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Skolkovo to focus on boosting innovation and economic development in Russia’s regions

April 6, 2017 April 6, 2017

The Skolkovo Foundation, which is completing the construction of an international tech hub on the outskirts of Moscow, will spend the next few years focusing on developing tech entrepreneurship in the regions. In a meeting of the Fundation’s scientific advisory council on Tuesday, Igor Drozdov, the chairman of the board, suggested that a franchise model be rolled …

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South Korean startups parachute in to Skolkovo for soft landing

March 29, 2017 March 30, 2017

Last week four South Korean startups arrived at Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, with plans to meet with potential partners and mentors in Russia. These startups have also applied to become resident companies at Skolkovo. “This is our pilot soft landing programme for foreign startups,” Sergei Pogrebnyakov, an acceleration manager …

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Skolkovo-made robot to entertain Moscow metro passengers

March 10, 2017 March 14, 2017

Metrosha the robot first made an appearance at the end of last year at the Luzhniki station of the Moscow Central Ring rail line, where he wished passengers a happy new year. Now he will appear from time to time in the city’s metro stations to meet and greet passengers on public holidays, the Moscow …

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Russian startup to send 40 robots to Turkey

February 28, 2017 February 28, 2017

Forty friendly Russian robots made by Promobot are to head to Turkey, after a sales agreement was signed with the Turkish company LUXRA TR. The promotional robots, which are designed to provide members of the public with helpful information in busy places and which are already hard at work in Russia, China, the U.K. and …

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Panasonic to launch pilot hi-tech agricultural project at Skolkovo

February 24, 2017 November 11, 2020

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. The company already has automated factories in Japan and Singapore where lettuce and other vegetables are grown indoors in controlled and optimised conditions. Now …

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Five Russian startups making life easier for car drivers

January 30, 2017 January 31, 2017

We all know that cars are getting smarter, and driverless cars are looming on the horizon. The day may not be too far off when we can just summon a driverless car, hop in and relax, leaving the car to deal with all the tasks that drivers currently have to juggle, from navigation and safe driving …

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Russian cloud service provider Cloudike enters Indonesian market

January 19, 2017 January 20, 2017

Skolkovo resident Cloudike (ASD Technologies) has entered the Indonesian market with the launch of its mobile cloud service on the country’s mobile carrier Indosat Ooredoo. The network’s customers will now be able to use incloud to upload, download and share files on a personal online cloud-based storage with enhanced features such as text message capabilities. …

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Cybercrime presents global challenge – and business opportunities

December 23, 2016 December 29, 2016

Hackers may be associated around the world with Russia above any other country, thanks to news reports that often describe cybercriminals as Russian, and to accusations this year that Russian hackers were behind attacks on the U.S. Democratic National Committee. The problem, however, is very much a global one, international experts agreed at the Skolkovo …

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Russian startups present their public security solutions in France

December 9, 2016 December 9, 2016

Amid heightened security alerts in airports, train stations and other public places across the world, Skolkovo startups working on security solutions for crowded places have travelled to France to demonstrate their technologies and search for potential partners. The delegation, which consisted of seven resident companies from the nuclear and IT clusters of the Russian tech hub, embarked …

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Michelin, Auchan hunt for Russian tech talent at Skolkovo

December 8, 2016 December 8, 2016

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 Business France. Forty-five hi-tech startups were selected for private meetings with the French companies from about …

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Skolkovo and RVC to launch new venture funds

November 9, 2016 December 7, 2016

The Skolkovo Foundation will set up three venture capital funds to provide additional sources of funding for startups, said its president Victor Vekselberg in late October at the Open Innovations forum. Funded by the Russian government, the Skolkovo Foundation manages the completion of an international tech hub on the outskirts of Moscow. “Now we’re creating a daughter …

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Iran’s Azad University to set up R&D center at Skolkovo

September 22, 2016 September 23, 2016

Iran’s Islamic Azad University will open next year an R&D center at Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. The two sides agreed at the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) conference, which took place earlier this week in Moscow. The partnership encompasses several technology fields, including energy, oil …

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