In 2023, the Ukrainian tech scene was still affected by the war, with even more startups developing abroad — in particular in the EU, rather than in the US, which is relatively new. The year also saw several Ukrainian IT firms being acquired by foreign players, while some Ukrainian companies pursued their expansion abroad. While large investment …
2023 in review: Ukrainian tech’s highs and lows amid the war Read More
In spite of the war, as previously reported by Ukraine Digital News, the EBRD resumed this year its Climate Innovation Vouchers program in Ukraine. As much as €500,000 of new grants will soon be awarded to 13 innovative Ukraine-based companies. As reported by TechUkraine.org, these companies include Advansys, AEV Charging Factor, Carbominer, Ecofactor Charge, Frendt, Gardarica Tress, Input Soft, Konoplyany Technologii, Meredot, PDM Engineering, ReCon, Releaf Technology, S.Lab and …
EBRD offers €500,000 to Ukrainian green tech companies Read More
In June the European Commission launched a tender for a €20 million action in support of the Ukrainian innovation community. In the framework of the 2022 European Innovation Council (EIC) work program, the action will aim to support at least 200 Ukrainian tech start-ups with up to €60,000 each, in addition to various forms of non-financial support. …
An inside look into the EU’s €20 million program in support of Ukrainian startup Read More
Weeks before tanks and soldiers marched on the cities of Ukraine, Russia carried out a series of successful cyberattacks against Ukraine, hitting critical infrastructure and financial institutions around the country with at least six unique strains of destructive wiper malware. Recent reporting confirms Russia’s GRU also carried out a massive cyberattack against Viasat, knocking its customers’ KA-SAT satellite …
Unlike Ukraine’s manufacturing plants, warehouses and stores, many of which lie in ruins, its IT sector has had much better luck. The tech industry reacted with lightning speed to the new reality dictated by Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine. Early in the invasion and even before it, companies started to relocate whole teams into safer …
Ukrainian tech industry demonstrates resilience amid the war Read More
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many cybersecurity experts and activists have joined the Ukrainian cyber front. They carry out DDoS attacks on Russian resources, defacing Russian sites, taking their popular services offline, and even more drastic operations. One of the coordinators of such IT armies is Kharkiv cybersecurity specialist Mykyta Knysh. Having worked …
How Ukrainian “Inglorious Basterds” are combating Russia on the cyber front Read More
Serge Faguet, a Ukrainian tech entrepreneur who studied at Stanford and co-founded Russian booking service Ostrovok in the early 2010s, made a public confession last week in a Medium post. In the summer of last year, a Russian customs agent at the Moscow airport found five tabs of acid — in addition to a US-physician-prescribed capsule …
How a Ukrainian tech entrepreneur created a new startup from a Russian prison Read More
Ukrainian programmers have created an online browser game to help Ukraine fight Russian aggression. The game was created so that each ‘move’ brings Russian websites closer to being blocked: one player can send about 20,000 requests in one hour of play to block sites serving the Russian army. The list of the targeted sites has not …
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On the second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Daria Fedko left her house in a town near Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for a town about 200 km southeast. From there, the co-founder and CEO of WE/AR Studio, an AR and VR developer, is trying to keep in touch with her 27 employees to ensure …
The leadership team at customer success startup Totango was monitoring the tensions between Russia and Ukraine for several weeks. About two weeks ago, they offered to relocate their small Ukrainian team to Tel Aviv, where Totango has engineering operations. Instead, most of its employees chose to stay. “The team initially preferred to stay put and wait and …
This startup offered to relocate its Ukrainian employees. They chose to stay. Read More
China has stuck to its position of refusing to call Russia’s military actions in Ukraine an “invasion” or condemn Moscow, but its people are taking to social media to express their feelings about the war. Over the past few days, Ukraine-related topics have become some of the top trending hashtags on Weibo, the bellwether for public discussion …
China’s social media giants remove ‘inappropriate’ Ukraine content Read More
Ukrainian engineer Artur Kiulian has been building tech startups for the past decade Now, he’s fielding desperate pleas for help from his compatriots. “No one was prepared for this,” Kiulian, who is based in the U.S., told Rest of World. “It’s surreal, it’s crazy; I still can’t believe this is happening, but we’re doing what we …
Ukraine’s tech community rallies to support refugees and battle misinformation Read More
