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
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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
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 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
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
A demo day of BiotechMed GenerationS was also held in Tomsk, where the 5 finalists of the track were determined
The final of the program of the track dedicated to Smart Cities technologies was held in Seed Forum, the investment forum at the site of PJSC Moscow Stock Exchange. he final was attended by about 70 interested representatives of investment funds, municipalities and corporations, including Igor Kaloshin, CEO of Intel Software LLC; Alexander Danilin, Head of Microsoft Strategic Projects; Alexander Gavrilov, IBM’s Deputy CEO for Business Development, and many others
Following the results of GenerationS Oil&Gas corporate accelerator, held by RVC, five most promising startups from around the country were selected to give a speech at III Moscow Corporate Venture Summit and compete for GenerationS prize pool
The Russian Government approved the procedure and rules to implement the "road maps" by National Technology Initiative (NTI). The relevant announcement was published on the governmental website
LighTech project, participant in GenerationS accelerator, has become one of the best Open Innovation start-ups
On October 30, 2015, at the Open Innovation Forum, Igor Agamirzyan, RVC CEO, and Eduard Galazhinsky, rector of Tomsk State University, signed a cooperation agreement
On October 29, the draft National Report "On innovations in Russia" was presented at "Open Innovation" Forum. The report provides a qualitative assessment of the current state of the Russian innovation ecosystem and the effectiveness of the last years reforms, as well as defines key areas for federal innovation policy adjustments
On October 29, 2015, Igor Agamirzyan, RVC CEO, and Dr. Heuijae Pahk, President & National CTO of MOTIE Office of Strategic R & D Planning, signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of technological innovations. The document was signed in Moscow as part of the "Open Innovation" Forum
On October 28, the "Open Innovation" Forum held the "Venture capital investment – 2015" National Award Ceremony. The award established by RVCA and RVC in 2014, is awarded to the leaders of Russian VC industry - to the funds demonstrating a high class and investment culture, establishing professional standards of business practices and identifying key trends in the domestic venture capital industry
On October 28, during Open Innovation Moscow International Forum, the winners of TechUspekh, fourth national rating of Russian high-growth companies, were announced. According to the rating results, the technological "gazelles" made a breakthrough last year in terms of revenue growth: if in 2013, the growth of the total revenues was 18%, in 2014 it reached 35%
On October 28, in Moscow, the "Open Innovation" Forum held a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of V Russian National Contest of Innovation Journalism "Tech in Media", established by RVC. The contest aim is at encourage and promote activities of the journalists covering the topic of scientific development, successful examples of commercialization, as well as attracting attention of larger segment of society to the issues of technological development of Russia
VTB24 became a partner of GenerationS, Federal Startup Accelerator, organized by the fund of funds and RVC OJSC Institute for development. The Bank introduced its own nomination "Your business opportunities" for the contest participants and prepared a special prize for the best project author. The award ceremony will be held in Moscow on November 24
Regional sessions are interesting and necessary to the regions as, first of all, the work with companies is carried out in the field, and the federal experts are totally in the local context. Regional Practical Consulting Sessions (RPCS) represent the RVC's own format
On October 17, 2015 in Togliatti the most successful aerospace projects were identified at the GenerationS which was organized by RVC