High-tech ‘refugees’ from Ukraine aim to take over US food delivery market

By Andrii Degeler / July 21, 2015

Ukrainian serial entrepreneur Yegor Anchishkin, who sold his startup Viewdle to Google-owned Motorola in 2012, is gearing up to enter the American produce delivery market. Last year he raised $2.5 million to fund Zakaz.ua, an online service that delivers produce from five grocery stores in Ukraine.

To boost his new venture CartFresh in the U.S., Anchishkin and his team entered the TechStars startup accelerator in Boston for its summer program.

Topics: International, News, People, Startups, Ukraine-USA

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