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Time magazine features Ukrainian bionic hand prosthesis among world’s best inventions

November 11, 2022

The Ukrainian maker of a next-gen hand prosthesis is making the cover of Time magazine, which has featured it this year among “200 innovations changing how we live.” With its five separate movable fingers, this lightweight prosthesis combines low-power electronics and light movable machinery design to articulate 288 metal, plastic or silicon components. But not …

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Medtech on the rise: Ukrainian pharma major to invest in two local startups

December 9, 2020

Ukrainian pharmaceutical major Farmak Group has announced investments in two Ukrainian MedTech startups, Bicovery and ComeBack Mobility, as part of the Sector X acceleration program. Bicovery defines itself as “an ecosystem with web and mobile applications, which helps a person with bipolar disorder.” Relatives and doctors receive “more complete information about the dynamics of the …

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Ukrainian startup receives support from local investor and EU accelerator to develop next-gen hand prosthetic solutions

September 4, 2020

Earlier this week Esper Bionics, an innovative prosthesis maker from Ukraine, announced it received an investment from local VC fund SMRK. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but Esper Bionics CEO Dmitry Gazda told local tech blog AIN.UA it was the first equity round ever raised by the company. Founded in 2018, Esper …

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Ukrainian startup to 3D print parts for ventilators used for COVID-19 patients

March 20, 2020

Revel Lab, a startup from Odesa in Southern Ukraine, is developing a model to 3D-print valves for ventilators used to support the novel coronavirus patients, who are physically unable to breathe. The company was inspired by their counterparts in Italy, Isinnova startup that produces valves that allow connecting two patients to a ventilator at the …

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Ukrainian startup offers smart technology to reduce mosquito-borne disease

March 9, 2020

The Ukrainian startup Mosquito Control Ltd (SEMCS) has developed an environmentally friendly and smart, sustainable system for mosquito control in the B2C, B2B and B2G markets. The Kyiv-based company has developed a product that almost completely eliminates mosquitoes outdoors in a targeted area ranging from a quarter to a full mile. The SEMCS device attracts female mosquitoes with …

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BIOsens offers rapid diagnostics for food safety

October 10, 2018

The incidence of foodborne illnesses is a growing global problem. Just in the United States, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that annually “1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases.” A startup headquartered in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, BIOsens, is actively …

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Ukrainian-founded 3D body scanning startup attracts $1 million from international investors

July 24, 2018

Ukrainian-founded startup 3DLook, presented as “the most advanced instant human body scanning and measuring technology for mobile device,” has attracted $1 million from U.Ventures, 500 Startups and several business angels. As reported by Retail TouchPoints last week, the funding will be used to introduce a new technology, SAIA 3D, “which captures up to 29 body measurements and …

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MBioS Challenge reveals top Ukrainian biomedical startups

May 2, 2018

On April 25 at the iForum in Kyiv, Ukraine, six winners were chosen from 12 semifinalists and 97 initial project submissions in the first MBioS Challenge. This Ukrainian biomedical startup competition was organized by the Ukrainian NGO Innovation House and the venture capital firm Borsch Ventures. The winners were chosen in three categories: projects at …

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