Eatsmart, a web and mobile service for reserving tables at restaurants throughout Ukraine, secured $110,000 last month from a business angel. Neither the identity of the investor, nor the terms of the deal have been disclosed. The funds will be directed towards a marketing campaign, as well as hiring sales managers. Eatsmart was launched in …
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Coursmos, an online learning startup with Russian and Ukrainian origins, has received $600,000 in seed investment in a deal led by Altera Capital Group with participation from Imperious Group. Coursmos has now raised a total of $1.2 million in investment since its launch in March 2014. An alum of Kyiv (Kyiv)-based tech incubator Happy Farm, the startup is now headquartered …
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Kyiv City Hall, which is constantly criticized for paying more attention to distributing expensive land to insiders than serving residents’ needs, launched an online map that reflects the breakdowns in the city’s utility system on Nov. 19. KitSoft, a local website developer, made an interactive map that shows the exact addresses of the buildings experiencing any utility …
It’s cheaper to share. That’s the basis of a trend known as the sharing economy, in which people split costs for traveling, share clothes and economize in other ways. Ukraine’s technology sector is already making money from the sharing economy. “People are not yet fed up with consumerism but are starting to switch to sharing …
Poptop.fm, a Ukrainian service that allows users to hire musicians and photographers, has won a grant from the British government and relocated to Newcastle, project CEO Evgeniy Shestopal told Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA. The startup has been invited to the Sirius Programme, which attracts entrepreneurs from all over the world who have the goal of …
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In a new illustration of the maintained interest of several Russian funds in Ukrainian startups, Imperious Group has invested $250,000 in Multitest, a Kiyv (Kiev) -based startup that helps Internet users choose their ISP. The funds will be used to redesign the platform and penetrate new markets. The startup’s founder Artem Beloded is considering, in …
For those who believe that all models have been tested in e-commerce, it is worth taking a look at VITK.COM.UA, an online store for prisoners launched by the Dnipropetrovsk-based (Dnepropetrovsk) IT company CDM. The service, which has been live since August, is a joint project of CDM and the management of the state penitentiary service …
Dating service WishDates read out a rap to a potential investor and published it on YouTube. The team is looking for as much as $1.5 million. Last year, the startup claimed to have attracted millions of users and started generating revenues with zero advertising budget. However, the service needed investors and not stingy ones. “We …
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