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StartupBlink: Moscow city ranks #2 in Europe for startup ecosystem development

June 24, 2021

StartupBlink has just released the 2021 edition of its Startup Ecosystem Rankings Report, which encompasses 1,000 cities and 100 countries across the world.  Unsurprisingly, the US leads the country ranking, far ahead of any other country. Then come the UK, Israel, Canada, Germany and Sweden — immediately followed by China. Ranked 7th, China has blazed its way …

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Russian Venture Forum: “A new decade of radical transformations” (offline+online, Kazan, April 7-8)

March 23, 2021

On April 7-8, more than 200 Russian and foreign speakers as well as thousands of attendees are expected to take part in the 15th edition of the Russian Venture Forum (RVF). One of the country’s leading industry events, this forum is held each year in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. This edition …

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AliExpress Russia invests in regional marketplace KazanExpress

February 7, 2022

AliExpress Russia, a leading cross-border and domestic e-commerce platform in Russia, has invested in a major regional e-commerce company, KazanExpress, acquiring a 30% stake. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed but, in an exchange with Kommersant, KazanExpress co-owner Linar Khusnullin refered to an amount of “several billions of rubles” (dozens of millions of …

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Top Russian and foreign players “looked into the future” in industry forum in Kazan

April 29, 2019

Earlier this month the Russian Venture Forum took place in Kazan, bringing together leading venture capitalists, business angels, development agencies and tech entrepreneurs from Russia and abroad. This year, the main theme of the forum was “Venture Market of Russia – A look into the future.” Among participants in the plenary session were Vasily Belov, …

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Top investors, entrepreneurs and officials to meet at Kazan’s Russian Venture Forum (April 11)

April 2, 2019

On April 11 Kazan, the tech-friendly capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, 800 km east of Moscow, will host an array of startup and ICO entrepreneurs as well as top VCs, cryptocurrency investors, corporations and representatives of government agencies. They will meet at the Russian Venture Forum (RVF), a high-profile annual event which has become …

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International blockchain and cryptocurrency experts to gather in Kazan (April 9-11)

March 6, 2018

On April 9-11, Kazan, a city 800km east of Moscow in Tatarstan, will play host to the ICO Summit Kazan, an international gathering of innovators and early adopters of blockchain and cryptocurrency across a variety of industries and market segments, including healthtech and biotechnology. Among the expected speakers are Dr. Ron Ribitzky of R&D Ribitzky …

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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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Russian drone maker attracts €1 million

February 23, 2017

Aviasolutions (“Aviaresheniya” in Russian), a manufacturer of industrial drones based in Kazan, Tatarstan, has attracted around €1 million from undisclosed individual investors. The deal was reported last week by Russian online publication Firrma.ru. Thanks to this capital injection, the company will start small-scale manufacturing of ‘FLYP,’ their latest industrial drone model for commercial purposes as pilot projects …

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China and Russia launch high-speed train projects across Eurasia to foster economic integration

February 11, 2017

Last year Russian Railways announced that China agreed to provide a 400 billion-ruble ($6.2 billion) loan to build a high-speed rail project between Moscow and Kazan, a city 800km east of the Russian capital. According to Russian news agency Sputnik, which cites The China Daily newspaper, this project is scheduled for completion in 2020. The trains will be able …

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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation teams up with Russia’s IT Park to launch startup accelerator

December 9, 2016

IT Park, a major Russian tech park, has announced the launch of the ‘OIC Startup Platform’ with the support of the Secretariat of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (IOC). The initiative is also supported by Oxademy, a UK-based online business education provider operating in eight countries, and Selet, an educational initiative in Tatarstan. The acceleration …

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Russian fund Pulsar Venture Capital opens representative office in Ireland

November 16, 2016

Yesterday Pulsar Venture Capital, an early-stage investment fund from Kazan, Russia, announced the opening of a representative office in Dublin. Pulsar sees Ireland as “one of the best international platforms for scaling business in Europe” through “the engagement of top technological companies and international investors,” said Pulsar’s CEO Pavel Korolev. The Dublin representative office will also work on technology transfers, …

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Central bank contest highlights Russia’s best fintech startups

December 2, 2016

Earlier this month, illustrating the emergence of a whole new tech industry in the country, the Russian central bank rewarded some of the most remarkable fintech startups. The contest took place in the framework of Finopolis 2016, a forum on innovative financial technologies. Held on October 13-14 in Kazan, the capital of the innovation-friendly republic of Tatarstan, …

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