Incubators, Accelerators, Technoparks

MIT’s Russian tech partnership under scrutiny from US government

February 19, 2020

WGBH, a Boston-based public radio and TV channel, has just published an in-depth article about the long-lasting relationship between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech). Skoltech is a private technology research institute working closely with Skolkovo, a state-backed international tech hub located on the outskirts of Moscow. …

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Skolkovo teams up with global companies to launch healthcare innovation center

June 20, 2019

Skolkovo, a major international tech hub on the outskirts of Moscow, is planning to launch a center for innovations and IoT in healthcare in the fall of 2019. The center will focus on pivotal issues like reducing mortality rates, combating cancer and chronic diseases, and bringing digital technologies in healthcare in Russia. The priority goal …

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Private investor envisions $2 billion tech park with giant data center in Moscow

June 12, 2019

A private investor in Moscow is willing to build a giant data center in Russia, reported business daily Vedomosti, citing “a source close to the project.” Dubbed ISTRADIGITAL, the project envisages the construction of a technology park near Moscow worth 132 billion rubles (about $2 billion at the current exchange rate). Among other facilities, it would …

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Russian state fund to launch startup accelerators in Bahrain

May 19, 2019

RVC, the Russian state fund-of-funds dedicated to innovation, has announced a partnership with Alkeri Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm from the Kingdom of Bahrain, to create a series of GenerationS corporate accelerators for Russian and international startups in Bahrain.  Run by RVC, GenerationS is a Russian state-backed acceleration platform that connects startups with corporations. …

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Coca Cola teams up with Russian fund to help employees launch their own business projects

April 10, 2019

The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF or FRII in Russian), Russia’s main startup investment fund, has announced a partnership with Coca Cola HBC Russia to create an in-house accelerator for the company’s employees in Russia. The program will teach Coca-Cola HBC Russia’s employees how to launch startups inside the corporation. IIDF experts will help employees …

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500 Startups mentor Tristan Pollock: “What surprised me about Moscow winter and Russian startups”

December 11, 2020

In late 2018, the Russian state bank Sberbank and 500 Startups launched a joint acceleration program intended for Russian startups with a global potential. Thirty companies enjoyed the support of 25 American mentors and entrepreneurs-in-residence who made the trip to the Russian capital. Among these entrepreneurs-in-residence was Tristan Pollock, whom East-West Digital News met in …

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This accelerator aims to introduce Russian tech startups to French and global markets

March 5, 2019

One of the rare international acceleration programs locally available to Russian startups, Winno Moscow is preparing its fourth season this year, selecting some 10 projects among 200 applicants. After a four-month acceleration process, the selected startups will benefit from a one-week business trip in Paris, including a visit to Vivatech, France’s largest tech event, in May …

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PwC partners with BitFury to create blockchain accelerator in Russia

December 14, 2018

Big four consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has partnered with mining and blockchain software company Bitfury Group to create a blockchain accelerator for businesses in Russia, according to a PwC press release today, Dec. 13. The release explains that PwC has already used Exonum — Bitfury’s open source framework for building blockchain applications — for educational …

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Indian and Russian players see “huge potential” in high-tech cooperation

December 13, 2018

Russian-Indian economic cooperation may be best known for major military hardware deals, but the future lies in the exchange of hi-tech innovations, speakers resolved at the India-Russia Startup Summit held at the Skolkovo Technopark on Tuesday. Both Indian and Russian tech entrepreneurs attended the day-long event, together with representatives of business and development institutes in …

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Putin orders creation of new cluster to stimulate innovation in Moscow

December 6, 2018

An innovations cluster is to be established in Moscow, under a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in late November. The cluster will coordinate interaction between industry, science, education, communications and other spheres with the aim of developing the Russian capital’s innovative potential, according to the presidential order. It will also coordinate support for small and medium-sized …

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Skolkovo to cooperate with Japan in the fields of AI, Big Data and IoT

September 14, 2018

Earlier this week, on the eve of the Eastern Economic Forum, the Skolkovo Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s IoT Acceleration Consortium. The agreement followed talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Russia’s Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok. The IoT Acceleration Consortium aims to foster the development of technologies related …

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Startup Village attracts thousands of entrepreneurs, inventors and investors from across the world

June 11, 2018

From May 29 to June 1, thousands of tech entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists, corporates and investors from some 80 countries gathered in Startup Village, a annual giant two-day event. This open-air conference and exhibition took place in Skolkovo, the international tech hub nearing completion on the outskirts of Moscow. Skolkovo’s two-day open-air Startup Village is the biggest event …

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