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Belarus-founded startup Peech attracts $550,000 from Ukrainian Flyer One Ventures

July 26, 2022 August 3, 2022

In his native Belarus, 30-year-old tech entrepreneur Andrey Poznyak was once a political prisoner. He spent six months behind bars for protesting Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s brutal crackdown on civil society following fraudulent elections in 2020. Poznyak later made his way to Ukraine, along with thousands of fellow techies, and in the fall of 2021 …

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Ukrainian tech industry demonstrates resilience amid the war

May 22, 2022 June 7, 2022

Unlike Ukraine’s manufacturing plants, warehouses and stores, many of which lie in ruins, its IT sector has had much better luck. The tech industry reacted with lightning speed to the new reality dictated by Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine. Early in the invasion and even before it, companies started to relocate whole teams into safer …

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Zelensky signs Diia City bill to change taxation for tech firms

December 19, 2021 January 19, 2022

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 18 signed bill №5676 creating a special taxation system for tech firms. Approved by the parliament on Dec. 14, this is the second of three laws that are necessary to create the Diia City system. Diia City is a collection of tax, employment and legal benefits that Ukrainian and foreign IT firms …

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