From May 15 to 21 Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, approximately 800 km east of Moscow, will host its second ‘OIC Youth Entrepreneurship Forum.’ The event will attract young entrepreneurs from member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation — of which Russia is an Observer state. The organizers aim to “identify and …
Meet Innovation Russia (MIR), a tech tour intended for French companies to connect with the Russian innovation ecosystem, is announcing its third edition from June 1 to 3, 2016. The tour will lead 20 French business executives to Moscow and to Kazan, the innovation-friendly capital of Tatarstan 800km east from Moscow. MIR aims to offer “an …
New tech tour to lead French companies to Moscow, Kazan in June Read More
Earlier this month Pulsar Venture Capital, an early-stage investment fund from Tatarstan, an entity of the Russian Federation, announced the launch of a startup accelerator in partnership with government agency Enterprise Ireland and Dublin-based early stage investor NDRC. The accelerator promises to help startups “enter the global market and find an investor or strategic partner in 100 days.” Three locations are involved: Kazan (the capital of Tatarstan), Dublin and …
Tatarstan teams up with Enterprise Ireland to launch Russian startups globally Read More
Transnovatsia, a Russian IT developer based in Kazan, the innovation-friendly capital of Tatarstan, some 800 km east of Moscow, has begun its Latin American expansion. The start-up has received a $40,000 grant from Startup Chile’s accelerator program and is putting together a pilot project in Santiago, reported the Skolkovo Foundation and Russian tech blog Firrma. “The Latin American market appears very interesting to …
Startup Chile woos Russian startups for development across Latin America Read More
Russia’s young commercial data center market reached some $167 million last year with a yearly growth of over 20%, according to a report by Moscow-based consultancy Direct INFO, as reported by Russia Beyond The Headlines (RBTH). Other consultancies (PMR and J’son & Partners) have put the figures at more than $300 million. The market is being …
Russia’s data center market to reach several hundred million USD in 2015 Read More
This year Startup Sabantuy, a Kazan, Russia-based startup contest, went as far as Belgrade and Novi Sad (Serbia), Istanbul, and Dubai, in addition to a range of Russian cities, to find and support promising startup together with investors. As witnessed by East-West Digital News, Serbian startups showed huge interest in this event. The fact that more than …
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While startup incubators and accelerators have been springing up like mushrooms in Russia over the past few years, this one deserves particular attention. It is the first such structure in the country completely dedicated to hardware projects – from consumer robotics to 3D-printing to smart electronics for “smart home” systems and wearables. The accelerator, christened …
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Held last week in Moscow and Kazan, Tatarstan, the 2013 edition of the Russian Tech Tour offered yet another illustration of the growing appeal of the Russian tech scene to venture capitalists. Not only did more than 70 Western and Russian businessmen visit some of the Russian capital’s hottest tech spots, from Skolkovo to Digital October, they …
Deadline for applications for the 2013 Russian Tech Tour: February 22 – The 2013 Russian Tech Tour, which will be held in Moscow and Kazan on April 23-26, will pair the most promising early and later stage growth companies with representatives from leading cross-border venture capital and global corporate firms. The funds that will be …
Tech Tour seeks 25 most promising emerging Russian technology companies Read More
Since the beginning of 2013, the Microsoft Seed Fund has provided a total of $110,000 in grants to two startups from Russia’s regions. A $50,000 grant went to RealSpeaker, a startup from Kazan, Tatarstan, which offers a new approach to speech recognition. The company also recently received financing from Startobaza, a local seed-stage investment company, along with …
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The Republic of Tatarstan is confirming its commitment to innovation with plans to invest heavily over the next two years in the engineering and transport infrastructure of Innopolis, an “innovation city” under completion near the capital Kazan. Tatarstan will put up a significant part of the total investment, which has been estimated at 20 billion …
Tatarstan’s Innopolis to receive $670 million in investments Read More
Russian HORECA software publisher iiko has finally secured the funds it had been seeking for nearly one year. The funds have been provided by Russian tech fund Leader Innovations, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on Monday, citing the iiko’s General Director Roman Abramov. The $10 million investment will be released in two tranches, including $6 …
Restaurant software publisher iiko raises $6 million for international expansion Read More
