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

November 28, 2022 November 28, 2022

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

November 22, 2022 November 22, 2022

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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The war changed this Ukrainian fund’s investment plans — but its team has come back to work

November 21, 2022 December 2, 2022

Ukrainian tech blog AIN met Nikita Izmaylov, founder of Ukrainian investment fund N1, which targets on fintech and crypto startups at the early stage. Izmaylov shared insights about his fund, the portfolio companies, and the challenges they have faced since the war broke out in February. N1’s plans to invest some $5 million in four or …

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

November 21, 2022 November 20, 2022

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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How Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary fighters steal cryptocurrency through Ukrainian charity sites — and use it to fund the war

November 17, 2022 November 21, 2022

The paramilitary group Rusich is one of multiple Russian far-right and neo-Nazi organizations that have fought in the war in Ukraine. Because it’s not an official part of the Russian Armed Forces, Rusich has had to find alternative ways of funding its members’ military equipment and medical needs — and has found the perfect solution in cryptocurrency. Meduza special correspondent …

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Major Swiss company acquires Ukrainian-founded proptech startup

November 16, 2022 November 21, 2022

Earlier this month Ringier, an established Swiss media and technology company, announced the full acquisition of Homsters, a leading SaaS-provider for new property developments. The two companies had developed a “successful strategic partnership since 2019 providing state-of-the-art technology to Ringier’s leading property portals in Switzerland and Poland,” says Ringier. Founded in Kyiv in 2015 by Ukrainian …

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Ukrainian pro-crypto groups announce Web3 roadmap

November 15, 2022 November 21, 2022

Blockchain4Ukraine — a group of pro-crypto Ukrainian lawmakers — and the public union Virtual Assets of Ukraine (VAU) revealed a joint roadmap for promoting and developing Web3 in the country. The document was signed by its co-authors on Nov. 14, reports Forklog.com The roadmap proposes a set of measures for promoting Web3, such as the launch of …

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Time magazine features Ukrainian bionic hand prosthesis among world’s best inventions

November 11, 2022 November 15, 2022

The Ukrainian maker of a next-gen hand prosthesis is making the cover of Time magazine, which has featured it this year among “200 innovations changing how we live.” With its five separate movable fingers, this lightweight prosthesis combines low-power electronics and light movable machinery design to articulate 288 metal, plastic or silicon components. But not …

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The Current Wave: New breed of Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs seek success in global markets, Part 5

As war rages, Ukrainian startups spread message of hope

November 5, 2022 November 7, 2022

LISBON – Ukrainian entrepreneurs brought a message of hope to this week’s Web Summit in Lisbon, Europe’s largest tech gathering that ended on Friday: the war has made them more resilient than ever. Standing next to her company’s stand, Olga Shapovalova, who works at education technology company Headway, said Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24 changed everything. …

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Ukrainian hacker group Hdr0: “We aim to destroy Russian supply lines so that Russians can feel the war for themselves”

November 2, 2022 November 2, 2022

In mid-September, the Ukrainian hacker group Hdr0 attacked the website of Mosoblenergo, a Russian state energy service provider. The hackers put on the home page a picture of Oleksiy Danilov, a high-ranking Ukrainian defense official, walking on the Red Square while the Kremlin was on fire. The hackers also obtained the database of company employees. …

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New angel fund aims to “invest in Ukrainian founders with a global mindset”

October 29, 2022 October 30, 2022

The UCU Foundation of the Ukrainian Catholic University has established an angel venture fund called Angel One Fund. It will “invest in Ukrainian founders with a global mindset,” says Angel One Fund’s website, covering such fields as edtech, fintech, SaaS and AI/ML The average ticket size will range from $50,000 to $200,000 per startup at the …

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Miratech opens new R&D centers in Canada and India

October 24, 2022 October 24, 2022

Miratech, an international IT service provider founded in 1989 in Ukraine — now headquartered in New York City — opened a new R&D center in Bangalore earlier this month, following another one in Toronto in August 2022. These new centers are part of Miratech’s global expansion, company representatives told AIN Capital The company already has development …

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