On November 17, 2020, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), supported by the Skolkovo Foundation, Russia’s leading development institutions and the Embassy of Japan in the Russian Federation, will host the first online Russia-Japan...
Skolkovo Ventures is putting its new company, Station, onto the market. Station will invest in technological solutions aimed at improving the efficiency of interaction between businesses and end consumers. Dentsu Group Inc., a multinational company based in...
ROBBO, a resident of Skolkovo Foundation's IT Cluster, finalized the process of registration of ROBBO Japan. As early as next spring Tokyo and Fukuoka can see the emergence of ROBBO Classes. These are engineering classes that teach children robotics, programming...
Caterville , a Skolkovo resident company, won the silver medal at CYBATHLON Wheelchair Series 2019, an international competition that took place in Kawasaki Prefecture in Japan. CYBATHLON Wheelchair is an annual competition which brings together teams...
Brain Beat , a resident company of the Skolkovo Foundation’s biomed cluster that has developed a non-invasive glucometer, won second prize at the 7 th Asian Entrepreneurship Award in Japan earlier this month. Edward Krizhanovsky, CEO of Brain Beat...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s IoT Acceleration Consortium on the eve of the Eastern Economic Forum , following talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Russia’s...
This year’s Startup Village , a giant two-day open-air conference for tech entrepreneurs and investors held at the Skolkovo innovation city, was more international than ever before, with startups from Japan, France, Italy, Bangladesh and Korea all taking...
The annual Skolkovo Startup Village kicked off with two signing ceremonies and various jokes about the chilly weather on Thursday as startups, investors and major tech figures from all around the world gathered at the Skolkovo innovation city for Eastern Europe’s...
Startups, inventors, scientists, investors and business angels from all over the world are preparing to descend on the Skolkovo innovation city this week for its annual Startup Village, a giant two-day open-air conference and exhibition. Skolkovo's...
This year’s Startup Village , the Skolkovo innovation city’s annual two-day open-air conference for tech entrepreneurs and investors, is being held in partnership with Japan. Japan is the partner of the Startup Village in 2018, designated...
The Japanese market does not have the reputation of an easy place to do business for foreign companies. But with its high-income, tech-savvy population, it is a dream for many innovative businesses, and neighbouring Russia is no exception. To help Russian hi...
Skolkovo resident ExoAtlet , the inventor of rehabilitation exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again, has set its sights for expansion on Japan, where it is setting up a joint venture with its South Korean partners and investors. Dennis Ahn...
The proximity of Vladivostok to Asia is palpable throughout the port city in Russia’s Far East, from the abundance of right-hand drive cars imported from Japan – a growing number of them electric – and currency exchange points displaying rates...
Viktor Vekselberg, president of the Skolkovo Foundation who will coordinate the Russian national project of building a R&D complex outside Moscow, met a Nikkei reporter and said that a structural reform based on technological innovation will be the pillar...