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18 companies operating in Ukraine ranked among world’s top IT service providers

February 21, 2018

Earlier this week, the US industry association IAOP released the 12th edition of its annual Global Outsourcing 100 ranking to identify the best outsourcing service providers in the world. The ranking is based on what the IAOP believes to be the best companies in each of five judging categories: size and growth, customer references, awards …

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Two Ukrainians charged in the USA for alleged roles in giant online fraud organization

February 12, 2018

Last week the US Department of Justice announced the indictment of 36 individuals for their alleged roles in the Infraud Organization. This Internet-based cybercriminal enterprise was reportedly created by Svyatoslav Bondarenko, a Ukrainian citizen also knwn as “Obnon,” “Rector,” and “Helkern.” Another Ukrainian, Alexey Klimenko, has also been indicted, as well as people from a variety of other countries.

E-cars gain traction in Ukraine

February 7, 2018

In 2017, the number of electric cars registered in Ukraine reached 3265, up from 1,706 cars in 2016, reports the Employer’s Federation of Automotive Industry (EFAI), citing government data. Nissan (2,666), BMW (117), Tesla (111), Ford (76) and Fiat (42) are the five most popular car models in the country.

Local industry figures name Ukraine’s top startups

January 30, 2018

Recenty AIN.UA, the leading Ukrainian tech blog, offered its annual ranking of the country’s most successful startups. Based on a survey among local business angels, venture investors, entrepreneurs, lawyers and the organizers of acceleration programs, the ranking features projects which were created or pivoted over the past three years. Although they were created by Ukrainian …

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Ukrainian government approves digital economy strategy for Ukraine

January 24, 2018

On January 17, the Ukrainian government presented a roadmap for developing digital economy and society in Ukraine in the upcoming years (2018-2020). According to the six-page presentation (in Ukrainian), the new strategy envisions a transition from a resource-based economy to high-tech production with efficient processes and higher GDP growth through the introduction of ICT.

Ukrainian tech entrepreneur gets into Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list

January 22, 2018

Denys Zhadanov, the Vice President of Marketing at Readdle, an Odessa, Ukraine-based startup operating globally, has been featured in the international listing of Forbes’ “30 Under 30 – Europe” tech entrepreneurs released on January 21. From a rented flat in Ukraine and zero funding, Readdle has built a powerful ecosystem of productivity apps such as …

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EU and EBRD back 10 Ukrainian clean energy projects

January 19, 2018

Just four months after six Ukrainian ecotech companies received Climate Innovation Vouchers (CIVs) worth €160,000, another ten local businesses were chosen recipients of CIVs as part of the second stage of the CIV project. Worth €400,000 in total, the vouchers were offered by the EBRD and Greencubator, a local non profit which promotes green entrepreneurship …

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Ukrainian IT service export reaches $3.6 billion in 2017

January 18, 2018

Up from $2.5 billion in 2015, the export volume of Ukraine’s software development and IT services reached $3.6 billion in 2017, says local industry association IT Ukraine in its overview of the industry released in late 2017. According to the association, the IT industry is the third industry, after food industry ($15.2 billion) and metallurgy …

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US-Ukrainian medtech startup Cardiomo wins Techstars pitch competition

January 17, 2018

On January 12 Cardiomo, a US-Ukrainian AI-powered health monitoring startup, announced that it had won the international Techstars startup pitch competition held as part of the CES 2018 in Las Vegas. The startup was awarded an app-controlled BB-8 drone, a 30-day guaranteed placement on Amazon.com Exclusive and $5,000 worth credits from Twilio, a cloud communications platform.

Neuromation raises $50 million through ICO “to democratize the AI industry”

January 11, 2018

Earlier this week Neuromation, a Blockchain and distributed synthetic data platform for deep learning applications, announced that it sold 60 million of its tokens just eight hours after the start of its public sale. This brings the amount raised during both the pre-ICO and ICO campaigns to the total equivalent of $50 million. Contributors from …

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bNesis secures €400,000 from Polish investors “to become the first Ukrainian-Polish fintech unicorn”

December 18, 2017

Earlier this month, two Polish investors — a group of venture capital funds SpeedUp and angel venture capital firm bValue — invested €400,000 in bNesis, a startup founded by a Ukrainian team. The news was reported by bNesis’ CEO Dmitriy Norenko on his Facebook page earlier this month. “The whole team will work hard to become the …

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Five Ukrainian companies ranked among world’s top IT services companies

December 8, 2017

Last month, Clutch, a US-based company which aims to identify leading software and professional services firms across the world, released its ranking of world’s top 56 IT services firms named ‘most highly recommended’ companies in the world in 2017. Clutch’s annual report recognizes over 475 top B2B service providers across six industries. Featured in the listing …

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