13.03.23 News “It’s important to investors that we launched the project despite the war”: interview with Deus Robotics The Ukrainian startup Deus Robotics, which develops robots for working in warehouses, had an eventful year. Because of the war, it failed to receive promised investment funding of $5 million and had to move the business to another city. However,
09.03.23 Countries Ukraine Motion designer from Ukraine moved to New York. Now he works with brands like Microsoft, Canon, and Puma In 2015, motion designer Pavlo Tkachenko moved from Cherkasy to New York to try to launch his own business. Eventually, his clients were the head offices of Puma, JP Morgan Chase, Microsoft, Samsung, Canon USA, NYC, Paramount Pictures, First Republic
27.02.23 Tech1 Investments Ukrainian clinic Superhumans receives $16.3M from Howard Buffett Medical clinic Superhumans, a project of TIS seaport co-owner and SD Capital founder Andriy Stavnitser, has received a donation of $16.3 million from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the fund of the eldest son of billionaire Warren Buffett. The founder
24.02.23 News American Unicorn Acquires Ukrainian Logaster The US-based unicorn ZenBusiness, valued at $1.7 bln, acquired the Ukrainian online logo maker Logaster. The sum of the deal has not been revealed. About the deal In over a decade in the market, US-based ZenBusiness has helped around 17
22.02.23 Pop Science Games The “apolitical” Russian game Atomic Heart makes fun of the killings of Ukrainians On February 21, 2022, the Russian game Atomic Heart was released. During the wave of criticism towards the game, its developers, formally Cypriot, but in fact, Russian studio Mundfish stated that they are “out of politics and for peace”. But
21.02.23 Countries Ukraine Viber is looking for a Country Director for Ukraine As AIN.Capital discovered, the Rakuten Viber company is looking for a specialist for the position of Country Director in Ukraine. Previously, VP of Growth, Key Markets Atanas Raykov, from the office in Bulgaria, was responsible for the country. “Ukraine is
16.02.23 Tech1 Investments Ukrainian crypto startup Kolibrio raises $2M to build web3 service The Ukrainian startup Kolibrio has raised $2 million from Jump Crypto with participation from Delta Blockchain Fund, Everstake Capital, and angel investors, as the startup co-founders, Alex Starikov and Anatolii Padenko, reported to AIN.Capital. Deal details The startup, which builds an automated on-chain auction system
15.02.23 Countries Ukraine MacPaw’s office is under investigation Ukrainian IT company MacPaw‘s office is undergoing the search. Law enforcement officers are also searching the house of its founder and CEO Oleksandr Kosovan, the entrepreneur told this on Facebook. “We do not rule out that due to imperfections in
13.02.23 Pop Science Games Ukrainian gamers are localizing Hogwarts Legacy on their own Hogwarts Legacy became one of the most discussed games online at the beginning of 2023. Although the game does not have a Ukrainian localization, the Ukrainian gaming community is trying to fix this. They created a crowdsourced project to translate
03.02.23 Countries Ukraine Ukraine’s Antonov AN-225 Mriya aircraft will be featured in Microsoft Flight Simulator A model of the Ukrainian AN-225 Mriya aircraft will be added to the popular game Microsoft Flight Simulator. The only real copy of Mriya was destroyed during the attack of the Russian occupying forces on the Hostomel airport. Antonov company