Clutch, a major publisher of app developer reviews, has released its first piece of research identifying leading app developers in Ukraine. The research leverages the proprietary Leaders Matrix methodology, mapping each firm’s focus on mobile app development and UI/UX design against their ability to deliver results for their clients. According to Clutch, the leading app …
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Next month startup entrepreneurs and investors from Ukraine and beyond will gather at the Kiev Startup Week (April 14-19), a series of events held in the Ukrainian capital. One of them is iForum, a key conference on the Eastern European IT scene with more than 5,000 of Internet entrepreneurs and business people attending each year. Entrepreneurs will be …
The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine has just launched I-ARMY.ORG, a site for enrolling people in the “information forces of Ukraine.” In order to join the online army, users must register their email in the system, which will allow them to begin receiving daily tasks in their inbox. At the moment, the site solely functions …
Ukrainian government enrolls volunteers in the “Internet forces of Ukraine” Read More
Preply, a platform to find foreign language tutors for home or Skype lessons, has just entered the Polish market with a localized version of its website. Launched in 2012 by Kirill Bigai, Serge Lukianov and Dmytro Voloshyn, three Ukrainian entrepreneurs, the startup initially expanded to the Russian, Belarussian and Kazakhstani markets.
Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) announced yesterday that it has blocked access to 13 virtual communities of Ukrainian organizations on Vkontakte.ru (also known as VK.com), the leading Russian-language social network. “These communities promoted the activity of Ukrainian nationalist groups, including open calls for the …
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Since its inception in 2010, Kiev’s IDCEE has asserted itself as the leading tech event for Central and Eastern Europe’s investors and startups (see last year’s report by East-West Digital News). A rare phenomenon in such events, investors – coming from all parts of Europe and from as far away as the USA and India …
Google has cancelled its contract with Doctor Mobile, the developer of the mobile applications for the Quickoffice service. Google acquired Quickoffice, which is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, in June last year for an undisclosed sum. Now, less than a year later, Google is shutting down two of its offices, namely in Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Kharkiv (Ukraine), where more than …
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Three major venture capital funds, Moscow-based Runa Capital and Almaz Capital as well as Kiev-based TA Venture, in conjunction with BIONIC Hill innovation park, Ukraine’s first innovation park, are joining forces to establish the Global Technology Foundation (GTF). Ukraine’s first grant fund specifically devoted to IT, the foundation will provide pre-seed stage grants and support for promising …
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IQcard, a Moscow-based startup offering multifunction bank cards, has raised “more than $2.5 million” in a Series A round from Paradigm Investments and TA Venture, as well as from existing investors Fastlane Ventures and Direct Group. Neither the exact amount of investment nor the startup’s valuation were disclosed. Launched in March 2012, IQcard offers a prepaid bank …
Smart bank card provider IQcard raises $2.5 million from Russian and Ukrainian funds Read More
