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TA Ventures injects $1 million in eTachki, Ukraine’s first online auction for used cars

September 29, 2016

TA Ventures, a major venture fund based in Ukraine but operating globally, has just announced a $1 million investment in local startup eTachki. TA Ventures was the sole investor in the round. Based in Kyiv (Kiev), eTachki is the first online auction for used cars in Ukraine. After assessement in the company’s offices, cars can be sold …

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Robo Wunderkind, a robotics startup with Ukrainian and Kazakhstani roots, raises $500,000 from European investors

September 27, 2016

Last week Robo Wunderkind, whose robot aims to provide kids with an easy way to learn coding and robotics basics, secured $500,000 from an international consortium of investors. The round was led by Warsaw-headquartered Arkley VC with participation from angel investor Juergen Habichler as well as Austria Wirtschaftsservice, an Austrian federal development and financing bank for the …

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Ukrainian-founded Allset secures $2.35 million from Ukrainian and American investors

September 22, 2016

Earlier this week Allset, a mobile app helping restaurants cut dining time in half by allowing customers to pre-order their meals, has secured a $2.35 million seed round. The roud was led by New York-based venture capital firm Metamorphic Ventures with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and FJ Labs as well as previous investors Alexander Chernyak, …

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Open-source software startup with Ukrainian roots raises $20 million in Silicon Valley

September 19, 2016

Last week GitLab Inc., an open-source software startup founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Dmitry Zaporozhets, announced that it raised $20 million from US investors August Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator. This Series B round follows a previous fund raising operation in September 2015. GitLab’s set of tools allow people to collaborate on all digital content more effectively, scaling projects across functional groups, collaborating in …

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US government fund WNISEF to invest $5 million in Ukrainian IT startups

September 14, 2016

Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), a $150 million regional private equity fund backed by USAID to invest in Ukraine and Moldova, intends to inject at least $5 million in Ukrainian IT startups. “We have been authorized to launch a new fund to support startups in the IT sector,” WNISEF President and CEO Jaroslawa Johnson was …

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Horizon Capital becomes majority shareholder in Ukrainian telecom operator

September 13, 2016

Last week Horizon Capital, a Kyiv (Kiev)-based private equity fund manager, announced that it had increased its stake in Datagroup, a major Ukrainian independent telecom operator, from significant minority to over 70%. Horizon Capital will assume operational control of the company. When contacted by Ukraine Digital News, the fund declined to disclose any further details.

US-Ukrainian Big Data startup secures $1.25 million from Californian funds

August 29, 2016

Galactic Exchange, a Silicon Valley-headquartered big data startup with engineering teams split between Kharkiv (Kharkov), Eastern Ukraine, and Menlo Park, has raised $1.25 million from Floodgate and Signia Venture Partners. Closed in early August, the deal has just been announced publicly. The two California-based VC firms had already backed the startup in its seed funding round one year ago, …

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TMT Investments invests $300,000 in US-Ukrainian cloud computing startup

August 26, 2016

Yesterday TMT Investments announced a $300,000 capital injection in Sixa, a San Francisco-based company founded last year by Ukrainian entrepreneurs Mykola Minchenko and Ievgen Nechaiev. Sixa has developed a “personal computer in the cloud” intended for developers, designers and gamers, “capable of running the most demanding applications.”

Hewlett-Packard’s corporate venture fund eyes Ukrainian startups

August 9, 2016

Last month HP Tech Ventures, the venture arm of the US computer company launched in May, joined the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA). The fund has not opened an office in Ukraine, but has appointed Vitaliy Golomb to represent its interests in the country. The fund is “delighted to support the growing …

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CallPage secures $500,000 from Polish investors

August 4, 2016

Last month CallPage, a Polish startup with Ukrainian roots, attracted $500,000 from Polish venture fund bValue and a few individual investors. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. CallPage helps commercial sites convert page views into inbound sales calls through immediate callback to the real phone numbers. Thus, the startup claims that its clients may …

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Content marketing startup PromoRepublic secures €400,000 and launches in the US market

July 18, 2016

PromoRepublic, a Finnish startup with Ukrainian roots, has just secured €400,000 from a pool of investors from the two countries. These include Finnish business angels Sampo Parkkinen and Pekka Koskinen, startup accelerator and fund Vendep and government agency Tekes, as well as Ukrainian fund Digital Future. An initial €100,000 capital injection from Pekka Koskinen, Vendep …

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Digital Future invests in US-Ukrainian startups Attendify and Rallyware

July 8, 2016

In late June Digital Future, which has asserted itself over the past two years as one of the most active venture investors in Ukraine, announced investment deals with two US-Ukrainian startups. The first one, KitApps, Inc.. (known as Attendify), received $1.9 million in total from Digital Future and TMT Investments, an LSE-listed fund with Russian backers.