Skolkovo

Innovation

Centre

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Russian Government established Skolkovo Innovation Centre to support innovations development in the country. Skolkovo supports not only domestic companies, but provides unique conditions for localization of R&D and engineering for foreign technological corporations

Skolkovo Innovation Center - Mission is to modernize Russian economy

Executive body

Council for Economic Modernization and Innovative Development

V.Putin - Chairman

D.Medvedev - Chairman of the

general committee

Board of Trustees

D.Medvedev – Chairman

Members: A.Dvorkovich. A.Siluanov,

A.Fursenko, V. Dmitriev, V. Surkov, V. Volodin V.,

S.Sobyanin, V.Fortov, N.Nikoforov, Z.Alferov,

I.Bortnik

•Defines composition of the

Board of Trustees

•Approves amendments to

the Charter

The Foundation Council

co-chairmen:

V. Vekselberg

C.Barrett

The Foundation Board I. Drozdov – Chairman

•Defines strategy

•Approves the Rules of the Project

•Approves Foundation Reports

•Facilitates execution of

the Strategy

•Approves the budget

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Skolkovo mission is to unite

science, industry and entrepreneurship

Science

Industry Startups

• >1500 Hi-tech

startup companies

• >18 000 employees

• >10% of all

international IP

applications from

Russia

• 450 PhD and MSc now

• 1200 – by 2020

• 10 centers of science, and

education and innovation

• 15 by 2020

• 70 Russian and

international

corporations set up their

R&D centers in Skolkovo

• > 5500 employees

• > 400 industrial

companies connected to

Skolkovo ecosystem

• 70 venture capital funds

Skolkovo focus areas – “clusters”:

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Skolkovo Innovation Centre - unique conditions for innovators to work and live

20 minutes

from Moscow center

• 30 000 people

• 450 ha of land

• 2,5 mln sq m2

• completion by 2020

Skoltech University

Technopark – the biggest in Eastern Europe

Corporate R&D

Residence Environment

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Skolkovo Innovation Centre - 2020

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Skolkovo Innovation Centre - 2016

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Skolkovo provides financing and supports the technologies

that may be commercialized also by the international corporations

R&D infrastructure

– Offices, labs

– Shared use centers

– Cooperation with

industrial leaders

Financial support

– Non-refundable grants

up to 300 million RUB

(~4 mln EUR)

– Almost tax-fee regime

(available also for

corporate R&D centres)

Business development

– Mentorship and

acceleration

– Venture investors and

business angels

– Access to markets and

promotion

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Skolkovo – the biggest startup incubator in Russia

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Skolkovo – base for corporate R&D

As of today 70 large and medium Russian and international companies committed to locate R&D 5500 employees by 2018

90 R&D centers 7000 employees

by 2020

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Skolkovo – provider of new technologies for Russian market

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Skolkovo is a unique place for doing high-tech business

Cutting-edge technologies created by startups, which receive substantial financial and mentoring support from Skolkovo Foundation

Optimisation of R&D costs - Significant tax exemptions for R&D centres, sharing cost for R&D with start-ups that receive grant financing

Greatest minds - centre of attraction for to the top scientists and engineers from all over Russia, providing unique source of human resources

Laboratory infrastructure of Technopark is available for joint use

International research collaboration on the basis of SkolTech

Comfortable conditions for work and life in the unique city infrastructure specially developed to host demanding top professionals

Access to Russian government and policymakers - Skolkovo is developing under the strong support from the federal government. R&D centre at Skolkovo provides exceptional visibility to state authorities

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Formats of cooperation with corporations

Bring new technologies and products of Skolkovo startups to the market

Purchase of products/technologies

Joint R&D and co-financing

Regular search of new startups and ideas

Testing and pilot implementation

Locate R&D center in Skolkovo

Engineering/R&D corporate team based at Skolkovo campus

Consortiums with other companies for joint development of technologies

Participate in Skolkovo ecosystem

Mentoring the most promising teams

Conferences, workshops, masterclasses

Cooperation with Skoltech – research programs and students

Russia is not only a market for international companies, but also a source of high quality R&D people available at cost much lower than abroad and technologies from Russian start-ups that may be integrated in the world-wide operations