Projects of Bitronics Lab ("Young neuromodeller") and "BAS Educational Kit" developed by the project teams — graduates from the GenerationS accelerator held by RVC, became the two of five NTI projects approved on December 15, 2016 at the proceeding of the interdepartmental task force supported by the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Economic Modernisation and Innovations of Russia.
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.
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
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
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
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
"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 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
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 St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University) presented the first Russian monitoring of the effectiveness of innovation universities.
RVC presented the results of the first monitoring technology start-ups — the participants of GenerationS accelerator — the largest in Russia and Eastern Europe