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RVC Infrafund invests in research and production company to improve industrial and environmental safety of energy companies and related industries

23.12.2016

RVC Infrafund has invested in leading scientific and production company ILMA (Saint-Petersburg). These investments will be spent on the development of production in St. Petersburg, development of engineering and service centres to ensure large-scale production facilities with quality reduction and regional expansion.

Oleg Fomichev: Appointed General Director RVC is Alexander Povalko

23.12.2016

On 23 December 2016, a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of RVC was held under the leadership of its Chairman - Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev; during this meeting, the Order of the General Meeting of shareholders was announced on the appointment of Alexander Povalko CEO and Chairman of the company.

A Russian-Belorussian Venture Investment Fund created

23.12.2016

RVC, RVC Infrafund and Belorussian Innovation Fund announced creation of a joint venture fund "Russian-Belorussian Venture Investment Fund." The target size of the fund will amount to 1.4 billion rubles with the possibility of a further increase upon investors' decision.

In 2016, the business-angel investment market grew by 30%

21.12.2016

Firrma supported by RVC and the National Association of Business Angels (NABA) present the annual ranking of business angels.

An accelerator for start-ups in the oil and gas industry Gubkin Innovation Booster with a prize fund of 100 thousand dollars to start in Russia

15.12.2016

The Gubkin Innovation Booster Accelerator for high-tech projects in the oil and gas industry was launched on 13 December 2016

The most active venture capital funds of 2016 have been identified

14.12.2016

An annual ranking of the activity of Russian venture capital funds from Firrma was published, which acts as a strategic partner of RVC partner — EY

The "Ecosystem of Innovations" Forum in Sochi identifies the priorities of the Russian Innovation Ecosystem development for 2017

12.12.2016

The III Annual Forum "Innovation Ecosystem" was held in Sochi on 5 and 6 December 2016; it was organized by RVC, which was attended by over 400 representatives of the venture capital market of the 25 Russian regions and four countries

"Open doors in corporations" in INVITRO

08.12.2016

On 2 December 2016, specialists and managers in the field of innovation management in Russian companies visited the laboratory complex of the largest private medical company in Russia — INVITRO

Saturn PJSC holds a face-to-face part of the TechNet track program of the GenerationS corporate accelerator

08.12.2016

On 8 December 2016, at the training centre of SPA Saturn PJSC, opened of the face-to-face part of the TechNet Corporate Accelerator program of the RVC GenerationS

Geosteering technologies attract more than $ 2 million of investment

08.12.2016

GTL Company (Geosteering technologies) — a Russian developer of industrial IoT technologies for the oil and gas industry, a portfolio company of the Phystech Ventures and North Energy Ventures funds, created with the participation of RVC, raised $ 2 million of investment

The results of the National rating of fast-growing companies "TechUp 2016" are now announced.

07.12.2016

On 7 December 2016 as part of the III Congress "Innovative practices: Science plus Business" the winners of the fifth annual national rating of Russian high-tech growth companies "TechUp-2016" were announced

RVC assesses the work of business incubators and accelerators

06.12.2016

Despite their young age, Russian incubators and accelerators are comparable with or outperform their foreign counterparts in many ways

The venture market shows a growing investment activity

06.12.2016

"Overview of the Market. Direct and venture capital investments in nine months of 2016" was presented at the special session of the "Venture Market: year’s results and future trends" within the Innovation Ecosystem Forum on 5 and 6 December

The best high-growing companies presented their projects to investors at the Seed Forum

06.12.2016

The 18th International Investment Forum - Seed Forum - was held On 1 December in Moscow

RVC and TPU have started to implement the concept of University 3.0

05.12.2016

The cooperation agreement provides support for innovation and entrepreneurship and the development of technology transfer, the development of new training programs for highly qualified personnel, as well as the development of scientific and research projects in the interests of NTI

RVC and Skolkovo Foundation presented the Russian start-ups at the international Slush technology forum

05.12.2016

Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Company (RVC) summed up the visit of the joint delegation of the two institutions in Helsinki (Finland) to participate in the Slush startup conference - the largest in Northern Europe (November 30 - December 1)

RVC and ITMO have studied the effectiveness of innovation activities of universities

05.12.2016

RVC and St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University) presented the first Russian monitoring of the effectiveness of innovation universities.

Russian corporations have selected 120 start-ups to work out joint projects

23.11.2016

The GenerationS accelerator — the largest in Russia and Eastern Europe organized by RVC has summarized the internal examination of the applications

GenerationS start-ups attract more than 1 billion rubles of investment

01.11.2016

RVC presented the results of the first monitoring technology start-ups — the participants of GenerationS accelerator — the largest in Russia and Eastern Europe

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