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04 Apr
  • 12:08
    Russian bailiffs seize $10M from Google in fines, the money to go toward the war in Ukraine
  • 10:44
    National IT cluster to be created in Zakarpattia region
  • 20:20
    War in Ukraine / April 2
  • 2 Apr
    War in Ukraine / April 1
  • 2 Apr
    Microsoft stays in Russia. SAP and IBM don't rush to leave either
  • 1 Apr
    War in Ukraine / March 31
  • 1 Apr
    Media: Apple to cut iPhone and AirPods production amid the war in Ukraine
  • 31 Mar
    War in Ukraine / March 30
  • 31 Mar
    Machinа investment firm with European and US investors launches in Ukraine
  • 31 Mar
    Grammarly ranks among the top 100 most influential companies according to TIME
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Editor's Choice

How to support Ukraine right now? The list of organizations for foreigners to donate

Play for Ukraine: this browser game helps to block Russian military online resources

War in Ukraine. Weekly digest of the key events

Help Ukrainian refugees: Job posting sites for employers

Editor's Choice

War in Ukraine. Weekly digest of the key events

How to support Ukraine right now? The list of organizations for foreigners to donate

Play for Ukraine: this browser game helps to block Russian military online resources

Help Ukrainian refugees: Job posting sites for employers

Investments

  • Machinа investment firm with European and US investors launches in Ukraine

  • 31 Mar
    Machinа investment firm with European and US investors launches in Ukraine
  • 29 Mar
    AliExpress halts investment in Russia
  • 22 Mar
    SID Venture Partners invests in Orderly Protocol
  • 21 Mar
    InSoft Partners acquires stakes in two outsourcing companies
  • 23 Feb
    Ukrainian TA Ventures and ICLUB invest in German fintech startup Forget.Finance
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Investments

  • Machinа investment firm with European and US investors launches in Ukraine

  • 31 Mar
    Machinа investment firm with European and US investors launches in Ukraine
  • 29 Mar
    AliExpress halts investment in Russia
  • 22 Mar
    SID Venture Partners invests in Orderly Protocol
  • 21 Mar
    InSoft Partners acquires stakes in two outsourcing companies
  • 23 Feb
    Ukrainian TA Ventures and ICLUB invest in German fintech startup Forget.Finance
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Deals

  • HARMAN acquires Ukrainian automotive technology developer Apostera

  • 10 Feb
    HARMAN acquires Ukrainian automotive technology developer Apostera
  • 8 Feb
    EpicVR from Poland raises $1.2M for its metaverse solution
  • 7 Feb
    Pan-African classifieds champion Jiji acquires Tonaton.com, its main competitor in Ghana
  • 28 Jan
    Game developer Virtuos merges Kyiv studio Volmi Games
  • 28 Jan
    EPAM Systems acquires Polish e-commerce company ENGINIETY
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Features

  • How to grow and exit a business after 186 investor rejections: case of Honest Health, a startup with Ukrainian-British founders

  • 8 Feb
    How to grow and exit a business after 186 investor rejections: case of Honest Health, a startup with Ukrainian-British founders
  • 24.11.21
    Ukrainian startup MaxAh develops the most powerful graphene-based battery in the world
  • 08.11.21
    From launch to 3 million installations in one year: How to scale an app on Android
  • 22.10.21
    From an online store to a marketplace — the 5 stages of e-commerce
  • 23.09.21
    Story of bird, an apartment rental app with 50,000 users per month
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  • Business and money
  • Best stories

Top 100 Ukrainian private companies. Only two tech enterprises included

Top 100 richest Ukrainians in 2021, according to NV

How to grow and exit a business after 186 investor rejections: case of Honest Health, a startup with Ukrainian-British founders

“We are an artist-centric model that is poised for success,” Karen Chiftalaryan talks about Show4me platform

Ukrainians sell technology to Audi, earn €14M — the story of Apostera

"I think Ukraine is moving in a very positive direction." Binance's CZ talks about regulations, his investment strategies, and metaverse

Netflix buys the rights to Ukrainian movie "Rhino" directed by Oleh Sentsov

Meet Stepan, the Ukrainian cat-influencer who won Britney's heart and is now advertising Valentino

How to create an NFT in 10 minutes

How to move to Kyiv — a great guide for IT professionals

Deals

  • HARMAN acquires Ukrainian automotive technology developer Apostera

  • 10 Feb
    HARMAN acquires Ukrainian automotive technology developer Apostera
  • 8 Feb
    EpicVR from Poland raises $1.2M for its metaverse solution
  • 7 Feb
    Pan-African classifieds champion Jiji acquires Tonaton.com, its main competitor in Ghana
  • 28 Jan
    Game developer Virtuos merges Kyiv studio Volmi Games
  • 28 Jan
    EPAM Systems acquires Polish e-commerce company ENGINIETY
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Belarus

  • Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups

  • 11 Feb
    Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups
  • 31 Jan
    Belarusian Flo tops the list of most downloaded apps in App Store's Health & Fitness category
  • 28 Jan
    EPAM Systems acquires Polish e-commerce company ENGINIETY
  • 24 Jan
    Belarus-founded interior design platform Wizart raises €1.1M seed round
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Georgia

  • Identomat nabs $3.2M. It is the largest seed round raised by Georgian-founded startup

  • 17 Jan
    Identomat nabs $3.2M. It is the largest seed round raised by Georgian-founded startup
  • 20.12.21
    Georgian innovative startups to follow in 2022
  • 14.12.21
    CityPay.io from Georgia receives unprecedented $500k in cryptocurrency
  • 25.11.21
    Georgian referral recruitment platform Intrro raises $2.2M seed investment
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USA-Ukraine

  • Grammarly ranks among the top 100 most influential companies according to TIME

  • 31 Mar
    Grammarly ranks among the top 100 most influential companies according to TIME
  • 25 Mar
    Uber users raise $2M for Ukraine, service resumes operations in 5 cities
  • 22 Mar
    Netcracker stops hiring and sales in Russia
  • 17 Feb
    Ukrainian founder transfers 58% of Firefly for $1 to his partner due to pressure from US regulators. The stake is worth $500M
  • 10 Feb
    HARMAN acquires Ukrainian automotive technology developer Apostera
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  • Relocate
  • Scams and Scandals

Relocated to Los Angeles and became Snap's design director: Interview with Lidiya Bogdanovich

How Ukrainian became World Bank’s first programmer in Washington DC, declined $167,000 offer from Amazon, and launched her own startup

A Ukrainian who programs Falcon: Oleksii Pakhunov, senior flight software engineer at SpaceX

Ambisafe owes $200k in salaries to dozens of developers

Ukrainian generates Xbox gift cards for $10M and sells them on eBay - the story of a big scam

Ukrainian company Everad heads massive scam selling fake dietary supplements in Europe

Features

  • How to grow and exit a business after 186 investor rejections: case of Honest Health, a startup with Ukrainian-British founders

  • 8 Feb
    How to grow and exit a business after 186 investor rejections: case of Honest Health, a startup with Ukrainian-British founders
  • 24.11.21
    Ukrainian startup MaxAh develops the most powerful graphene-based battery in the world
  • 08.11.21
    From launch to 3 million installations in one year: How to scale an app on Android
  • 22.10.21
    From an online store to a marketplace — the 5 stages of e-commerce
  • 23.09.21
    Story of bird, an apartment rental app with 50,000 users per month
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Lithuania

  • Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups

  • 11 Feb
    Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups
  • 11 Feb
    Vilnius-based platform, benme, secures €100K pre-seed investment
  • 18 Jan
    Lithuanian fitness app Walk15 nabs €270K
  • 14 Jan
    Lithuania will get $1.2B from Taiwan for joint business projects. High tech is the priority
  • 12 Jan
    Finnish Nosto acquires Lithuanian search platform SearchNode to strengthen in e-commerce market
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Latvia

  • Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups

  • 11 Feb
    Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups
  • 2 Feb
    Latvian CENOS secures €1M to democratize access to digital engineering
  • 1 Feb
    Colizeum, a blockchain-based mobile gaming ecosystem from Beetroot Lab founders, raises $8.4M
  • 17 Jan
    Latvian-British legaltech Juro secures $23M in Series B
  • 25.12.21
    Lokalise, a Latvian localization and translation management platform, secures $50M in Series B
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Poland

  • ELEKS launches new office in Poland

  • 30 Mar
    ELEKS launches new office in Poland
  • 24 Mar
    Intellias to open three offices in Poland
  • 14 Mar
    Ukrainian startup 3DLOOK opens office in Poland
  • 26 Feb
    PKO Bank Polski launches special account to raise funds for Ukraine's Armed Forces
  • 23 Feb
    Polish healthtech uPacjenta raises $5.2M to enter European market
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  • Salaries and perks
  • IT-Offices

Overview of IT salary expectations in Ukraine: up to $12,500 a month + perks for seniors

Fall 2021 salaries in Ukrainian IT industry: AIN.UA survey results

Ukrainian IT company moves to a 4-day workweek to stay productive and not burn out

Wirex raises $15M to develop R&D in Ukraine

"Ukraine is an undiscovered secret": an interview with CTO of Shelf, a startup that recently raised 52.5M, about business in Lviv

Fintech unicorn Revolut becomes a Diia City resident

Belarus

  • Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups

  • 11 Feb
    Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups
  • 31 Jan
    Belarusian Flo tops the list of most downloaded apps in App Store's Health & Fitness category
  • 28 Jan
    EPAM Systems acquires Polish e-commerce company ENGINIETY
  • 24 Jan
    Belarus-founded interior design platform Wizart raises €1.1M seed round
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Georgia

  • Identomat nabs $3.2M. It is the largest seed round raised by Georgian-founded startup

  • 17 Jan
    Identomat nabs $3.2M. It is the largest seed round raised by Georgian-founded startup
  • 20.12.21
    Georgian innovative startups to follow in 2022
  • 14.12.21
    CityPay.io from Georgia receives unprecedented $500k in cryptocurrency
  • 25.11.21
    Georgian referral recruitment platform Intrro raises $2.2M seed investment
Show all
USA-Ukraine

  • Grammarly ranks among the top 100 most influential companies according to TIME

  • 31 Mar
    Grammarly ranks among the top 100 most influential companies according to TIME
  • 25 Mar
    Uber users raise $2M for Ukraine, service resumes operations in 5 cities
  • 22 Mar
    Netcracker stops hiring and sales in Russia
  • 17 Feb
    Ukrainian founder transfers 58% of Firefly for $1 to his partner due to pressure from US regulators. The stake is worth $500M
  • 10 Feb
    HARMAN acquires Ukrainian automotive technology developer Apostera
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Finland

  • Finnish VC Innovestor launches €60M fund to invest in Baltic and Nordic startups

  • 21 Feb
    Finnish VC Innovestor launches €60M fund to invest in Baltic and Nordic startups
  • 18 Feb
    Helsinki-based Videoly nabs €6M for European expansion
  • 18 Feb
    Finland's Relex Solutions raises €500M from Blackstone Growth
  • 16 Feb
    Finland-based iPhone refurbisher Swappie raises $124M Series C to scale in Europe
  • 16 Feb
    Finnish startup Return Entertainment raises €5.3M for cloud-native gaming
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Estonia

  • Estonian startup EyeVi Technologies closes $2M seed round for mapping technology

  • 11 Feb
    Estonian startup EyeVi Technologies closes $2M seed round for mapping technology
  • 11 Feb
    Estonian Specialist VC opens new €50M fund to support Baltic, Finnish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian startups
  • 10 Feb
    Estonian agtech startup eAgronom closes €6.4M Series A round
  • 10 Feb
    Change Ventures closes €49M seed venture capital fund to support Baltic startups
  • 7 Feb
    Estonian design tech startup OCCO raises €750K seed investment
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