Mastercard has teamed up with 1991 Open Data Incubator, Ukraine’s first incubator for Open Data projects launched in early 2016, and National Bank of Ukraine (the central bank, or NBU) to launch a free incubation program for fintech startups. The program kicks off in October and will last till January 2018. Dubbed ‘Fintech Master,’ the …
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In its unaudited IFRS results made public last month, Mail.Ru Group, a leading LSE-listed Russian Internet group, has estimated “the negative effect of the blocking of its services in Ukraine in Q2 is around 1.5% of total revenues in 2017.” In mid-May, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree applying sanctions to 468 legal entities …
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The Ukrainian startup DMarket, which presents itself as the first global marketplace for in-game content, raised almost $11 million, bonus tokens excluded, in just four days through an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) launched in mid-August. The first million was secured just 17 minutes after the launch of the public token sale, reports Ukrainian tech blog …
Ugears, a Ukrainian startup offering wooden 3D puzzles for adults and kids, has raised nearly $300,000 from 2,954 Kickstarter backers – far above its crowdfunding goal of $15,000. The funding will be used to finance Ugears’ new model Hurdy-Gurdy, which is presented as “the world’s first mechanical musical model for self-assembly and play.” In addition, the …
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Last week Drone.ua, a Ukrainian integrator of unmanned technologies, announced the launch of the Professional Union of Drone Journalism (PUDJ), the first of its kind in Ukraine. The NGO, created in cooperation with the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine (IMTUU) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), aims to unite journalists’ interests and to formulate ethical …
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MacPaw, a Kyiv (Kiev)-based Mac software development company serving more than five million customers worldwide, has bought the file unpacker for Mac users The Unarchiver. The terms of the deal, which was announced earlier this week, have remained undisclosed. With millions of clients around the world, the Finnish app claims to be among the top …
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Telecom-accelerator 2.0, a joint project by Ukrainian technological cluster Radar Tech and major telco Kyivstar, announced the start of its second acceleration program for Ukrainian startups earlier this month. Eleven startups have been selected out of 34 applications to participate in the project.
Kirill Mazur, managing partner at Imperious Group, a venture capital company operating in the US, Israel and Eastern Europe, has recently released the second edition of his personal list of the most active supporters of Ukraine’s startup ecosystem in 2017. The listing includes 199 venture investors, tech entrepreneurs, event organizers and journalists (up from 110 last …
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Kitcast, a US-based startup with Ukrainian roots, has just secured $500,000 from Ukrainian investment fund SMRK, as confirmed to Ukraine Digital News by the company’s CEO Egor Belenkov. Kitcast’s digital signage application for AppleTV uses machine learning algorithms to help its users “create and deliver smart content to any screen” with no need to use …
Last week the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) announced the completion of the first phase of the NATO Trust Fund’s project on cyber defense for Ukraine. As a result of the first phase, specially-equipped centers have been created at SBU and the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine to counter cyber threats.
Last week Chernovetskyi Investment Group (CIG), a Ukrainian investment company, announced that its portfolio company Eda.ua has merged with Foodout, a major food delivery player operating in Baltics. The deal between CIG and Foodout’s investor, the Gold Fish fund, has resulted in the creation of Foodout Group.
SendPulse, an AI-powered email marketing service provider, announced it had acquired its Turkish counterpart Mailto in late May. Although the amount of the transaction has not been disclosed, SendPulse’s co-founder and CEO Constantine Makarov told Ukraine Digital News that Mailto has been valued at $300,000. “As we are focused on the emerging and fast-growing markets, …
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