Lisa Palchynska

Geek Ventures participates in a $3.1M seed round for AI startup SportsVisio

Established by Ukrainian Vadim Rogovskiy and Belarusian Ihar Mahaniok, Geek Ventures venture capital fund participated in a $3.1 funding for the US startup SportsVisio. The round was led by Hyperplane Venture Capital, Sovereign’s Capital and a number of strategic investors

Polish marketplace for parents Bubaa receives over €200k from Impera Alfa

The Polish startup Bubaa that develops a marketplace for parents has received its first funding amounted at €200,000 (1 million PLN). The investment came from Poland-based Impera Alfa fund, MamStartup reports. Launched in October 2021, Bubaa develops the app for

Polish vettech startup Wimba raises over €830k to enter the UK and US market

The Warsaw-based vettech startup Wimba that develops prosthetics for dogs has raised over €830,000 (4 million PLN) from Amsterdam-based fund Level2 Ventures, MamStartup writes. Founded by Franciszk Kosch, Grzegorz Kosch and Maciej Szczepański, Wimba produces a range of orthopedic 4d printed products

Ajax Systems introduces new products and updated app during its Special Event

On October 11, Ajax Systems, the Ukrainian security system manufacturer, held the fourth Special Event, an online presentation of new devices and software developments. This time, the company has unveiled new fire prevention products and devices lineup, and introduced improved design of

Business center in Kyiv, which houses Microsoft’s office, damaged during the missile attack

Russia fired more than 80 missiles over Ukrainian cities on October 10. Earlier this morning, AIN.Capital wrote that this massive shelling damaged the 101 Tower business center in Kyiv, where Samsung’s Ukraine office and R&D is located. As it became known, one of

IT Arena announces winners of Startup Competition 2022

On October 1, as a part of IT Arena, one of Eastern Europe’s largest annual professional tech conferences, the finals of the Startup Competition 2022 took place at the Lviv National Opera House. This year, the total prize pool grew

“60 units of Russia’s equipment were detected in the first two days.” How ICEYE satellite helps Ukrainian Army

At the end of August, Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation informed the AIN.Capital editorial office about the purchase of the ICEYE satellite for Ukrainian Army. More than $16.5 million (600 million hryvnas) were spent on this, which Ukrainians collected as part of the

Croatian energy startup IE-Energy gets a €19.8M grant from the EU Commission

The Rijeka-based energy company IE-Energy has raised €19.8 million aid package from The European Commission for building the first battery system near Šibenik.  Founded in 2020, by Zeljko Smitran, IE-Energy develops the first regional Virtual Power Plant as an aggregated

Top 17 most active Czech VC funds in H1 2022

AIN.Capital has created a ranking of the most active Czech VC funds in H1 2022. The ranking includes 17 local backers that together made 82 investments during January 2022-June 2022. Lighthouse Ventures, Credo Ventures, and Presto Ventures topped the list by closing