Geosteering Technologies (also known as Geonavigation Technologies or GTI), a Russian developer of software solutions for well drilling, has raised $2 million in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by AYR, a Moscow-based private equity and financial advisory firm, with participation from North Energy Ventures and Phystech Ventures, an earlier investor in the company. The deal, …
Amid heightened security alerts in airports, train stations and other public places across the world, Skolkovo startups working on security solutions for crowded places have travelled to France to demonstrate their technologies and search for potential partners. The delegation, which consisted of seven resident companies from the nuclear and IT clusters of the Russian tech hub, embarked …
Russian startups present their public security solutions in France Read More
Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, has signed an agreement with Cherkizovo Group, a major Russian meat producer, to create a startup accelerator in the fields of biotech in agriculture and industry. Cherkizovo will rent 120 sq. m. in the technopark to provide a co-working and testing areas, along …
Food giant Cherkizovo teams up with Skolkovo to launch startup accelerator Read More
“Matrëshka,” the first electronic driverless bus in Russia, was revealed in late October in Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. Designed to carry up to eight passengers, the bus was showcased at the annual international forum of innovative development, “Open Innovation.” The bus is controlled by computers and equipped …
Russia’s first driverless electronic bus unveiled at Skolkovo Read More
As Russia has been “pivoting to the East” over the past few years, a study released earlier this month aims to describe the two countries’ innovation ecosystems, and analyze the new links being established between them. The report, named “China and Russia: Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” is a joint project by the Skolkovo Foundation on the …
Pioneering report highlights Chinese and Russian innovation systems and their growing ties Read More
Iran’s Islamic Azad University will open next year an R&D center at Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. The two sides agreed at the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) conference, which took place earlier this week in Moscow. The partnership encompasses several technology fields, including energy, oil …
Iran’s Azad University to set up R&D center at Skolkovo Read More
Global Venture Alliance (GVA), a Moscow-headquartered provider of business services, training programs and seed funding for startups, has teamed up with the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), a major tech business incubator based in Mumbai, to launch the ‘India-Russia Bridge for Innovations’ (IRBI). As reported by BW Disrupt, an Indian online publication, the IRBI program enjoys the financial …
The International Association of Science Parks (IASP) will hold its 33rd annual conference in Moscow from Sept. 20 to Sept. 23, in partnership with Skolkovo, the new Russian international tech hub. Also partnering this major event are the Science Park of the Moscow State University and Technopark Strogino, with support from the Moscow City Government. (Registration deadline: …
IASP annual conference: The world’s science parks meet in Moscow (Sept. 20-23) Read More
Russia should focus on developing its VR/AR market, Yevgeny Kuznetsov, the acting head of RVC, the Russian fund of funds for innovation, said last month. “Right now, the new VR/AR market is being discussed within the National Technology Initiative,” a state project that aims to create the conditions necessary for Russia to become a global …
Russia’s budding virtual reality market thinks big Read More
When multinational corporations work with small startups, it’s always a two-way process, believes Andrej Bievetski, managing director of SAP Labs in the CIS, the local R&D arm of the German software giant. Bievetski, who has been working for SAP for 17 years, took over the running of SAP Labs in March, and a major part …
Bridging the gap between academia and industry to turn the ideas of the country’s brightest minds into successful commercial projects is one of the challenges struggled with by innovations institutions all over the world. To find out more about the Dutch approach to this mission, the Skolkovo Foundation recently hosted a roundtable for representatives of …
From lab to market: Dutch, Russian innovators talk commercialisation Read More
In late June, a delegation of high-flying Chinese Internet entrepreneurs visited Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, as part of a fact-finding mission to the Russian capital. Their visit followed the signature of a raft of energy deals by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. …
Chinese tech businessmen visit Russia’s Skolkovo and leading Internet companies Read More
