skolkovo innovation center

Skolkovo Foundation: Nuclear
Technologies Cluster
June 2014
SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER – INNOVATION-PURPOSED
ENVIRONMENT JUST OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW
The Innovation Center will occupy 389 ha
just 3 km West of Moscow Automobile
Ring (part of the “New Moscow”)
At the basis of the architectural concept –
mixed-purpose quarters – living and
office/labs area put together.
TARGET HIGHLIGHTS
 Area - 400 ha
 9 300 residents
 5 700 highly-paid research-oriented
jobs
 26 000 overall jobs to be created
 5 100 students and university
research stuff
 2014 – completion of the first
construction phase
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SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER AND NUCLEAR CLUSTER.
BALANCED-COMPONENTS INFRASTRUCTURE
Technopark
1 045
Science and
Technology Institute
STARTUPS
$460
MLN.
500
IP RIGHTS REGISTRATION
APPLICATIONS IN 2013
$300
GRANT FINANCING
APPROVED
MLN.
Skolkovo Open
University
13 000
Skolkovo Business
School
REVENUE OF STARTUPS
IN 2013
JOBS CREATED
PPL.
$550
MLN.
TOTAL VOLUME OF
PROJECTS SUPPORTED
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THE CLUSTER BEGAN TO SHAPE IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2011
TODAY THE CLUSTER ACCOUNTS FOR 10-15%* AMONG THE FIVE
CLUSTERS OF THE FOUNDATION
Investors
• 20 investors, including 4
accredited venture funds
Participants
•100 participating companies
•Revenue of approximately
$US 10 million
•80 applications for IP items
•More than 600 jobs created
• $20 mln. – external
investments raised in the
projects of the cluster’s
startups
Partners
• 6 industrial partners
• 3 MOU signed recently
• Agreements signed:
• Over 3.5 thou. sq. m.
designed for R&D centers
• More than 200 jobs
• Over RUB $80 mln.
invested in Skolkovo
infrastructure
Skoltech
Expertise
• 2 R&D centers developed in
the area of new materials
• New agenda for 2 R&D
centers – for digital
production and industrial
safety
Technopark
• 11 accredited Common Use
Centers related to the
areas of specialization of
the Cluster (Prototyping,
Microanalysis,
Optoelectronics, Material
Science, Mechanics)
• Over 400 engaged experts
in the areas of
specialization of the
Cluster
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TECHNOLOGICAL PRIORITIES OF THE NUCEAR CLUSTER
1. Nuclear science spin-offs
Plasma generation, nuclear waste management, etc.
2. Radiation technologies
Isotopes, laser/plasma/Thz/linacs applications,
imaging/NDT, sterilization, coatings, filters, etc.
3. New advanced materials
Nanostructuring, composites, materials engineering,
rare earth materials, superconductors, etc.
4. Advanced equipment
Accelerations, neutron generation, robotics and
automation, sensors/detectors, calibration, etc.
5. Engineering technologies
Predictive modeling, extreme environment design,
life-time cycle modeling, imaging/visualization, etc.
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INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS – CORNERSTONES OF THE INNOVATION
ENVIRONMENT CONCEPT
International Companies:
Russian Companies :
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SKOLKOVO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
SKOLKOVO’S VALUE PROPOSITION
SKOLKOVO’S EXPECTATIONS
• Support of R&D, engineering and
commercialization activities through
tailored ecosystem
• Market insight to effectively manage grant
portfolio and stimulate commercial
acceleration of the participating startups
• Access to hightech competencies,
innovations and infrastructure through
startups, Technopark and Skoltech
• Significant physical presence at Skolkovo
sight: people, sq. meters
• Initial Russian market entry support
package, including spin-offs launch
• Technological foresight and expertise
• GR/PR support from Skolkovo
• Financial resources (grants) in support of
market expansion and technological
project development
• Vertical technological integration
opportunities through startups to MNCs
chain
• Tax benefits
• Financial commitment to invest into
development of the R&D/engineering
infrastructure
• Mutual PR support
• Significant tangible results of the mutual
cooperation: new technologies, new IP,
financial growth, ecosystem development
• Educational programs and mentoring
• Russian-foreign companies partnership
platform
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THE KEY CHALLENGE
FOR SKOLKOVO’S INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM IS
ATTRACTION OF PARTNERS TO
SKOLKOVO PREMISES
Determination and development of operations as a part of innovation priorities of the
Cluster and improved integration of the foresight together with the partners by means of
market vision transfer by the partners with regard to the participants and their
involvement to the value chains and R&D of the partners;
 Development of partners’ R&D centers in Skolkovo Innovation Center premises, creation
of research infrastructure, new jobs and engagement of highly qualified professionals;
 Emergence of new participants engaged in business development based on the
technological solutions of the partners.
Negotiations in progress
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SKOLKOVO PROJECT PARTICIPANT
PARTICIPANT STATUS
REQUIREMENTS
 Alignment with the
technological priorities
 Innovation – a product has no
analogs or exceeds the existing
ones
 Team – IP rights, motivation and
entrepreneurship
 International exposure of the
project
 Readiness to physically move
to Skolkovo territory starting from
2016
 Focus on R&D and
commercialization activities
(trade, mass sales over 1 bln rub
and similar are prohibited,)
PARTICIPANT STATUS BENEFITS
 Tax and custom duties incentives
– Payroll-related social tax reduction (30% to 14%)
– Zero income tax, property tax and VAT
– Reimbursement of the custom duties and import VAT
 Access to financial resources and business
development expertise
– Venture capital and business angels network
– Infrastructure and technologies of the industrial partners
 Infrastructure access and consulting services
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Technopark infrastructure and offices
Accounting, tax issues and IP consulting
Personnel center, simplified visa procedures
International and national events
Education, mentoring, etc. (Clusters, Open University,
Skoltech, Technopark)
 Opportunity to receive grant financing (see further)*
* Applicable only for start-ups and industrial partners spin-offs
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THE ATTRACTION OF
AND COLLABORATION WITH PARTICIPANTS IS THE KEY
OBJECTIVE FOR THE
SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER ECOSYSTEM
Plasma Sources
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Involvement of new participants and development of the existing participants
of the Skolkovo Innovation Center in the area of invention of new
technologies and commercialization as part of the Cluster’s innovation
priorities, creation of new jobs and intellectual property items
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Supporting the participants that create breakthrough technological solutions
and that have the highest potential for the commercialization of their
products, including raising external co-funding for innovation projects
•
Creation and maintenance of attractive and self-replicating innovation
ecosystem designed to improve the efficiency of interaction among its key
elements: participants, industrial partners, funding sources and research and
development centers
Nuclear
Containers
Corporation
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NT CLUSTER SPEARHEADS
THE WORK ON ACCELERATION
AND COMMERCIALISATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS ABROAD
International commercialisation
International acceleration
1. Promoting commercialisation of Cluster
projects among international industrial
partners (custom R&D, purchase
of developments or startups)*
1. Involvement of Cluster companies in the
successful
commercialisation
programmes of partnering innovation
centres - HighTechXL in Eindhoven,
Acceleration Pathway in the Houston
Technology Center
Plasma
sources
2. 2 road-show projects of NT Cluster:
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2. Conducting joint project competitions - Varian
Startup Challenge 2013 (to be continued in
2014)
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In the field of radiation technologies - in
Grenoble (France) in March, 2014.
In the back-end field - in Japan in the 3rd
quarter of 2014.
3. Work is under way to attract
entrepreneurs to projects with prevailing
research team competencies
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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS AND BREAKTHROUGH PROJECTS OF THE CLUSTER
PARTICIPANTS - EXAMPLES OF THE MOST ACTIVELY DEVELOPING ONES
OPTOGARD NANOTECH
Superhard coating technology
• Increases the speed of superhard coating application
7-10-fold in comparison with the similar products
• Today, the technology is implemented for the products
of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Tests for OMZ and Rosneft are under way
• It is planned to conclude a partnership agreement with
TRUMPF; with the participation of the NT Cluster, the
conditions are also discussed with RZD
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 80 mln.
AXION-RDM
Ion-exchange resins with adaptive selectivity
to extract rare, rare -earth and precious metals
• The effectiveness of sorbent is 8-10 times higher than
that of the similar products in the entire world
• Pilot implementation at Acron OJSC, Uralelectromed
OJSC initiated
• With the support of the Cluster, the company entered
into negotiations with PhosAgro OJSC
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 10 mln.
THIN FILM
TECHNOLOGIES
Heat-resistant sensors with multilayer thin-film
strain gauges
• Significantly increases the performance of the pressure
and temperature sensors
• Test deliveries to manufacturers of aircraft engines are
under way
• Negotiations with potential customers, Russian defense
enterprises, are under way
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 80 mln.
NUCLEAR CONTAINERS CORPORATION
Mobile system for decontamination of soil
from radionuclides, mercury, and other
heavy metals
• The system is designed to perform all technological
operations: from soil sampling to packing contaminant
concentrate into containers
• Selective cleaning of territory of 70-95%
• With the support of the Cluster, negotiations with
Japanese companies are under way
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 20 mln.
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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS AND BREAKTHROUGH PROJECTS OF THE CLUSTER
PARTICIPANTS – FOCUSED ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
LUMINNOTECH
Organosilicone nanostructured
luminophores for detectors of ionizing radiation
• Use in the detectors allows enhancing the basic
characteristics to a level that substantially
surpasses the world level
• Winner of the Skolkovo Varian Startup Challenge
2013
• Negotiations on contract research with American
and French companies are under way
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 3,5 mln.
CVD-SPARK
CVD method of diamond plates
production
• The technology allows for obtaining diamond films
of high purity, unique properties and previously
unavailable sizes.
• Won the Skolkovo Varian Startup Challenge in 2013
• With the support of the NT Cluster, negotiations with
foreign companies in regards to selling products
made of grown diamonds are under way
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 7 mln.
EUV-LABS
Industrial sources of extreme ultraviolet for
nanoscale lithography
• The methods of nanodiagnostics and EUV
source (13.5 nm) for lithography of 22 nm are
unprecedented
• Amount of private investments equals 200
million rubles
• Joint testing with ASML, the world leader in the
production of lithographic machines, was also
conducted.
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 3,5 mln.
UIC
Power installation with solid oxide fuel
cells
• Autonomous power installation for cathodic
protection station of major pipelines
• Power installation tests at Gazprom OJSC are
under way
• It is planned to develop a series of installations for
other consumers -MegaFon, IDGC of Urals, NLMK
- and to venture into the international markets.
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 30 mln.
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MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS AND BREAKTHROUGH PROJECTS OF THE CLUSTER
PARTICIPANTS - DEVELOPERS OF UNIQUE TECHNOLOGIES
PHOTONIC NANO-META
TECHNOLOGY
Single photon generator
• Single photon generator for use in research on
development of quantum computers
• Co-investments from Q-wave foundation - 10
million rubles
• Partnership with IBM was established. After
prototype testing,it is planned to sell the
company.
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 10 mln.
Plasma
sources
PLASMA SOURCES
Equipment for semiconductor industry
• Ion sources and plasma generators for phosphorus
and boron, that significantly increase the speed and
quality of the key process
• Currently, the solutions are being tested against the
TS of the market leaders - Applied Materials and
Axcelis
• The ultimate goal is to sell the company and to
establish on its basis the R&D Centre in Russia
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 10 mln.
SUPEROX INNOVATIONS
Second-generation superconducting
materials
• The unique production technology for HTS tape
base, that reduces the cost of superconductors 510-fold in comparison with similar products
• A partnership agreement with a Korean company
to develop the HTS tape base was concluded
• Negotiations on the partnership with SC Rosatom
and Russian Grids are under way
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 10 mln.
RAMMICS
Compact Raman-fluorescent microscope
for rapid analysis
• Cost of analysis decreased 10-fold due to the
original design of the spectral part when retaining
similar sensitivity in comparison with similar
products
• Instrument design for pharmaceutical and
chemical companies is under way
• The Cluster provides support in advancing the
company into foreign markets
• Projected revenue by 2020: $US 25 mln.
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THE CLUSTER CLOSELY COLLABORATES
WITH UNIVERSITIES AND
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Interaction with
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Participation in the determination of the technological priorities of Skoltech in the field of
nuclear and radiation technologies and material research
Expert review of applications for Skoltech research centers and cooperation on two centers:
 Advanced Structure, Processes and Engineered Materials
 Nuclear Systems and Materials Research
Establishment of the new agenda for two centers:
 Advanced Manufacturing
 Operation and Safety Research
Interaction with
• Active interaction with institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS): JIHT, GPI, Ioffe
Physical and Technical Institute, Institute for Spectroscopy and many others
• 25% of the Cluster projects are founded by graduates of RAS institutes
• 8 RAS projects raised grant financing
Interaction with
universities
• At least 10% of the Foundation experts are RAS employees
• Interaction with universities: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bauman Moscow State
Technical University, MEPhI, MIPT, UrFU etc.
• 20% of the Cluster companies are founded by university graduates
• Cluster employees participate in project contests; regular meetings are held with students and
teachers of the main universities to attract new projects.
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CONTACTS
Igor Karavaev,
Vice-President, Executive Director of Nuclear Technologies Cluster
[email protected]
Alexander Fertman,
Scientific director
[email protected]
Konstantin Gibalo,
Director, business development and key partners
[email protected]
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