“Why is the snow yellow in Odesa?” “Why is a cow’s meat called beef?” These are some of the most popular questions Ukrainians googled in 2018, according to Google Ukraine, which on Dec. 11 released lists of the most popular search questions in the country. The ranking reveals Ukrainians’ interest in a wide range of topics …
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PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest and innovation-friendly bank, has just rolled out an extended version of its Internet bank Privat24, making its services available to users of any bank around the world. Positioned as a “bank of a new generation,” Privat24 is still in beta mode. However, even now anyone can test the service using its trial website …
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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 …
Google has rolled out its web service for searching for and booking airline flights in Ukraine. Called Google Flights, the service was available to Ukrainians before on Google’s main site, but starting from Sept. 6 the U.S. tech giant launched it on the Ukrainian domain “.com.ua” offering an interface in Ukrainian and prices in hryvnias, the country’s national currency. …
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In its unaudited IFRS results made public last month, Mail.Ru Group, a leading LSE-listed Russian Internet group, has estimated “the negative effect of the blocking of its services in Ukraine in Q2 is around 1.5% of total revenues in 2017.” In mid-May, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree applying sanctions to 468 legal entities …
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Two weeks after the Ukrainian authorities banned leading Russian Internet sites as part of sanctions affecting 468 Russian legal entities, Yandex announced that the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) conducted searches at the company’s offices in Kiev and Odessa. Yandex.Ukraine management and employees are accused of having gathered personal data of Ukrainian users and transmitted them to Russian …
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Confirming that the relations between Ukraine and Russia are currently at their lowest, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday signed a decree applying sanctions to 468 legal entities and 1,228 individuals from Russia. Among the targeted organizations are the two leading Russian Internet groups — Yandex and Mail.Ru Group — the services of which will be made …
Grammarly, a San Francisco-based startup with Ukrainian roots, has just raised $110 million in growth equity funding at an undisclosed valuation. The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Breyer Capital, IVP, SignalFire, and Spark Capital. The company was founded in 2009 by Kyiv natives Aleksey Shevchenko and Maksim Litvin. Its AI-powered software helps people improve …
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A team from Dnipro, a city of Central Ukraine formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk, has created “first global booking platform for sport facilities and sport teams.” Dubbed Smartsport, the platform covers a variety of disciplines (including swimming, water polo, weightlifting, gymnastics, martial arts, tennis, and football), with 500 sport facilities made available in almost 20 countries, mostly in Europe.
ProZorro, a public e-procurement system made in Ukraine, has been launched in Moldova by local Ministry of Finance with support from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). After operating in a test mode for two months, M-Tender has processed 13 e-tenders and saved the state 97,000 Moldovian lei (almost $23,000 at the current exchange rate).
Newcastle-based Poptop.fm has secured £100,000 from the Finance for Business North East Proof of Concept Fund, which is managed by Northstar Ventures. An additional £20,000 came from an undisclosed angel investor. Presenting itself as “an international event concierge service,” the startup offers a range of services including “music entertainment, catering, decoration, photography and event planning,” to …
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If you’re too shy or busy to make the first step and chat with a lady you like on a social network, Ukrainian dating app Likeapp can do this for you. Designed by a team from Dnipro (Dnepr), the application will help you “find a girl you like and invite her for a cup of …
