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Russians leaked another S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 build. The developers ask people not to download it

Since March 2023, Russian gamers have been blackmailing the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World, threatening to leak their new game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. In May 2023, Russian game communities are again discussing another leak of the game assets. Ukrainian

Toloka investment syndicate launches in Ukraine. Tickets are up to $1.5 million

Oleksandr Kolb, Ihor Shoifot, and Taras Kyrychenko have launched Toloka, an investment syndicate of private investors. As the founders told AIN.Capital, they plan to invest in startups with tickets ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million. You can join the syndicate

“Before the war, Ukraine was our third largest market.” Interview with Sacha Michaud, Glovo

In the mid May 2023 the co-founder of Glovo delivery company Sacha Michaud visited Kyiv and spent three days in Ukrainian capital. The first purpose was to visit the Ukrainian team. A hub in Ukraine is responsible for the entire

ff Red & White is a new €60M fund to connect Central Europe with Japan and US

US and Poland-based international firm ff Venture Capital has announced the launch of ff Red & White. It is a new €60 million fund to support Central European startups during late seed and Series A stages with funding from the

Finnish rental Hostaway raises €164M in the largest round in the sector to date

Hostaway, a rental software and management platform founded by Finns, has raised €164 million in the largest round in the sector to date. The investment was led by PSG, a leading growth equity firm, EU-Startups reports. “We are impressed with

Estonian logistics company Omniva acquires Parcelsea, smart parcel box startup 

Omniva has acquired Parcelsea, the Tallinn-based parcel vending machine company. With the transaction, Omniva will acquire Parcelsea’s network of 700 smart parcel boxes and plans to expand it to all Baltic countries. “The good news is that by using the

Estonian Plural Platform co-leads €7M round for Proxima Fusion

Estonian VC firm Plural Platform has co-led a €7 million pre-seed funding round for Proxima Fusion, a German startup designing fusion power plants. UVC Partners is another co-investor, joined by High-Tech Gründerfonds and the Wilbe Group, Silicon Canals reports. “Stellarators offer

Estonian TextMagic acquires a website-building platform Voog in a €1.1M deal

The Tallinn-based SMS company TextMagic has announced the acquisition of Voog, the website-building and e-commerce platform. The amount of the deal was €1.1 million. It will allow TextMagic to build, buy, and manage a diverse B2B SaaS products portfolio. “The

Intellias plans to hire an additional 700 engineers

The Ukrainian IT company Intellias plans to hire several hundred engineers in 2023. It is hiring about 700 specialists, 50-60% of them from abroad, according to NV. Why is this interesting? During the full-scale war in Ukraine, Intellias continued its

Startup of the Day: Lithuanian ColibrisODM, an online manufacturing platform for metal parts

ColibrisODM was founded by Justinas Bielskis and Karolis Gaidys, and offers an online on-demand manufacturing platform for automatic quoting and ordering of custom-made & serial metal parts in quantities required. Recently, the startup secured its first investment of €300,000. Its target