non-profit organization founded in 2010 and functions as the administrator of the skolkovo innovation center. the goal of the foundation is to support technological entrepreneurship in russia and the commercialization of the results of research activities. the number of skolkovo residents has already reached nearly 2,500. the foundation provides them with an array of services that are necessary to roll out developments onto the russian and international markets. resident status gives a company tax and customs privileges. in 2019, residents’ revenue comprised over 100 billion rubles, and the amount of investment they raised amounted to 13 billion rubles. since 2019, legislation has allowed any organization conducting research activities in russia to access the services and benefits of the skolkovo innovation center. located on the skolkovo innovation center territory is the skolkovo institute of science and technology (skoltech), which is in the world’s top-100 young universities according to the nature index. the innovation center infrastructure comprises, among other things, the research centers of industrial partners and the largest technopark in europe. in 2019, three new partner r&d centers, which belong to sibur, tmk, and tatneft, opened at the innovation center. a total of 750,000 square meters of residential buildings, research and educational centers have been put into operation on skolkovo territory, and extrabudgetary investment in infrastructure exceeded 100 billion rubles.