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Report: Ukrainians spent $176 million on games in 2018

February 6, 2019 February 8, 2019

Ukrainians spent $179 million on games in 2018, according to Newzoo. Ranking 46th in the research firm’s global ranking, Ukraine is just above Romania ($176 million, 47th place) and the Czech Republic ($157 million, 49th place), but below Kazakhstan ($207 million, 44th place) and Poland ($541 million, 23rd place). Unsurprisingly, with $1.65 billion in generated sales in 2018, Russia …

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Ukrainian cyberathlete becomes world’s top ‘Counter-Strike’ gamer

January 21, 2019 January 21, 2019

Alexander Kostylev, a Ukrainian professional video game player nicknamed ‘s1mple,’ has topped the global ranking of the best “Counter-Strike” gamers compiled by HLTV.org. The 21-year-old gamer has been playing Counter-Strike since he was 16. Having played games professionally for six years, Kostylev has earned $420,000 and participated in 77 tournaments. He has won 14 global …

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Ukrainian eSports team wins $125,000 at international contest

July 9, 2018 July 9, 2018

NAVI.GG.BET, the team of the Ukraine-based e-sports club Natus Vincere walked away with a $125,000 prize for the victory at ESL One Cologne 2018, the international tournament for the fans of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The contest was held on July 6-8 in Germany. This year, the fifth edition of the event brought together 15,000 attendees …

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Lithuanian game publisher acquires Ukrainian game studio

May 11, 2018 May 14, 2018

Nordcurrent, a Vilnius-based game publisher, has acquired Blam! Games Studios, a game development company based in Odessa, Southern Ukraine, the Lithuanian company announced in late April without disclosing the amount of the deal. As part of the deal — which comes after four years of cooperation — Blam! Games will become Nordcurrent’s third studio, coming in addition to Vilnius and …

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Ukrainian eSports startup DreamTeam attracts leading Western fund to its ICO

April 18, 2018 January 9, 2019

Earlier this month Ukrainian startup DreamTeam, which touts itself as “the world’s first infrastructure platform and payment gateway for eSports and gaming,” announced an investment from Mangrove Capital Partners, a leading Western European venture fund, as part of its ICO. As part of the deal, David Waroquier, partner at Mangrove Capital and a pioneer in investment in …

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Ukrainian startup raises over $10 million through ICO to “match the virtual and real economies”

August 30, 2017 September 1, 2017

The Ukrainian startup DMarket, which presents itself as the first global marketplace for in-game content, raised almost $11 million, bonus tokens excluded, in just four days through an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) launched in mid-August. The first million was secured just 17 minutes after the launch of the public token sale, reports Ukrainian tech blog …

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Ukraine’s first eSports business conference to be held in Kyiv (Feb. 22)

February 1, 2017 February 4, 2017

eSPORTconf UAH, which presents itself as Ukraine’s first eSports business conference, will be held on February 22 in Kyiv (Kiev). The event will bring together entrepreneurs and investors, as well as representatives of the gaming and gambling industry in Ukraine and other Russian-speaking countries. Ukraine is among the top six countries with the most developed eSports …

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Gaming analytics startup Mobalytics secures $2.6 million

November 16, 2016 November 16, 2016

Mobalytics, a startup founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Bogdan Suchyk, raised a seed round of $2.6 million from Almaz Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst and GGV Capital. The news was reported today by TechCrunch. The funding comes just two months after Mobalytics won the ‘Startup Battlefield’ of this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt, one of the most important contests in the global startup scene. Mobalytics walked …

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Ukrainian game analytics startup Mobalytics wins TechCrunch Disrupt

September 15, 2016 September 23, 2016

Mobalytics, a startup founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Bogdan Suchyk, has just won the ‘Startup Battlefield’ of this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt, one of the most important contests in the global startup scene. Mobalytics has walked away with $50,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup. Mobalytics defines itself as “the first personal performance analytics and improvement tools for competitive gamers.” The platform analyzes …

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Ukrainian students win Google app challenge

September 13, 2016 September 13, 2016

On August 30, Ukrainian developer team Turbo Rocket Games won Google’s 2016 AdMob Student App Challenge with its online animal simulator game Dragon Sim Online. The winning team consists of just four members — Vladimir Duchenchuk, Serhii Dotsenko, Yaroslava Girilishena and Iliya Bakurov, — who are students or graduates from National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Playtika acquisition: 600 Ukrainian IT specialists to work for Chinese investors

August 11, 2016 November 28, 2018

Last month a consortium of Chinese investors led by Shanghai Giant Network Technology Co. agreed to acquire Playtika, the social and mobile gaming branch of Caesars Entertainment Corp., in an all-cash deal of $4,4 billion. Almost half of Playtika’s staff — 600 out of 1,300 employees operating globally — work in Ukraine, noted Ukrainian high tech blog AIN.UA.

Finnish-Ukrainian startup Madberry secures $1 million from SMRK and Viewster

July 6, 2016 July 11, 2016

Madberry, a startup offering advanced advertising solutions for game companies, has raised $1 million from Ukrainian investment fund SMRK and Swedish company Viewster, a global video-on-demand service. Madberry’s aims to “help mobile game advertisers in acquisition and retention of loyal and paying users on a performance basis.” Its approach combines in-game behaviour patterns knowledge with …

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