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Skolkovo offers 30 million ruble grant to develop “the maps of the future”

July 17, 2015

The grant committee of Skolkovo, the international high tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, has signed off on a 30-million ruble grant (approximately $500,000) for space and telecommunications cluster resident startup HelgiLab. An equal amount is being put up by the company’s founders. Founded in 2012, HelgiLab provides three-dimensional visualization of surrounding spaces …

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Russian tech players develop new ties with Singapore

February 17, 2016

In late June, illustrating the growing interest of Russian tech players in Asian markets, Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, took an active part in the Echelon Asia Summit. This major innovation event in Singapore provided Skolkovo startups with a chance to expand into the Asian markets, while Skolkovo offered Asian …

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Top Skolkovo startups to showcase their projects in Singapore tech show

February 17, 2016

Just weeks after it announced a partnership with China’s Alibaba and inaugurated Panasonic’s R&D center on its premises, Skolkovo is announcing another move towards the Asian market with ten of its startups taking part in Singapore’s Echelon Asia Summit. This Asian tech show, which will be held on June and 23 and 24, is a …

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Russian startups mature, but need more tenacity, says Finnish Skolkovo executive

February 24, 2016

Russia’s high-tech startups are getting better by the year, but innovators need to be more persistent to commercialize their solutions, said Pekka Viljakainen, advisor to Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg. The Finn made the remarks at the final stage of the 2015 edition of the Startup Tour, which has taken in 12 cities and ventured abroad …

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Skolkovo fortifies trade ties between Russia and Argentina

November 11, 2015

Skolkovo played a pivotal role this week in building trade bridges between Russian and Argentina, entering a dozen startups in a bilateral Moscow business forum held as part of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s official visit to the capital. Fernandez’s two-day visit to Moscow was aimed at drumming up business and investment for her country: She was …

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Government decree simplifies the hiring of foreigners at Skolkovo

April 17, 2015

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has simplified the process of hiring foreigners at Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. Medvedev, who signed the original decree on the creation of Skolkovo as president in 2010 and sits on its board of trustees, has included all of the project’s legal entities …

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Skolkovo startup offers users faster access to web applications

February 25, 2016

Skolkovo’s IT cluster startup unveiled the solution of software publisher Startpack, whose new program Startpack Launcher offers desktop users faster access to web applications. A window that pops up on demand much like the Windows ‘Start’ button and displays shortcut icons to the user’s most frequently visited cloud-based apps such as Google, Yandex, Facebook, Wikipedia and …

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Cyclops to monitor Russian roads for traffic violations

February 26, 2016

Video surveillance firm VOCORD, a resident of the Skolkovo IT cluster, has unveiled a new traffic monitoring system called Cyclops able to collect evidence of violations across four lanes simultaneously. The product, which – as the name suggests – features a single-lens camera as well as a microphone and infra-red scanner contained in a metal …

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Innovating on the Pacific: Skolkovo branch planned for Vladivostok

December 23, 2018

The Skolkovo Foundation may open a representative office in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok, the head of its space cluster, Sergei Zhukov, was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Asked about the innovation environment in the Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where projects from surrounding regions were presented to a Skolkovo expert panel, Zhukov answered: …

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Graphics and gamification enter Skolkovo IT cluster crosshairs for 2015

February 2, 2015

Startups dealing with computer graphics and so-called gamification will now be able to apply for Skolkovo grants and residency under new plans for 2015 published by the IT cluster. Graphics and gamification form one of three new technology foresights added to the cluster’s strategic development vision this year. The other two, robotics and mobile technology, …

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Virtual shoe-fitter wins 15 million ruble grant from Skolkovo

December 23, 2014

A tech startup that is looking to make those hellish trips to the shoe store a thing of the past has won a grant of 15 million rubles (approximately $275,000 at the current exchange rate) from Skolkovo Foundation. Fitanny’s virtual shoe fitter compares your foot structure to the type of shoe you’re interested in, and then …

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