# Skolkovo Foundation

> Skolkovo Foundation is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Russian Federation
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/skolkovo-foundation
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sk_en
- Website: http://sk.ru
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SkolkovoFoundation

Skolkovo Foundation is a Russian organization that fosters startups and venture capitals focused on the areas of energy, IT, biomedicine, nuclear, and space. The IT cluster develops strategic directions of information technologies, including search systems and cloud calculations. The biomed cluster supports and develops innovations in the field ofbiomedical technologies. The energy Efficiency cluster supports innovations and advanced technologies, aimed at the reduction of energy consumption by industrial and residential objects as well as lower energy consumption by communal services and municipal infrastructure facilities. The space technologies cluster handles space projects and the development of telecommunication technologies based on space tourism, satellite navigation systems, and more. The nuclear technology cluster supports the creation of new products for power markets, development of new materials, and designing of complex technological systems.In order to carry out its operations, Skolkovo Foundation manages Skolkovo Innovation Center, Technopark, Skolkovo Institute of Technology (Skoltech), and Skolkovo city.Several companies, including Boeing, Cisco Systems, EADS, GE, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Siemens, Nokia, and Samsung have signed R&D partnership agreements with Skolkovo Foundation.Skolkovo Foundation was founded in September 2010 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $14k–$1.9M |
| Grant | $100k–$3M |
| Pre-Seed | $3.9k–$25k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 22 | 49% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 16% |
| Internet | 6 | 13% |
| Robotics | 6 | 13% |
| Hardware | 5 | 11% |

91 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 33 | 73% |
| Seed | 7 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 4% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russian Federation | 27 | 60% |
| United States | 8 | 18% |
| Israel | 2 | 4% |
| China | 1 | 2% |
| Belarus | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Martin Bouygues | Co-owner of the French industrial group | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-bouygues |
| Renat Batyrov | Chief Executive Officer, Technopark Skolkovo | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renat-batyrov |
| Alexander Kudryavtsev | President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-kudryavtsev |
| Boris Bernasconi | Head of the architectural bureau Bernaskoni | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boris-bernasconi |
| Craig R. Barrett | Co-Chair of the Board | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-r-barrett |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cashoff Lab | Cashoff Lab Provides profit-generating open banking API solutions for banks and unique digital experience for their consumers | $76.1K | Grant | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| VideoOculograph | VideoOculograph offers noninvasive eye pathologies diagnostics and treatment services. | $3.9K | Pre-Seed | Mar 23, 2021 |  |
| 4Blind | 4Blind undertakes research, develops, creates and produces innovative engineering solutions. We help in meeting needs of the blind and deaf-blind communities by expanding their opportunities and eliminating the barriers that people with disabilities face in communication, education, employment, transportation and independent living | $14K | Seed | Sep 21, 2020 |  |
| 4Blind | 4Blind undertakes research, develops, creates and produces innovative engineering solutions. We help in meeting needs of the blind and deaf-blind communities by expanding their opportunities and eliminating the barriers that people with disabilities face in communication, education, employment, transportation and independent living | $25K | Pre-Seed | Feb 03, 2020 |  |
| 4Blind | 4Blind undertakes research, develops, creates and produces innovative engineering solutions. We help in meeting needs of the blind and deaf-blind communities by expanding their opportunities and eliminating the barriers that people with disabilities face in communication, education, employment, transportation and independent living | $13K | Pre-Seed | Dec 10, 2019 |  |
| Antilatency | Antilatency is an inside-out tracking system provider for VR/AR, Virtual Production, MoCap, Drones and Robotics that enables an unlimited multiuser experience within the tracking area without restrictions on scale or shape. | $1M | Grant | Dec 08, 2017 |  |
| Marvelmind Robotics | Precise (+-2cm) indoor navigation system for autonomous robots, drones and VR | $88K | Seed | Feb 02, 2017 |  |
| EpiGene | EpiGene is a medical company that provides early cancer diagnostics to allows applying an effective treatment and saving a life of patient. It uses method of early cancer diagnostics based on DNA molecule analysis. |  | Seed | Dec 07, 2016 |  |
| Viriom | Viriom Inc. is a development and commercial stage biotech company developing novel and affordable medicines against life threatening infections such as HIV and HBV. The company has an exclusive worldwide license to its phase 3 and commercial stage lead compounds (Elpida/elsulfavirine and VM1500A) from Hoffmann-La Roche and has developedproprietary drug candidates VM2500, VM3500 LAI formulations and combinations with cell, vaccine and antibody drugs for treatment, prophylaxis and cure of HIV. Viriom makes a breakthrough in treating, preventing and curing HIV and chronic HBV infections worldwide. | $2.4M | Convertible Note | May 11, 2016 |  |
| Aeroxo | Aeroxo is a new generation long range aerial robotics and data gathering platform. Aeroxo introducing ERA-100 the world's first commercial tilt-rotor uav system.Aeroxo's ERA-100 is a platform that combines unique flight capabilities with the power of advanced imaging and remote sensing equipment, as well as a cloudbased dataprocessing and visualization platform. Aeroxo delivers solutions for a number of industrial and civil applications.AEROXO is one of Russia's first commercial drone producers. They have developed a new generation long range UAV platform with UNPRECEDENTED FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS and data gatheringcapabilities compared to any other commercially available drone system. | $100K | Grant | Jun 16, 2015 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BAUR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baur) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ChemRar Ltd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chemrar-high-tech-center) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Papillon ZAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/papillon-zao) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SYGMA.Novosibirsk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sygma-novosibirsk) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Torrey Pines Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torrey-pines-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Skolkovo Foundation invest in?

Skolkovo Foundation invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Russian Federation. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Skolkovo Foundation's check size?

Skolkovo Foundation typically joins rounds of $14k–$1.9M at Seed, $100k–$3M at Grant and $3.9k–$25k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Skolkovo Foundation participates in.

### How do I contact Skolkovo Foundation?

Public channels for Skolkovo Foundation include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Skolkovo Foundation?

The team at Skolkovo Foundation includes Martin Bouygues (Co-owner of the French industrial group), Renat Batyrov (Chief Executive Officer, Technopark Skolkovo) and Alexander Kudryavtsev (President), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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