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Ukrainian startup backed by local and foreign investors to prepare “the future of rehabilitation”

July 8, 2021 August 5, 2021

Last month ComeBack Mobility, a Ukrainian startup that develops smart crutch tips, raised $1 million in seed funding. The investor consortium included Fison, a Ukrainian fund founded by Dmitry Tomchuk; Farmak Group, a Ukrainian pharmaceutical major, as well as several individual investors including Peter Chernyshov, the former CEO of top mobile operator Kyivstar, and French Frédéric Delfosse. Founded in 2020 and …

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Ukraine performs first surgery using virtual reality

June 13, 2021 June 17, 2021

Emergency room doctors in Lviv used virtual reality (VR) to save a 12-year-old girl with a congenital heart defect. It was the first time Ukrainian doctors used VR to perform a surgery, they said on June 9. Surgeons discovered that the patient’s aorta was narrower than usual, blocking normal blood flow to the body. As a result, …

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Ukrainian entrepreneur launches mental health support platform in the USA

May 5, 2021 May 7, 2021

A figure of the Ukrainian tech and venture scene, Oleksii (Alexey) Vitchenko, has launched and funded an online mental health support platform in the USA. Founded in early 2021, Calmerry has set for itself the mission of “making therapy affordable and accessible to anyone.” Subscription plans start from just $42 a week, allowing people with …

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Ukrainian startup raises $500,000 to develop “the cleanest toothbrush ever”

April 12, 2021 May 5, 2021

Ukrainian startup Effa, which creates nature-friendly toothbrushes, has attracted $500,000 of investment and is now valued at $3.5 million, its cofounder Dasha Kichuk said on April 12. The money came from a Ukrainian private investor who doesn’t reveal his name to avoid requests for financing from other startups, Kichuk told the Kyiv Post. With the new investment, …

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German and Ukrainian associations launch “Digital Partnership” (first event on March 10)

March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021

Leveraging its assets in the fields of IT and digital solutions, Ukraine offers many opportunities for successful business partnerships. Many emerging startups as well as established companies from this country already operate internationally. To develop this potential through bilateral exchanges, the German Eastern Business Association, NRW.Global Business (the North Rhine-Westphalia trade and investment agency), and the German-Ukrainian Chamber of …

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Ukrainian and US investors put €900,000 in digital rehabilitation platform

September 17, 2020 January 15, 2021

Last week Raccoon, a startup with Ukrainian roots but headquartered in Berlin, announced the completion of a two-phase seed funding round totalling €900,000. The startup received €275,000 in the first phase from business angels and the Silicon Valley Syndicate Club; then €625,000 from Kyiv-based investment group Quarter Partners. [Update: In late 2020, Raccoon became a portfolio …

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Drug delivery platform Liki24 raises $5 million round from Horizon Capital

August 17, 2020 August 20, 2020

The medicine delivery platform Liki24 has just announced the completion of a $5 million round of funding from Horizon Capital, the leading private equity firm in Ukraine and Moldova. The company will use the money to expand to new markets, starting from Poland. Liki24.com is a marketplace aggregating offers from thousands of pharmacies and facilitating …

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International hackathon aims to fight pandemic and build more resilient societies (April 9-20)

April 2, 2020 April 2, 2020

As three billion people are locked down across the world, an international hackathon is calling innovators to “hack the future so we never go through this again.” Designed as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Global Hack also aims to “build resilience post-pandemic.” The tracks are inspired by the UN sustainability goals that cover …

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In Western Ukraine, IT industry association supports massive COVID-19 testing and local emergency needs

March 26, 2020 March 26, 2020

Industry association Lviv IT Cluster is launching ‘United for Health,’ a healthcare initiative to support this city of Western Ukraine and its region. As Ukraine is entering its third week of quarantine, this initiative aims to mobilize the local IT community, the local authorities and the Coronavirus Emergency Operation Center to “prevent the spread of …

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

March 20, 2020 March 24, 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 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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The world’s leading investors call for health and wellness innovators (Paris, March 23)

February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020

On March 23, the French capital is to host the world’s leading investors searching for early-stage innovation in health and wellness. Startups from Eastern Europe are welcome to this fast-track cross-border match-making event, which covers such industry segment as digital health, precision medicine, ageing in place, pharma, medical devices and IoT. To date, 40+ investors …

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