As Russia is actively seeking alternative technological partners to circumvent western sanctions, Skolkovo, a major Russian tech hub, is opening a representative office in New Delhi, India. The office will help Indian companies and Skolkovo startups develop cooperation, promote Skolkovo’s international services, organize visits, business events, consultations, as well as educational and research programs. It …
X5 Retail Group, a leading Russian food retailer listed on the Moscow and London stock exchanges, is launching an international joint program with Plug and Play to scout for innovative approaches to sustainable development. The program will focus on reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions as well as sustainable packaging. It will start in the …
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Last week, on the sidelines of the Open Innovations international forum, Skolkovo Foundation and Helyx Technologies inked a cooperation agreement to implement a “green tech park.” The initiative builds on the GreenTech Startup Booster, launched last year, which is now touted as “the largest international program for the development and implementation of technological projects in the field of ecology.” The new …
On June 21-24, resident companies from Skolkovo, Russia’s top international tech hub, took part in a business mission to Arab Health 2021. The companies Geotar, VRSim, MEDVR, and The Psycho Hyperreality drew attention as they demonstrated their virtual reality solutions. Virtual reality technologies are part of an up-and-coming market that is spreading across multiple sectors, including construction, gaming, medicine, engineering, etc. Given …
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Founded in 2015 near Kazan, Tatarstan — some 800 km east from Moscow, — Innopolis provides a glimpse into what technocrats within Putin’s regime hope will be the vision of a future Russia. As the government looks for ways to make the country less dependent on hydrocarbons and to build up the national tech sector, which is …
Fighting brain drain and creeping authoritarianism in Russia’s techno-utopian village Read More
Kamaz, the Russian truck giant (part of the state-owned Rostec corporation), and Pulsar VC, an established Russian venture firm, announce an international startup scouting partnership focusing on mobility and IoT. The companies said they will “jointly search for new markets in the transport sector and attract investment in start-ups.” They may also consider “creating a …
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After holding top positions across the Russian energy industry for more than a decade, Oleg Dubnov has been heading Skolkovo’s energy cluster since 2017. He shared with East-West Digital News fresh insights about the emergence of green technologies in Russia, the related industrial challenges and the international potential of Russian startups in this field. So …
Sber, Russia’s state-controlled financial and tech giant, and its US partner 500 Startups announce the third batch of Sber500, their joint startup acceleration program. The closing date for entries is January 10, 2021. This batch is touted as a “powerful response to the current challenges and conditions that startups faced in 2020.” The program will …
Sber’s international accelerator launches third batch with support from 500 Startups Read More
Google and My.Games, a branch of Mail.ru Group, last week announced a joint accelerator program “for promising mobile game studios and projects.” Dubbed ‘Game Drive,’ this accelerator targets studios from the EMEA region, including Western Europe, Russia and other Russian speaking countries, region, Turkey, Israel, the Middle East and Africa. The selected projects will receive an …
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Skolkovo, Russia’s top international tech hub, is launching a softlanding program in digital format for foreign tech startup to explore the Russian market opportunity. The program will involve more than 30 companies from eight different countries. These include, in particular, Brazil, Iran, Hungary and Finland, says the Skolkovo Foundation. The program “aims to introduce foreign startups to the opportunities in Russian …
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Last week Skolkovo, the international tech hub on the outskirts of Moscow, announced the launch of GreenTech Startup Booster, presenting it as a first in Russia. The program is intended for companies or teams with ready-made products or prototypes of solutions that tackle environmental issues. Skolkovo expects “over 500 applicants” Six themes are covered: reducing …
The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF, or FRII in Russian) has announced that 52 Russian startups are going through a three-month summer batch of its acceleration program – a record number since the fund’s inception in 2013. Eighty percent of the startups of this summer batch develop B2B solutions, in particular in the fields of marketing …
