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Warsaw Industry Week connects Poland to Ukraine and the Balkans

A trade mission to Poland took place last month (Nov. 6-10), involving industry representatives from Ukraine, Albania and North Macedonia.  Carried out under the Machinery and Devices Industry Promotion Program, the mission aimed to promote the Polish industry while stimulating exchanges with international partners.  The program included a variety of B2B meetings with Polish companies, …

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Top French officials and businessmen pledge to support Ukraine’s digital sovereignty and development

On December 13 the French capital played host to the “Bilateral Conference for the resilience and reconstruction of Ukraine.” Touted as an initiative from the French president Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, the conference aimed to “outline [Ukraine’s] needs to ensure its economic resilience during the war and its medium-term reconstruction, as well as to encourage …

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Ukrainian IT road show to the UK opens up new opportunities

From Nov. 30 to Dec. 7, a Ukrainian trade mission presented the country’s tech sector at major international exhibitions in London. These included FinTech Connect, TechEx Events Global and Giant Health Event. Every year, each of these events hosts up to 3,000 visitors in the fields of AI, Blockchain, finance, digital transformation, Big Data, cyber-security …

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Preparing for a Russian cyber offensive against Ukraine this winter

In the wake of Russian battlefield losses to Ukraine this fall, Moscow has intensified its multi-pronged hybrid technology approach to pressure the sources of Kyiv’s military and political support, domestic and foreign. This approach has included destructive missile and cyber strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, cyberattacks on Ukrainian and now foreign-based supply chains, and …

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How tens of thousands of cyber-volunteers are moving Ukraine closer to victory

A long-read from Institute Artist describes the activity of Ukrainian “information partisans” who get immersed among anonymous users on social network and comment sections of online media. Their mission is to “stir trouble on the other side, get information and sow disinformation.” Among these cyber volunteers is Tania, who gets acquainted with Russian soldiers involved …

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Google for Start-Ups announces latest batch of Ukraine Support Fund recipients

In March, Google announced a five million US dollars Google for Start-ups Ukraine Support Fund to allocate equity-free cash awards to back Ukrainian-founded tech companies so they can continue to strengthen their community and build a foundation for post-war economic recovery. Additionally, it provided Ukrainian start-ups with mentoring, networking and technical support, and a workspace within the …

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“Renaissance. Technology. Future”: Ukraine presents bid for 2030 World Expo to take place in Odesa

Odesa, Ukraine is among the cities shortlisted to host the World EXPO at the end of this decade. In the opinion of the organisers, the World Expo is an opportunity for nations to create “fleeting miniature worlds”, buzzing with future tech, arts and displays that foster a cultural dialogue with international peers. Odesa’s EXPO 2030 bid …

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Online conference aims to gather startups and investors from across Europe (Dec. 7)

Touting itself as “the biggest-ever online gathering of European startup founders, CXOs, VCs, and angel investors,” the European Startup Conference 2022 will be hosted live from Ukraine on Dec. 7 starting from 7pm Kyiv time. In addition to gathering and connecting  “thousands of European founders and international investors,” the event will aim to fundraise for …

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Report: VC investment in CEE has doubled since 2020; Ukrainian startups show “incredible resilience”

Earlier this month Dealroom released the third edition of its annual report on Central and Eastern European (CEE) startups. Its main findings are as follows:  CEE has shown resilience through uncertain market conditions — Combined venture capital investment in CEE has doubled since 2020. The region is on track to break its yearly venture capital investment record and raise €6.2 billion. CEE …

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Slush revokes €1 million prize from Russian founded-startup after international outcry

Yesterday Immigram, a UK-based but Russian-founded tech immigration platform, opted out from the Slush competition, just a couple of days after winning the first prize.  Almost simultaneously, Slush formally revoked the win “in light of new information on the extent of [Immigram’s] operations in Russia.” The attribution of the Slush prize to a Russian-founded startup had shocked a number of …

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Ukrainian, Eastern European and Israeli entrepreneurs pour €30 million into Western European venture fund

GR Capital, an international VC firm with offices in Berlin and Kyiv, has completed its first closing (€30 million) of its second early-growth fund, reports AIN.Capital.  The money was attracted from Ukrainian and Eastern European entrepreneurs, said GR Capital Managing Partner Max Filippov, in an exchange with the Ukrainian tech news site. “About 60% of the …

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