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

July 17, 2015 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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iTech Capital injects $3 million in US platform to disrupt trading industry

July 16, 2015 February 16, 2016

iTech Capital, a fund with Russian origins now operating globally, has just invested $3 million in exchange for a minority stake in TradingView, a social fintech platform that unites traders and investors from around the world. Also participating in this Series A round, which totalled $3.6 million, were Chicago startup accelerator TechStars and prominent US business angels who took part in the seed …

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Major software engineering conference invites speaker submissions

July 14, 2015 February 17, 2016

CEE-SECR is the premier software engineering conference in Russia. The 2015 edition of the conference will take place on October 22-23 at the Digital October Center in Moscow. Nearly 1,000 industry specialists, representing all IT areas, are expected to attend the event. The CEE-SECR 2015 Program Committee is launching a call for speakers, who should …

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International event to highlight Russian Internet of Things

July 10, 2015 July 10, 2015

The Internet of Things Conference, Expo and Meetup – the first and only so far regular event dedicated to this industry in Russia – will hold its second edition in late October in Moscow. Highlighting the latest technologies and market trends in this field, the event will bring together tech companies of all kinds as well …

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Russian tech players develop new ties with Singapore

July 6, 2015 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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Intel launches IoT Lab in Russia

July 1, 2015 February 17, 2016

Intel is announcing the opening of an “IoT Ignition Labs” in Moscow. With a focus on Smart building, Smart City, and Retail, the Moscow lab “offers tools, technology and engineering know-how to those in the industry keen to take IoT projects into commercial deployment.” The US corporation is simultaneously announcing IoT labs in Ireland and …

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Skolkovo and IBM team up to “extend the healthy productive lives of patients with cancer and other age-related diseases”

June 25, 2015 June 29, 2015

Last week IBM signed a memorandum of understanding with Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, the First Oncology Research and Advisory Center (FORAC), a resident of Skolkovo’s biomedical cluster. The three partner will develop a personalized medical platform in Russia in a joint strategic, technology and commercial collaboration effort. …

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Top Skolkovo startups to showcase their projects in Singapore tech show

June 22, 2015 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 startup contest expands to Serbia, Turkey and UAE

June 22, 2015 December 7, 2016

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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US-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program: Harvard researchers to discuss online media and politics this week in Moscow

June 22, 2015 June 22, 2015

This week the Center for New Media & Society will host their colleagues Rob Faris and Bruce Etling from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University for a number of joint events in Moscow. These meetings will take place under the project “Crossing Boundaries with New Media” jointly implemented by the Center and the Berkman Center under the US-Russia …

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Market experts and tech innovators shared their visions of the future at international e-commerce conference

June 19, 2015 June 19, 2015

In its second edition on June 4 and 5, the eDays e-commerce attracted nearly 250 top executives and high-level professionals, some of them joining the event from as far as France, Estonia, Spain, Sweden, the UK and Ukraine. In addition to a thorough coverage of the current trends in Russian e-commerce, the event offered an …

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The White Nights Conference: 1,200 mobile and social game developers and marketers expected in St. Petersburg

June 19, 2015 June 19, 2015

An international mobile and social game development and marketing conference, The White Nights Conference will open its doors for the seventh time on 26-27 June in St. Petersburg. The event will gather industry leaders from all over the world. Wooga, Twitter, Unity, Game Insight, Epic Games, Unreal Engine and more companies will be attending the event. 1,200 attendees …

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