The RVC Infrafund has teamed up with a group of yet-undisclosed private investors to jointly finance the setup of the Digital Port Tech Entrepreneurship Center in the city of Perm in the West Urals. The 2000-sq. meter facility is expected to offer young local innovative teams and startups both office space and a range of …
Government fund RVC supports tech entrepreneurship in West Urals Read More
Authorities in the Republic of Sakha, a large region in Russia’s Far East also known as Yakutia, have approved an architectural design for the area’s first IT Park, a construction project initially announced a year ago with a 2015 deadline. The project will take the form of a large black 12-story cube with a winter …
Yakutia designs ‘black cube’ for Far East high-tech surge Read More
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 …
Russia’s first hardware startup accelerator launches in Kazan Read More
In keeping with long standing Russian tradition, the government has produced a hugely ambitious 5-year plan aimed at doubling IT exports and growing the sector three times faster than the country’s overall GDP. The plan, published in the form of a ‘road-map’ for 2014-2018, was signed by Dmitry Medvedev at the end of 2013, and …
Government five-year plan aims at doubling IT exports Read More
Next week a group of select innovation experts, venture capitalists and representatives of large corporations will start a three-month-long road show through 26 Russian cities – from St. Petersburg, to Astrakhan on the shores of the Caspian Sea, to Tomsk and Yakutsk in Siberia, to Vladivostok in the Far East – aiming to meet thousands …
Government-sponsored startup tour to bring innovation expertise to 26 Russian cities Read More
In late December the Zelenograd microelectronics cluster, part of a major innovation and industrial center just outside Moscow, signed a memo of intent with a counterpart in Grenoble, France. The partners are pursuing a dual goal of upgrading sector-related education standards in the Russian region and intensifying interaction in industry-oriented R&D. The Moscow city administration …
Russian and French clusters to pool efforts in microelectronics Read More
Schneider Electric, a Paris, France-based global expert in energy management, is opening its own R&D center in Skolkovo, the government-sponsored innovation hub still under construction just outside Moscow. The French company announced the planned center and received residency status in Skolkovo 18 months ago. Under the terms of a cooperation agreement inked between Schneider Electric …
The sizable agricultural and industrial region of Voronezh, some 500km south of Moscow, is expected to host GlassHouse, the first venture accelerator for IT projects in the entire Russian “Black Earth” region along the border with Ukraine. The accelerator will feature a premium-class office center and is designed to foster the rapid development of high-tech …
Voronezh region now has its first IT project accelerator Read More
Irkutsk State University (ISU) in Siberia has established its own Tech Transfer Center, the ISU press service announced earlier this month. The Center has been created as a spin-off limited liability company and is expected to offer a classic range of consulting services, including search for partners and customers and assistance for innovators in completing …
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The need to restructure the Russian economy has led to a variety of public policy initiatives. Whatever the official vocabulary, “innovation” is a key aspect of these policies. Therefore, a comparison with a country such as France that has implemented a very pro-active innovation policy may provide some tools of analysis. In both countries but …
Challenges for innovation policies: A comparison between France and Russia Read More
The image of Skolkovo, the international innovation hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, has been severely damaged by a report from the Prosecutor General’s Office following an across-the-board investigation into the Skolkovo Foundation, the nonprofit organization in charge of the project. The report states that 50 billion rubles (around $1.6 billion) were allocated …
Skolkovo misused $1 billion, Viktor Vekselberg personally cited in prosecutor’s report Read More
Washington, D.C., October 28, 2013 — Furthering a commitment to bilateral innovation, a delegation of five biomedical and information technology companies from the University of Nizhny Novgorod visited the University of Maryland on October 16-25 under the auspices of the U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor. The companies participated in the first region-to-region visit of Russian startups under …
U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor hosts biotech & IT startups Read More
