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Finnish software startup Aiven raises $210M in Series D from Eurazeo

The Helsinki-based cloud data science startup Aiven has raised a $210 million investment from the Eurazeo fund. The Series D funding brought the company a valuation of $3 billion, Bloomberg reports. Founded in 2016 by Hannu Valtonen, Heikki Nousiainen, Mika Eloranta, and Oskari

Siemens to stop business in Russia

In the third month of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the German concern Siemens announced that it would exit the Russian market. “We join the international community in condemning the war in Ukraine and are focused on supporting our people

War in Ukraine / May 10

The Molfar team sends a daily newsletter about the war in Ukraine. The editorial staff of AIN.Capital publishes the full version of the digest. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Russia may stage a sabotage in the south of Odesa region Yesterday

Talkin’ Things, Polish RFID tags manufacturer, raises $20M

The Warsaw-based startup Talkin’ Things has raised $20 million from the Polish investment firm TDJ. The existing investor Montis Capital also joined the round. The fresh funding will support the startup in scaling up production and further RFID technology development,

Lviv-based outsourcing company HebronSoft opens offices in Zakarpattia and Romania

HebronSoft, an outsourcing company from Lviv, has announced the opening of two new offices: in Zakarpattia and Romania. The company’s CEO, Kostiantyn Polosukhin, informed DOU about these plans. The new Ukrainian office will open in Khust. According to Polosukhin, HebronSoft

Despite the war, Ukrainian IT industry earns $2B on exports for 1Q 2022

The export-oriented IT industry has provided $2 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2022, despite the war, mobilization, and forced relocation of businesses and teams, as reported by IT Ukraine Association. A similar figure in 2021 was 1.44

Glovo launches on-call doctor service, but so far only in Ukraine

The food delivery service Glovo has launched a new service — you can now call a doctor at home via the app. So far, the service works in Kyiv and Lviv. It will be available in other Ukrainian cities soon.

Krakow-based behavioral data platform Synerise closes a $23M Series B round

The Polish behavioral data analytics platform Synerise has closed a $23 million Series B to fuel the international expansion. Carpathian Partners, a CEE-focused technology investment fund, led the round. Founded in 2013 by Jaroslaw Krolewski, Krzysztof Kochmański, and Miłosz Baluś,

War in Ukraine / May 9

The Molfar team sends a daily newsletter about the war in Ukraine. The editorial staff of AIN.Capital publishes the full version of the digest. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Russia wants to finally cut off Ukraine from sea ports Russia’s missile

Pixel Perfect Dude, a Poland-based gaming startup, raises €200K from Unfold.vc

The Poland-based mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Perfect Dude has raised nearly €200,000 from Unfold.vc and some business angels, MamStartup informs. Founded in 2013 by Dariusz Pietrala, Pixel Perfect Dude is a game development studio that creates mobile games for