The Silicon Valley Fallout from Waging Economic War Against Russia

Carmen Yuen

Partner

Vertex Ventures, in Singapore

in conversation with Rebecca Fannin

and Q&A with online audience

Carmen joined the firm in 2014, focusing on investment opportunities in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand

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The Silicon Valley Fallout From Waging Economic War Against Russia

Russian politicians and tech leaders started coming to Silicon Valley more than a decade ago to build high-tech bridges but since the Crimea annexation in 2014, VC deal-making within the U.S. involving Russia has been declining.
Still U.S.-based and global VC firms face issues with investments made over the past decade alongside Russian firms and individuals.
Russia has been angling to make its own Silicon Valley with the Skolkovo Technopark outside Moscow, but relationships with tech investors and universities including MIT have ended.
I spoke at a Skolkovo Innovation Forum in Moscow, in 2018. (see photo)

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