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Startup of the Day: Multilango, a Polish edtech startup

Multilango was co-founded by Łukasz Skrzypek, Michał Paszko, and Cezary Chałupa, and develops a platform enabling employers to offer foreign language learning as an employee benefit. Currently, the platform provides access to instructors of sixteen different languages, from English and German to less

Poland’s SMOK Ventures closes its $25M second fund for CEE startups

The Warsaw-based SMOK Ventures has closed its second fund at $25 million, with the support of PFR Ventures. The fund aims to invest in up to 35 startups from the CEE region and its diaspora. About SMOK Ventures II Fund

180 funds invested in Poland over the last 2 years — Inovo VC summary

180 VC and CVC funds have invested in Poland over the last 2 years. In 2023, there was a 50% drop in the foreign funds’ activity in Poland compared to 2021. Only 3 new Polish VC funds: Avivo Capital, LSA

With 27.15%, Java overtook JavaScript (19.17%), as the most in-demand technology — DevSkiller 2023 report

DevSkiller has published a continuation to its annual report about global trends in managing and assessing technical skills in 2024, the most sought-after skills are still Java, JavaScript, and SQL. Among soft skills, effective communication and a willingness to continuously

In 2023, every 10th individual entrepreneur in Poland was registered by a Ukrainian

In 2023, the number of individual entrepreneurs registered in Poland by Ukrainians was over 67% compared to 2022. In fact, every 10th individual entrepreneur registered in Poland was a Ukrainian, according to Rzeczpospolita data. The Polish economy suffers from a

ReaktorX opens applications for its CEE accelerator

ReaktorX, a Estonia-based startup accelerator, has announced the launch of the next batch of its industry-agnostic program for Central Eastern European companies. The program offers €25,000 of pre-seed funding for winners. The application is open until the 20th of January,

Startup of the Day: ZeroQs, Polish developer of mobile self-checkouts

ZeroQs was established in 2019, by Jarosław Kaczmarczyk and Tomasz Bruliński. The startup is realizing the project titled “Development of mobile self-checkout” with the aim to develop and implement a mobile self-checkout in retail stores to optimize their work. Its

Ukrainian startups in Poland: challenges, state of funding, and plans — survey

Every year, the Polish fund of funds PFR Ventures presents a comprehensive study of the venture capital and startup ecosystem in Poland. In 2022, the Bulgarian fund LaunchHub Ventures, Czech Kaya Ventures, Romanian conference How to Web, and Hungarian organization

How does YouTube help spread pro-Russian propaganda in Poland — study

The risk of disinformation on YouTube in Poland is rather low compared to Ukraine, however there are still gray areas and vulnerabilities within the platform itself. Texty.org.ua has conducted the study which reveals that people in Poland watch YouTube primarily for