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“It’s important to investors that we launched the project despite the war”: interview with Deus Robotics

The Ukrainian startup Deus Robotics, which develops robots for working in warehouses, had an eventful year. Because of the war, it failed to receive promised investment funding of $5 million and had to move the business to another city. However,

Finnish proptech Komu Homes raises €475k in a pre-seed round

Helsinki-based proptech startup Komu Homes has raised €475,000 in pre-seed funding from Prodeko Ventures, Wave Ventures, and Sarviapila Capital, as well as angel investors. The capital will help to launch its new product modernizing real-estate industry, as well as expand

Breeze Ship Design acquires Bulgarian Varshyp

Norwegian independent ship design company Breeze Ship Design has acquired the Varna-based company Varshyp Design which offers skills in all the fields needed for ship design, marine engineering, and marine consultancy. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.  “This

Polish fund bValue exits Renters.pl, a short-term rental manager

Warsaw-based bValue Fund II has fully exited its portfolio company Renters.pl, Poland’s leading short-term rental operator. Enterprise Fund VIII, a private equity fund, will invest up to €19 million, acquiring up to 80% of the company. “I sincerely congratulate Enterprise

Grammarly introduces GrammarlyGO, a new generative AI product to accelerate productivity

The Ukrainian company Grammarly has announced the launch of a new product based on generative artificial intelligence — GrammarlyGO. Company representatives shared the news with AIN.Capital. The beta version of GrammarlyGO is planned to be launched in April, in English.

Estonian climate tech startup Roofit.Solar raises €6.45M

The Tallinn-based startup Roofit.Solar which designs and produces solar roofs that blend Nordic design with solar technology has raised €6.45 million round co-led by BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures and EdgeCap Partners. The company plans to use the funds to increase

Startup of the Day: Finmap, Ukraine’s SaaS solution developer

Finmap was founded by Ivan Kaunov and Oleksandr Solovei in 2019 and joined by Dmytro Dubilet at the beginning of 2021. Finmap is a simple and convenient cash flow management service for modern businesses, with accessible functionality and a user-friendly

Ukrainian InSoft Partners acquires a stake in Forbytes and undergoes a model change

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the absolute majority of Ukrainian investors stopped investing in Ukrainian IT companies. Vitaliy Horovyi’s InSoft Partners was one of the three who actively remained in the market. Today, the firm informed AIN.Capital about

Motion designer from Ukraine moved to New York. Now he works with brands like Microsoft, Canon, and Puma

In 2015, motion designer Pavlo Tkachenko moved from Cherkasy to New York to try to launch his own business. Eventually, his clients were the head offices of Puma, JP Morgan Chase, Microsoft, Samsung, Canon USA, NYC, Paramount Pictures, First Republic

Finnish deeptech QuantrolOx receives €3.5M in a seed round

Oxford spinout QuantrolOx has received €3.5 million in a seed round to bring qubit tuning software to market. The round was led by Voima Ventures, with participation from existing investors such as Nielsen Ventures and Hoxton Ventures.  “Since Voima Ventures’