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The Pilot Educational Program of RVC and National Research University Higher School of Economics on Corporate Venture Capital Fund Management Starts in September

14.08.2015

The educational program "Corporate Venture Capital Fund Management" developed by the Institute of Innovation Management of the NRU HSE upon order of RVC starts in September 2015. It is aimed at staff of those corporations which intend to deal with venture capital investment in the long view

About 1,000 venture market players passed RPCS training intensives over six months

06.08.2015

RVC has summed up the regional practical consulting sessions (RPCS) for the first six months of 2015.  The free educational intensives were attended by about 1,000 people. More than 200 regional technology projects received expert advice

Сomposition of First Working Groups to Develop Road Maps of National Technology Initiative Approved

03.08.2015

In July 2015, the first meeting of the Interagency Working Group (IWG) for development and implementation of the National Technology Initiative of the Presidium of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation on economic modernization and innovative development of Russia. The meeting was chaired by Arkady Dvorkovich, Vice-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Andrey Belousov, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation

Microsoft to Support GenerationS Accelerator Startups and Join GenerationS SmartCity Track

20.07.2015

Young entrepreneurs will get help by Microsoft business experts and access to the company's state-of-art technology

More than two thousand technology companies will take part in GenerationS business acceleration program

15.07.2015

GenerationS 2015, a federal sturtup accelerator organised by RVC, has received 2,566 applications from young technology companies from 139 cities of 13 countries

Start of Tech in Media, the V Russian National Contest of Innovation Journalism – Advanced Production Stage Winners Announced

13.07.2015

As part of the international industrial exhibition "INNOPROM" hosted by Ural Federal University, July 10, there were announced the winners of the second regional stage of the All-Russian Contest of Innovative Journalism – Tech in Media'15 "Advanced Production" – established by RVC

Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has established the Leader of Open Innovation category within GenerationS

13.07.2015

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has become a partner of GenerationS, the federal accelerator for technology startups organized by RVC. Artem Shadrin, Director of the Department of Social Development and Innovation at the Ministry of Economic Development, has joined the Board of Trustees of the accelerator

Industry 4.0 – Future Production Processes

10.07.2015

As part of the international industrial exhibition "Innoprom 2015," there was held a panel discussion "Reboot of Production – New Architecture of Industrial Systems."

RVC and Venture Committee of Chinese Association for Financial Promotion of Science and Technology have signed an agreement on cooperation

09.07.2015

July 9, 2015, the document was signed by Igor Agamirzian, CEO of the Russian Venture Company (RVC), and Xu Xiaoping, Chairman of the Venture Committee of Chinese Association for Promotion of Science and Technology (the Committee)

Russian Venture Company (RVC) and ITMO University launch joint “Innovation and Commercialization” training program

26.06.2015

ITMO University (St Petersburg, Russia) has opened applications for specialists willing to join its Innovation and Commercialization professional development program. The course is conducted with the support of RVC and professors of Massachusetts Technology Institute (MIT)

Results of the 5th anniversary business breakfast "IT Industry in New Reality – Export Opportunities and Attractiveness of Domestic Market"

23.06.2015

Changes in IT business environment in the global market this year, actual strategies and necessary measures to support exporters, as well as a set of actions to enhance attractiveness of the domestic market to international players - these were the topics discussed by participants of this anniversary business breakfast "IT Industry in New Reality - Export Opportunities and Attractiveness of Domestic Market."

National Technology Initiative - Russia's leadership in global technology markets by 2035

18.06.2015

By 1 July 2015, a Report on the National Technology Initiative, containing the concept, draft roadmaps, and mechanisms of NTI organization and management is to be submitted to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

Is It Hobby or Industry? Intel and RVC to Study Prospects of Technical Creativity in Russia

17.06.2015

The Russian Venture Company (RVC) and Intel Corporation will make the first research of the Digital Do-It-Yourself movement in Russia. It is focused on the community of fans of making "smart" devices with their own hands and the ecosystem developed around them

Economy Modernisation Council Approved three Roadmaps of the National Technology Initiative

09.06.2015

Today the meeting of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for modernization of the economy and innovative development of Russia chaired by Dmitry Medvedev has been finished in Tatarstan

Over two months, More than 400 venture capital market participants have taken part in RPCS educational intensives

04.06.2015

RVC has summed up the regional practical consulting sessions (RPCS) for April and May 2015. More than 400 professionals from 11 cities of Russia and CIS countries took part in the free educational intensives

RVC signed a Memorandum on Cooperation with Korean Techno-Venture Foundation

02.06.2015

June 1, 2015, during the "Russian-Korean Week" in Moscow, Igor Agamirzian (CEO, Russian Venture Company) and Kwon Taek Oh (CEO, Korean Techno-Venture Foundation) signed a Memorandum on Cooperation in sharing information and cooperation in the field of technological innovation, including mutual support to innovative development of businesses and promotion of technological cooperation with universities

RVC and AIRR are accepting applications for TechUspekh 2015 rating

02.06.2015

The Russian Venture Company (RVC) and Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRR) in partnership with MSP Bank and PwC in Russia have started to prepare the annual national rating of Russian high-growth companies - TechUspekh 2015

Start of the V Russian National Contest of Innovation Journalism – Tech in Media: Technological Entrepreneurship Stage Winners Announced

25.05.2015

As part of the II Forum of Young Scientists U-NOVUS in Tomsk, there was held an wards ceremony for the winners of the first stage of the Tech in Media'15 innovative journalism contest titled "Technological Entrepreneurship," established by RVC

Tomsk Hosted U-Novus Forum of Young Researchers

25.05.2015

One of the first day's most important events was the GenerationS round table about the tools of corporate acceleration of startups

New Board of Directors at RVC

28.04.2015

On April 27, there was held the first meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors of Russian Venture Company OJSC. The new Board of Directors was elected on March 27 by the Federal Agency for State Property Management at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of RVC OJSC

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