Skolkovo IT Cluster

Skolkovo IT Cluster Initiatives

2016

• Robocenter: The Center supports more than 30 projects in the following areas of robotics: industrial, service, educational, personal, medical and rehabilitation, space, as well as components for robotics.
• Blockchain Technology Development Center: created in May 2016 following the Ethereum Russia conference with the participation of founder Vitalik Buterin. We support blockchain startups at all stages: on November 11, Skoltech will host a 5-hour hardcore training on creating programmable corporations
• The Mobile Technology Center supports more than 50 projects in the following areas of mobile technologies: wearable electronics, Internet of Things technologies, human machine interfaces, operating systems, platforms and applications for mobile, built-in and wearable electronics, augmented and virtual reality technologies. Co-working space and hackspace have been created in the center, as well as several acceleration programs
• Russian Internet of Things Association: association of more than 20 companies in the areas of Smart Home, Smart City, Healthcare, Industrial Internet, Agro and Bio Technologies, Smart Car

• Cybersecurity: more than 40 companies: biometric and identification systems, solutions to improve Internet security, solutions to prevent cyber threats, fraud; A cooperation agreement with Kaspersky was signed, cooperation is underway on 18 projects, 5 projects are piloted at Sberbank
• FINTECH: Over 50 events in 2016 and over 700 million in revenue from 21 startups in 1H 2016. Meetings with VTB Group Management Board, 4 pilots launched
• Acceleration of Telecom projects: the ~ of 70 companies for the telecom industry, the development of participating companies from market needs, and not from technologies; The Skolkovo Foundation is officially included in the standard R&D processes of the Rostelecom PJSC Center; presentation of projects on a regular basis (Aug. 15 + companies in Rostelecom, Voentelecom , MTS)
• Technology Center For Retail: 35 industrial solutions from the Fund participants, cooperation with 15 top retailers. Technologies for automating all retail processes: online store, trading floor, logistics processes and warehouse operations, back-office functions, innovative products
• Technologies in Education: 20 companies, the largest online conference for teachers in Russia (7.5 thousand teachers) was held. International collaboration underway: Global Lab and Discovery Channel

Performance indicators

2016

At the end of 2016, the total revenue of residents of the Skolkovo Fund's IT cluster may approach 100 billion. Such a forecast in the framework of the ^[1] Forum 2016 held in mid-November was made by the vice-president of Skolkovo, executive director of the IT cluster Igor Bogachev. "I

find it difficult to make an accurate forecast for revenue for 2016," he said in an interview with a CNews journalist. - But I am sure that it will grow - due to the fact that the number of residents is increasing, and the number of products that they create and bring to the market. I think that she can approach 100 billion rubles. "

Bogachev himself called the total revenue of residents one of the main numerical indicators of the fund's activities. "Revenue is evidence that innovation is not only being created but also being acquired," he explains. "Eighty billion in 2015 is a significant figure, it is almost a doubling of the results compared to 2014."

Bogachev considers the second most important indicator for the Skolkovo IT cluster to be the number of patents that residents receive. "Innovation may not be measured by too many parameters," he says. "And the patent is proof that people have done something new - a technology that can be protected. Accordingly, almost a thousand patents were received in 2015 - this is 25% of the total patenting in the Russian Federation. "

2015

In 2015, the total revenue of cluster residents amounted to 28.2 billion rubles. In 2015, the number of jobs in Skolkovo IT companies increased almost one and a half times: 12 thousand employees began to work in them against 8563 in 2014. The companies filed 237 patent applications (applications for registration of intellectual property) against 227 in 2014.

At the same time, the number of IT cluster residents decreased in 2015: now 450 companies work in it, while in 2014 there were one more of them.

2014

According to the results of 2014, the IT cluster is the largest among the five clusters included in the structure of the Skolkovo Foundation. Of the 1,060 innovative projects supported by the Fund, about a third (350) are residents of the IT cluster. In the process of selecting these 350 residents, experts analyzed more than 2.5 thousand applications (for the entire existence of the IT cluster), some several times.

In the last days of December 2014, Igor Bogachev, Vice President, Executive Director of the IT Cluster, summed up the preliminary results of his activities in 2014.

The key indicator - the total revenue of the IT cluster participants - amounted to about 10 billion rubles. compared to 5 billion in 2013. At the same time, the total revenue of all Skolkovo residents in 2014 is about 16 billion rubles^[2].

IT companies are deliberately more dynamic, explains Bogachev, since the time to enter the market for IT solutions is several times shorter than in other clusters. For example, in the cluster of biomedical technologies, it is necessary to conduct long-term clinical trials, although, according to him, in Russia it is still much easier than, say, in the United States, and some foreign medical startups come to our country to launch their innovative solutions here faster.

Total number of jobs (programmers, engineers, marketers, etc.): as of December 2014, 8.5 thousand people work in the IT cluster (out of 14 thousand in all clusters).

The volume of private investments in IT cluster companies amounted to 1.3 billion rubles in 2014. This is quite a lot, given that the total volume of private investment in all Skolkovo residents was about 2.5 billion rubles.

According to Igor Bogachev, if at the initial stage the share of private investment in the IT cluster was about 40%, then in 2015 it should reach 70%. In the field of IT with private investments, there are no special problems, he believes, unlike other clusters, for example, biomedical technologies or nuclear technologies, where the situation is much more acute. In total, over the entire period of the IT cluster's existence (since 2010), grants worth 2.2 billion rubles were issued, while private co-investments amounted to about 5 billion rubles.

But in terms of the number of applications for registration of intellectual property (patents), the IT cluster is not in the lead - there were about 150 of them, in general for Skolkovo - about 550. In IT, it is very difficult to protect intellectual property, especially on software solutions, explains Bogachev, and many IT companies live in know-how - they know what to do and do it without even trying to defend their decisions.

History

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Technology Development Priorities

Forsyth 2011

The priorities of the cluster were determined in the so-called forcing - a list of 15 focus areas of development, including:

• cloud computing,
• information protection,
• semantic search,
• IT for health and education.

Forsyth 2014

At the end of 2014, the Skolkovo Foundation's IT cluster updated its foresite (list and justification of priority areas of activity), which is formed on the basis of the opinions of independent (external) experts, including representatives of science, business, and the venture capital community.

"We regularly update our foresite as IT is a dynamic industry. Some technologies are becoming mature, and their use no longer carries serious scientific and technical risks, they can develop further as business projects that do not require the support of Skolkovo. At the same time, new technologies appear that did not exist before or that existed only at the stage of scientific research, and now they can become the basis for the emergence of new market segments, "says Nikolai Suetin, director of science and technology of the IT cluster

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According to Igor Bogachev, executive director of the Skolkovo IT cluster, on average, each area accounts for about 40 projects, although there are areas with a lower entry threshold, for example, cloud computing and, accordingly, more "massive," and there are areas with a very high concentration of intellectual knowledge and technologies, for example microelectronics, where there are much fewer projects, about 20.

Three new directions have appeared in the current force.

The first of these is in importance - intelligent robotics and autonomously moving devices. Of course, it was relevant before, and the potential market here is huge: unmanned aerial vehicles, production automation, industrial robots, etc. But after Google showed off its self-driving Google Car, and some US states legalized the use of cars with autopilot function, a real boom began.

There are more than 30 projects in the direction of robotics at the end of 2014. Skolkovo hosts a representative international conference on robotics Skolkovo Robotics every year. Recently, a robotic center was created as part of the IT cluster, headed by Albert Efimov, director of IT projects of the IT cluster. According to him, this is the first structure aimed at creating technological solutions, but most likely not the last.

The second direction - the Internet of Things - perhaps no longer needs recommendations.

The third direction - computer graphics and gamification - may not seem as knowledge-intensive as the previous two, but also promising, says Nikolai Suetin. Visual perception and interaction with devices is the fastest and most efficient in terms of transferring large amounts of information. Therefore, the efficient creation of images, augmented reality, the development of interfaces for interacting with a computer through visual images are very important.

At the same time, according to Suetin, a number of directions from the new forsight are excluded. For example, the direction associated with new programming languages ​ ​ and software testing tools is as commercially not very popular or growing. The direction of cloud services is excluded, since they have actually turned into commodites, but "cloud computing" remained, since everything related to mobility happens in the cloud. Even earlier, the direction of "IT in the banking sector" was excluded - such decisions already "live themselves" and are financed by banks.

Skolkovo also does not support projects that take the Western analogue as a basis and transfer it to the Russian market, for example, various kinds of Internet services. This is a good business, but there are no scientific and technical innovations here.

IT Cluster Residents

Resident status and grant are two main forms of support that Skolkovo can provide. There are companies that come exclusively for the status of a participant giving tax breaks and joining the ecosystem, they do not ask for funding.

Grants are intended for the most promising projects, which must be residents of Skolkovo. Providing financial support to the company, Skolkovo does not claim either ownership in the authorized capital, or intellectual property, or a place in the management structure.

Residents of the IT cluster include:

• Abbyy Infopoisk
• Parallels Research
• MDG Innovation
• Workle
• Titan Information Service
• Proofreading Laboratory
• REGUL +
• "Asteros Labs,"
• "News360,"
• "Metabar,"
• "MFI Soft"

As of April 2011, about 20 IT companies received the status of a Skolkovo resident, a decision was made to financially support seven to eight IT projects, Alexander Turkot, executive director of the Skolkovo innovation center's information technology cluster, told RIA Novosti in an interview.

The Skolkovo Foundation in 2011 was going to finance 30 IT projects, the cluster plans to submit three or four projects per month to the grant committee. According to the director of the Skolkovo IT cluster, its financing will be divided into three areas, within the framework of the first it is planned to support numerous startups, the second - projects at the stage of entering the market, as well as two or three large companies.

IT Partners

In 2011, the Skolkovo Foundation plans to sign agreements with 15 large international companies. That number is expected to include Novartis, Honeywell, EADS/Airbus, Alstom, DuPont, Google, Kodak, Schlumberger, Johnson & Johnson, IMTECH, DOW Chemicals, John Deer. The foundation has already signed cooperation agreements with Cisco, Boeing, Siemens, Nokia, Intel, Tata, Nokia Siemens Networks. Negotiations have also begun with 20 Russian companies with state participation.

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• In November 2010, Victor Vekselberg, President of the Skolkovo Foundation and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer signed an agreement of intent.

• On March 24, 2011, Oleg Alekseev, Vice President of the Skolkovo Foundation, aka Oleg Alekseev, Chief Manager of the Foundation for Education and Research, signed an agreement with Microsoft Russia President Nikolai Pryanishnikov on strategic cooperation in the development of education in the future. One of the areas of this cooperation is the creation of the Skolkovo school, an innovative educational institution.

• On November 6, 2012, two years after the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skolkovo President Viktor Vekselberg, Microsoft expanded its previous agreements. This time, in the presence of Ballmer, the document was signed by Senior Vice President of Skolkovo Igor Drozdov and President of the Vendor in Russia Nikolai Pryanishnikov.

Cisco Systems

Chambers John and Vekselberg Victor signed a memorandum of understanding providing for multilateral cooperation between Cisco and the Skolkovo project. On behalf of Cisco, John Chambers expressed his intention to invest one billion dollars in stimulating the innovation industry in the Russian Federation and announced five areas of relevant activity, stressing that work in all these five areas will be carried out in parallel.

Cisco will additionally allocate $100 million for venture capital investments in the Russian innovative economy. In addition, the company promised to bring the number of Cisco Network Academies operating in Russia to 300, i.e. almost double their number. In 36 educational institutions of the Southeast District of the Russian capital, local Cisco Network Academies have been created, where more than 300 schoolchildren study annually.

Cisco intends to ensure its physical presence at the Skolkovo Innovation Center. In September 2011, Senior Vice President of Cisco, General Manager of the Advanced Technology Development Division Martin De Beer came to Moscow. He said that as soon as the construction of infrastructure in Skolkovo is completed, Cisco will begin work there to localize Smart Grid solutions in order to implement them in the Russian energy complex. Three months later, a new memorandum of understanding was signed with the management of the Skolkovo Foundation, providing for the creation of a virtual Skolkovo Innovation Center. This will speed up the commissioning of this project without waiting for the creation of a physical infrastructure.

It is assumed that after the completion of the infrastructure construction in Skolkovo, a second global headquarters will be formed for the Cisco Advanced Technologies Department (the first was opened three years ago in the Indian city of Bangalore) and will accommodate the leading specialists of its engineering team in Skolkovo.

Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks has signed a memorandum of intent with the Skolkovo Foundation. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will support the further development of technical education in Russia, research and development, venture capital activities, as well as in the international promotion of the Fund. Bosko Novak, Director of Customer Operations, West Region, Nokia Siemens Networks, said that now the company annually invests about $3 billion in research and development work. Part of this amount will go to the creation of a development center in Innograd "Skolkovo."

The management of Nokia Siemens Networks plans to create at Skolkovo a competence center for wireless technologies with its own R&D laboratory, outsourcing R&D with universities, as well as a laboratory equipped with the necessary set of equipment and software, which can be used by companies starting an innovative business.

Nokia Siemens Networks focuses on creating. software Most of the company's investments are directed to software development. Nokia Siemens Networks, according to Bosco Novak, receives daily offers of cooperation from many countries. Europe Among them, the proposal of the Skolkovo Foundation turned out to be the most attractive.

Bosco Novak stressed that the company's goal is to create a platform where creative people come to work, that is, something similar to Silicon Valley. Nokia Siemens Networks plans to include Skolkovo in its global R&D platform, that is, to enable developers from numerous laboratories organized around the world to work together, communicate, including during personal meetings.

Ericsson

Ericsson in April 2011 announced the signing of an agreement securing the company's intention to become a partner of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson will become a partner of the Skolkovo Foundation and will support a number of its key initiatives in the formation of such an ecosystem. Ericsson's strategic decision to become a key partner of Skolkovo was announced in Stockholm during a meeting between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and leading representatives of Swedish business. The main activities of Ericsson in the Skolkovo project:

• Research and Development - Ericsson plans to participate in research activities as part of the Skolkovo project and creates its own design-oriented Development Center in Skolkovo. Supporting the formation of an ecosystem of research and development in Skolkovo, the Center will work closely with startups based in Innograd and Skolkovo Technological University;
• Focus on research projects - Ericsson will support those research projects that most contribute to the implementation of its Network Society concept in Russia and the world, as well as focus on technological developments in the following areas:
  • Promising developments based on future broadband Internet access technologies;
  • Mobile applications and solutions for intelligent transport systems;
  • "Cloud" technologies and applications, including those designed for implementation on broadband networks;
  • Technologies for "smart" power supply networks - for the utility sector;
  • Information technologies and applications for M2M communications (interaction between "machines" - M2M);

• Support for the infrastructure of research and development activities - to support the development of the infrastructure of research and development activities in the field of ICT, Ericsson creates its own Laboratory of Solutions for the Network Society in Skolkovo.
  • Access to the Solutions Laboratory for the Ericsson Network Society will be provided to Skolkovo project participants;
  • The Research Center and the Solutions Laboratory for the Network Society will support the commercialization of the results of research work carried out by startups included in the Skolkovo project.

• Support for the development of the university program - Ericsson will actively cooperate with the Skolkovo Foundation in the development of the curriculum of Skolkovo Technological University in the following areas:

• • development of research and development plans;
  • participation of teaching staff and students of the University in the activities of the Ericsson Development Center;
  • Support research activities in the field of cloud applications, broadband access, intelligent systems for transport management, M2M and other technologies.

• Support for the development of institutional frameworks for innovation development - Ericsson will assist and support the Skolkovo Foundation in developing an effective and modern regulatory framework, institutional environment and management mechanisms based on its extensive experience in corporate regulation and advanced technological expertise.

• On August 3, 2011, Ericsson and the Skolkovo Foundation announced that a document (agreement on the basic conditions of interaction) had been signed, specifying the agreement of intent signed earlier. Already in 2011, Ericsson plans to start activities as part of the project. Assuming a phased development of research activity, Ericsson has identified one of the most important areas for creating solutions for organizing smart grids.

Before moving to Skolkovo, development engineers will be in our Moscow office of Ericsson. Financing of these projects is planned to be carried out at the expense of Ericsson.

Ericsson's key commitments to Skolkovo include:

• Eriksson Innovations Russia Company to manage the research activities of Ericsson in Skolkovo;
• Creation of a design-oriented research and development center;
• Support for Skolkovo projects, infrastructure development, research and development by organizing the Ericsson Networked Society Lab;
• Support the development of programs of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in priority areas: cloud technologies, broadband access, intelligent transport solutions, M2M technologies and others.

IBM

IBM and the Skolkovo Foundation announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Skolkovo Foundation and IBM, which is not legally binding, regarding the potential creation of an IBM research and development center and possible cooperation in the field of innovative projects in areas such as information technology, biomedicine and "smart power." Within the framework of the memorandum, IBM will consider the possibility of placing an IBM research and development center on the territory of the Skolkovo innovation, intending to form a reliable working relationship between the Skolkovo Foundation and IBM in order to accelerate the development of innovations in several strategic industries. The memorandum was signed by Viktor Vekselberg, President of the Skolkovo Foundation, Bruno Di Leo, IBM CEO for Growing Markets, and Kirill Korniliev, IBM CEO for Russia and the CIS. The non-legally binding memorandum describes a number of possible areas of cooperation, subject to additional agreements. Among them:

• The development of a lithium-air battery capable of generating significantly more energy than a conventional lithium-ion battery;
• Use of supercomputer computing and software development to develop drug production;
• Development of the Russian NFC application. The project aims to create secure and customized mobile transactions for use in industries such as communications, retail and banking;
• Potential development of new technologies for medical data management, which will improve the quality of management and analysis of medical data (for example, clinical records, medical images, laboratory results, genomic data, etc.).

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