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Estonian Ready Player Me gets €56.4M from a16z

Ready Player Me, a Tallinn-based cross-game avatar platform, has secured €56.4 million in a Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other notable investors include David Baszucki (co-founder of Roblox) and Justin Kan (co-founder of Twitch), Silicon Canals reports. Founded

8 tech companies with offices in Ukraine among the Inc. 5,000 fastest-growing businesses

Eight companies with offices in Ukraine have been included in Inc. 5000 2022, the annual ranking of private companies with the most proven track record. The ranking has been prepared by Inc., the American business magazine. Who got listed KITRUM

Ukrainian agencies decline Red Dot Awards worth €24k to donate this money to UNITED24

This year Ukrainian creative agencies Bickerstaff.734, Taktika Agency, IAMIDEA agency, fedoriv, Grape, and MOZGI GROUP refused to pay for Red Dot international design festival awards in order to donate this money to Ukraine’s defenders. By the end of 2022, the agencies will transfer €23,687 to the Ukrainian presidential

Estonian RecruitLab secures €1.9M from Change Ventures

The Tallinn-based HRtech startup RecruitLab has secured €1.9 million in seed funding round for its recruitment software. Change Ventures led the round with the participation from Startup Istanbul, FFF.vc, and BADideas.fund. Founded in 2020 by a trio of entrepreneurs with

Lithuania’s Contrarian Ventures launches new €100M fund

The Lithuania-based climate tech firm Contrarian Ventures has launched its second fund targeting €100 million. The fund will support climate tech startups, while mobilizing the resources needed for climate action, Tech.eu reports. “We must focus on the world in 2050, not

Finnish foodtech startup Ruokaboksi secures €3.5M

Ruokaboksi has secured €3.5 million in growth funding from Tesi, Nordic FoodTech VC, and private investors. The startup is doing weekly food and recipe delivery, helping support healthier diets in any household. Founded in 2017 by Jesse Fryckman and Juhana Rintala,

Russia threatens Europe with nukes. Ukraine opens S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-themed grocery store

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 developer GSC Game World has teamed up with the Ukrainian supermarket chain Silpo to open a grocery store in the style of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl game in Kyiv. The idea of it arose back in the

Finnish Voland Partners opens €80M fund for local tech companies

Voland Partners, the first Finnish growth investor for technology companies, announced the launch of its first fund — the Voland Technology Growth Fund I with a target size of €80 million. Voland Partners is a Finnish private equity firm focusing on

Ciklum liquidates its legal entity in Belarus

Ciklum, an international IT company with offices in Ukraine, is leaving the Belarusian market. According to dev.by information, Ciklum Bel LLC, which is a part of the Ciklum international group, is in a process of liquidation from June 2022. Ciklum was

Finnish cleantech startup Ori Solution raises €250k

Ori Solution, a Lahti-based cleantech company developing a renewable energy technology, has raised €250,000 in a pre-seed round. The latest capital injection will feed the development of its technology, ArcticStartup reports. Founded in 2019 by Finnish entrepreneurs, Ori Solution develops