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ANNUAL REPORTOF SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION 2014

MOSCOW, 2015

CREATING INNOVATIONS – 20151section

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SECTION 1. FOREWORD ......................................................................................................05SECTION 2. SKOLKOVO ECOSYSTEM ..............................................................................07

SKOLKOVO STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION STAGES ..................................................................09PLACE OF SKOLKOVO IN THE RUSSIAN INNOVATION SYSTEM ....................................................12PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ......................................................................16ACHIEVEMENT OF THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF THE SUBPROGRAM 'CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER ............................................................................................20

SECTION 3. TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS ..............................................................................21TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS ........................................................................................................23INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER ................................................................................24SKOLKOVO ROBOCENTER ......................................................................................................26SPACE TECHNOLOGIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLUSTER ................................................28BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER ....................................................................................30ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER ......................................................................32NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER ........................................................................................34NEW AREAS OF CLUSTERS' ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................36

SECTION 4. INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES................................................................................37SECTION 5. INVESTORS AND MENTORS ..........................................................................41

VENTURE INVESTORS ..............................................................................................................43 RESULTS OF VENTURE INVESTMENTS......................................................................................46INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATION PROGRAMS............................................................................47MENTOR PROGRAM ................................................................................................................48

SECTION 6. SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................49SKOLKOVO TECHNOPARK ........................................................................................................51SKOLKOVO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CENTRE........................................................................52

SECTION 7. EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ..............................................................53SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ..........................................................55SKOLKOVO OPEN UNIVERSITY ................................................................................................57

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SECTION 8. INNOVATION CITY OF SKOLKOVO ................................................................59INNOVATION CITY ....................................................................................................................61SKOLKOVO SCHOOL ................................................................................................................63

SECTION 9. CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY ......................................................................65INNOVATION CENTER CONSTRUCTION STAGES ........................................................................66SKOLTECH ..............................................................................................................................68TECHNOPARK ..........................................................................................................................69TECHNOPARK OFFICE CENTER ................................................................................................70UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE....................................................................................................71RENOVA LAB ............................................................................................................................72MATRYOSHKA – A BUSINESS CENTER IN SKOLKOVO ................................................................72GALLERY BUSINESS CENTER ..................................................................................................73KEY PARTNERS' ZONE..............................................................................................................73INTERNATIONAL AVIATION ACADEMY ........................................................................................74PIPE METALLURGICAL COMPANY (TMK) ....................................................................................74TATNEFT ..................................................................................................................................75SBERBANK ..............................................................................................................................75APARTMENTS ..........................................................................................................................76FAMILY CAMPUS ......................................................................................................................76

SECTION 10. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE........................................................................77SKOLKOVO PROJECT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ....................................................................79MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ................................................................................80FOUNDATION COUNCIL ............................................................................................................81FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................83GRANT COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................84SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL ..............................................................................................85CITY PLANNING BOARD ............................................................................................................86INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ..............................................................................................87

SECTION 11. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................89CONTACTS ..............................................................................................................................92


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Skolkovo exists not in the vacuum, and the last yearwas not an easy and trouble-free one for us, just asfor the entire economy of Russia. Stagnation, de-creasing domestic demand, sharp currency rate fluc-tuations, and a contracting domestic venture capitalmarket, as well as other negative factors obviouslyaffected the project implementation progress. Still, I can say with satisfaction that we have achieved allperformance indicators set by the Government of theRussian Federation to evaluate our performance andeven exceeded some, rather significantly. Revenuesfrom scientific research activities by the Skolkovoparticipant companies totalled RUB 43.6bn, which ismore than 8 times higher than the target level. 13.5knew jobs were created, 1.5 times above the targetlevel. 645 intellectual property applications were filed(3 times above the target).To tell the truth, our greatest concern in the existingeconomical situation was a considerable decrease ofprivate investments in the projects of the participants.However, we almost achieved the target level for thisperformance indicator as well, although not withoutdifficulties, with last year's private investments exceeding RUB 4bn. It might not be an original thingto say that the unfavourable economic environmentnot only causes difficulties, but also opens up newopportunities. This statement is totally true for our project as well. As soon as the country began to seean increased demand for local innovations, it be-came clear that the Skolkovo ecosystem is for themost part ready to satisfy such demand. During thelast year alone about 20 major and medium-sizedhigh-tech Russian companies having realized theadvantages of joining the ecosystem, decided to setup their R&D centers at the Skolkovo InnovationCenter. Sectoral ministries and agencies started asystematic search for promising technologies atSkolkovo that are in demand in different areas ofmanufacture. Many public and private corporationsin Russia are testing or already implementing the solutions developed by our participant companies.Preparations were completed to launch R&D in anew area, agriculture, which will include support toinnovative projects in animal husbandry, horticulture,forestry and microbiology.All this was made possible due to the creation of thebasic infrastructure of the Innovation Center and improvement of the mechanisms of its functioning.

Thus, the results of 2014 fully confirmed that theright development strategy for the Innovation Centerhad been chosen, with its focus on the developmentof a dynamic self-evolving ecosystem resistant tofluctuations in the commodity markets and to localchanges in the economic situation. We treat eco-nomic hardships as an additional challenge and animpetus to accelerate the implementation of theSkolkovo Project and 'fine tune' it based on our recessionary experience.

Viktor Vekselberg,President of the Skolkovo Foundation

WE HAVE ACHIEVED ALL PERFORMANCE INDICATORSSET BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO EVALUATE OUR PERFORMANCE AND EVEN EXCEEDED SOME.

FOREWORD

SKOLKOVOECOSYSTEM


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SKOLKOVO STRATEGYIMPLEMENTATIONSTAGESThe development strategy is reflected in the state subpro-gram 'Creation and Development of the Skolkovo InnovationCenter', a part of the state program 'Economic Developmentand Innovation Economy.' The strategy includes three keystages of the innovation center development.

THE SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER DEVELOPMENTSTRATEGY BY 2020 WAS APPROVED AT THE END OF 2012.

ECONOMY ANDINNOVATIONS

CREATION AND GENERATION OF A CRITICAL MASS OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE INNOVATIONECOSYSTEM1

stage

IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OFTHE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE INNOVA-TION ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTA-TION OF ROTATION MECHANISMS INSIDE THE ELEMENTS AND ENSUR-ING OF INTEGRATION AND INTERAC-TION BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS

2stage

SHIFT TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTION OF THE COMMER-CIALIZATION POTENTIAL OF THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM3

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The activities of the first development stage were,for the most part, successfully completed in 2010-2013: a community of tech startups was created, industrial partners and investors were engaged,and the development of physical and services infra-structure of the innovation center started.The first quantitative milestone was reached in2013, when the number of startups exceeded 1000.The number of participants of the Skolkovo innova-tion ecosystem totalled 1070 in 2014, the revenuesexceeded RUB 43.6bn, accrued private invest-ments went beyond RUB 11bn and 13.5k new jobswere created.In the new context, the key goal for this stage is toaccelerate the development of internal links between the elements and enhance cooperationwithin the ecosystem. As a rule, global innovationcenters had much more time to develop links withintheir ecosystems and did not face many challengesat the initial stage of development, thus being ableto let their ecosystems develop more sponta-neously.

THE FIRST QUANTITATIVE MILESTONE WASREACHED IN 2013, WHEN THE NUMBER OF STARTUPS EXCEEDED 1000.

STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION

OVER 1000companies foundedstartups

OVER 11billion roublesof private investments

OVER 13 500professional jobs created

RUB 43.6 BILLIONof revenues generated by the ecosystem

2014

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The current agenda dictates that the InnovationCenter should be more actively involved in the de-velopment of the connections.Achieving this goal requires activities to attractnew and intensify the cooperation with the existingindustrial partners, building a sustainable invest-ment community and success stories of invest-ments in tech startups, and a targeted approach tostartup acceleration using all the capabilities of thephysical and service infrastructure, as well as ofthe international partner network of the InnovationCenter. In the existing conditions, of special impor-tance is targeted acceleration of innovative projects, which will be supported by the Founda-tion clusters. In an unfavourable environment, thecost of mistake at the start of an innovative project increases multifoldly, while acceleration will increase the share of startups able to passthrough the 'death valley.'Integration of Skolkovo to the Russian innovationecosystem and international ecosystem interactionis an important goal as well.

IN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, OF SPECIALIMPORTANCE IS TARGETED ACCELERATION OFINNOVATIVE PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE SUPPORTED BYTHE FOUNDATION CLUSTERS.

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PLACE OF SKOLKOVOIN THE RUSSIANINNOVATION SYSTEM

AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM,EVEN THE LARGEST ONE, CANNOT FUNCTIONIN ISOLATION FROM THE COUNTRY'S INNOVATION SYSTEM.

COOPERATION OF THE FOUNDATION WITH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS AND STATE CORPORATIONS

Development institutions play a critical role in build-ing links between the Skolkovo ecosystem and thecommunity of tech startups in Russia. The 'Innova-tion elevator', a system of comprehensive supportfor promising projects at different stages of develop-ment, is a key mechanism ensuring the 'integration'and 'coherence' of the ecosystem.The existing development institutions cover all inno-vative product development stages, from an idea toentering the capital markets. The role of theSkolkovo Foundation is not only working with the ex-isting projects and companies, but rather developingnew ones. The sources of startups for the SkolkovoFoundation can include both the companies that arealready part of the 'innovation elevator' system (e.g.those coming from the Foundation for Assistance toSmall Innovative Enterprises in Science and Tech-nology) and companies attracted to the Skolkovoecosystem through mechanisms other than the inno-vation elevator.The Foundation and development institutions coope-rate in the following areas:

1. CROSS-MEMBER-SHIP IN GOVERNINGBODIES

2. REGULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF INNOVATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

3. PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATIONS IN RUSSIA


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Representatives of the Foundation form part of theBoard of Directors of RUSNANO OJSC and Vneshe-conombank. RUSNANO's representatives are mem-bers of the Skolkovo Foundation Council.Development institutions cooperatively implement innovation elevator mechanisms providing consis-tent support to innovative tech startups at differentstages of their development.The cooperation with the Foundation for Assistanceto Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Tech-nology has resulted in over 100 innovative compa-nies acquiring the status of Skolkovo Projectparticipant.Within the cooperation with RVC, over 10 dealshave been closed to provide financing to SkolkovoProject participants; cumulative investments of RVCfunds in participant companies totalled approxi-mately RUB 550M in 2013-2014, with over 40 portfolio companies of RVC funds being Skolkovoparticipants.Financing from VEB Innovations Fund totalled aboutRUB 500M, with financial support granted to 17 par-ticipants. There are 34 Skolkovo Project participantcompanies, where RUSNANO holds a share; and allgrant projects involving RUSNANO (including fundsof all co-investors) amount to approximately RUB 740M. In addition, 2 companies, in which RUS-NANO holds a share, were accredited as commonuse centers by the Skolkovo Technopark.The Skolkovo Foundation has been actively cooper-ating with development institutions within jointevents aimed at promoting technological innova-tions, as well as at developing and acceleratingstartups. The All-Russian Startup Tour and StartupVillage should be mentioned among major jointevents. The prize winners at these contests may receive financial support and may be granted thestatus of Skolkovo Project participant. An importantgoal addressed by the Skolkovo Foundation in orderto build domestic demand for innovations is cooper-ation with major partially state-owned companies.Work with those companies covers a whole range ofareas, including the organisation of information shar-ing between startups and state-owned companies,

DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS COOPERATIVELY IMPLEMENT INNOVATION ELEVATOR MECHANISMSPROVIDING CONSISTENT SUPPORT TO INNOVATIVETECH STARTUPS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

COOPERATION OF THE FOUNDATION WITH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS AND STATE CORPORATIONS


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as well as methodology and management of plan-ning and implementation of innovative activity aimedat the presentation of in state-owned companies. Active cooperation aimed at the presentation ofSkolkovo projects is taking place, for example, withthe companies of the Rostec Holding, in terms ofwhich over 20 projects of Skolkovo startups were in-troduced for consideration to the Scientific and Tech-nical Council of Rostec. As regards the cooperationwith oil and gas companies, work with Gazprom JSC,Gazpromneft JSC and Rosneft JSC should be men-tioned. Interaction was launched between the NuclearTechnologies Cluster and Rosatom State Corporationto implement the projects of Skolkovo participants.Within the extended program of the All-RussianStartup Tour 2015, contests of innovative projects,

THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ACTIVELY COOPERATING WITH REGIONAL COMMUNITIES TO SHARE AND SCALE ITS EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND CREATION OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE INNOVATION PROCESS PARTICIPANTS.

SCALING OF EXPERIENCEOF THE SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER IN REGIONS

round table discussions and master classes, as wellas meetings with business angels and venture in-ventors were held in 12 cities. In 2015, the All-Russian Startup Tour for the first time reached beyond Russia, reaching Minsk (Belarus) and Almaty (Kazakhstan).

THE NUMBER OF STARTUP TOUR2015 PARTICIPANTS


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The development of an innovation ecosystem is impossible without successful cooperation with the research community. The Skolkovo Foundation coop-erates with the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)and the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations(FASO) in a wide range of areas. The guidelines onintellectual property commercialization and spin-offcreation using university scientific developments weredrafted with the support of the Skolkovo IntellectualProperty Centre. In cooperation with the RAS Tech-nology Transfer Center and RUSNANO, the SkolkovoFoundation held the workshop 'Creating a SuccessfulAcademic Startup', with over 40 teams participating.An active work on preparation and promotion of the innovative projects is underway with 19 RAS insti-tutes, including the Institute for Information Transmis-sion Problems, the Program Systems Institute of RAS,the Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch ofRAS, the Institute of High Current Electronics of theSiberian Branch of RAS, the Institute of Laser Physicsof the Siberian Branch of RAS, and the Blokhin Russ-ian Cancer Research Center. The projects of RASinstitutes took and still take an active part in the All-Russian Startup Tour and Startup Village.The Skolkovo Foundation attracts research projects: interms of the Skolkovo-FASO contest – 248 applicationssubmitted, with 14 finalists and a number of teams notqualified for the final invited to become residents of theInnovation Center. Representatives of FASO institutesare also involved in the work of the expert panel of allclusters of the Foundation, with over 20 academiciansand corresponding members of RAS acting as expertswithin the procedures of the Foundation.The educational activities of the Innovation Center include educational programs (seasonal schools) foryoung scientists, aimed at building a community ofyoung scientists and professionals who will join thecandidate pool in the field of commercialization and in-novative activity for the Russian academic community.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMIS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION WITH THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY.

COOPERATION WITHRAS AND FASO

WORK ON INNOVATIVEPROJECTS IS UNDERWAYWITH 19 RAS INSTITUTES

248 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE SKOLKOVO-FASO CONTEST

OVER 20 ACADEMICIANS AND CORRE-SPONDING MEMBERS OF RAS ACT AS EXPERTS OF THE FOUNDATION


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PROMOTIONOF INTERNATIONALCOOPERATION

The Foundation's clusters, Skoltech's centers of sci-ence, innovations and education, as well as Founda-tion's industrial partners serve as points where newlinks emerge between the Innovation Center and inter-national communities of experts, entrepreneurs, re-searchers and investors.In today's world, success of tech startups should notbe limited to the market of one country only, even to ahuge one like that of Russia. In this connection, theFoundation has been actively promoting cooperationwith international commercialization programs. Over30 participants joined international acceleration pro-grams.Currently, over 80 Skolkovo Project participants oper-ate in the markets of Europe, America and Asia. In2014-2015, the countries of the Asia-Pacific Regionbecame a part of top-priority regions for the interna-tional expansion of Skolkovo startups.

THE SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER IS TIGHTLY INTEGRATED IN THE GLOBAL INNOVATION SYSTEMAND IS CONNECTED WITH A NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION CENTERS,TECHNOPARKS, DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL CENTERS.

GLOBAL INTEGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THESKOLKOVO CENTER

OVER 80 SKOLKOVO PROJECT PARTICIPANTSOPERATE IN THE MARKETS OF EUROPE, AMERICA AND ASIA

OVER 30 PARTICIPANTS JOINED INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATION PROGRAMS


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Russia's shift to the cooperation with the countries ofthe Asia-Pacific Region and the intensification of itsplans for economic development of the Far East dictatethe need to expand the presence of the Skolkovo Foun-dation in the Far Eastern Federal District. Opened inApril 2015, the Foundation's Branch in the Far East willbecome a pilot project for the development of a branchnetwork and testing the regional model of presence.The Foundation's Branch will serve as a catalyst to thedevelopment of the innovation ecosystem in the FarEast, building a community of startups and establishingrelations with local, regional and international ventureinvestors, industrial partners, research centers andtechnoparks.

THE FOUNDATION'S BRANCH WILL SERVE AS A CATALYSTTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMIN THE FAR EAST, BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF STARTUPS.

SKOLKOVO IN THE FAR EAST REGION

THE CHANCE TO HOST THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONOF SCIENCE PARKS AND AREAS OF INNOVATION (IASP)WORLD CONFERENCE 2016 IS SEEN AS A PRIVILEGE.

WORLD CONFERENCEFOR TECHNOPARKS

IASP World Conference is 'the Olympic Games amongtechnoparks' and a key forum for meetings, networkingand experience sharing between the leaders and chiefexecutives of science parks and innovation developmentareas from all over the world. Every year, the conferenceis hosted by a different country, with the host technoparkselected on a competitive basis two years prior to theconference. In a persistent struggle, the SkolkovoTechnopark won the right to host IASP 2016. Russiawas supported by technoparks from Asia, Europe andthe United States. With their votes, these countries ac-knowledged the important role of Russia in today's inno-vations. Russia's application won by the widest marginever seen over the 33-year history of IASP: 121 partici-pants voted for Russia, with 45 and 39 votes for Turkeyand the Netherlands, respectively. Such victory is cer-tainly a sign of recognition of the first, but already notice-able success of Russia on its way to innovation-drivendevelopment. For Russian technoparks, the conferenceis a unique opportunity to share experience with theleading global experts, expand their networks of workingcontacts, discuss topical issues and find ways for coop-eration and interaction with colleagues.


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INTERNATIONALOF THE SKOLKOVO


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startups participating in the Skolkovo Projectoperate in international markets

patents granted to Skolkovo startups in foreign countries in 2013-2014

international applications filed in 2013-2014

international companies cooperatingwith Skolkovo Foundation

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No. INDICATOR ACTUAL2013

ACTUAL2014

ACTUAL2010-2015

1 IP applications for intellectual property createdat Skolkovo 484 645 1288

2 Patents granted in foreign countries, includingthe United States, Europe, and Japan 29 27 56

3Private investments attracted to Skolkovo,including investments in participants andSkoltech, RUB bn

3,4 4,5 11,1

4Revenues from research activities of theSkolkovo Project participants (cumulative),RUB bn

15,7 43,6 43,6

5 Decrease in average period of commercializa-tion of Skolkovo participants' projects, % 0 5 5

6Publications indexed by the Web of Science(per 1 Skoltech researcher), per 1 faculty member per year

7 Share of Skoltech graduates involved ininnovative activity, %

8Integral contribution of the Skolkovo Projectto the economy of the Russian Federation (cumulative), RUB bn

9 Index of innovation center suitability for life and work (happiness index)

ACHIEVEMENT OF THE KEY PERFORMANCEINDICATORS OF THE SUBPROGRAM 'CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THESKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER'

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TECHNOLOGYSTARTUPSTHE TECH STARTUPS OF SKOLKOVO ARE SMALL HIGH-TECH COMPANIES CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN THE RELEVANT FIELDS OF THE CENTER'S ACTIVITY,WHICH HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY EXPERTS AND GRANTED A PROJECT PARTICIPANT STATUS.

SOME RESULTSOF CENTER'SWORK

APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPANT STATUS: 6873RUSSIAN REGIONS PARTICIPATING: 49

PARTICIPANT COMPANIES: 1147 REVENUES OF PARTICIPANT COMPANIES: 43,6 RUB BN

PRIVATE INVESTMENTS: 11,1 RUB BNFIRM COMMITMENTS OF ACCREDITED

INVESTORS TO FINANCE PARTICIPANTS: 4,3 RUB BNAPPROVED GRANTS: 10,6 RUB BN

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY APPLICATIONS: 1288PATENTS AND CERTIFICATES: 500

JOBS AT PARTICIPANT COMPANIES: 13,5 THOUSAND

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESCLUSTER

THE KEY GOAL OF THE CLUSTER IS TO FOSTER A COMPREHENSIVE ECOSYSTEM IN RUSSIA FOR THEHIGH-TECH PROJECTS OF SKOLKOVO PARTICIPANTS IN THE IT SECTOR.

CLUSTER'S GOALS:

The Cluster is focused on the following top-priority in-novations:

new audio, video and image search, recognition and processing engines;

new development and testing tools and environments;

development of communication and navigation technology;

new means of data storage, processing, transmission and display;

development of new high-throughput computing and data storage systems;

safe information technology;mobile, embedded and wearable devices,

and related software;big data processing and analysis;new developments in computer graphics

and gamification;intelligent robotics and autonomous vehicles;cloud technologies and services;new design, development and control systems.

jobs at participant companies

8,6THOUSAND

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WORK BY THE FOUNDATION IN ALL OF THE AREASLISTED ABOVE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND IS BEING EXPANDED AND STRUCTURED, ENABLING TO ACHIEVEGREAT RESULTS.

OVERVIEW OF THE ITCLUSTER'S RESULTS

participantcompanies

336private

investments

4,2RUB BN

revenues of participant companies

29,5RUB BN

intellectual property

applications

432 APPLICATIONS

patents andcertificates

155industrial partners

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SKOLKOVO ROBOCENTER

INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS IS ONE OF THE GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES THAT, SIMILARLY TO MODERN TRANSPORT OR THE INTERNET, WILL DETERMINE WHAT THE SOCIETY OF THE SIXTH TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM WILL LOOK LIKE.

RESEARCH IN ROBOTICS

In general, robotics should be understood as intelli-gent (i.e. with a high degree of autonomy) industrialand service robotics (both personal and profes-sional), including autonomous and unmannedground, aerial and sea vehicles.The annual global economic impact of intelligent ro-botics can exceed USD 6.3 trillion by 2025. Takinginto account Russia's contribution to global econ-omy, its economic benefits from the application of ro-botics may amount up to USD 220 billion annually(approximately 6% of Russian GDP).The Skolkovo Interdisciplinary Robotics Center com-prises 35 companies implementing science-intensiveprojects in industrial and service robotics, which ac-counts for approximately 20-25% of all entities en-gaged in R&D in robotics in Russia.


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During the past year, the Foundation awarded sev-eral grants to support research in robotics to variousprojects, such as Wicron (development of an au-tonomous control system for a telepresence bot), KBAvrora (development of an open platform for au-tonomous control testing), RoboCV (development ofan autopilot for warehouse machines; it raised thelargest venture investments in Russia for projects ofthat kind).In 2014, we found and raised from the dunghill,through the Startup Village 'catapult', a unique Russ-ian project for the development of a rehabilitation ex-oskeleton called 'Exoatlet'. The team alreadydeveloped their first prototype exoskeleton that wastime and again demonstrated to a wide audience.The companies included in the Skolkovo Robocenterhave registered 40 intellectual property items.Our goal is to transform the Skolkovo Robocenterinto the Russia's largest and most powerful commer-cialization center for projects in civil robotics by2016.

INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

PRIVATE INVESTMENTS

REVENUES OF PARTICIPANT COMPANIES


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SPACE TECHNOLOGIES ANDTELECOMMUNICATIONSCLUSTER

CLUSTER'S PRIORITY IS TO ATTRACT AND SELECT ENTITIES DEVELOPING INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELD OF SPACE VEHICLE DESIGN AND OPERATION AND DIVERSITY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY.

ECONOMY AND SCIENCE IN THECLUSTER'S WORK

PARTICIPANT COMPANIES

PATENTS AND CERTIFICATES

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137 APPLICATIONS0,5 RUB BN1,5 RUB BN120

JOBS AT PARTICIPANT COMPANIES600


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The Cluster is focused on the following top-priority innovations:

elements and systems for the space and the ground segment of space vehicles;

products and services using the capabilities of space vehicles;

industrial and research technologies and software for the aerospace industry;

top-priority areas in telecommunication development;

integrated aerospace technologies.

THE KEY GOALS OF THE CLUSTER ARE TO DEVELOP ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROMOTE PROMISING PROJECTS IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY AND IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS.

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BIOMEDICALTECHNOLOGIESCLUSTER

TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, THE CLUSTER GRANTED FINANCIAL AID TO 80 PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF DIAGNOSTICS, THERAPY AND BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS.

SUCCESSES


227REVENUES OF PARTICI-PANT COMPANIES

4,4RUB BN

PRIVATE INVESTMENTS

2,6RUB BN

INTELLECTUALPROPERTY

223PATENTS AND CERTIFICATES

91INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS

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JOBS AT PARTICIPANTCOMPANIES

1,5THOUSAND

APPLICATIONS


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materials, devices and products for modification of the structure or function and visualization of biological tissues, organs and cells;

development of drugs and therapeutic agents;-omics technologies and bioinformatics;cell and tissue therapy.

THE INNOVATIONS IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS IN REGENERATIVE AND CELLTECHNOLOGIES, BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOPHOTONICSWILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE OUR LIFE.

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ENERGY EFFICIENCYTECHNOLOGIESCLUSTER

USING THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN THE FIELDOF ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, WE SHOULD BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND DEVELOPEDECONOMIES AND DEVELOP THE AREAS CONNECTEDWITH INNOVATIVE TRENDS.

CLUSTER'S CAPABILITIES


269PRIVATE

INVESTMENTS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

405PATENTS AND CERTIFICATES

161INDUSTRIALPARTNERS

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JOBS AT PARTICIPANTCOMPANIES

2,4

REVENUES OF PARTICIPANT COMPANIES

6RUB BN 3,3RUB BN

APPLICATIONS

THOUSAND


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AN IMPORTANT GOAL OF THIS CLUSTER IS TO DEVELOPSOLUTIONS AIMED AT OPTIMIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY INDUSTRIAL ENTITIES, HOUSING ANDUTILITIES SECTOR, AND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

GOALS OFINNOVATIVE ACTIVITY


oil and gas – exploration and production technologies; oil and gas – processing technologies,

oil and natural gas chemistry; energy accumulation; fuel generation of electric power; renewable energy sources; hydrogen energy; electric power transmission; solutions for the housing and utilities sector; industrial solutions.


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NUCLEARTECHNOLOGIESCLUSTER

THE CLUSTER IS FOCUSED ON NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGIES, ON NUCLEAR MEDICINE,AND ON THE USE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES IN AGRICULTURE.

KEY AREAS

PARTICIPANT COMPANIES118 REVENUES

OF PARTICIPANTCOMPANIES0,9RUB BN

0,6RUB BNPRIVATEINVESTMENTS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY91APPLICATIONS

PATENTS AND CERTIFICATES38 INDUSTRIAL

PARTNERS8JOBS AT PARTICIPANTCOMPANIES600


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industrial technologies using the developments of nuclear science;

technologies of use of radiation and electromagnetic fields;

technologies for the development, modification and qualification of materials;

technologies for machine building, instrument making and new microelectronics;

technologies for design, development, simulation and engineering of complex technologic facilities and systems.

FOSTERING AND MAINTAINING AN ATTRACTIVEECOSYSTEM AIMED AT ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCYOF INTERACTION OF ALL ITS ELEMENTS REMAIN THE GOALS OF THE CLUSTER.

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NEW AREASOF CLUSTERS'ACTIVITY

The Foundation strives to actively develop centers ofexcellence in the promising areas of innovative activ-ity, with the Information Technologies Cluster settingup robotics and gamification centers, the BiomedicalTechnologies Cluster developing oncology area andworking to launch the agricultural area, and the Energy Efficiency Technologies Cluster establishingan oil and gas technology center.

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The industrial partners take an active part in the workdone in the innovation ecosystem in a wide range offields: on the one hand, they are actively involved inresearch carried out within the Innovation Center, and,on the other hand, they generate demand for innova-tions, financing research and buying the findings of theresearch developed by startups. The partners alsoplay an important role in supporting project commer-cialization programs as they provide mentoring andbuy companies and technologies.Considerable efforts invested in attracting Russian andglobal industrial companies have yielded certain re-sults: 49 companies have become Foundation resi-dents and announced their intention to establish R&Dcenters at Skolkovo.

AS PART OF THE FINE-TUNING OF THE SKOLKOVO CENTER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, SPECIAL ATTENTION IS PAID TO THE PROMOTION OF ECOSYSTEMCOOPERATION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS.

PARTNERSHIP IN INNOVATIONS

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As part of the fine-tuning of the Innovation Centerdevelopment strategy, special attention is paid tothe promotion of ecosystem cooperation with the in-dustrial partners.First of all, this includes assistance of the partnersin creating new jobs, developing the required re-search competences and attracting investments inthe creation of research infrastructure of partners'R&D centers. Jobs at R&D centers will account forat least a quarter of all jobs within the ecosystem.Population of the office and research facilities, aswell as accommodation within the innovation centeris another priority in cooperation with the industrialpartners.A number of industrial partners, including Kamaz,Rosatom, Dauria, Tatneft and Technoserv, alreadyhave offices at the innovation center. The total areaof the R&D centers expected to be set up within theInnovation Center is approximately 260k sq.m.

POPULATION OF THE OFFICE AND RESEARCHFACILITIES, AS WELL AS ACCOMMODATION WITHIN THE INNOVATION CENTER IS AN IMPORTANT AREA OF COOPERATION.

SKOLKOVOPARTNERS

60industrial companies becamepartners of the Foundation

260 thousand sq.m.area of R&D centers

49industrial partners will establish R&D centers

5000employees at R&D centers

2015INDUSTRIAL

PARTNERSHIP

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VENTUREINVESTORSProviding accessible venture capital financing andsupporting the commercialization of project compa-nies are the key areas of cooperation with the Foun-dation's venture partners. The Foundation strives tobe actively involved in establishing relations betweeninvestors and startups. For this purpose, variousevents, including pitch sessions, competitions andproject presentations, are held on a regular basis.Skolkovo set up a forum, Skolkovo Business AngelsClub, for the interaction between the ecosystem's in-vestment community members, with its membershipalready exceeding 200 business angels. It is a non-profit organization not focused on profit generation.The club is a communication platform for investorsand innovative projects and provides comprehensivesupport to its members.

ACCREDITED VENTURE INVESTORS, SUCH AS VENTUREFUNDS AND BUSINESS ANGELS, ARE CRUCIAL ELEMENTS OF THE SKOLKOVO ECOSYSTEM.

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JOINING THE REQUIRED RESOURCES IS A KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVEPROJECTS AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF STARTUPS.

GOALS OF BUSINESS ANGELS

THE CLUB IS FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING AND

DEVELOPING AN ECOSYSTEM OF PRIVATE INVEST-

MENTS IN INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND ALSO ON

FOSTERING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE

WORK OF SEED INVESTMENT FUNDS AND BUSINESS

ANGELS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION"

(Rules of the Skolkovo Business Angels Club)

In addition, local and international experts are alsoinvited to its meetings, where they can share theirexperience and competences in the field of ventureinvestments.However, the efforts taken by the Foundation to buildan investment community are not limited to theSkolkovo ecosystem only. The All-Russian StartupTour 2015 included investor meetings and masterclasses for startups.


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The Skolkovo Business Angels Club serves as a cata-lyst to the formation of regional investment communi-ties and venture capital financing in Russia.In 2014, during Slush, an international gathering ofstartups and investors in Helsinki, the Skolkovo Busi-ness Angels Club was among the organizers of theconference of the European Business-Angels Network(EBAN) that is one of the most important forums forcommunication between applicants and investors.

THE BUSINESS ANGELS CLUB SERVES AS A CATALYSTTO THE FORMATION OF REGIONAL INVESTMENT COMMUNITIES AND VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCING IN RUSSIA.

THE ROLE OF BUSINESS ANGELS

"THE CLUB MEMBERS FINANCE PROJECTS ON

THEIR OWN BEHALF AND FOR THEIR OWN

ACCOUNT, BEARING ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY

FOR CHECKING THE INVESTMENT

ATTRACTIVENESS OF ANY PROJECT THEY

CHOOSE TO FINANCE"

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RESULTS OF VENTUREINVESTMENTS

WHILE THE QUANTITATIVE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF THE BUSINESS ANGELS CLUB AREIMPRESSIVE, THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY CHARACTER-ISTIC OF ITS WORK. A NOTICEABLE QUALITATIVE DEVELOPMENT IS QUITE REMARKABLE.

PERFORMANCEINDICATORS

MENTOR-PROTEGE PAIRS

FIRM COMMITMENTS OF VENTURE INVESTORS

SOFT COMMITMENTS OF VENTURE INVESTORS

MEMBERS OF THE SKOLKOVO BUSINESS ANGELS CLUB

ACCREDITED VENTURE FUNDS

COMPANIES SUPPORTED BY FUNDS

35

110

30 RUB BN

4,3 RUB BN

61

MENTORS AND STARTUPS MORE THAN100

210


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INTERNATIONALACCELERATIONPROGRAMSTHE KEY IDEA BEHIND INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATIONIS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO STARTUPS AT THE EARLIEST STAGE OF LIFE, DURING BUSINESSPLAN DRAFTING, WHICH WILL FACILITATE FURTHER MARKET ENTRY.

GOALS OF ACCELERATION

International acceleration enables startups to findways to new markets, raise foreign investments and,in the long-term, transform into a global company.The Skolkovo Foundation promotes a business ac-celeration program aimed to support the businesscompetences of startups and facilitate their entry tointernational markets.The business acceleration program is supported bythe Foundations' foreign partners, including HoustonTechnology Center, Mass Challenge, InvestHK, andmany others.Among foreign markets, special role is played by themarkets in the Asia-Pacific Region, such as Chinaand India.


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MENTOR PROGRAM

EXPECTING GREAT RESULTS FROM A STARTUP IS DIFFICULT, WHEN THE IDEAS OF ITS FOUNDERS ARE FAR FROM THE REALITIES OF THE SECTOR, INWHICH THEY LOOK FOR AN INNOVATIVE NICHE. ADVICE TO STARTUPS AND ASSISTANCE IN CHOOSING A STRATEGY ARE THE TASKS OF MENTORS.

VALUE OFMENTORING

Successful implementation of an innovative projectlargely depends on practical experience and knowl-edge. However, new entrepreneurs do not usually haveall required knowledge. In such case, a timely and effi-cient support of mentor is crucial. A mentor may, in duetime, offer the best solution to a business or technologi-cal problem, support development of a project or usehis/her personal experience and contacts to help raiseinvestments. An active development of connections be-tween mentors and startups is an important element ofthe Innovation Center Strategy 2015-2017. Launched in2014, the Skolkovo Foundation Mentoring Program al-ready has over 100 mentors and startups.

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THE SKOLKOVO TECHNOPARK IS THE CORE OF THESERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE INNOVATIONECOSYSTEM AND A FORUM TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVEPROJECTS AT ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.

THE AIM OFTECHNOPARK

SKOLKOVOTECHNOPARK

The Consulting Center of the Technopark is the SkolkovoInnovation Center's contact point for applicants for theprocess of participant status, helping them pass throughthe process of participant status assignment and alsoused for the collecting reports filed by the participants.The common use centers at the Technopark make uniqueR&D services accessible to the participants, in this wayaccelerating their projects and market launch of newtechnologies. The Technopark provides the participantswith offices and the required package of businessservices, which includes visa and migration support, legaland accounting services, HR services, translationsservices, and much more. The Skolkovo Technoparkclosely cooperates with regional technoparks in Russia,with its partner pool already having 400 partnertechnoparks and 7 major industrial partners engaged inthe program of cooperation with regional technoparks.


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The Skolkovo Intellectual Property Centre was set upin September 2011 as a subsidiary of the SkolkovoFoundation to provide IP-related services to theSkolkovo Project participants.Currently, the Skolkovo Intellectual Property Centreis the only center in Russia to be focused onproviding patent and legal services to tech startupsand innovative companies in a wide range ofresearch areas. Clients of the Skolkovo IP Centeralready comprise over 300 startups, SkolkovoProject participants, and a number of industrialpartners of the Foundation. The Skolkovo IP Centerplays an extremely important role in promoting theprotection of intellectual property of Russian startupsabroad, with over 6% of all international RussianPCT applications in 2014 submitted through the IPCenter.

SKOLKOVO INTELLECTUALPROPERTY CENTER

EFFECTIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONIS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIALIZATIONOF ANY RESEARCH PROJECT.

THE AIM OFIP CENTER

EDUCATIONAL

INFRASTRUCTURE


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SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGYSKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SKOLTECH) IS A NON-STATE EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTION BEING ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS IN THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM OF SKOLKOVO.

Skoltech is focused on training future global leaders ininnovations, promoting scientific knowledge and devel-oping new technologies, which would help address thecritical challenges, both in Russia and across the world.Using international educational and research models,Skoltech integrates the best scientific traditions in Rus-sia, as well as entrepreneurship and innovations of the21st century. Skoltech's model is based on the integra-tion of education and research, both fundamental andapplied. The institute is closely linked with the industrialand entrepreneurial ecosystem, which enables it to de-velop high-quality research and generate a flow of inno-vations to the economy. According to estimates madeby the Skoltech Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cen-ter, about 45% of students are actively involved instartup projects or have their own companies.

9 SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND EDUCATION CENTERS BEGANOPERATIONS

17%STUDENTS ANDPROFESSORSFROM FOREIGNUNIVERSITIES


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SKOLTECH'S DEVELOPMENT VECTOR IS IN ESTAB-LISHING HIGH STANDARD IN STUDENT EDUCATION,GENERATING KNOWLEDGE AND PROMOTING TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS THE KEY ISSUESIN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONS.

INSTITUTE'SMISSION

53PROFESSORSAND ASSOCIATEPROFESSORS 198

MASTER'S ANDPhD STUDENTS

45%STUDENTS INVOLVED IN INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND STARTUPS

MORE THAN


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SKOLKOVOOPEN UNIVERSITYTHE SKOLKOVO OPEN UNIVERSITY IS A PROGRAM RUNBY THE SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP YOUNGTALENTED PEOPLE POSSESSING RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCES TO ENGAGE THEMIN THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM.

In 2014-2015, the Skolkovo Open University's team or-ganized over 150 events for various target audiences.The Skolkovo Generation Winter School 2014 was aimedat students and graduates of the best Russian and CISuniversities. Events for new innovators and young spe-cialists included such programs as Global TechnologyTrends, Idea Generation, Transport of the Future,Skolkovo: User Manual, and others.In partnership with the FASO and the Federal Agency forthe Commonwealth of Independent States, CompatriotsLiving Abroad and International Humanitarian Coopera-tion, the Skolkovo Open University implements the Com-munity of Young Scientists and Professionals Programthat is aimed at creating a pool of innovators and com-mercialization managers working at academic institutionsof Russia, as well as at spreading the culture of innova-tion entrepreneurship at research institutions and centers.Work done to attract international audience gave birth tothe SkolkovoDay format that makes it possible to intro-duce the Skolkovo concept to new participants in a shortperiod of time. So far, five events have been held in suchformat, with three events gathering international audi-ence in the Hypercube. Work with researchers from theCIS Member States and foreign countries is one of thefocuses of the Skolkovo Open University. In late 2014,the Hypercube hosted a meeting of young scientists andspecialists from Russia and the CIS Member States; andin 2015, in cooperation with the Federal Agency for theCommonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Liv-


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THE SKOLKOVO OPEN UNIVERSITY IS A FORUMFOR REGULAR INTERACTION BETWEEN ALL PARTICIPANTS OF THE INNOVATION SYSTEM OF RUSSIA.

CONNECTINGINNOVATIONS

ing Abroad and International Humanitarian Coopera-tion, the CIS Scientists Forum will be held. The Sci-ence Drive contest held in cooperation with Skoltechidentified two winners who will have a two-year intern-ship with the Nobel Prize winner Andre Geim.To promote innovations and entrepreneurship, theSkolkovo Open University became a co-organizer ofthe Russian finals of the Imagine Cup, as well as anaccelerator for the teams that were qualified for the fi-nals. In 2014, the 4th 360° Contemporary ScienceFilm Festival organized in cooperation with the Poly-technic Museum took place, in terms of which theSkolkovo Open University became a curator of a spe-cial educational program. During the year TEDxSkoko-voLive events were held, and early in 2015 theSkolkovo Foundation and the University became part-ners of TEDxMoscow, where for the first time in thehistory of TEDx a live interview with an astronaut fromthe International Space Station took place.

15 310PROGRAMSUBSCRIBERS

7274EVENTS HELD

893EVENT PARTICIPANTS

560PARTICIPANTS AND GRADUATES

177STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE INNOVATIONECOSYSTEM

17ENROLLED TO SKOLTECH

12PROJECTS HAVING THESKOLKOVO PARTICIPANTSTATUS

52PARTICIPANTCITIES

8PARTICIPANTCOUNTRIES

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INNOVATION CITY OF SKOLKOVOThe Innovation City of Skolkovo was designed toprovide the best conditions for research and busi-ness, focusing at the same time on the creation ofan aesthetically attractive urban environment thatwill be convenient for its visitors and residents.The University and Technopark will become its coreelements. A congress hall, numerous offices and labs, resi-dential houses and cottages, as well as variousamenities will be built nearby.Special attention is paid to parks and other publicand communal spaces. The innovation center is de-signed to ensure that accommodation is locatedclose to work.

SKOLKOVO IS AN OPEN SOURCE CITY STRIVING TO REFORMAT THE SURROUNDING WORLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS PRINCIPLES. A CITY IS ORGANIZED FOR MEETINGS AND FACILITATING COMMUNICATION.

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Rail transport and road junctions in the right loca-tions shall provide a fast, within 30-40 minutes, ac-cess to the historical center of Moscow.The first facilities in the innovation center ap-peared in 2012. Currently, the core of the innova-tion center's office and research infrastructure isformed by the buildings of the Technopark OfficeCenter that accommodated the first 73 innovationcenter participant companies.The city continues developing: 14 streets ofSkolkovo are included in the Moscow register. Newstreets are named after renowned national innova-tors in different fields: from the radio inventorAlexander Popov to the television pioneer VladimirZvorykin, from the painter Kazimir Malevich to IvanKulibin whose name became synonymous to theword ‘inventing’, as regards foreign scientists andinnovators, Nikola Tesla and James Maxwell,Alessandro Volta and Wilhelm Roentgen, AdamSmith and Albert Einstein were honoured amongothers.

THE CITY CONTINUES DEVELOPING: 14 STREETS OFSKOLKOVO ARE INCLUDED IN THE MOSCOW REGIS-TER NEW STREETS ARE NAMED AFTER RENOWNEDRUSSIAN INNOVATORS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS.

MOVING FORWARD

82,7 RUB bnexternal financing

2677 thousand sq.m.total area to be developedby 2020.

73 companiesalready accommodated at the Technopark Office Center.

385 thousand sq.m.financed from the budget

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SKOLKOVOSCHOOLThe idea to set up the International Gymnasium ofthe Skolkovo Innovation Center emerged as earlyas in 2010, and almost five years later, on Decem-ber 18, 2014, the Foundation Council decided to es-tablish a unitary non-profit organization InternationalGymnasium of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. TheGymnasium is incorporated in and its property isowned by the Skolkovo Foundation.The Gymnasium is an important element in the de-velopment of an environment for social and creativeactivity of the families who live and work at theSkolkovo Innovation Center. The Gymnasium's mis-sion is to foster an innovative educational environ-ment focused on developing inherent talents inpupils and on educating young people possessing acritical thinking and good knowledge, which are ableand willing to become innovators and change theorld for the better.

THE CURRICULUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL GYMNASIUMENCOURAGES THE PUPILS TO UNDERSTAND THE LINKBETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS THEY LEARNAND THE REAL WORLD AND BECOME INTELLIGENT AND CREATIVE PERSONS.

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The Gymnasium offers a whole range of pre-schooland school education services for Russian and for-eign pupils from the age of 1.5 years to the lastgrade of secondary school:

an opportunity to follow the International Baccalaureateprograms, with English or Russian as the language of instruction, which will promote intellectual, personal,emotional and social competences one needs to live in today's world; a flexible daily schedule to keep children engaged

in work during the whole working day of their parents; onboarding programs to enable children to join

the Gymnasium at any grade; musical, sport, scientific and other workshops

and schools, which develop creative skills of children; mandatory second foreign language classes and an

opportunity to study additional languages, including Chinese; a certificate of secondary general education,

accompanied with an International Baccalaureate diploma that enables one to continue education at many prestigious universities in different countries.

Currently, the Family Campus building is being builtin the D2 district, which will accommodate the Gym-nasium. In addition, the Senior School building hasbeen designed.

APART FROM LESSONS, THE DAILY SCHEDULE WILL INCLUDE DOING HOMEWORK, ELECTIVES AT STUDIOS, AND VARIOUS OPTIONS OF ADDITIONAL EDUCATION.

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

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INNOVATION CENTERCONSTRUCTION STAGES

Stage 1. Creation of the core infrastructure 2011-2016

Funds of theFoundation

total:

386thousandsq.m.

Technopark

mainbuilding

apartments for startups

Amenities (for startups and masters)

Internal utilities and transport infrastructure

Skoltech

mainbuilding

apartments for masters and professors

Other funds, including fundsof investors

total:

246thousandsq.m.

excludingexternal infrastructure

Research and office buildings, including those of the key partners

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Stage 2. Infrastructure development 2016-2020

Other funds, including fundsof investors

total:

1992thousandsq.m.

Research and office buildings, including those of the key partners

Apartments (including those for partners' employees)

Amenities (including those for partners' employees)

Additional utilities and transport

total for twostages:

2624thousand sq.m.

stage 1 stage 2 total

employed 14 900 14 600 29 500

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SKOLTECH1200students

200 professorsand tutors

15 science, research and education centers

2016 (phase 1)

2018(phase 2)

140 thousand sq.m. (phase 1)

75 thousand sq.m.

(phase 2)

Initial construction work completed.Overground concrete castingwork is underway.

18,1RUB bn(phase 1)


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TECHNOPARK4000employees

(phase 1)

3000employees (phase 2)

Laboratories and public spaces

2015 (phase 1)

2018(phase 2)

95 thousand sq.m.(phase 1)

65 thousand sq.m.

(phase 2)

Finishing work, erectionof the metal roof structures and installation of the external facade are underway.

9,3 RUB bn(phase 1)


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TECHNOPARKOFFICE CENTER

Designed to accommodateproject participants

2015 completion of construction

44 thousand sq.m.

Buildings 1-3 are commissioned,building 4 is under construction.


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UTILITIESINFRASTRUCTURE

The main and linear engineeringstructures were built and are atthe stage of transfer for opera-tion to Moscow resource-savingorganizations.All existing facilities within thecenter have a permanent con-nection to the utilities systems.The facilities under constructionwill be connected after commis-sioning.


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RENOVA LAB

Multifunctional science and technology center 27 thousand

sq.m.

2015

MATRYOSHKA – A BUSINESSCENTER IN SKOLKOVO

completion of

construction

Public building comprising offices, a transformable hall and an exhibition space 30 thousand

sq.m.



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GALLERY BUSINESS CENTER

KEY PARTNERS' ZONE: IT CLUSTER, TMH

Designed to accommodate projectparticipants and partners 78 thousand

sq.m.


Key partner companies' complexesTMH-Alstom, CISCO, IT Cluster's partners 126 thousand

sq.m.



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INTERNATIONAL AVIATION ACADEMY

PIPE METALLURGICAL COMPANY(TMK)

Training Center of the International Aviation Academy 9 thousand

sq.m.

2015-2017 stage-by-stage

completion

Research center of a key partner,TMK 15 thousand

sq.m.



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TATNEFT

SBERBANK

Technopark and Data Center of a key partner, Sberbank 122 thousand

sq.m.

Research center of a key partner,Tatneft OJSC 10 thousand

sq.m.

2016 stage-by-stage

completion


completion


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APARTMENTS

FAMILY CAMPUS IN THE D2 DISTRICT

700 children (kindergarten and school) 22 thousandsq.m.

1400 residents (phase 1)

18300residents (phases 2-5)

61thousand sq.m.(phase 1)

640 thousand sq.m.

(phases 2-5)

2015 completion

of construction


completion

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SKOLKOVO PROJECT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC MODERNIZATION AND INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT UNDER

THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

selects the Project managementcompany;

selects the area for the Innovation Center.

BOARD OF TRUSTEESsupervises Project implementation;

endorses Project Rules.

FOUNDATION GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

PRESIDENTacts as a representative in relations with the government authorities and the general public;

determines development directions.

BOARD OF DIRECTORScontrols operating activity;

approves major transactions.

FOUNDATION COUNCIL

determines priority directions of activity;

approves Project budget;

approves Project Rules;

approves major transactions.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDOF DIRECTORS

manages operating activity.

ADVISORY BODIES OF THE FOUNDATIONSCIENTIFIC

ADVISORY COUNCIL

relations with the academiccommunity

CITY PLANNING BOARD

relations with the architecturalcommunity

INDUSTRIAL ADVISORYCOUNCIL

relations with the key project partners

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MEMBERS OF THE SKOLKOVOPROJECT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dmitry MedvedevPrime Minister of the Russian Federation

Igor AgamirzyanGeneral Director and Chairman of the Board of the Russian Venture Company, OJSC

Zhores AlferovCo-Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Scientific Advisory Council, Vice-President of the Russ-ian Academy of Sciences, Nobel Lau-reate in Physics

Ivan BortnikExecutive Director of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia,Chairman of the Supervisory Board ofthe Foundation for Assistance to SmallInnovative Enterprises in Science andTechnology

Vyatcheslav VolodinFirst Deputy Chief of Staffof the Presidential Executive Office

Arkady DvorkovichDeputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Vladimir DmitrievChairman of the State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs"(Vneshekonombank)

Dmitry LivanovMinister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

Denis ManturovMinister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Nikolai NikiforovMinister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

Anton SiluanovMinister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Sergey SobyaninMayor of Moscow

Vladislav SurkovAide to the President of the Russian Federation

Alexei UlyukayevMinister of Economic Developmentof the Russian Federation

Vladimir FortovPresident of the Russian Academyof Sciences

Andrey FursenkoAide to the President of the Russian Federation

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Viktor VekselbergCo-Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Council, President of the Skolkovo Foundation

Anatoly AlexandrovRector of the Bauman Moscow StateTechnical University

Vladimir ArtyakovDeputy Director General of Russian Technologies State Corporation

Esko AhoExecutive Chairman of the Board ofthe East Office of Finnish IndustriesLtd; Senior Fellow of Harvard Univer-sity; Consultative Partner of Nokia Corporation

Martin BouyguesChairman and CEO of the French industrial group Bouygues

Alexander GalitskyManaging Partner of Almaz Capital Partners company

Andrey IvanovDeputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Mikhail KovalchukPresident of the National ResearchCenter "Kurchatov Institute"

Edward CrawleySkoltech President

Gleb NikitinFirst Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Alexander PovalkoDeputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

Dmitry PumpyanskyChairman of the Board of Directors at TMK OJSC

Vladimir RashevskyChairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Siberian Coal EnergyCompany (SUEK)

Oleg FomichevDeputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

John ChambersChairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Cisco Systems, Inc.

Anatoly ChubaisCEO of RUSNANO, Chairman of the Management Board of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs

Eric SchmidtExecutive Chairman of Google Inc.

FOUNDATION COUNCILCraig BarrettCo-Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Council, Retired CEO/Chairman of Intel Corporation

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ACTIVITIES OF THE SKOLKOVOFOUNDATION COUNCIL IN 2014

In the field of promotion of innovative researchand creation of innovation environmentThe Foundation's key goal in 2014 was to identify prior-ity areas of research. The Foundation Council ap-proved the priorities for the Information Technologiesand Telecommunications Cluster, the Biomedical Tech-nologies Cluster, and the Nuclear Technologies Cluster.

In the field of education developmentIn 2014, the Foundation Council approved the Reporton Cooperation between the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology and the Skolkovo Institute of Scienceand Technology. Among the most important decisionswere the approval of the concept of the InternationalGymnasium of the Skolkovo Innovation Center.

In the field of city planningA number of decision to optimize the construction pro-gram were taken in 2014 due to the changes in theeconomic landscape. The names of the streets in thecenter of Skolkovo were approved, and the plan to ac-commodate the Moscow International Medical Clusterwithin Skolkovo was endorsed.

In the field of strategic development of the FoundationThe Foundation Council attaches great importance toidentifying strategic areas and plans for the innovationecosystem development. In 2014, the FoundationCouncil approved the Skolkovo Foundation Communi-cation Strategy. Amendments were made to the Bylawfollowing the opening of the Foundation's Far EastRepresentative Office in Vladivostok.

In the field of Foundation's corporate governance improvementThroughout 2014, the Foundation continued build-ing a transparent and efficient corporate gover-nance system, which included amendments to theResearch Activity Rules and improvements in theRegulation on Assigning and Termination of Statusof the Project Participant. A new regulation on mi-crogrants was adopted; and the rules governingthe provision of public transport services, publiccommunication services, public catering, trade andvarious consumer services within Skolkovo wereapproved.

THE FOUNDATION COUNCIL IS THE SUPREME GOVERNING BODY OF THE FOUNDATION AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF THE FOUNDATION'S OPERATIONS, IDENTIFIESPRIORITY AREAS OF ITS ACTIVITIES, THE PRINCIPLES OF HOW TO FORM THE FOUNDATION AND USEITS PROPERTY, APPROVES THE ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET, FOUNDATION'SMISSION AND ITS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT. IN 2014, THE FOUNDATION COUNCIL HELD FIVE MEETINGS, INCLUDING ONE MEETING IN ABSENTIA.


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EXECUTIVES OF THESKOLKOVO FOUNDATION

Viktor VekselbergCo-Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Council, President of the Skolkovo Foundation

Andrei BureninChairman of the Board of Directors

Vasily BelovSenior Vice-President for InnovationsDevelopment

Grigory BurenkovSenior Vice-President for Economics and Finance

Igor DrozdovSenior Vice-President for Legal and Administrative Issues

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Andrey KemenevVice-President for Informational and Analytical Support and Interactionwith Public Authorities

Vladimir LukianovVice-President, City Manager

Sergey OsipovVice-President of the Auditing of Construction Projects

Alexander ChernovSenior Vice-President forExternal Communications and Advertising

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GRANT COMMITTEE OF SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION

In 2014, the Grant Committee held 13 meetings. Itexamined 56 projects and approved 35 grants to-talling RUB 1,454.3mln, with 21 projects rejected orreturned for revision. It reviewed 53 reports fromgrant recipients, with positive decisions taken in re-lation to 45 reports, including 23 reports acceptedfor further financing, 22 last stage reports taken noteof, and 8 reports rejected for further financing or re-turned for revision.

THE TASKS OF THE GRANT COMMITTEE ARE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON AWARDING GRANTS TO THESKOLKOVO PROJECT PARTICIPANTS, MAKE DECISIONS FOLLOWING REVIEW OF INNOVATIVE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS, AND EVALUATE THE FULFILMENT OF THE RELEVANT FUNCTIONS BY THE FOUNDATION'S EXPERTS.

13 meetingsof the Grant Committee

56 projectsexamined for eligibilityfor grants

35 grantsapproved

1454,3 RUB Mtotal grants provided

53 reportsof grant recipients heard

45 reportsaccepted with a positive opinion

2014PROVISION OF GRANTS

TO THE SKOLKOVO

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THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCES: COORDINATING RESEARCHACTIVITY WITHIN THE PROJECT; PROVIDING ADVICE RELATED TO THE METHODOLOGY OF EXPERT EXAMI-NATION OF PROJECTS; PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RELATIONS WITH THE SCIENTIFICCOMMUNITY TO ENGAGE THEM IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; ORGANIZING CONFERENCES AND WORK-SHOPS IN PROJECT-RELATED AREAS; PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FOUNDATION COUNCILWITH RESPECT TO PROMISING AREAS OF R&D; PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FOUNDATIONCOUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE PROJECT.

In 2014, the Scientific Advisory Council had 3 meetingswhich:

supported the initiative to open a new foresight in agriculture, which was proposed by the Skolkovo Foundation's Biomedical Technologies Cluster;

approved performance reports of the Scientific and Educational Center of Molecular Beam Epitaxy (Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and the Scientific and Educational Center of Energy-Efficient Catalysis (Novosibirsk State University) which received grants from the Skolkovo Foundation;

considered proposals regarding the form of advanced applied research by the Skolkovo Foundation in the field of conducting paths,

optical connections and photonics at the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences;

a list of common use centers at the Skolkovo Technopark, as well as equipment required to set up such centers, were approved;

at the meeting of the Scientific Advisory Council, which was held at the Stanford University, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, the Academic University of the Russian Academic of Sciences and the Novosibirsk State University.

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CITY PLANNING BOARD OFSKOLKOVO FOUNDATION

The competence of the City Planning Board coversmatters connected with:

the development of recommendations for the Foundation in the field of city planning and architectural design to create and develop an innovative city environment for the decisions to be taken by the Foundation bodies to implement the Project;

review and issue of recommendations on the city planning concept of the Skolkovo Innovation Center;

advisory support of the Foundation's activities in connection with city planning and architectural design of the Skolkovo Innovation Center;

development of recommendations regarding competitive selection of design and construction companies to build the Skolkovo Innovation Center.In 2014, the City Planning Board had three meetingsto discuss the landscape zone development, streetnaming, as well as the projects for the development ofthe Central Zone, and the Technopark and Southern(D1) districts.

THE CITY PLANNING BOARD WAS SET UP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIELD OF CITYPLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.


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INDUSTRIAL ADVISORYCOUNCIL OF SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION

IN 2014, THE INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL HELD 3 MEETINGS. IN TERMS OF DISCUSSIONS, SPE-CIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE KEY PARTNERS AND THESKOLKOVO ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION WITH THE SKOLKOVOINSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

The Industrial Advisory Council carries out the follow-ing activities:

engages the Foundation's key partners in the management of the ecosystem being established at the Skolkovo Innovation Center;

develops proposals on how to encourage innovations in Russia and improve the regulatory and state policy mechanisms in the field of innovations, and also proposes conceptual approaches to implementing such mechanisms;

develops recommendations regarding improvements in the Foundation's in-house regulations and in the Foundation's documents with Project rules;

submits proposals to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation regarding representation of the members of the Council and other organizations in the Foundation's governing bodies;

evaluates internal regulations, procedures and rules of the Project and develops recommendations on their improvement.To systematize the current work of the Foundation andits key partners, the Industrial Advisory Council ap-proved, at its meetings, a decision to involve the keypartners in the development of initiatives of change inthe field of innovations with subsequent review of theimplementation progress at the Council meetings.Review of different aspects of interaction betweenSkolkovo and the Open Government, including theirinteraction to implement the projects under the in-struction of the Chairman of the Government of theRussian Federation D.A. Medvedev as of August 9,2014, became a priority in the Council's work.


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The priority in 2010-2014, as regardsthe cooperation with startups, included the attraction of as many innovative projects as possible. TheFoundation organized and co-orga-nized numerous events to dissemi-nate information about the SkolkovoProject and attract teams with a greatpotential from all regions of Russia.As of May 1, 2015, the community ofstartups participating in the projectexceeded 1,100 companies from 49regions of Russia.In 2015–2017, key attention will bepaid to targeted interaction with com-panies, acceleration and mentoringsupport of projects. Maximum effortsshould be made to relocate partici-pants to the Innovation Center anddevelop its territory. The first successhas already been achieved, with over70 participants accommodated in twobuildings of the Technopark OfficeCenter in Skolkovo.Changes in the external political envi-ronment dictate the need to expandthe Foundation's presence in thecountries of the Asia-Pacific Region,with the development of the channelsof cooperation with China and Japanbecoming of particular relevance. TheFoundation's branch opened at thecampus of the Far Eastern FederalUniversity brings the Foundation's ac-tivity closer to this key region and willenable to build a more efficient coop-eration between the ecosystem andthe countries in the region. The com-munity of investment funds and busi-ness angels developed rapidly and anetwork of foreign and Russian part-ners was built up. The Foundationdeveloped a process model of inter-action and support of startups, bymeans of testing alternative grantprocedures and startup formats, in-cluding applied research centers.As regards the interaction with indus-trial companies, key attention will bepaid to the development of sustain-able relations and to the launch ofR&D centers at the Skolkovo Innova-tion Center.

THE FIRST SUCCESS HAS ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED,WITH OVER 70 PARTICIPANTS ACCOMMODATED IN TWOBUILDINGS OF THE TECHNOPARK OFFICE CENTER INSKOLKOVO.


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