Megogo, a Ukrainian video service with leading positions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, is launching on the Polish market. The local service in Poland includes a library of on-demand movies and series as well as pay-TV packages with news, sports, entertainment, kids and educational content, industry media reported. Artur Patsula, who heads the head the …
Six months into the war, Spotify is rebranding its Music of Ukraine playlist as ‘UNITED24: Music For Ukraine’ and creating a new way to support the country and its people: Spotify relaunched with a special video message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in advance of Ukraine’s Independence Day on August 24. The playlist features music from Ukrainian artists, in addition to …
Ukraine’s parliament passed a bill on June 3 that imposes additional taxes on foreign companies like Apple, Netflix, Amazon and Facebook. According to the new legislation, foreign tech companies that are not registered in Ukraine will pay a 20% value-added tax (VAT) for digital services they provide to local users. The bill targets content like …
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Finnish-Ukrainian startup PromoRepublic recently raised $1.5 million in a round led by Finnish Innovestor, which also took part in a previous round. As reported by AIN.UA, other investors include Finnish government organization Business Finland, Ukrainian investment firm Genesis Investments as well as individual investors Andres Mihalovits, Paul Melin, and Murat Abdrakhmanov. PromoRepublic also brought on …
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Earlier this week Restream, a video streaming startup with Ukrainian roots but now headquartered in Austin, Texas, closed a $50 million Series A round. Sapphire Ventures and Insight Partners led the round, which was also supported by Moscow-based Iskra Ventures. Restream’s total funding has reached $55 million since the company was founded in 2015, Alex …
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Yesterday, Spotify launched in Ukraine as well as 12 other markets: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia. Music lovers from these countries can enjoy Spotify’s 50 million tracks, 4 billion playlists, and localized music personalization features. “Our expansion in Europe comes as consumers in the region embrace streaming (…). This launch opens the door for nearly 250 million …
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A Kyiv-based venture fund, Genesis Investments, has injected $150,000 million in podcast visualization startup Elision. The details of the deal, which was reported by AIN.UA, have not been disclosed. Founded in November 2019, Elision has developed an “intuitive podcasting platform” which allows listeners and podcasters to enhance their podcasting experience, adding visualization through RichAudio. In its beta version, the platform offers more than …
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Last week the Ukrainian venture firm AVentures Capital announced it invested an undisclosed amount in Viseven, a provider of multichannel content for life sciences. Founded by a Ukrainian team and keeping its R&D center in Ukraine, this startup now operates internationally from offices in Canada, Estonia, Russia and the USA. Viseven develops software, mobile apps, educational virtual …
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Almost 28 years after Ukraine’s declaration of independence, and five years after a quasi-state of war with Russia, a new law imposes the use of the Ukrainian language in all B2C communications in the country. Signed by outgoing president Petro Poroshenko on May 15, the law will come into effect progressively within three years after its official publication …
On a recent afternoon inside the digital campaign headquarters of Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskyy, around a dozen young volunteers sat glued to computer screens. Their task was twofold: to scour social media sites for impostor accounts and “fake news” about their candidate while trying to fend off armies of bots spreading negative …
CrunchBase has teamed up with East-West Digital News, the publisher of Ukraine Digital News, to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Starting from now, EWDN chief editor Adrien Henni publishes a monthly column in this famous industry resource, highlighting the most notable deals as well as promising tech innovations from …
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According to Pornhub’s latest Year In Review report, Ukraine took the 16th place in the site’s daily traffic ranking, jumping 11 spots from 2017 to 2018. “With Ukraine moving into our top 20 countries for the first time, it’s clear that much of their traffic growth came from entirely new visitors, as evidenced by the number of changes …
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