OREANDA-NEWS. RUSNANO was founded as an open joint stock company in March 2011, through the reorganization of the former Russian Nanotechnologies Corporation. RUSNANO is responsible for the implementation of government policy for the promotion of the nanotechnologies industry, investing in financially effective high-technology projects that guarantee the development of new manufacturing opportunities within the Russian Federation. The company invests in nanotechnology companies directly and through investment funds. Its primary investment focus is in electronics, optoelectronics and telecommunications, healthcare and biotechnology, metallurgy and metalwork, energy, mechanical engineering and instrument making, construction and industrial materials, and chemicals and petrochemicals. The Government of the Russian Federation owns 100 percent of the shares in RUSNANO.

Management of the investment assets of RUSNANO are conducted through a limited liability company established in December 2013, RUSNANO Asset Management. Anatoly Chubais is chairman of its Executive Board.