28.12.2015
RVC summarizes its activity related to the creation and integration of investment and non-financial instruments that support innovation ecosystem development in Russia
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RVC Infrafund and a group of private investors invested in creation of the ElTechProgress Engineering center. A new center specialises in integration of the scientific developments and technologies to increase performance of the Russian enterprises of electrical engineering profile
RVC and "RUSSOFT" Non-Profit Partnership summarized a Program to support the export of Russian innovation and high-tech production
VOCORD FaceControl innovation biometry system of face recognition developed by the Russian company Vocord — funds portfolio company invested by RVC — "C-Group-Ventures" and "Lider Innovatsii" and resident of the Skolkovo fund — is involved in safety protection of the Omsk multi-purpose sports complex
On December 15, 2015 at the Final of the GenerationS-2015 Federal accelerator of technology startups the winners were announced, which shared the Grand Prix – 10 million rubles
Infrafund RVC announces the purchase of 10% share in four AMT&C engineering companies
On December 10-11, 2015, the Innovation Ecosystem Forum was conducted in Krasnaya Polyana (Sochi); the forum was devoted to future creation of specialized infrastructure for new NTI technology markets. More than 300 people participated in the event — they are technological entrepreneurs, representatives of the regional venture funds and techparks, employees of the leading Russian universities, representatives of the authorities of 38 Russian entities
The capital of Softline Seed Fund has been increased by 102 million rubles. It was done by its main beneficiaries — venture fund Softline Venture Partners and Seed Investment Fund of the Russian Venture Company (RVC Seed Fund)
Russian Venture Capital Association (RVCA), with the support of RVC presented the annual report " Market survey on private equity and venture capital investments for the first 9 months of 2015" at the Forum on the development of regional innovation infrastructure "Innovation ecosystem", which was held in Sochi, 10-11 December
Six members of the federal start-up accelerator GenerationS, organized by the RVC, showcased their projects at iREX 2015, the largest international robot exhibition, which was held in Tokyo
Intel Corporation and the Russian Venture Company (RVC) presented the results of the research project aimed at studying digital DIY movement ("do it yourself") in Russia. The focus is on a community of fans, fond of crafting "smart" devices with their own hands and an ecosystem which has evolved thereof : fab labs , maker and hack spaces, school clubs and online communities
At the Venture Awards Russia 2015 ceremony, December 5, Russia’s first VC award went to RBV Capital in the New Player of the Year nomination
The RVC Biofund's portfolio company National bioservice has launched a service to produce tissue macrochips (TMA), designed to study cross- reactivity of antibodies to human tissues. These studies are a necessary step in developing therapeutic and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies and marketing domestic biosimilars
MaksTelKom company, the resident of "Skolkovo" foundation, the portfolio company of the fund "Civilian Technologies of the Military-Industrial Complex», engaging RVC capital, the developer of the first home product for installing fiber-optic networks, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Vologda Optical and Mechanical Plant ( JSC VOMZ ) , one of the largest Russian enterprises of optical instrument
On November 26, 2015 the certificates of advanced training were granted to the first graduates of the program "Management of corporate VC fund," organized by NRU Higher School of Economics on commission from RVC The graduates include senior and top specialists who are responsible for promoting innovation and investment policies in such companies as Basic Element, UAC , Rosa tom , Russian Railways, Inter RAO , Alfa-Bank , MTS , Kaspersky Lab and others
On November 17 the RVC office held the scientific workshop "Breakthrough technology as a factor of changing social and legislative landscape" The keynote report was delivered by Philip Shapira , the Professor at the University of Manchester and Georgia Institute of Technology
On Friday, November 13, Moscow hosted the final of the corporate accelerator Power&Energy GenerationS organized by RVC, Next Capital Center for Corporate Innovation and Directors Club for Science and Innovation, and supported by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
Moscow Seed Fund, together with RVC Biofund, invested RUR 16 m in ExoAthlete company. The company is a resident of Skolkovo and federal finalist of GenerationS-2014, a technology startups accelerator organized by RVC
Patient recruitment underway for Phase I/II clinical study
The first All-Russian Robot Battle was held in the framework of the Perm Engineering and Industrial Forum on November 12. The partners of the event were the Russian Venture Company and GenerationS, the federal startup accelerator. The main prize and the title of the first champion of Robot Battle-2015 were granted to X-FORCE, a team from Perm
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