Lisa Palchynska

Ukrainian UNITED24 platform raises over $13.5M for Army of Drones in just 10 days

On July 1, President Zelenskyy’s global fundraising initiative, UNITED24, together with the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, has announced the start of the Army of Drones campaign. It is a comprehensive program that involves the purchase,

Web3 startup Salto X raises €5.2M for its tokenized stock options solution

Salto X, a startup based in Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia, has raised a €5.2 seed investment. The round was led by the Nordic VC ByFounders, Berlin-based crypto VC Blockwall, New York-based Box Group, crypto fintech company 3Commas, and angel investors such as

Free online course on the past and present of Crimea in English launched on Udemy

The Ukrainian Institute, together with educational studio EdEra, has launched an online course on the past and present of Crimea and Crimean Tatars, indigenous people of Ukraine, called “Crimea: History and People.” You can watch it in English on the Udemy

Startup of the Day: Crosscreators, Georgian marketplace for AR content creators

The Tbilisi-based startup Crosscreators develops a marketplace that connects AR creators with their customers. The platform was co-founded and launched five months ago by Georgian Ani Manjavidze and Ukrainian Dmytro Farafontov. It already has 2,000 content creators, as well as 500 paying

Polish healthtech Labplus raises $1.5M for its AI lab solution

The Wroclaw-based startup Labplus, which develops AI technology to automatize the lab test results analysis, has raised $1.5 million (7 million zł) in a pre-seed round. The investment came from Polish fund LT Capital, as well as from the National

Helsinki-based Happeo raises $26M for its all-in-one intranet solution 

The Finnish provider of intranet platform for employees Happeo has raised a $26 million Series B investment. Endeit Capital, Smartfin, and Evli Growth Partners led the round, and existing Happeo’s investors INKEF Capital, Maki.vc, and Vendep Capital participated, TechCrunch writes. Happeo was founded

How Georgian fintech conquers Indian and Philippine markets. Interview with Kernel co-founder

Kernel is a Tbilisi-based developer of a platform with invoicing and financial tools for small businesses and freelancers. This fintech startup has already acquired more than 45,000 users in Georgia, the Philippines, and India. At the beginning of June, Kernel raised $30,000

Ukrainian Maryna Viazovska wins Fields Medal, the highest honor for mathematicians

Ukrainian Maryna Viazovska, a sphere-packing number theorist, has won the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards for mathematicians. According to Quanta Magazine, she became the second female winner in the award’s 86-year history. The Fields Medal is an award

Why do PR and marketing companies need a podcast analysis tool? Interview with Hintech co-founder

Hintech provides a comprehensive podcast analysis tool that is aimed to help PR and marketing agencies find the right podcasters for marketing campaigns. A few weeks ago, the startup closed a fresh $230,000 (1 million zł) investment round from SpeedUp