In 2016, USAID released a study about the potential for North American Ukrainian Diaspora investment in Ukraine. This agency of the U.S. Government is primarily responsible for the administration of civilian foreign aid. ICT, agriculture and education were highlighted in the study as the most attractive industries for investment. On December 7, 2017, a Made in Ukraine Tech Town …
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Earlier this month, two Polish investors — a group of venture capital funds SpeedUp and angel venture capital firm bValue — invested €400,000 in bNesis, a startup founded by a Ukrainian team. The news was reported by bNesis’ CEO Dmitriy Norenko on his Facebook page earlier this month. “The whole team will work hard to become the …
Yesterday AVentures Capital, a major early-stage venture capital fund based in Ukraine, announced a $500,000 lead investment into Bookimed, a Kyiv-(Kiev-) based healthcare service operating globally. Presented as “an independent search service for medical solutions around the world”, the startup arranges for diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation and aesthetic procedures based on given criteria.
Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) is announcing the launch of U.Ventures, a new fund focusing on investing in early-stage technology startups from Ukraine and Moldova. U.Ventures will invest in early stage companies, from Seed to Series A, with investments ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. U.Ventures will back start-ups from Ukraine and Moldova that typically have …
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Last month the Ukrainian serial entrepreneur and philanthropist Vasyl Khmelnytsky announced the launch of UFuture Investment Group, a Kyiv- (Kiev-) based conglomerate and investment company to develop the most advanced and lucrative industries in Ukraine. The news was reported by local online publication InVenture. UFuture intends to attract investment and “bring technologies, knowledge, innovative management …
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Last week AVentures Capital, a major early-stage venture capital fund based in Ukraine, announced an investment of an undisclosed amount in TeamFusion. This Los Angeles-based B2B startup delivers “simple, effective and highly personalized” staff training to companies using Microsoft Office 365. TeamFusion is one of only 11 US organizations which Microsoft presents a “top strategic software …
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SolarGaps, a Ukrainian startup which has designed “the world’s first renewable energy producing window blinds that use solar panels to create electricity to power your apartment, home or office,” has received a €50,000 grant as part of the first stage of Horizon 2020’s SME Instrument program. The news was confirmed to Ukraine Digital News by …
Earlier this month Allset, a mobile app helping restaurants cut dining time in half by allowing customers to pre-order their meals, has secured a $5 million to further expand on the US market. Greycroft Partners led this round, with participation from new investor Vaizra Investments. Previous investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Compound, FJ Labs, and Ukraine’s SMRK …
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Yesterday Petcube, a US-based startup with Ukrainian roots, announced that it has completed a $10 million series A round from several investors, including Almaz Capital, AVentures Capital and Y Combinator. Petcube, which has developed a pioneering connected pet device, says it will use the investment for product development and marketing, as well as to enlarge its distribution …
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Last week GitLab, a San Francisco-based open-source software startup founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Dmitry Zaporozhets, announced the completion of a $20 million Series C round led by GV, formerly known as Google Ventures. The capital injection follows a $20 million Series B round from US investors August Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator raised in September …
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A bevy of international venture funds and business angels from eleven countries have just invested $2.8 million in Rentberry, a San Francisco-headquartered startup with Ukrainian roots. The transaction, which was announced on Oct. 5 by the startup, follows last year’s $1.2 million seed round, bringing the total capital amount raised so far by the startup to …
Earlier this month Kray Technologies, a US-headquartered startup with Ukrainian roots, secured an undisclosed amount of funding, as confirmed to Ukraine Digital News by Andrey Dashkiev, COO of the company. The funding came from Ukrainian investment company Chernovetskyi Investment Group (CIG) and three individual investors, including Ruslan Savchyshyn.
