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Seven Skoltech projects are participating in the Slush conference in Helsinki

7 startups, crafted and created by Skoltech MSc and PhD students and graduates, are displayed at the Slush conference, which opened today in Helsinki, Finland. The projects are at various stages of development – some were drafts just yesterday and start taking shape, others are being actively tested, and the rest already managed to win in big contests and attract investment. Startups are focused on areas such as robotics, satellite data, e-marketing, e-taxi business. All the projects are a result of the Skoltech educational process focused at innovation and entrepreneurship studies to motivate students develop and further monetize their findings. Skoltech Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) is mainly involved in these activities: at CEI experts offer MSc and PhD students help in bringing their ideas from lab to market, developing already existing projects, consult on licensing and IP management.

It’s the third time in a row that Skoltech is participating in one of Northern Europe’s biggest events for innovators and developers, interested in attracting global investors and networking with the heads of transcontinental companies. This year’s conference sees more than 15 000 visitors and 1700 participant-company registered.

‘As a source of contacts for the future business development of your startup, Slush is a very useful event”, – says Boris Urman, Skoltech graduate and co-author of the Sharxi project. – According to the best European practices, this start-up meeting in Helsinki combines science and business – the alpha and omega of any innovator’.

These Skoltech projects are presented at the Slush exhibition, their authors are participating in the conference pitch session and make presentations:

1.TSURU Robotics // Nikita Rodichenko, Anastasia Uryasheva (Skoltech graduates, 2015)

Tsuru Robotics (resident of the Skolkovo Foundation ) – a company, engaged in the development of autonomous quadrocopters, tiltrotor, capable of developing speed up to 150 kilometers per hour and levitate up to 3 kg. www.tsuru.su

2. ASTRODIGITAL // Ekaterina Kotenko (Skoltech graduate, 2015)

AstroDigital (resident of the Skolkovo Foundation) – a platform to access satellite data, which makes searching, processing and integration of satellite imagery into web and mobile applications simple, fast and convenient. www.astrodigital.com

3. SHARXI // Andrei Omelyanovich, Boris Urman (Skoltech graduates, 2015)

Sharxi is a mobile application for iOS and Android enabling users to book a taxi and split the cost of the trip with fellow travelers. www.sharxi.ru

4. AGRO HD // Ivan Maslov (current Skoltech MSc student)

Agro HD is an analytical platform for agriculture, allowing to obtain information using drones and manage the processes of crop and livestock www.agrohd.com

 5. OPEN SPACEWARE // Anastasia Galanin (current Skoltech MSc student)

Open Spaceware is an innovative platform on space technologies, which is also aimed at the developers of the ‘cubesat’ nano-satellites. One of the objectives of the platform is to reduce costs of space missions at least twice and to make knowledge about space technologies more accessible space. www.openspaceware.com

6. EMOTICAM // Alexander Kudryashov (Skoltech graduate, 2015)

Emoticam is a tool for measuring intensity of emotions and heartbeat rate using a web camera stream. Can be used for remote marketing analysis, engagement monitoring for online courses and media content recommendations.

7. HAIRDRESSERY // Darya Stepanova (Skoltech graduate, 2015)

Hairdressery is gaming platform in the form of a virtual mirror where you can choose a hairstyle www.hairdressery.com

Media contacts – Alexander Zolotarev, +7 916 686 73 34, , https://www.skoltech.ru

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About Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology:

The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Skoltech will educate global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

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