Odesa, Ukraine is among the cities shortlisted to host the World EXPO at the end of this decade. In the opinion of the organisers, the World Expo is an opportunity for nations to create “fleeting miniature worlds”, buzzing with future tech, arts and displays that foster a cultural dialogue with international peers. Odesa’s EXPO 2030 bid …
Startup Odessa has teamed up with the local city council to launch Betamisto, an Amsterdam-inspired accelerator for urban projects. The initiative – the first of its kind in Ukraine – aims “to coordinate the power of startups to solve the problems of the Ukrainian cities and replace the current state procurement system.” The members of the acceleration …
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Yesterday the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine announced plans for a Hyperloop project: “Just three words: Hyperloop in Ukraine.” As reported by AIN.UA, the preliminary stages of the project will be managed by a newly creates ‘Center for transport innovations’ called ‘Hype UA’, with participation from Оctagonal Corporation (which is involved in Hyperloop projects in Mexico), Ukraine’s Academy …
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Eastern-European engineers seem to have some special skills, or secret sauce, to develop face recognition and related AR technologies, if judging by the number of startups with roots in this region that have made the news over the past few years. Emerging from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in particular, they have topped international contests, received …
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Last month Mobile Beach Conference, which presents itself as Europe’s biggest mobile marketing event, held its third edition in Odessa, southern Ukraine. Some 1,000 attendees from 29 countries participated in the event, which targeted marketers, app developers, startupers, investors, advertisers and publishers.
In late April, a two-way bitcoin ATM was installed in Odessa, Southern Ukraine. It is the first ATM of its kind in the country, reports local online publication Cryptocurrency.tech. The device allows both selling and buying hryvnias and bitcoins. Users may withdraw amounts of at least 500 hryvnias or 0.1 bitcoin (around $20 at the …
On May 20-21, Odessa, a city in the Southern Ukraine, will play host to a major international mobile marketing event Mobile Beach Conference 2017. Some 1,500 international mobile marketing professionals are expected to attend. Presented as “the most unconventional mobile marketing event,” it will take place at the Ibiza resort by the Black Sea.
Almost simultaneously earlier this month, Uber and its Russian competitor Yandex.Taxi announced their expansion to Odessa, a major city in southern Ukraine. Both companies offer their services at the same minimum price of 14 hryvnias (roughly 50 cents at the current exchange rate). However, unlike Uber, which supports both cash and cashless payments, Yandex.Taxi accepts …
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Ukrainian startup Mevics has attracted $500,000 from UB Tower, a UK-based investment consulting company backing projects from Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 2015 by three students from Odessa, Southern Ukraine, Mevics has developed a wearable gadget to “control your posture and take care of your health” and ultimately open “the new age of healthcare.”
The first edition of Odessa Indoor Positioning Conference will be held in Odessa, Southern Ukraine on November 1-2. Some 150 attendees are expected. The conference will highlight technical solutions for indoor navigation in such fields as retail, entertainment, healthcare and transport with a strong focus on SAS-systems (Safety at Sea).
Ukrainian startups will take part in Seedstars Ukraine, a nationwide competition, which will be held subsequently in Kyiv (Kiev) (September 15) and in Dnipro (formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk) (September 29). The event already took place in Odessa on September 10. The final race for regional winners will be held on October 7 in Kyiv (Kiev).
1991 Open Data Incubator, Ukraine’s first incubator for Open Data projects launched in early 2016, closed its first deal last month, with business angel Alexey Svirid committing to invest $150,000 in Agry Eye (or ‘Agri Eye’). The funding will be provided in several tranches. The startup has been valued at $1 million post money, according to Ukrainian tech …
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