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A portrait of the winners: Hightech, INSEAD & Music
Right after the Startup Village we met with the team of startup Optic2Connect – the winner of the Skolkovo grant – Insead graduates Christoph Salentin and Ching Eng Jason Png. Both are graduates...

Moscow’s state-sponsored tech hub: white knight or white elephant?
The Skolkovo Foundation was set up in 2010 to change the perception of Russia from an old mineral-export country to a new investor-friendly economy. For three years its progress has been patchy, but all...

LiveMap: Motorbike helmet with navigation
Unique hi-tech motorbike helmet with built-in navigation system and voice controlled interface. The challenge Motorcyclists still need an effective navigation tool except the usual paper maps or touch...

Skoltech at Startup Village
On May 27-28, 2013 the first international conference of startup companies and investors “Startup Village” took place at Hypercube of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. During two days more than...

Intellectual Property: Time for Pragmatism
The current Russian legislation in the sphere of IP in many ways does not correspond to the real needs of economy and society, it is especially hard for small innovative companies – development of...

Russian social marketing startup Flocktory raises $1.5 million from new Russian tech fund
Moscow-based social startup Flocktory announced last week that it has landed a $1.5 million Series A funding round from Digital Ventures, a new Russian venture fund, which has obtained a minority stake...

Good News from “Kuznech”
Resident of the Information Technologies cluster “Kuznech” reports several success stories at once, opening even wider prospects for this service. Internet visual search technologies created...

Nginx Increases Popularity with Leaps
Nginx, a startup company of the IT cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation (resident “Enginix” LTD) became one of the world leaders in its segment. According to statistics which the company collected...

AngioScan Developed New Personal Radiation Dosimeter
Foundation resident “AngioScan”, one of the selection winners for mobile diagnostic devices at Skolkovo MD, brings its new personal dosimeter RadiaScan to the retail market. AngioScan together...