Earlier this month Clutch, a US-based company which aims to “identify leading software and professional services firms” across the world, released its ranking of world’s top 35 Internet-of-Things (IoT) developers in 2016. Featured in the listing are three international companies with their R&D centers located in Ukraine, and two Ukrainian companies operating internationally.
While the consumption of traditional media is diminishing, Internet use is on the increase in Ukraine, according to “Media Consumption Survey. Ukraine 2016,” a report released last month by Internews Network in partnership with USAID. Covering 2015 and 2016, the report features data from all the Ukrainian regions, except Crimea and the areas under rebellion …
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Taxify, an Estonian copycat of Uber, started operating in Ukraine last month, reported Ukrainian high tech blog AIN.UA. The service has already enrolled 20 drivers to offer rides in Kyiv (Kiev) after training at Taxify’s office. While Taxify’s user interface and pricing are identical to those of Uber, the Estonian service takes a 15% commission …
Botkin.pro, which claims to be the first telemedicine service in Ukraine, started operating last month, as reported by Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA. The service offer includes online remote medical consultations by videoconferences with an online appointment booking system. It is now available on desktop computers and Android-powered devices. An iOS app will be launched by the end …
The Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) and the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) are announcing the UVCA Startup Challenge: CES Edition, which will be held on October 12 in Kyiv (Kiev). The selected eight best Ukrainian startups will receive the opportunity to exhibit for free at the Ukrainian Expo of the International Consumer Electronic Show …
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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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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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A controversy sparked last week over Google’s decision to change the names of Crimean settlements appearing on Google Maps, in accordance with the Ukrainian authorities’ “decommunization” campaign. In May 2016, the Ukrainian parliament renamed 70 settlements in Crimea, mostly choosing names of Crimean Tatar origin. Thus Krasnogvardeyskoe (‘Red Guard’) became “Yany Kapu” while Sovetskoe switched …
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U.S. authorities have charged a Ukrainian citizen, the alleged owner of the world’s most visited illegal file-sharing website KickassTorrent, with criminal copyright infringement and have seized domain names associated with the website. Artem Vaulin, 30-year-old from Kharkiv, was arrested on July 20 in Poland and was charged under a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. …
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They’re not robocops from the movies, but 84 graduates of a special four-month cyberpolice course, who on July 17 started serving in Kharkiv at a special police department devoted to online law enforcement and security. The 84 new cybercops include 20 special IT agents and 64 inspectors who will “ensure the online security of every …
Roopor, a project developed by Ukrainian digital marketing agency Yarche.ua, is among the 90 winners out of 6,000 applicants to Publicis90. This global innovation contest was organized in late June by the French advertising and PR giant. The startup was the only awarded project coming from Central and Eastern Europe.
Preply, a platform to find foreign language tutors for home or Skype lessons, has closed a $1.3 million seed round to fund its expansion across Europe and further R&D activities. The round was led by Mariusz Gralewski and the Hedgehog fund, from Poland, with support from former Booking.com CMO Arthur Kosten and Przemysław Gacek, another Polish business angel. …
Online tutoring platform Preply raises $1.3 million to expand across Europe Read More
