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Lithuanian electric car-sharing company Spark Technologies secures €30M to expand in Europe

Spark Technologies, a Vilnius-based electric car-sharing company, has concluded a €30 million capital commitment in the form of a share subscription facility from Luxembourg-based alternative investment group Global Emerging Markets (GEM). Spark Technologies also seeks to go public, Silicon Canals reports.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 release may be postponed until fall 2022

The Ukrainian YouTube blogger OLDboi reported that GSC Game World plans to postpone the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl from the 28 of April to the fall of 2022. According to DOU Gamedev, the studio’s community managers and PR

Finnish ad platform Smartly.io acquires London’s Ad-Lib.io for over $100M

Helsinki-based advertising platform Smartly.io closed a deal worth over $100 million with Google-focused creative optimization service Ad-Lib.io, Tech.eu reports. Founded in 2013 by the Fins Kristo Ovaska and Tuomo Riekki, Smartly provides services that help brands appeal to various audiences, thus

How to create an NFT in 10 minutes

Cryptocurrencies were on the rise in 2021, but the industry of non-fungible tokens (NFT) got most of the hype. Today even children can make millions with NFTs: for example, a boy from London earned $400,000 for his NFTs with whales, and a

Estonian healthtech Migrevention raises €355K pre-seed investment

Migrevention, a Tallin-based startup developing digital solutions for the remote treatment of migraines, has completed a €355,000 pre-seed round, EU-Startups reports. Founded in 2020 by Katrina Laks, Migrevention’s solution offers digital treatment options in the app that users can easily

How to integrate a brand into esports: the case of WePlay Esports and Monster Energy

The days of brands engaging with their audiences through TV commercials or product placement in movies are over. Now, companies can tell the world about themselves in a different, creative way by collaborating with different industries. And if soccer or

TA Ventures increases its fund size to $75M and starts investing in Web3

The Ukrainian venture capital firm TA Ventures told AIN.UA that it is going to significantly increase the size of its fund — from $50 million to $75 million. According to Viktoriya Tigipko, founder and managing partner of TA Ventures, the

Polish InsurTech Gabi sold for $320M

Polish InsurTech Gabi has been sold to the global company Experian for $320 million (1.3 billion zloty), MamStartup informs. Gabi was founded by Krzysztof Kujawa and Pawel Olszewski from Poland, as well as the American Hanno Fitchner in 2016. It

Lviv’s IT industry research: 511 tech companies and over 30k IT professionals

Lviv IT Cluster has published the results of the IT.Research 6.0 survey on the IT sector in Lviv. AIN.UA‘s editor has selected the most interesting figures on how companies’ income has changed, how many jobs the industry has created in

Netflix causes scandal by showing Ukrainian woman as thief in “Emily in Paris”

On the 22nd of December, 2021, the second season of the famous American series Emily in Paris from Netflix was aired. One of the episodes introduced a new character — Petra, a young woman who came from Kyiv. But such