Earlier this month, the state-backed Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF) announced the winners of the 23th and 24th editions of its Pitch Day. The jury selected 13 startups among 24 applicants. Winners received $25,000 and $50,000 grants totalling $425,000. Nine companies at the pre-seed stage received $25,000 grants: Geron, for its product ‘GeronCore – A living heart,’ which are …
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EduDo, an edtech startup with Belarusian roots, has closed a $300,000 funding round led by the Ukrainian venture firm Adventures Lab with participation from Cyprus-based venture studio Embria and Russian business angel Dmitry Vasiliev. The deal was reported in late April by Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA, which cited an exchange with a fund representative. The …
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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Earlier this month, the state-backed Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF) announced the winners of the 21th and 22th editions of its Pitch Day. The jury selected 11 startups among 22 applicants. Winners received $25,000 and $50,000 grants totaling $350,000. Eight startups at the pre-seed stage received $25,000 grants: VR Inn., a full-body, free-roam VR content marketplace …
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Ukrainian venture firm Genesis Investments will invest $100,000 in startups going through Y Combinator this year with Ukrainian or Belarusian roots. As reported by AIN.UA, Genesis Investment will invest on similar terms as Y Combinator under SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) agreements. Genesis Investments is a Ukrainian early-stage venture capital fund investing in seed-stage …
Last week 3DLook, a Ukrainian-founded startup offering AI-enhanced mobile body measuring and fit solutions, announced it closed a $6.5 million round to expand its “US leadership team” and “open new R&D centers in the US and Western Europe.” 3DLook claims to have developed “the fastest and most engaging camera-enabled personalized shopping experiences for consumers and …
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Earlier this week OVO, a Kyiv-based fruit and vegetable delivery service, received $150,000, a non-negligible amount by local standards. The funding was brought by Ukrainian investment firm TA Ventures and private investor club IClub. Launched during the lockdown in the spring of last year, the startup already generates some $110,000 in monthly turnover, according to …
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Last week Preply, an international language learning platform founded by three Ukrainian entrepreneurs, announced the completion of an impressive round of financing. No fewer than 13 investors were involved in this $35 million Series B round, led by Sillicon Valley VCs Full In Partners and Owl Ventures. The other investors are Point Nine Capital (Germany), …
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Organization.GG, a Ukrainian marketplace that helps streamers interact with their fans through live gaming experiences, has raised $610,000 in pre-seed funding. The news was reported earlier this month by AIN.UA, based on an exchange with the company’s press service. The investor pool comprises WePlay Esports (an esports media holding company with offices in the USA, …
Just weeks after closing a $40 million equity funding deal with major US funds, airSlate, a Boston-based publisher of business automation software, announced last week a $50 million debt financing agreement with Silicon Valley bank. In total, the no-code solution provider has raised $130 million in capital to date, the company reported. “In this increasingly …
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Earlier this week Creatio, which has developed an award-winning low-code platform for process management and CRM, announced it raised $68 million in its first ever round of equity funding. The money came from from Volition Capital, a US-based growth equity firm, and Horizon Capital, a Ukrainian private equity firm, which have become minority shareholders . …
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Scalarr, a Ukrainian-founded startup that uses machine learning to combat ad fraud, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding, as reported by TechCrunch. Scalarr’s Series A was led by the EBRD with participation from OTB Ventures, SpeedInvest and TMT Investments. The fresh money will be used to expand the company’s business in Asia and …
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