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500 Startups regional branch invites Ukrainian startups to meet in Lviv and Kyiv

March 7, 2019

This month Oguz Serdar (EIR) and Enis Hulli (Partner) of 500 Startups will offer a one-to-one session to Ukrainian early stage startups seeking funding or willing to participate in an acceleration program. Held in Lviv (March 16-17) then in Kyiv (March 19-21), these sessions will a unique opportunity to discuss options for early-stage funding and …

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Amazon subsidiary Ring opens new R&D office in Western Ukraine

February 22, 2019

Ring, the much-hyped US startup (acquired by Amazon in 2018) which develops outdoor home-security solutions , is opening a second R&D office in Ukraine. After Kyiv (Kiev), Lviv (Lvov) will host the new facility starting from March 1st, the company announced earlier this week. The company sees in Lviv, a tech-friendly, European-minded city of Western Ukraine, …

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Report: Lviv IT companies generated more than $1 billion in direct and induced revenues in 2018

January 8, 2019

In late December, Lviv IT Cluster released the third edition of its research about the IT industry in this major city of Western Ukraine. Completed with support from the FAMA poll agency, the research included a poll involving over 800 local IT specialists, a review of the 317 identified IT companies and eight in-depth interviews with local …

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IT service provider Intellias inks major investment deal with Horizon Capital

October 1, 2018

Last week Intellias, a major Ukrainian IT service provider, announced that Kyiv (Kiev) based Horizon Capital acquired a minority stake in the company. The amount of the funding has not been disclosed, but Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA believes it could be anything between $5 million and $20 million. Founded in Lviv (Lvov), in 2002, Intellias …

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Lviv business school and New York accelerator aim to promote FoodTech in Ukraine

August 28, 2018

How will Ukraine, which has been historically known as the “breadbasket of Europe” because of its major production of agricultural products, including especially wheat, seize the opportunities of the revolution occurring today in advanced countries in the field of food technologies? As new startups and innovators are disrupting how food is produced, distributed, sold and …

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Lviv starts building $160 million IT park

June 21, 2018

Earlier this month Andriy Sadoviy, the mayor of Lviv (Lvov), technologically advanced city of Western Ukraine, announced the construction of the Innovation District IT Park, touted “the biggest infrastructure project of the Lviv IT industry,” to kick off on June 30. The project, which was announced a year ago, intends “to provide office space for …

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International event to discuss digital decentralization and disruption (Lviv, March 16-17)

March 7, 2018

On March 16-17, Lviv (Lvov), a major city in Western Ukraine, will play host to D-Tech Space, an international conference for tech entrepreneurs, software experts and decentralization community. The event will bring together 12 speakers from all over the world to cover exponential technologies, innovative entrepreneurship, and disruptive business models “that are already shaking up …

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Contactless payments gain momentum in Ukraine’s public transport

May 18, 2017

As part of its global strategy to extend its reach and develop mobile ticketing services, Mastercard has just made available a new contactless payment service in the subway of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. The new technology, dubbed “MetroPass,” transforms bank cards into subway travel cards with pre-paid billing plans for a limited or unlimited number of …

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Uber and Russia’s Yandex.Taxi compete across Ukraine

March 3, 2017

Uber and its Russian competitor Yandex.Taxi keep enhancing their presence in Ukraine. After their almost simultaneous launch in southern Ukraine last month, the taxi-hailing services are now competing in Lviv (Lvov), a major city in western Ukraine. Lviv is the fifth Ukrainian city after Kyiv (Kiev), Kharkiv (Kharkov), Dnipro (Dnepr) and Odessa for Yandex.Taxi and the …

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Lviv IT event to focus on international IT issues and showcase Ukrainian startups (Sept. 30-Oct. 2)

September 12, 2016

One the best IT events in the country, Lviv IT Arena 2016 will hold its third edition on September 30 – October 2 in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv (Lvov). The conference will bring together more than 2,500 tech lovers from Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Unlike the previous editions, this year the majority of speakers will represent western …

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Lviv conference mixes jazz with expert discussions on IT industry prospects

July 6, 2016

This year Lviv, dubbed the IT capital of western Ukraine, held a new conference — the “Lviv IT Jazz Conference,” — where top business leaders, investors and state officials discussed the country’s up-and-coming IT industry. While most other tech conferences in Ukraine focus on narrow subjects, this one brought in a wide range experts to paint a …

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Lviv IT event to focus on international IT issues, invites Ukrainian startups (deadline: Sept. 1)

June 28, 2016

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