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Voima Ventures raises €90M for Fund III aimed at Nordic and Baltic startups

Helsinki-based VC firm Voima Ventures has announced the first closing of €90 million for the Fund III to back Nordic and Baltic science-based startups from labs to global markets. The firm plans to complete the fund at the point of

Lithuanian solar project design software developer PVcase acquires Anderson Optimization 

PVcase, Vilnius- and Kaunas-based solar project design software provider, has acquired the US Anderson Optimization, a developer of power system modeling and optimization software, for an undisclosed amount. The deal will enable PVcase to support Anderson Optimization’s expansion in Europe.

Polish-founded blockchain startup RedStone secures $350k from business angels

Blockchain startup RedStone has secured $350,000 of financing aimed at further product improvements from multiple business angels. “In the coming months, we will focus on the continuation and intensification of foreign expansion, acquisition of new customers, as well as product

RoyaltyRange raises over €4M in a joint investment led by Presto Ventures

London-based RoyaltyRange, a business information provider, has raised more than €4 million in joint investment from Prague-based VC fund Presto Ventures, Estonian Trind Ventres, Latvian ZGI Capital, and angel investors. The funding will be used to further grow and deepen

20% of Ukraine’s IT exports are provided by 5 companies. Who else is in the top 30 by net income

In March 2023, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine published the information submitted by companies for 2022. Using this data, the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) IT&Telecom sector team prepared an overview of the situation in the Ukrainian IT market.

Ukrainian plugins for ChatGPT are among the first in the official OpenAI catalog

Two ChatGPT plugins, developed by a Ukrainian team, were included in OpenAI‘s official plugin catalog. The catalog presently boasts over 200 unique plugins, underscoring the global enthusiasm for AI development. Oleksandr Gamaniuk, CEO of Tarta, announced this on Facebook. Exploring

Finnish 3TS Capital Partners leads €6M round for conversational AI platform Spectrm 

Berlin-based Spectrm, a conversational marketing provider, has secured €6 million in a fresh round of funding. The round was led by 3TS Capital Partners, and joined by existing investors including LHV Global, BDMI, North Base Media.  “Imagine ChatGPT for marketers,

Over 20 Ukrainian IT companies opened offices in Poland due to the war

Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, at least 21 IT companies with Ukrainian roots started operating in Poland. This is reported by the portal DOU.eu. Previously, AIN.Capital provided a research and published the

Ukrainians are massively shadowbanned on Twitter

There is another wave of bans on Ukrainian activists and volunteers on Twitter. This time, many popular accounts fell into the so-called shadowban. Та за шо pic.twitter.com/G6PYibm1th — StormThorm ✙ 🇺🇦 (@StormThorm) June 7, 2023 “It’s not a search blocking

Finnish SaaS company Fixably lands $10M and launches new product

Helsinki-based SaaS company Fixably has landed $10 million in funding and is now launching a new product, Fixably Refurb. It is set to extend the lifespan of over 10 billion electrical devices.