Incubators, Accelerators, Technoparks

Skolkovo signs agreement with Indian telecom venture fund at SPIEF

May 29, 2018

Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, signed a memorandum of understanding with Bhaum Telecom Ventures Private Limited, a daughter structure of India’s Kanoria Foundation, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) last week. The MoU, signed by Skolkovo Foundation’s chairman of the board Igor Drozdov and Bhaum Telecom …

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Skolkovo agrees cooperation with Antwerp city authorities

May 11, 2018

In late April Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, welcomed a large delegation from the Belgian city of Antwerp. The delegation comprised about 100 representatives of Antwerp businesses, the city administration and the University of Antwerp, and was headed by Antwerp Mayor Bart De Wever. As a city that is …

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Leroy Merlin teams up with IIDF to accelerate Russian retail startups

May 7, 2018

The French DIY giant Leroy Merlin has partnered with the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF, or FRII in Russian), Russia’s biggest fund for early-stage startups, to launch an accelerator for retail startups. The program will target startups developing marketing software, automation and robotization solutions for internal operations in the field of logistics, solutions for heavy trucking …

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Sberbank launches intelligent robotics acceleration program for local startups

April 24, 2018

Last week Sberbank, Russia’s national savings bank, announced the launch of a three-month “intelligent robotics acceleration program” in partnership with the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF, or FRII in Russian), Russia’s biggest fund for early-stage startups. The selected startups will benefit from Sberbank’s infrastructure and resources, including its client base, as well as from the …

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PepsiCo shows results of its first acceleration program in Russia

March 29, 2018

PepsiCo’s efforts to engage with startups is coming to fruition in Russia, one year after the creation of an international acceleration program in Moscow dubbed PepsiCo LAB. Earlier this month the corporation announced the first results of this program, which targets both food and beverages projects and business-oriented IT solutions. A total of 24 teams, 12 teams per …

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Skolkovo seeks to develop cooperation with Eastern Mediterranean countries

March 14, 2018

Since its inception, Skolkovo, the giant tech center under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, has been seeking to develop relations with a range of countries across Western Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa. Most recently, initatives have been announced in connection with two Eastern-Mediterranean countries. In late February, the Skolkovo Foundation signed …

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Skolkovo signs cooperation agreement with Luxembourg

February 15, 2018

The Skolkovo Foundation, which manages the Skolkovo international tech hub on the outskirts of Moscow, signed a cooperation agreement on Wednesday with Luxinnovation, the national agency for innovation and research of Luxembourg. Skolkovo’s Yury Saprykin (left) and Luxinnovation’s Ian Cresswell sign the agreement in Moscow on Wednesday as the deputy prime ministers of Belgium, Russia …

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Tinkoff Bank now valued at $4 billion, launches R&D center at Skolkovo

February 12, 2018

On February 9, Tinkoff Bank, the Russian digital lending giant, announced the launch of an R&D center at Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. The new center will focus on Blockchain-based solutions and cryptoeconomics research in order to  boost the Tinkoff’s financial ecosystem. “The ideas and prototypes developed at …

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Next-gen cancer diagnosis lab opens at Skolkovo

February 6, 2018

In late January the Russian startup UNIM opened the country’s first digital cancer lab at Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. UNIM uses Digital Pathology – the conversion of glass slides into digital slides – to allow patients to obtain a histological, immunohistochemical or molecular analysis of their tumour and consultation on …

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French ambassador visits Skolkovo amid week of Russian-French cooperation

December 26, 2017

Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, took its cooperation with France to a new level last week, with the visit of ambassador Sylvie Bermann to the innovation city and the signing of a memorandum of understanding with two French business organisations. The visit took place on Wednesday last week, one …

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From ‘TechMafia’ to ‘Hack Temple,’ Russian investors nurture startups in Silicon valley

November 30, 2017

Last week Sberbank, Russia’s national savings bank, the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF, or FRII, Russia’s largest early-stage startup investment fund) and FortRoss Ventures (formerly known as Money Time) announced the launch of a platform called Global Pitch to help Russian tech entrepreneurs develop in the USA. Global Pitch expects to introduce dozens of Russian …

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