Earlier this month, Ukrainian clients of PayU, an international PSP which belongs to Naspers via the Allegro Group, were informed that the company will stop activities in the country in the near future. While the company explained its decision as “based mainly on an assessment of the current and expected market conditions,” Ukrainian tech publication …
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Settle, a mobile booking and payment service for restaurants developed by Kyiv(Kiev)-based startup Advice Wallet, has secured an undisclosed amount from the SMRK VC fund, as tech blog Siliconrus.com reported last week. The funds will be used to launch Settle in the American market. “In the United States, there is a severe problem with wait-times …
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Newzmate, a startup that develops emailing solutions for digital publishers, has just attracted a $300,000 investment from Polish VC firm Xevin Investments and Dutch angel investor Bas Godska for their smart emailing solution. Newzmate main product, christened ‘Traqli,’ helps digital publishers create and deliver news digests based on readers’ individual preferences and interests. Based on …
Lviv (Lvov), a major city in western Ukraine, is known for its second largest tech community in the country. Hosting about 25% of all Ukrainian developers, it is currently undergoing a transformation from an major IT outsourcing destination to a technology hub with its own software and hardware startups. Community initiatives have sprung up to further develop the …
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Ukraine’s rapidly developing tech scene saw global giant Google, mostly known for its popular search engine, establish an office in Kyiv in 2006. Today, Google’s country manager for Ukraine, Dmytro Sholomko, says that behemoths like his employer are now looking for stability in Ukraine in order to develop. Sholomko hopes for support from Ukraine’s government …
Google Ukraine chief wants stability in order to flourish Read More
On March 28 Lviv (Lvov), a major city in Western Ukraine, will host the annual Lviv Outsourcing Forum, an event targeting owners and top managers of outsourcing companies as well as freelancers from all over Ukraine. In its 6th edition, the forum will be organized around three main topics: “Outsourcing business,” “Small and medium outsourcing,” …
Key IT outsourcing topics to be discussed in Lviv on March 28 Read More
Earlier this year Austrian firm Tender Service Group launched a new version of its online resource, Tendery.ua, which allows Ukrainian companies to bid for private and public tenders in 20 European countries. According to Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA, Tendery.ua offers the largest database of tenders in Ukraine and Europe, providing access to no fewer than …
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Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA reported last week that Openroad Capital, which represents a group of Baltic investors, intends to invest in 10 Ukrainian startups. Openroad Capital is ready to invest from $25,000 to $500,000 in each project, depending on the project’s stage of development, and intends to focus on startups with global ambitions. Eugene Vlasov, …
Baltic investors may invest millions of US dollars in Ukrainian startups Read More
For its 7th edition in Sofia on April 21-22, the CEE Digital Summit (CEEDS) will welcome Mr. Andrus Ansip, Vice President for the Digital Single Market at the European Commission among 100 top speakers and more than 3,000 attendees from 40 countries. Ukrainian startups are cordially invited to demonstrate their technology and talent at the …
Next month startup entrepreneurs and investors from Ukraine and beyond will gather at the Kiev Startup Week (April 14-19), a series of events held in the Ukrainian capital. One of them is iForum, a key conference on the Eastern European IT scene with more than 5,000 of Internet entrepreneurs and business people attending each year. Entrepreneurs …
A growing demand for making office tasks easier to manage has been spotted by Oleksandr Gudkov and Andriy Zhyvolovych, co-founders of online service TOPES where office supplies can be ordered. The service was developed and launched in 2013, using $15,000 of founders’ personal savings. Around 60 Ukrainian companies use it now. Polish and Kazakhstani versions …
TOPES online service helps in managing office life Read More
The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine has just launched I-ARMY.ORG, a site for enrolling people in the “information forces of Ukraine.” In order to join the online army, users must register their email in the system, which will allow them to begin receiving daily tasks in their inbox. At the moment, the site solely functions …
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