Press about RVC

Government fund of funds RVC celebrates birth of domestic venture industry, recognizes disbalances and need for further global integration

04.12.2013

Last week RVC (formerly known as Russian Venture Company) presented its updated development strategy for the coming years. The state-owned fund of funds, whose mission is to support venture activity and stimulate innovation in the country, considers that Russia’s venture market “has established itself” after three or four years of accelerated growth

State-run fund RVC: Russia venture funding will reach $10B by 2016

28.11.2013

>Last week RVC (formerly known as Russian Venture Company) presented its updated development strategy for the coming years. The state-owned fund of funds, whose mission is to support venture activity and stimulate innovation in the country, considers that Russia’s venture market “has established itself” after three or four years of accelerated growth

State Venture Firm Wants to Shift Focus Away From IT

25.11.2013

he Russian Venture Company is determined to direct the venture capital investment market away from its preoccupation with information technology and toward biotechnology, medicine, energy and other priority sectors, according to a five-year development strategy revealed Wednesday

Mobile app generator, 3D printer and holographic navigator honored at Russia’s largest startup contest

12.11.2013

Last week a panel of Russian and international experts announced the winners of BIT, Russia’s largest competition of technology teams and business plans

Russian startups – no worse off than German ones

30.10.2013

MassChallenge, a four month global startup incubator program in Boston, Massachusetts, comes to an end on Wednesday

Deep Dive acceleration program offers Russian innovators new US opportunities

18.09.2013

Russian Venture Company (RVC), the national fund of funds for innovation, announced last week that it is ready to help Russian technology companies participate in Deep Dive Silicon Valley, a training and acceleration program slated for November 11-22, 2013 in Silicon Valley. RVC is the general partner of the program

Business looks to tech to salvage U.S.-Russia relationship

18.09.2013

The reset may be over, but business leaders hope that trade ties do not have to be completely dependent on the whims of Washington and Moscow

“Russian Innovation Week” Kicks Off in Boston

17.09.2013

The three-day event was organized to help develop investment strategies in the technology sector between Russia and the United States, and will host dozens of companies and investors alike, first for a daylong conference in Boston, and then for a two-day conference in Silicon Valley. Our Voice of Russia Correspondent Vasili Sushko had a chance to speak with some of the organizers to find out what this year’s conference will entail

Venture capital done Russian-style

16.09.2013

This month kicks off the annual Russian Innovation Week in Boston, after Russian government-funded investment companies have invested over $1.2 billion into U.S. tech startups. RBTH spoke to Igor Agamirzian, CEO of the Russian Venture Company - one of the largest of such funds