Ukrainian online tutor platform graduates from Berlin business accelerator with $120,000

By Andrii Degeler / September 21, 2015

In a small theater in the middle of Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, a Ukrainian entrepreneur comes on stage to music playing from the American drama series “The Game of Thrones.” Taking place on Sept. 10, it was the culmination of three months of working on product design, marketing and fundraising at the TechStars Berlin business accelerator.

To complete the program, Kirill Bigai, the founder and CEO of online private tutorial platform Preply, gave a demonstration of his web-based product along with nine other graduating teams to a group of investors.

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Topics: Finance, Incubators & technoparks, International, Internet, News, Online services, Ukraine-EU, Venture/Private equity

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Based in the Netherlands, Andrii Degeler has been covering Internet and tech business news for a number of Western and Ukrainian publications since 2007. He contributes news articles and industry insights to East-West Digital News.

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