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How Ukrainian startups survive “amid bombs, blackouts and evacuations” (podcast)

February 20, 2023 February 21, 2023

Recently Sifted, a major tech news outlet in Europe, met the founders of “some of the continent’s most resilient startups.” These Ukrainians are the heroes of a special podcast that appeared last week on the Sifted website. The program shows how these entrepreneurs, their teams and investors, sometimes “trapped in basements with Russian troops on …

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Kyiv-based startup raises $2 million to help blockchain transaction originators keep their profit

February 16, 2023 March 6, 2023

Ukrainian DeFi startup Kolibrio has announced its first round of funding, having raised $2 million from a consortium of Web3 investors. Jump Crypto led the round, with participation from Delta Fund and Everstake Capital alongside unnamed individual investors. The company is developing a solution to help blockchain transaction originators “get ownership of the order flow they …

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A crypto exchange with Ukrainian and Russian co-founders raises $5 million from US and Ukrainian funds

December 23, 2022 March 6, 2023

Tallinn-headquartered crypto exchange Utorg raised $5 million in a round led by US fund Dragon Fly with participation from Hypra and TA Ventures, two funds with Ukrainian roots. Completed in September but publicly announced only recently, the deal valued the startup at $50 million, Forbes Ukraine heard from an unnamed source. Founded in October 2020, …

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Top French officials and businessmen pledge to support Ukraine’s digital sovereignty and development

December 16, 2022 December 19, 2022

On December 13 the French capital played host to the “Bilateral Conference for the resilience and reconstruction of Ukraine.” Touted as an initiative from the French president Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, the conference aimed to “outline [Ukraine’s] needs to ensure its economic resilience during the war and its medium-term reconstruction, as well as to encourage …

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Slush revokes €1 million prize from Russian founded-startup after international outcry

November 22, 2022 November 22, 2022

Yesterday Immigram, a UK-based but Russian-founded tech immigration platform, opted out from the Slush competition, just a couple of days after winning the first prize. Almost simultaneously, Slush formally revoked the win “in light of new information on the extent of [Immigram’s] operations in Russia.” The attribution of the Slush prize to a Russian-founded startup had shocked a number of …

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Newly launched Ukrainian startup “leverages the power of NFTs for charities”

September 21, 2022 September 21, 2022

3×4, a Ukrainian-founded Web3 fundraising platform for non-profits, is launching its first campaign to support Children of Heroes. Teaming up with artists, this charity helps children who lost one or both parents during the war in Ukraine. It claims to have already supported 725 children as of Sept. 15, 2022. 3×4 is now raising funds …

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New marketplace wants “the entire world to fall in love with Ukrainian products”

September 14, 2022 September 14, 2022

Would you like to wear a beautiful made-in-Ukraine silk scarf, enhance your skin with natural cosmetics from a Kyiv-based firm, decorate your home with stain glass produced by Sumy craftsmen? You can order these items, and many more, on ‘Made With Bravery,’ a marketplace promoting thousands of locally-made products with worldwide delivery. “The world gave us three days to last,” …

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Zelensky hologram, 14 startups and a “train not to be missed:” Ukrainian tech impresses France

July 1, 2022 July 5, 2022

Is France about to become a harbor for Ukrainian startups in these troubled times? Thus far — in spite of its size and its thriving innovation ecosystem — this country has not been a major point of destination for Ukrainian or other Eastern European tech entrepreneurs seeking international growth or relocation opportunities. These entrepreneurs were more …

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Report: How Ukraine’s tech companies adapt to war time after breaking records in funding in 2021

May 13, 2022 May 19, 2022

AVentures Capital, one of Ukraine’s top venture firms, has just released a new edition of its Dealbook of Ukraine. Each year, this publication offers an overview of the deals and trends involving Ukrainian and Ukrainian-founded tech companies. A “record high VC and PE volume” is reported for 2021, with more than $830 million invested in …

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“A hurricane of discouragement:” Putin’s war on Ukraine is already impacting the Russian tech sector

February 24, 2022 February 26, 2022

Will Russia take control of Ukraine after a quick military victory? Will it be a long-lasting war of guerrilla? Could an escalation involve neighboring countries and western powers? The outcome of the Russian military attack on Ukraine that began on Thursday, Feb. 24, is unpredictable. But just hours after the invasion, the impact on the …

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VistaPrint acquires Ukrainian Depositphotos for $85 million

October 28, 2021 October 28, 2021

Ukrainian creative content provider Depositphotos announced today its acquisition by VistaPrint, a global leader in custom-printed products for SMEs. This is a full acquisition, paid in cash at a value of $85 million, the Depositphotos press service told Ukraine Digital News. VistaPrint is buying the Depositphotos group with its various entities, including Depositphotos, Lightfield, Bird In Flight and WAS, as …

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Ukrainian entrepreneur launches mental health support platform in the USA

May 5, 2021 May 7, 2021

A figure of the Ukrainian tech and venture scene, Oleksii (Alexey) Vitchenko, has launched and funded an online mental health support platform in the USA. Founded in early 2021, Calmerry has set for itself the mission of “making therapy affordable and accessible to anyone.” Subscription plans start from just $42 a week, allowing people with …

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