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Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket launches into space

On September 3, 2021, at 5:00 am Kyiv time, the aerospace company of Ukrainian entrepreneur Max Polyakov, Firefly Aerospace, conducted the first Alpha rocket launch. The rocket successfully launched from the launch pad; however, shortly after lift-off, the mission was

Revenue Grid closes $20M Series A, plans to expand Ukrainian office

Revenue Grid (previously known as Invisible.io), a Ukrainian Revenue Operations and Intelligence platform, has raised a $20 million Series A round. The round was led by the US-based W3 Capital and the Ukraine-based ICU Ventures, with participation from existing investors. About

Playtika acquires Reworks. If the studio fails to meet its KPI by 2023, Playtika will get 20% for $1

Game development company Playtika announced the acquisition of Finnish studio Reworks, which developed designer simulator Redecor, the company’s official release reports. This deal has some conditions. Playtika has so far bought 80% of Reworks for $400 million in cash. The

Game by a Belarusian-Ukrainian studio hits No. 2 in the US App Store two days after release

Gismart, a Belarusian-Ukrainian developer and publisher of mobile games, has released a new game, Fighting Stance. Two days after the global release, the game reached second place in the US App Store, in the category of free games (Free Games

Ciklum acquires Czech outsourcing company CN Group from Genesis Capital

IT company Ciklum has acquired a Czech software developer, CN Group. Genesis Capital, a VC fund that invested in CN Group in 2019, sold its share in the business, Ciklum reported to AIN.UA. The parties did not disclose the value

Only 256 bytes. Ukrainian creates a game that helps to learn Assembler

A Ukrainian developer, Andriy Brusnyk, has developed the Astra-256 Assembler game that helps students learn this elementary programming language and brings a lot of fun for “old-school” programmers. The app caught the attention of the ITC.UA journalists. “In this program, we tried

Ukrainian company ELEKS opens an office in Switzerland

ELEKS has opened a new office in Zurich, Switzerland, to expand partnerships with existing and new Swiss clients. As DOU.ua reports, there are no details yet on plans for the relocation of Ukrainian employees to the Swiss office. ELEKS has

Skillsetter, an educational platform with online simulation courses for IT professionals, raises $262k

Ukrainian EdTech startup skillsetter has raised a $262,000 round. The investment was made by the Cyprus-based venture capital fund Embria Ventures Group. Skillsetter was founded by Vlad Yakupov in 2019. The main product and unique selling point of this startup

Ukrainian cryptocurrency bank card startup Weld Money attracts investment

Concorde Capital (Ukraine), Magnus Capital (USA), and 7 O’Clock Capital (China) have invested in Ukrainian startup Weld Money, which allows users to pay with cryptocurrency like a regular bank card. As representatives of the startup said, they plan to launch the Weld

Ahrefs creates a search engine and has already invested $40M in it

In March 2019, a founder of Ahrefs, Dmitry Gerasimenko, talked about working on an ambitious new project — a search engine that will give content creators 90% of the profits. His main goal is to make the market fair, given