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Digital payment startup Melio raises $144M

The New-York-based startup Melio, a provider of digital payment solutions for small businesses in the US since 2018, has received $144 million from Aleph, American Express Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners, reports NoCamels.  Melio is a free digital accounts payable

TikTok owner wins the dispute over Ukrainian domain name

Chinese ByteDance, which owns the popular social media TikTok, won a dispute with a Ukrainian over the domain tiktok.com.ua, as reported by NV with a link to the WIPO website. The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the specialized agencies of

OQUDA attracts $1M for entering the Indian market

Nur-Sultan-based educational market network platform OQUDA has attracted $1 million from business angel Marat Tolibaiev, writes Kapital. OQUDA, which was launched in 2018 on the base of Astana Hub, develops a SaaS platform for selling educational programs through distributors, as

@in_ukraine_we_dont_say meme goes viral on Uanet. This is how it was created

The first post under the Instagram account @in_ukraine_we_dont_say was published on August 24, 2020. As of today, the account has over 50,000 followers. The posts are full of national color and mild Ukrainian humor; they collect tens of thousands of

Austrian fintech startup Linx4 raises $1M

The Vienna-based company operating one-stop equipment financing marketplace has raised a $1 million investment round from business angels including Rolf Steffens, Peter Oser, Markus Buncsak, reports der brutkasten. Linx4, which was founded in 2018 by father and son duo –

Esports recognized as an official sport in Ukraine

In Ukraine, the professional computer games playing (esports) was recognized as an official sport. The news was announced by Oleksandr Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, on his Facebook page. “Such a decision has just been made at the meeting

Israeli company Gong acquires Vayo

Three weeks after the revenue intelligence company for sales teams Gong has completed a $200 million round at a $2.2 billion valuation, the startup announced the acquisition of another Israeli company Vayo. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

Ukrainian scientists prove recovery from coronavirus might boost immunity to SARS-CoV-2

A group of scientists from Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University conducted and published a preprint proving the existence of cross-immunity for the coronavirus that caused the 2020 pandemic — SARS-CoV-2. This is important both for analyzing the chances of

New Ukrainian VC firm Pragmatech Ventures invests in HR service Hurma System

Pragmatech Ventures has invested in Hurma System in the field of HR automation, as reported to AIN.UA by Pragmatech representatives. This is the first deal of Pragmatech Ventures. The amount is not disclosed, but the average ticket size of the

The most active Polish VC funds

AIN.TECH selected five VC funds which invest in Polish startups, as well as in foreign projects actively. Innovation Nest   Founded in 2010, Innovation Nest is a venture capital firm that invests in early to Series A stage B2B European