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Russian-founded tech migration platform wins €1 million at Slush, spurring controversy over solidarity with Ukraine

Immigram, a UK-based tech immigration platform, has won the first prize at Slush, Helsinki’s yearly top tech event. The Russian-founded startup will receive €1 million in investment coming from top global investors including Accel, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, NEA and Northzone.  According to CrunchBase data, Immigram had raised half a million just six months ago, earning trust …

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Ukrainian-founded Web3 startups raised $1 billion in four years

While Ukraine ranks third worldwide in the 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index, Web3 startups with roots in this country raised nearly $1 billion in investments over the past four years. This and other interesting facts and numbers are contained in a report just published by Hypra, a Lisbon-based Web3 fund with a Ukrainian team.  According to this …

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Major Swiss company acquires Ukrainian-founded proptech startup

Earlier this month Ringier, an established Swiss media and technology company, announced the full acquisition of Homsters, a leading SaaS-provider for new property developments.  The two companies had developed a “successful strategic partnership since 2019 providing state-of-the-art technology to Ringier’s leading property portals in Switzerland and Poland,” says Ringier. Founded in Kyiv in 2015 by Ukrainian …

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New angel fund aims to “invest in Ukrainian founders with a global mindset”

The UCU Foundation of the Ukrainian Catholic University has established an angel venture fund called Angel One Fund. It will “invest in Ukrainian founders with a global mindset,” says Angel One Fund’s website, covering such fields as edtech, fintech, SaaS and AI/ML The average ticket size will range from $50,000 to $200,000 per startup at the …

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Ukrainian Roosh invests in US and UK AI companies

Last week Roosh, a Kyiv-headquartered company that develops international AI technologies, announced an investment in Neurons Lab.  This UK company provides research, development and consulting services for SMBs to create solutions in the field of artificial intelligence — typically in health tech, energy tech and other segments. Neurons Lab claims to develop up to ten projects per …

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Where’s funding going in former Soviet states? Not Russia

When the Soviet Union splintered into separate nations in the early 1990s, it contained exactly zero hubs for venture-backed tech startups. Three decades later, of course, the picture is quite different. Metro areas in multiple former Soviet countries now have a rich concentration of tech founders. Capital has followed. But as one might expect, geopolitics …

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International financial institutions back new fund to support Ukrainian tech and export-oriented SMEs

A bevy of international financial institutions have agreed to back Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV (HCGF IV), a fund aiming to support tech and export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine and Moldova. The focus industries include the IT sector, e-commerce, innovative consumer goods and financial technologies. These institutions included the EBRD (which has committed “up …

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US venture firm launches new fund with exclusive Ukrainian focus

Earlier this month ffVC, an international VC firm comprised of several funds in the US and Europe, announced the launch of a new fund exclusively dedicated to Ukrainian founders and startups. Christened ‘ff Blue & Yellow Heritage Fund,’ this fund will “invest in startups led by Ukrainian founders, startups relocated from Ukraine and startups that employ Ukrainian refugees.” …

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The Current Wave: New breed of Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs seek success in global markets, Part 5

Ukraine’s tech scene finds creative ways to do business amid a full-scale war

When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February, Ukrainian venture capitalist Nathan Kay’s priorities shifted overnight. Kay, who’s CEO of crypto-focused VC firm Mempool Ventures, had new problems — instead of growth for his company and his employees, the immediate-term became all about survival. “Each and every member of our team will never be …

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While Ukrainian startups demonstrate their resilience, VCs keep investing in Central and Eastern Europe

“Despite the ongoing conflict in the region, international VCs are more interested than ever in CEE startups,” notes Sifted, an online publication covering the European startup scene. The war has not stopped the surge of investment that the region has seen for the past two years. On the contrary: “while experts have predicted that the …

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Stuck in Kyiv, Ukrainian co-founder sees his company Unstoppable Domains become a unicorn in Silicon Valley

Last week Unstoppable Domains, a San Francisco-headquartered company incepted four years ago, announced the completion of a $65 million funding round involving 19 investors and bringing its valuation to more than $1 billion.  The new unicorn specializes in “domains secured by blockchains”with such extensions as .crypto, .nft, .x, .wallet, .blockchain, etc. These domains are “more than …

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The Ukrainian venture scene in July 2022

In spite of the war, Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs and investors continue developing their businesses across the world. Here are notable venture events of July 2022, as reported by Ukraine Digital News and other media: US-based, Ukrainian-cofounded Unstoppable Domains was valued at $1 billion as it completed a $65 million funding round involving 19 investors. The new unicorn specializes in …

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