Mobile Beach Conference, a leading mobile marketing event in Eastern Europe, will take place on May 28-29 in Odessa, Southern Ukraine. Dedicated to the latest industry trends and efficient business networking, the event held in a non-standard conference format at the seaside with beach parties and a ‘Mobile Princess’ beauty contest finale.
With the latest innovation, invented by a Ukrainian company from Odessa, gamers get a real jolt if they bump into a virtual wall while driving a virtual racing car. The company, MMOne, has created the world’s first three-axis virtual reality simulator, in the form of chair attached to an industrial robot-like arm that moves in response …
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Clickky, a startup operating globally from its headquarters in Odessa, Ukraine, has made the top five among marketing and advertising companies in the Inc. 5000 Europe 2016 ranking. Published by Inc. Magazine, a major international business publication, this ranking aims to identify the private companies with the fastest-growing revenues over three years. Clickky’s overall rank is 11 out of the 5,000 companies …
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A new business accelerator, christened “iQSpace,” was launch in late December in Odessa, southern Ukraine, to promote both entrepreneurship activity and IT literacy. It has three activity areas: technology school, lectureship and IT incubator. Using curriculum provided by the Lviv IT School, the school teaches the elderly basic IT skills and young professionals sophisticated programming languages.
Last month WannaBiz, a startup incubator based in Odesa (Odessa) in southern Ukraine, announced its transformation into a venture fund, setting the goal of raising from $5 million to $10 million from individual investors. “We’re not completely stopping incubation activity, but our main focus will be on investment,” WannaBiz Managing Partner Vadim Rogovsky said in …
Yesterday Snapchat announced the launch of “Lenses,” a new feature that enables users to create a variety face effects while making selfies. These augmented reality filters will allow you to change eye or skin color, alter your face to remove blemishes or look thinner. Behind these new types of avatars is a technology developed by Looksery, a startup originated from Odessa, Ukraine, with …
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“The country is probably one of the best mid- and long-term investment opportunities in the world at the moment,” believes Pavel Curda, who follows closely the Central and Eastern European startup scene. Having spent two weeks in Lviv (Lvov) and Odessa in August, the Czech entrepreneur suggests western investors to co-invest with local business angels.
A part of a series of international investment conferences in more than 45 countries, Seed Forum Odessa 2015 will take place on June 15 in Odessa, a large city in southern Ukraine and a hot spot on the country’s innovation map. The event will present seven startups from Ukraine and neighboring Moldova. Representatives of the investment community, top executive of …
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Moscow-based venture fund iTech Capital announced today it has invested $2 million in Clickky. Operating globally from its headquarters in Odessa, Ukraine, Clickky has developed a comprehensive mobile app marketing platform with in-house proprietary technology for user acquisition, traffic monetization and performance analysis. The investment will support Clickky’s expansion into the United States, South-East Asia and …
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Volodymyr Usov, a founder and chief executive officer at Odessa-based startup Kwambio that provides an online platform for easy 3D printing, says that everyone will have such a printer at home in the near future. The main problem with 3D printing now, however, is it is too complicated for many people. The first time Usov discovered a 3D printer was at the IDCEE …
By March 1, 2015, an information system for urban management called “Electronic City” will be launched in Odessa, a major city in southern Ukraine, announced Serhiy Dubenko, adviser to the mayor. As reported by the publication IT Vesti, the purpose of the system will be to improve control by city officials and their staff over …
Odessa-based Kaznachey (Russian for “Treasurer”) has developed a cloud-based processing platform for Internet sites and mobile applications which allows users to purchase goods and services with any legal currency (bank cards, through self-service terminals, or by credit) as well as through sellers to be paid by account or by card. The startup has obtained $50,000 …
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