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Automated mail reminder startup MyRobot raises $60,000 and eyes global expansion

Ukrainian startup MyRobot.io, which defines its solution as a “mail robot secretary,” has attracted $60,000 from a group of angels through the investment platform Startup.ua. As part of a deal, the startup’s founder Bohdan Oleksandruk gave up control of 35% of the company. The MyRobot solution reminds users of deadlines for tasks by email. Luanched just weeks …

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Bionic University and MacPaw will teach students programming for iOS for free

Non-profit educational initiative Bionic University, which was created as a part of currently frozen Bionic Hill project, has teamed up with Ukrainian software development company MacPaw to launch free courses on creating applications for Apple’s iOS operating system. After completing a 2.5 months-long course, students are expected to be able to write an app from scratch in …

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N-iX founder Andrew Pavliv: “The unrest in Eastern Ukraine has affected new potential clients’ attitude, even though we’re feeling safe one thousand miles away”

Launched in 2002 and enjoying a strong partnership with Novell since 2003, N-iX has developed into a sizable IT outsourcing company in Lviv (Lvov) in the quiet Western part of Ukraine. Its founder Andrew Pavliv told Ukraine Digital News how his international clients react to the current situation in Ukraine and about the threats and opportunities …

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Ukrainian ICT market could shrink by up to 50% in 2014; IT services less affected than equipment

Prospects for the Ukrainian ICT market (not including telephones) continue to appear bleak, as market intelligence firm IDC has reported that it may shrink by 25% by the end of the year, especially impacting the electronic equipment and software sectors. The volume of shipments of electronic equipment, in particular, is expected to fall back to the …

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Russian subsidiary of Poland’s Asseco launches division in Crimea to serve local banking sector

Banking and finance software developer R-Style Softlab, based in Russia and owned by Polish company Asseco, is opening a new division in Crimea. Its office will be in Sevastopol. The department will specialise in software development for the banking sector, particularly banks located within Crimea and nearby regions. The company expects that by the end …

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Ukrainian fund Fison injects half a million dollars into e-commerce recommendation startup with global ambitions

The Ukrainian investment fund Fison has invested $500,000 in DataProm, a Kyiv (Kiev) -based startup developing data-driven recommendation solutions for online retailers. The deal – which valued the startup at $2 million – was closed in May but made public only last week. “We’ve been paying attention to the Big Data segment for a long time …

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Ukrainian startup myTips receives $75,000 and a place at Californian incubator 500 Startups

The myTips team has been accepted into the famous American incubator 500 Startups, and has moved to San Francisco. The team received an investment of $75,000 from the incubator, and now intends to develop its business in the USA. myTips is developing interactive online tutorials for complex interfaces without coding. Previously, the startup had already …

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eBay’s Magento business under threat from continuing Ukraine crisis

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine is threatening to destabilize the operations of Magento, an open-source content management system for e-commerce web sites owned by eBay and based in Kyiv (Kiev). In its last quarterly report for the second quarter ending June 31, 2014, eBay noted that “The current situation in Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula, along …

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Microsoft Ukraine GM joins presidential administration to carry out reforms

Microsoft Ukraine general manager Dmitry Shimkiv, who was an active participant in the Maidan Revolution, was appointed deputy head of the presidential administration for administrative, social and economic reform last week. According to Ukrainian media, Shimkiv’s first task in his new post will be to reform the structure of the presidential administration so as to …

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Ukraine wants to lessen reliance on foreign software and develop local IT industry

On July 3rd, the Ukrainian parliament voted to recommend that the national government cease using Russian-created software in state agencies. The move is billed as being in the interests of national security, as software created in Russia may carry cyber threats, Ukrainian lawmakers believe. The bill, which was proposed by MPs Oleksandr Mochkov from Udar …

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Energy-management startup EcoisMe announces investment from Deutsche Telekom and Polish incubator Hubraum

EcoisMe, which has developed a system for managing energy at home, has obtained 30,000 euro from Polish incubator Hubraum at an undisclosed valuation. Consequently, the Ukrainian startup will move operations to Krakow, Poland. EcoisMe has also reached an investment agreement with Deutsche Telekom, which manages Hubraum. According to the second agreement, the German telco giant will …

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