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Estonian-founded fintech Lightyear closes $25M round backed by Virgin Group

Estonia and UK-based investment app Lightyear has closed a $25 million Series A equity round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. The company’s seed investors Mosaic Ventures, Taavet+Sten, and Metaplanet also participated in the round, alongside

How Poland’s fyrtel.market democratizes e-grocery. Interview with startup’s co-founder

The e-commerce startup fyrtel.market develops a marketplace for easy online shopping from local retailers. The platform has already connected over 200 local stores in three Polish cities and doesn’t plan to stop. Last month, the startup raised €850,000 for further scaling in

Intellias opens offices in Spain and Portugal for over 100 specialists

The Ukrainian IT company Intellias has announced that it will open four R&D centers in Madrid and Malaga, Spain, Lisbon and Porto, Portugal, this autumn. As Intellias CEO and co-founder Vitaly Sedler explained, the decision to enter the Spanish and Portuguese markets

Finnish wellbeing platform Hintsa Performance raises €5.1M

The Helsinki-based high performance coaching and wellbeing service platform Hintsa Performance has raised €5.1 million in new funding to fuel the company’s global growth. Founded in 2014, Hintsa Performance offers well-being coaching, focusing on behavioral change, like establishing goals, supporting

Underline Ventures to invest €20M in Eastern European startups

Bogdan Iordache, founder of the long-running Bucharest-based How to Web conference, has launched a new venture fund Underline Ventures. It has already raised half of its targeted €20 million to make investments in Eastern European startups, Tech.eu writes. Underline Ventures has

Ukrainian UNITED24 platform raises over $13.5M for Army of Drones in just 10 days

On July 1, President Zelenskyy’s global fundraising initiative, UNITED24, together with the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, has announced the start of the Army of Drones campaign. It is a comprehensive program that involves the purchase,

Web3 startup Salto X raises €5.2M for its tokenized stock options solution

Salto X, a startup based in Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia, has raised a €5.2 seed investment. The round was led by the Nordic VC ByFounders, Berlin-based crypto VC Blockwall, New York-based Box Group, crypto fintech company 3Commas, and angel investors such as

Free online course on the past and present of Crimea in English launched on Udemy

The Ukrainian Institute, together with educational studio EdEra, has launched an online course on the past and present of Crimea and Crimean Tatars, indigenous people of Ukraine, called “Crimea: History and People.” You can watch it in English on the Udemy

Polish healthtech Labplus raises $1.5M for its AI lab solution

The Wroclaw-based startup Labplus, which develops AI technology to automatize the lab test results analysis, has raised $1.5 million (7 million zł) in a pre-seed round. The investment came from Polish fund LT Capital, as well as from the National

Helsinki-based Happeo raises $26M for its all-in-one intranet solution 

The Finnish provider of intranet platform for employees Happeo has raised a $26 million Series B investment. Endeit Capital, Smartfin, and Evli Growth Partners led the round, and existing Happeo’s investors INKEF Capital, Maki.vc, and Vendep Capital participated, TechCrunch writes. Happeo was founded