Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, has begun accepting applications from startups in the agricultural business and expects its first resident companies by the end of the year. Agricultural startups will fall under the wing of the biotech cluster headed up by Skolkovo vice president Kirill Kaem, reports the …
Computer-aided design giant Autodesk has signed a cooperation agreement with Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, to potentially provide software support to resident startups and Skoltech students. The deal was struck earlier this month at the Skolkovo Technopark Office Center by Skolkovo vice president Alexandra Barshchevskaya and Herbert Bickelman, senior …
Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, is teaming up with two of its biggest industrial partners in Panasonic and truck-maker KAMAZ in a search for the next big breakthrough in battery technology. The three powerhouses of innovation this week launched a competition among Skolkovo residents – also open to …
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Exploring the possibility of building a Skolkovo-style tech park in Cuba, a government delegation from the island visited Moscow earlier this month, the Skolkovo Foundation reported. “The idea and aim of the trip here is to study this example (of the Russian tech hub) to create an analogous project in Cuba,” said Zarays Gutierrez, the head …
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In late June, illustrating the growing interest of Russian tech players in Asian markets, Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, took an active part in the Echelon Asia Summit. This major innovation event in Singapore provided Skolkovo startups with a chance to expand into the Asian markets, while Skolkovo offered Asian …
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Last week IBM signed a memorandum of understanding with Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, the First Oncology Research and Advisory Center (FORAC), a resident of Skolkovo’s biomedical cluster. The three partner will develop a personalized medical platform in Russia in a joint strategic, technology and commercial collaboration effort. …
Just weeks after it announced a partnership with China’s Alibaba and inaugurated Panasonic’s R&D center on its premises, Skolkovo is announcing another move towards the Asian market with ten of its startups taking part in Singapore’s Echelon Asia Summit. This Asian tech show, which will be held on June and 23 and 24, is a …
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Earlier this month Panasonic opened its R&D center in Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, following an agreement signed in December 2014. Panasonic thus became the first Japanese company to sign up as a Skolkovo partner. The agreement commits Panasonic to deploying at least 30 workers from its Russian representative office …
Startup Village, a major industry event held last week at the Skolkovo international tech hub, greeted more than 10,000 participants: Russian and foreign entrepreneurs, investors, venture fund representatives and government officials, including Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Over the course of two days, the Startup Village came as the ultimate stage of a road show through …
State-owned fund of funds RVC has launched GenerationS 2015, the second edition of its annual initiative to stimulate innovation in large Russian companies. Corporations associated with this “corporate accelerator” include mobile operator MTS, hydroelectricity firm RusHydro, construction group Morton, national savings bank Sberbank, Johnson & Johnson, and more. “Enterprise customers formulate the requirements for the selected …
Two initiatives that confirm the Russian government’s commitment to support the country’s high-tech industries were announced this month. The first was the creation of a 5 billion ruble (approximately $100 million) tech fund by RVC, the state-owned fund of funds dedicated to innovation, in partnership with Da Vinci Capital Management, a major internationally-oriented Russian asset management company. Presented as …
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Skolkovo played a pivotal role this week in building trade bridges between Russian and Argentina, entering a dozen startups in a bilateral Moscow business forum held as part of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s official visit to the capital. Fernandez’s two-day visit to Moscow was aimed at drumming up business and investment for her country: She was …
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