"It's like Dropbox, but only for corporate passwords," Andrei Pyankov, CEO of Passwork , an Arkhangelsk-based company, briefly explains the essence of the product. This conversation took place during the Startup Tour stage in the capital...
Mining industry management systems developer VIST Group, whose daughter company VIST Robotics is a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation, has sold a majority stake to Zyfra, a company developing solutions to digitalize industry, the companies said in a statement...
Wallarm , a Skolkovo resident company that provides AI-powered application security, announced Monday that it had closed an $8 million series A financing round in San Francisco, bringing the company’s total funding raised to $10.8 million. Members...
Eight Skolkovo IT startups headed to the Asian startup hub of Singapore last week to showcase their innovative products and solutions at ConnecTechAsia, a major telecoms trade exhibition. Singapore has a startup tax exemption scheme and launchpads across...
Skolkovo resident startup CardsMobile , the creator of the Koshelek (Wallet) mobile app, has raised investment from Alfa Bank in exchange for a 25 percent stake in the fintech startup, the bank announced Monday in a press release. Photo: CardsMobile COO...
Skolkovo resident startup ExoAtlet , which makes rehabilitation exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again, has raised $5 million in investment to expand its business to Europe and beyond. The funding is being provided by the Korean company Cosmo...
Skolkovo startup Pravoved.ru , a robot-lawyer platform providing legal consultations, has raised $1 million from two venture funds, AddVenture and Target Global Fintech Opportunities Fund. Pravoved.ru has developed and launched a robot-lawyer based on neural...
Playkey , Russia’s first cloud-based decentralized gaming platform and a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation, has raised more than $10.5 million in an ICO (Initial Coin Offering). The team behind Playkey, a cloud platform that allows users...
There is one topic that seems guaranteed to create a traffic jam along the usually uncongested road leading to the Skolkovo innovation centre, and that topic is blockchain and cryptocurrencies. This week, bitcoin approached a value per coin of $10,000, and...
Skolkovo resident ExoAtlet , the inventor of rehabilitation exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again, has set its sights for expansion on Japan, where it is setting up a joint venture with its South Korean partners and investors. Dennis Ahn...
Russia’s biggest lender, Sberbank, has acquired 25.07 percent of shares in Skolkovo resident startup VisionLabs , which has been ranked one of the world’s best face recognition technology companies. VisionLabs founder and CEO Alexander Khanin...
Navigine , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes indoor navigation and tracking systems, has raised $900,000 in funding from an international syndicate of investors led by the Innovestor co-investment service. Navigine's technology can be used to...
ExoAtlet , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again , has raised $2 million in private investment and state grants in South Korea. The funding, raised with the help of senior managers at major Korean corporations...
LETA Capital venture fund has invested a further $1 million in Skolkovo startup Brain4Net , a leading Russian developer of software for upgrading and managing networks. The investment was made in the form of convertible notes, and will be used to perfect...
NFWare , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that develops network software that enables the high-speed processing of internet traffic, has raised $2 million in venture funding, the IT company said in a statement Thursday. The round was led by...
Japan’s Panasonic Corporation may be primarily associated in the public mind with consumer electronics, but in some parts of the world, it is selling a very different kind of product: vegetables. Panasonic has branched out to grow lettuce and other...
Playkey , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster, has attracted $1.5 million in investment from Darz, a major German IT service provider and data centre owner, in exchange for a share of the company, Kommersant newspaper reported on...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed a strategic business cooperation agreement with the Russian division of Japan’s Panasonic Corporation during a state visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the island nation on Friday. Skolkovo vice president...
Wallarm , a Skolkovo resident cybersecurity startup, has attracted $2.3 million in investment upon completing the prestigious Silicon Valley seed accelerator programme Y Combinator. Three quarters of the Wallarm team pictured at Y Combinator in Mountain...
Representatives of French corporate giants Michelin and Auchan visited the Skolkovo innovation centre on Tuesday to meet with Russian startups that could help them to keep their businesses innovative in an event organised together with French Tech Moscow and...
Russia marked a milestone Wednesday with its first large-scale event for women in technology, aimed at supporting female professionals working in spheres where they are distinctly outnumbered by men, such as IT. Tatyana Arkharova (right), head of the...
A Skolkovo startup that has designed a smart clock that shows users notifications as they need them has raised more than eight times the amount it was seeking on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website. Glance Clock, which is being promoted under the tagline...
The Skolkovo Foundation will set up three venture capital funds to provide additional sources of investment for startups, the foundation’s president Victor Vekselberg said Friday at the Open Innovations forum. Skolkovo Foundation president Victor...
Wallarm , a Russian cybersecurity startup, has been selected to take part in Y Combinator , one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent seed accelerator programmes. The accelerator is investing $120,000 in the startup. The IT company, which uses machine...
Oil producer Gazprom Neft is to open a research and development centre at the Skolkovo innovation centre outside Moscow under an agreement signed Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg (left)...