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Ukraine’s Awesomic secures a $2M round

Awesomic, a Ukrainian design search platform, has raised a $2 million round. Among the investors are the business accelerator Y Combinator, as well as the investment firms Flyer One Ventures, SID Venture Partners, 10x Value Partners, and Pretiosum. Ragnar Sass (Pipedrive),

Warsaw-based “PayPal of crypto” Ramp closes record-breaking $53M Series A

Polish cryptocurrency payments startup Ramp has just finalized a $53 million (220 million zloty) investment round led by the UK fund Balderton Capital. Existing investors, such as NFX, Galaxy Digital, Seedcamp, Firstminute Capital, and business angels, also participated. It is the

Petcube CEO Yaroslav Azhnyuk joins Fuel Finance as a partner and co-founder

Yaroslav Azhnyuk, co-founder and CEO of Petcube, has joined Fuel Finance as a partner and co-founder, as Aliona Mysko, founder and CEO of Fuel Finance, told AIN.UA. Yaroslav will help develop the product and expand the business into western markets.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to allow users to own a piece of the game as NFT

The sequel to the cult game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, is expected to be released in April 2022. However, already now, the developer of the game GSC Game World, together with Los Angeles-based DMarket, has announced the creation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Metaverse, where players can

Polish beauty marketplace Booksy acquires Kiute with 10k of its partner salons

Booksy, a Polish startup that develops wellness appointment booking app, has acquired its French competitor Kiute and its partner network of 10,000 beauty salons. The financial details of the deal are not disclosed. Acquisition of Kiute was completed in November

Diia City, a special legal framework for the Ukrainian IT industry, finally adopted

On December 14, 2021, deputies voted in favor of a bill setting out the details of the special tax regime, Diia City. There were 285 people’s deputies who voted in favor. AIN.UA has repeatedly written about this initiative and its conditions. And

Noty.ai, a startup that transcribes video calls, secures $200k

Noty.ai, a Ukrainian startup that transcribes video calls and generates reports, has raised $200,000. The lead investor was GEEK Ventures, an investment firm recently created by angel investor Ihar Mahaniok and 3DLOOK founder Vadim Rogovskiy, as representatives of Noty.ai and

CityPay.io from Georgia receives unprecedented $500k in cryptocurrency

Georgian startup CityPay.io has set a precedent by closing a two-month investment round entirely in cryptocurrency. Following the negotiations with Georgian and foreign investors, it has received the equivalent of $500,000. CityPay.io became the first company to raise such investment

Ukrainian startup Carsifi raises over $650k on crowdfunding platforms

Carsifi, a Ukrainian developer of adapters for wireless connection of Android Auto to smartphones, has raised over $650,000 on the crowdfunding platforms Kickstarter and Indiegogo. As Ekonomichna Pravda reports, its initial fundraising goal on Kickstarter was only $10,000, and it has been exceeded

Polish startup Doctor.One raises €440k from Movens Capital

Warsaw-based healthtech Doctor.One has closed a €440,000 (2 million zloty) pre-seed round from Movens Capital. The startup’s idea is to build an online clinic based on a trusted doctor-patient relationship healthcare model, MamStartup informs. Founded in 2021 by Tomasz Rudolf and