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Brendan Maynard

Brendan Maynard is a tech writer who has written for GoalEurope, Inventures, and Webrazzi. He graduated with a B.A. in International Relations from Michigan State University and an M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He studied politics in school, but has since developed a passion for startups and wants to tell their stories.

Entreprise application software market expected to shrink by 40% this year

June 27, 2014

During the first five months of 2014, the volume of services provided by entrepreneurs and organizations in the information and telecommunications sectors in Ukraine were valued at 28.8 billion hryvnias (approximately $2.42 billion), reports the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. More specifically, telecom companies accounted for services valued at 19.78 billion hryvnias (approximately $1.66 billion), …

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Apex VNT Limited acquires 10% of Ukrainian IT-outsourcing firm Epsy Soft

June 13, 2014

Apex VNT Limited, an international venture fund with offices in London and Kiev, has completed its first investment in the Ukrainian market, acquiring 10% of IT-outsourcing firm Epsy Soft for 2.3 million hryvnias (approximately $195,000). In commenting on the deal, Apex VNT PR director Dmitry Chepur told Ukraine Digital News that this is merely their first move into …

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Coppertino raises $500,000 from AVentures, TA Venture and Torben Majgaard

April 18, 2014

Coppertino, a Los Angeles-based startup with Ukrainian origins, announced today that it has raised half a million dollars at an undisclosed valuation from leading Ukrainian investment firms AVentures and TA Venture as well as from Torben Majgaard, the Danish founder of Ukrainian IT-outsourcing company Ciklum. Founded in 2011 by Petro Bondarevskyi and Ivan Ablamskyi, Coppertino has maintained its R&D …

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