Lisa Palchynska - AIN EN

Bio Editor-in-Chief at AIN.Capital and journalist at AIN.UA. Lisa covers news about startup and VC ecosystem in the CEE countries. She also writes stories of businesses and initiatives from Ukrainian tech scene.

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29.12.22

Countries
Ukraine

Global tech companies and VCs still have hidden ties with Russia in 2022 — 7 cases and investigations

Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, the global business landscape has changed. Corporations, smaller companies, VCs, and startups all around the world were forced to take a clear stand. Most of them without doubts left aggressor countries’

28.12.22

Tech1
M&A

IT company with offices across CEE Grid Dynamics acquires Mutual Mobile

Grid Dynamics announced the acquisition of Mutual Mobile, AIN.Capital was told. With around 200 employees across India and North America, Mutual Mobile will contribute to supporting Grid Dynamics’ objective of diversifying its global client base and enabling quality engineering talent

16.12.22

Tech1
Investments

Geek Ventures led a $700k pre-seed round for datatech and AI startup Spike

Established by Ukrainian Vadim Rogovskiy and Belarusian Ihar Mahaniok, Geek Ventures venture capital fund led the $700,000 funding for the US datatech and AI startup Spike. CEAS Investments, APX, and some business angels also joined the round. “Wearable sensors are becoming

16.12.22

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Investments

Romanian HRtech Undelucram raises €200k from GapMinder

Bucharest-based online employee community Undelucram has raised €200,000 from local venture capital fund GapMinder, Romania Insider reports. The startup also intends to raise another €400,000 through the European co-investment platform SeedBlink. “We choose to see the investment in Undelucram as a vote of

15.12.22

Tech1
Investments

Tech startups will be granted with €1.13B through the EIC Accelerator in 2023

The European Commission adopted the 2023 work program of the European Innovation Council, which will grant €1.6 billion in funding to innovators who can to scale up and create new markets. 70% of this amount, €1.13 billion, will be allocated for

15.12.22

Tech1
M&A

Poland’s GetResponse acquires Recostream, an AI product recommendations startup

Email marketing and marketing automation software developer GetResponse has announced that it completed its acquisition of Recostream, an AI/ML personalized recommendations technology startup. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Right now, there’s no other personalization solution that could

15.12.22

Countries
Poland

In Poland, ICLUB launches a community for investing in startups

Ukrainian private investor club ICLUB opened up its official representative in Warsaw, thus allowing anyone in Poland to invest in startups with Ukrainian venture fund TA Ventures and other club members. The minimum investment amount in a startup is set

14.12.22

Countries
Poland

Overview of IT salaries in Polish startups: up to $9,300 per month for seniors

The Warsaw-based VC fund bValue has created a report on the Polish startup labor market and salaries of IT specialists in the startup sector in Q3 2022. The research is based on the data from 4,418 job offers published on Just Join IT,

13.12.22

News

Vienna-based Speedinvest raises €500M to back European tech startups

Austrian Speedinvest, one of the Europe’s most active seed investors, has raised €500 million to invest in early-stage tech startups. To date, 90% of the funds’ target amount is committed, Sifted reports.

13.12.22

Tech1
Investments

Austrian Asset Operations Platform ToolSense closes €8M Series A round

Vienna-based startup ToolSense announced the closing of a new €8 million Series A round led by investment company of PwC that specializes in industrial IoT.