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Slovakian foodtech Peelo raises a pre-seed round

The Bratislava-based foodtech startup Peelo has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round to accelerate the company’s development. The round was co-led by Rockstart Agrifood and CB Investment Management.

Google acquires Alter, US and Czech-based AI avatar startup, for $100M

Tech giant Google has acquired the US and Czech-based Alter, an artificial intelligence AI avatar startup, for about $100 million, according to TechCrunch sources. Founded in 2017 by Jonathan Slimak and Robin Raszka, Alter started as Facemoji, a platform that

Ukrainian IT army hacked into the Central Bank of Russia

Ukrainian hackers managed to gain access to the networks of the Central Bank of Russian Federation. The Ukrainian IT Army informs that their cyber specialists received the source files, the principles of their interaction, CPI systems, and other materials. The

Three reasons why it is still worth investing in Europe, according to TA Ventures

Viktoriya Tigipko, Founder and Managing Partner at Ukrainian venture capital firm TA Ventures, explains why European markets should stay the funds’ investment destination even despite the high inflation, looming recession, and soaring energy prices on the continent. AIN.Capital publishes her LinkedIn

Inventure Fund IV closes its second round at nearly €150M

Helsinki and Stockholm-based Inventure Fund IV has closed its second round, raising nearly €144 million of a targeted €150 million. The fund will support Nordic and Baltic early-stage startups with a ticket size of up to €5 million, Tech.eu reports.

Polish deeptech startup Nevomo receives €5M to accelerate its technology

The Warsaw-based deeptech startup Nevomo has received €5 million in funding from EIT InnoEnergy, Hutter Private Equity, ValueTech Seed, and Seedrs to accelerate its hyperloop-inspired MagRail technology. Nevomo was founded in 2017 by Katarzyna Foljanty, Pawel Radziszewski, Przemek Paczek, and

Austrian foodtech startup Orderlion raises $4M in a pre-Series A round

The Vienna-based food supply chain startup Orderlion has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round. The investment was led by a new European VC that has not disclosed itself. Rockstart, seed + speed Ventures, Tecnet, and Gateway Ventures also

N1 Fund launches a new investment program for fintech startups together with Ukrainian Startup Fund

A profile fintech investment fund N1 together with Ukrainian Startup Fund are launching a new program. It will focus on fintech startups seeking to raise investments and receive expert support. To join the program, the startups have to meet the

Czech Daktela acquires a majority stake in AI-startup Coworkers.ai

Czech technology company Daktela has acquired a majority stake in the Brno-based startup Coworkers.ai, intelligent chatbots and voicebots developer. The exact amount of the deal is not disclosed, but it is known that the transaction costs millions of dollars. Coworkers.ai

Austrian Speedinvest joins €4M seed round for UK startup Solvo.ai

The London-based startup Solvo.ai focuses on improving decision-making in the supply chain and logistics sector has received €4M in a seed round co-led by Speedinvest and Frontline Ventures.  Founded by Gaurav Bajaj, Solvo.ai develops a platform that helps logistics companies