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Czech DataOps startup Keboola raises $4.5M in a seed round

The Prague-based data-platform-as-a-service company Keboola has raised $4.5 million in a seed round to accelerate its growth. The investment was led by Presto Ventures, Tech Funding News informs. “We believe in the potential of data and AI to fundamentally transform

Tatum, StartupYard, and DEPO Ventures launch one-year acceleration program for crypto startups

The US-based developer platform Tatum joined forces with the Czech startup seed accelerator StartupYard and DEPO Venures fund to start the 12-month Tatum Blockchain Accelerator program. The program is built in a way to enable founders to easy development of

Polish OTB Ventures launches new €150M Fund II

Poland-founded venture capital fund OTB Ventures has announced the launch of a new €150 million OTB Fund II. It will make direct investment in early growth deeptech companies, developing innovative breakthroughs with R&D in Europe. “We believe that deeptech is the

Ukrainian Hypra fund acquires 25% stake in Boosty Labs

The Web3-oriented hypra.fund bought out NetSolid Investments‘ 25% stake in the world’s biggest blockchain dev shop Boosty Labs. The purchase amount is not specified.  “We have been working closely with the Boosty team for a long time. Knowing how the

Volunteers and IT: How does it work? Let’s take ELEKS as an example

Polish bValue launches €100M fund to invest in later-stage tech startups from CEE

The Warsaw-based bValue has announced opening of its third fund bValue Growth to invest in companies from the CEE. The fund has already completed the first closing of €72 million, and aims to increase its capital to €100 million.  “We

GlobalLogic acquires Romanian engineering company Fortech

GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fortech, a software engineering services company based in Romania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “This acquisition will further enhance GlobalLogic’s presence in Europe,

Polish PKO VC sells Applica.ai’s shares and makes its first exit

PKO VC, a fund belonging to PKO Bank Polski, has sold its shares in the Polish-British company Applica.ai to the American company Showflake. The companies do not disclose the amount of the deal, which became the first exit for PKO

Noventiq acquires majority stake in Serbian IT company Saga Group

Global digital transformation and cybersecurity solutions provider Noventiq announced the acquiring the majority stake in Serbian IT company Saga Group. The deal will allow bringing over 400 expert staff to Noventiq, and to expand expertise from Saga’s and its IP

Slush has revoked €1M prize for Russian-founded Immigram

A few days ago, Immigram, a Russian-founded startup that helps tech specialists, including Russian ones, relocate to the UK, won the Slush 100 Pitching Competition. It was awarded with €1 million investment, coming from five top venture capital funds — Accel, General