Mykhaylo Sapiton

Project of Ukrainian Genesis raises $21M. It’s an African classifieds site Jiji

The African online classifieds website Jiji has raised $21 million in Series C financing from six investors led by Knuru Capital, as reported by TechCrunch. About Jiji Jiji is a portfolio asset of the Ukrainian company Genesis. It has been

US imposes sanctions on ‘most harmful cyber crime group’ with some members tied to Ukraine

The United States Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on 17 cybercriminals, the department’s website said. They were all caught in ties with the Russian hacking group Evil Corp. Some of the suspects have ties to Ukraine, as noted

FlixBus launches branded routes in Ukraine. The first one is to the Czech Republic

International bus operator FlixBus launches branded routes in Ukraine, ITC reports. These routes are served by buses that meet international standards of the company and have branded green livery. Details of the first ‘green’ route in Ukraine The first route

SMRK VC Fund invests in seafood delivery service owned by Andrii Drohobytskyi, co-founder of LeBoutique

Since October 2019, a startup for seafood delivery Seadora has started its operations in Kyiv. In December 2019, it became known that the SMRK VC Fund had invested in the project, as Andriy Dovzhenko, Managing Partner of SMRK, told Liga.tech.

SMRK Fund invests another $200k in Ukrainian fashion group Love&Live

In November 2019, SMRK fund invested $200,000 in the Ukrainian company Love&Live Fashion Group, Crunchbase reports. About the project The total investment in the Love&Live Fashion Group has reached $600,000. In June, SMRK raised $400,000 in seed round funding. This

Ukraine’s largest foreign investors 2019: Cyprus and the Netherlands. State Statistics Service data

The State Statistics Service has published a list of the largest investing countries in the Ukrainian economy as of October 1, 2019. The data includes the share capital of foreign residents in the economy. RBC Ukraine draws attention to the

American senators write to Bezos asking him to clarify data security practices of Ring in Ukraine

On November 20, five US Democratic senators sent a letter to Amazon CEO inquiring about operation of Ring. Amazon acquired it for $1 billion in February 2018. Ring has a large R&D office in Ukraine. AIN.UA publishes a brief retelling

MES launches the scientific search engine Open Ukrainian Citation Index

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MES) has launched the Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI) scientific service. According to the information on the website, this is a search engine and a citation database. According to the Ministry of

IKEA will not launch production in Lviv region – Ukrainian companies do not meet the standards

IKEA could not agree on the launch of production facilities in the Lviv region, as reported by Retailers. Back in 2017, the Swedish company was looking for partners in the region to manufacture furniture at local production facilities. But the