moscow-based firm that...

    10 April, 12:49 Nowak David
  • RST2015: Rostov pitch session winners revealed

    Adaptive toys for rehabilitation and a robotic assistant surgeon were among 13 winning innovations at the first stage of the Russian Startup Tour in Rostov-on-Don. More than 100 projects from the southern city and surrounding region competed for a place...

    05 February, 11:01 Nowak David