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Finnish e-commerce Upsy Company raises €1.2M

Upsy Company, a Helsinki-based e-commerce product helping small businesses to stay competitive in the market, has raised €1.2 million. Gorilla Capital led the seed funding, EU-Startups informs. Founded in 2021 by Juha Sulkakoski, Upsy Shopping Helper is a SaaS-based solution

US sends 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) said that it had delivered 5,000 SpaceX Starlink terminals to Ukraine since the beginning of the war, Bloomberg reports. The Starlink satellite terminals will enable unlimited, unthrottled data connectivity from anywhere in Ukraine,

Twitter bans accounts of Ukrainian activists — why?

On April 4 and 5, 2022, some Ukrainian Twitter users noticed blocking several accounts of Ukrainian military officers, journalists, activists, and volunteers. So they started to share the info about blocked accounts and tagged Twitter’s representatives. AIN.Capital asked many activists

Wert, an Estonian crypto payment platform, raises $5M in seed funding

Wert, a Tallin-based crypto payment platform, has raised $5 million in seed funding. Londoner Tagus Capital led the round, ArcticStartup reports. Founded in 2020 by George Basiladze, Wert is a top-up module that can be integrated into any website or

War in Ukraine / April 5

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. Mobile crematoria are new reality of the war in Ukraine According to

Spend to help Ukraine: a website with Ukrainian companies that sell globally

The Ukrainian design lab O0 Design has launched a website called Spend With Ukraine with a list of Ukrainian companies that sell globally. The idea of the project is to encourage the international community to support Ukrainian businesses, which produce

Polish mental wellness app Mindgram secures €7M

Mindgram, a Warsaw-based B2B platform, has secured a €7 million seed round. It is the biggest investment related to mental health in Europe. Alongside four other investors, Credo Ventures led the round. The company plans to expand to Europe, EU-Startups

‘Trophies from Brovary’ sold on Russian Avito, an OLX Group project

IIn late March, OLX Group decided to stop all its operations in Russia and spin off its Russian classifieds service, Avito, which would become a separate, independent company. Today, Avito not only maintains its activities in Russia, ignoring the war but is also directly

LinkedIn bans accounts sharing Russian crimes against Ukraine

LinkedIn has been blocking accounts posting about true crimes of Russian against Ukraine, as said by Ukrainian LinkedIn users. At the same time, the social media site supports posts of Russian propagandists sharing fake information and symbols equated to swastikas.

Intel Suspends Operations in Russia

“Intel continues to join the global community in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine and calling for a swift return to peace. Effective immediately, we have suspended all business operations in Russia. This follows our earlier decision to suspend all shipments to customers