Education & training

Russia joins forces with Ethereum Foundation to deploy Blockchain technologies in state administrations

December 23, 2018

This past Tuesday VEB, a major state-owned Russian development bank, signed a partnership agreement with the Ethereum Foundation to develop and implement Blockchain-based government applications. The Foundation’s founder Vitalik Buterin and VEB President Sergey Gorokov Chairman both took part in the signing ceremony, which was held during a Blockchain conference in Kazan, the capital of the innovation-friendly …

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Skoltech partners with UK and US firms to launch eSports academy

July 29, 2017

Competitive video gaming (known as “eSports,” or “computer sports” in Russian) has gained significant traction in Russia over the past few years, with billionaire Alisher Usmanov announcing a $100 million investment in the industry and the government fully recognizing this sports discipline. A new initiative came earlier this month from Skoltech, a private graduate research university …

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The Russian edtech market: A new research by top market players with EWDN support

January 7, 2019

East-West Digital News has supported leading Russian and international organizations to offer the first-ever study about the embryonic but promising market of education technologies in Russia. The research aims to analyze the Russian edtech market in its various dimensions, highlight its trends, key players, business models as well as the related investment activity and legal environment. Special focus …

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ITMO students are the best coders in the world, says new ranking

December 27, 2016

Which colleges have the best coders in the world? This simple question is not addressed by academic rankings. The “Top Computer Science Programs ranking of U.S. News & World Report, for example, takes into account such criteria as number of research papers produced, global research reputation, and number of conferences — but practical coding skills are not even …

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Mail.ru Group and Yandex invest in IT education

August 30, 2016

Mail.Ru Group, a major Russian Internet company, has announced an investment in GeekBrains, a Russian-language online learning platform for developers. The LSE-listed group has acquired a controlling interest in GeekBrains, with the founders keeping a stake and still running the platform. GeekBrains claims more than 1 million participants (up from from 200,000 one year ago) with a monthly …

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Runa Capital leads $5.6 million round for US school admission startup

March 10, 2016

Last month Runa Capital, a venture firm operating globally from its offices in Moscow and San Francisco, led a new round of funding for SchoolMint, a leading provider of mobile and online enrollment systems for US public, charter and private schools. Also participating in the round, which totalled $5.6 million, were Reach Capital (New Schools), Fresco …

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Marchmont Capital Partners CEO Kendrick White: “Russian universities need to maximize the value of their intellectual property”

March 3, 2017

Kendrick White, director of Marchmont Capital Partners, an investment advisory firm, has worked in Russia for 22 years. In 2013, the US businessman was appointed vice rector for innovation policy at the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN), a position for which he was suddenly dismissed in June 2015. White now helps Russian inventors find common ground with …

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Novikov Group teams up with Skolkovo business school to support restaurant startups

September 16, 2015

Novikov Group, a leading player in the Moscow restaurant scene, and Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, are teaming up to support start-ups in restaurant business, Russian tech blog Firrma.ru reported. At the end of their 11-week training program, students will present their projects to Novikov Group founder Arkadiy Novikov. The best projects will be developed in partnership …

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Four years of innovation: An interview with Skoltech President Edward Crawley

February 14, 2016

Launched under the leadership of then-President Dmitry Medvedev in 2011, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) was intended to be a beacon of hope for Russia’s scientific community. The idea was to create a new university in Russia to attract domestic and foreign talent into the fields of science and technology and serve …

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Fourth cohort of Volga tech projects trained in Maryland

February 25, 2016

A new group of Russian tech start-ups and university projects arrived in Maryland last week to participate in a two-week training program and meetings with potential investors and partners. This is yet another dimension to cooperation between Russia and the United States in technology innovation, an area which the Western sanctions against Russia do not …

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Russian scientific research centers benefit from partnerships with global firms

February 25, 2016

Over the past two years several technology transfer centers have been established and began operations at Russian universities in partnership with private international firms. Their task is to use the scientific potential of universities to create an innovation infrastructure around them and help attract further investments. Thus Russian universities have recently started conducting research and …

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GVA LaunchGurus aims to introduce Silicon Valley practices to Russian startup ecosystem

February 25, 2016

Earlier this month GVA LaunchGurus launched the eighth edition of its accelerator program, the “GVA Accelerator – Startup Academy,” with the participation of 26 high-tech professionals and entrepreneurs. The 10-week program aims to strengthen their projects by providing new skills, business connections and fund-raising opportunities. Among the teachers and business coaches involved in the program …

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