Transcript Essence of the Innovation

Success Stories
from Participants of
Skolkovo
April 2013
Contents
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• The U.S. Patent Office granted a patent to innovative company IFAR for an anti-ulcer drug
• The Federal Service for Intellectual Property granted a patent for Transgenfarm
• The company Inkuron will hold U.S. trials of a drug for cancer
• Gazohim Techno began designing a mini-GTL prototype
• The "kinetic energy accumulator" project received investment attractiveness rating of BBB in the Russian
Startup Index
• IKIZ successfully implemented the first stage its project to map the vegetation of northern Eurasia
• Workle, a service for working remotely, raised $ 3.5 million in investment
• AVIAREAL received a patent for an augmented reality system for pilots
• Asteros Labs presented “Asteros Contact Air” for airports
• NIL AP presented new robot motion control modules
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iOS-service Gvidi launched online booking tables
Ubiq Mobile received a grant from Microsoft
• Virtual fitting room Fitting Reality joined its first online store
Innovative Pharmacological Developments
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The U.S. Patent Office granted a patent to innovative company IFAR for
an anti-ulcer drug
- Reversible inhibitor of the enzyme H + / K + ATPase of the gastric
mucosa.
Essence of the Innovation
Skolkovo participant IFAR’s development is based on long-term basic and applied research. After dozens of
deliberately synthesized compounds, one candidate with the best indicators of effectiveness and safety of
use as an anti-ulcer agent was selected.
Primary Advantages
At its own R & D-center IFAR is currently conducting pre-clinical research that will allow it to apply in
2015 to register for authorization for clinical trials of a new drug. In addition to the already issued patents
of the Russian Federation and the United States, IFAR is pursuing patenting in the EU, Ukraine and other
CIS countries.
Market
The new drug shows promise for commercialization in a segment of the global market that is $30 billion
Transgenesis Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Center
"Transgenfarm"
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Transgenfarm received a patent
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property issued a patent, "Genetic
structure LTF3, LTF5, LTF7, LTF10, LTF11, for the production of recombinant
human lactoferrin"
Essence of the Innovation
Industrial production of human lactoferrin protein in the form of a water-soluble powder. The use of this
product allows to significantly reduce mortality in preterm infants, as well as the incidence of illness
among babies who are fed with formula.
Primary Advantages
Work on the production of therapeutic proteins in milk-producing animals now makes them available to
the general mass of patients who need them. This production will be environmentally friendly, efficient
and the number of therapeutic proteins will be regulated by the number of animal-producers.
Market
Currently in monetary terms, drugs that are based on human proteins occupy about 10% of the world
pharmaceutical market. The worldwide market for protein drugs in 2010 was about 70 billion dollars.
Inkuron
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Inkuron will hold U.S. trials for a cancer drug
Inkuron has received approval from the U.S. Administration of Quality
Supervision of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials of the
drug CBL0137.
Essence of the Innovation
The company's activities focus on the design and conducting of preclinical and clinical studies of innovative
medicines based on a new class of molecules of a chemical nature, Kuraksin. These are small molecules
with a potentially wide range of therapeutic applications for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune
diseases.
Primary Advantages
The uniqueness of Kuraksin is that they simultaneously modulate abnormal activity of three key signaling
pathways in the tumor cells (through inhibition of chromatin protein complex FACT). This causes
selectivity in their antitumor activity. There is a high probability of success using Kuraksin to treat certain
autoimmune diseases and inflammatory conditions.
Market
In general, the drugs are in a class of medicines that in Russia and other countries are not purchased by
patients, but by various insurance or government programs.
Gazokhim Techno
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Gazokhim Techno began designing a prototype mini-GTL plant
It has a capacity of 10-13 million Nm3 per year for turning gas to synthetic liquid
hydrocarbons with a yield of up to 5.8 tons per year. Construction will be
completed in Q3 of 2014.
Essence of the Innovation
The purpose of the project - the commercialization of mini-GTL technology, creating the world's first viable
small-scale GTL plant and effectively monetizing small gas resources (associated petroleum gas, biogas,
methane, natural gas, etc.)
The essence of the business - licensing the production and sale of mini-GTL units, which are designed for
the processing of natural and associated gas into synthetic crude oil and products of higher added value.
Technology - a joint Russian-British project, which technological and economic synergies are achieved by
combining two innovative blocks - POX (partial oxidation) from Gazokhim Techno and a microchannel
Fischer-Tropsch reactor from Oxford Catalysts Group (www.oxfordcatalysts.com).
Market
The target size of the market in the Russian Federation – up to 20 billion m3 / year of gas flared (over 5
billion USD), in the world - more than 150 billion m3/ year (up to 38 billion USD).
Russian Superconductor Corporation
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The "kinetic energy accumulator" project received investment attractiveness
rating of BBB in the Russian Startup Index
The BBB classification indicates "Sufficient investment attractiveness.”
Essence of the Innovation
The "kinetic energy accumulator" project is aimed at the mass production of high-tech innovative
competitive products to store large quantities of kinetic energy and energy consumption.
Primary Advantages
These devices can also be used to improve the performance of power for short term consumers of
increased power (to compensate for peak loads) and to improve the stability of power plants and power
systems.
The use of the kinetic energy storage devices to significantly improve efficiency in the use of recovered
energy from electrified transport (metro, tram, trolley bus), and other equipment is also very attractive.
Market
The global market for energy storage was $9.8 billion in 2008, the global market in the segment of "power
system support" was $707 million with a growth rate of ~ 20% til 2030
IKIZ
(Institute for Cosmic Research of Earth)
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IKIZ successfully implemented the first stage of its project to map the
vegetation of northern Eurasia based on satellite data commissioned
by the U.S. Forest Service
Essence of the Innovation
IKIZ developed a technology for the automated identification of terrestrial vegetation types based on
satellite data. The technology is based on the analysis of time series of medium resolution satellite data
using innovative locally-adaptive algorithms and invariant features.
Primary Advantages
IKIZ Technology allows it to obtain uniform, comparable information on the type and condition of
continental vegetation, and eventually globally. The high degree of automation makes it possible to build a
map every year to monitor the temporal dynamics of vegetation. The technology enables the most
powerful identification to date of the number of classes of terrestrial vegetation.
Market
Large companies, insurance companies and credit organizations working in the area of ​logging
and wood processing, administrative bodies regulating forest management, etc. The annual
market of satellite services that provide information on the state of forests is estimated at 98
million USD
Workle
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Workle attracted $3.5 million in investment
The Klever Internet Investments Limited fund invested 3.5
million dollars in the Workle Internet service
Essence of the Innovation
Workle - a unique Russian project to create an online professions and online jobs in insurance, tourism and
finance.
Anyone, regardless of education and work experience, can use Workle to:
• master one of the most popular professions using free training course;
• access a high-tech personal online office;
• represent more than 60 leading companies in the Russian market;
• provide services to clients;
• receive compensation to accounts or a bank card after tax and social security contributions.
Primary Advantages
Currently 195,000 people are working through Workle
Market, Plans
Expand the geography of the service by the end of 2013, giving people the opportunity to use the service
of the CIS countries and in the future to scale services to international markets - particularly in India and
Brazil.
AVIAREAL
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AVIAREAL received a patent for a system of augmented reality
for pilots
Successfully tested the first version of the prototype.
Essence of the Innovation
Projects for augmented reality, united by a common goal of improving aviation safety.
Areas of commercialization:
1) The sale of patents on some configurations of delivered products.
2) Sale of licenses for patents.
3) Sale of software products that work on third-party hardware.
Primary Advantages
The projects addresses key categories of aviation staff involved in operations.
Market
The estimated cost of solutions for pilots is 50 thousand USD. The estimated cost of solutions for airport
personnel is 500 thousand USD. The general upper bound for the volume of the market is about 20 billion
USD. Consumers: Aviation business and private consumers.
Asteros Labs
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Asteros Labs unveiled
Asteros Contact Air for
airports around the world.
The universal interface for the registration of air passengers from Russian developer was
demonstrated to visitors at the Passenger Terminal Expo in Geneva.
Essence of the Innovation
The Asteros Contact Universal interface for registering passengers allows airports to conduct registration
on flights of different airlines at any counter using a common "one-stop shop“ process.
Primary Advantages
The development allows the airport to decrease crowding at the reception area during peak times.
It optimizes the process of training personnel who will no longer need to study the system of registration
of the airlines; it will be sufficient to know only one interface
Market, Prospects
During the exhibition airports in United States, Switzerland, Finland, Latvia, Singapore, Oman and Turkey,
as well as almost all of Russia's terminals whose representatives visited the exhibition showed interest in
the product. As a result of the pilot projects, introduction of the "Asteros Contact Avia" in three domestic
airports was planned.
Scientific Research Laboratory for Design Automation
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NIL AP presented management modules for the
movement of robots
NIL AP finalized and prepared mass production for three new products: network modules for controlling
stepper motors and DC motors
Essence of the Innovation
The main purpose of the modules is the control of android robots. The modules are arranged in random
locations within the body of the robot, working in the general network and running commands in ASCII
codes. Commands allow you to adjust the acceleration, velocity and speed of motor shafts.
Primary Advantages
Motion Control Modules are designed to control the motors using a computer or controller (PLC). Included
with the source code modules examples of programming are supplied in C # in Visual Studio 2010. The
modules are compatible with the NL series provided on this website and can operate in the general
industrial network based on the RS-485 interface.
Market, Prospects
The market of industrial automation
Vai2Geo
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iOS-service Gvidi launched online booking tables in schools
The smart personal guide to cafes, bars and restaurants has launched its own
online reservation system. The booking system successfully passed beta testing
in early 2013 and has demonstrated high efficiency and demand.
Essence of the Innovation
The service provides an intelligent search of catering establishments on the basis of individual preferences
of each person: it analyzes the personal tastes of users through the social graph, compares them with its
own global database of places and gives personal advice on where to go.
Primary Advantages
The service provides an intelligent search of catering establishments on the basis of individual preferences
of each person. Now through Gvidi one can reserve a table in almost any non-chain establishment in
Moscow.
Market, Prospects
The global market for geo-targeted advertising was estimated by Berg Insight at 192 million euros (5% of
the total market for mobile advertising) in 2011 and is increasing, according to the agency, at an average of
90.9% per year and will reach 4.9 billion euros in 2016 (28.3% of the total market for mobile advertising).
NMT-New Mobile Technology
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The Ubiq Mobile project received a 70 000$ grant from Microsoft
Winnings will be used to refine the technology that will enable the company
to introduce the first public release of the product in the near future.
Essence of the Innovation
Ubiq Mobile is cross-platform development of distributed mobile business class applications
Primary Advantages
The product provides cost effective, reliable and stable operation of applications.
Due to the innovative solutions used in the runtime environment, applications can run on slow and
unstable mobile networks. In this case, we cover all classes of mobile devices - from Windows Phone to
simple Java-phones.
Market
The market for Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms is estimated at up to three billion in a two-year
term (according to IDC). The market for Mobile Backend As a Service will be up to seven and a half billion
by 2017 (according to Markets & Markets).
Fitting Reality Rus
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Virtual fitting room Fitting Reality joined the first online store
Ever-Pretty.ru is a fashion boutique for evening and casual dresses and is the
first online store that uses virtual fitting room Fitting Reality
Essence of the Innovation
A multi-platform service for the virtual fitting of clothing on the basis of personal data about figure
(ShapeID) with a functional fitting room for clothing and accessories.
Primary Advantages
The project will increase the online sales of clothing by solving the following problems :
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Lack of personalized fitting rooms online (virtual model) with 3D viewing capabilities;
inability to appreciate how clothes look because of the lack of visualization of clothes using the type of
material from which it is sewn and patterns;
the high cost of shipping and return of unsuitable clothing that results from unsatisfied customers and
the low volume of online sales that results from buyer uncertainty
Market
The market segment focused on by the project: Geographic (USA, Europe, Russia)
The global apparel market in 2017 will reach 1,369 billion dollars.