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Ukrainian biodegradable bags for garbage and shopping available for purchase now

Ukrainian company Novis, a manufacturer of packaging products, has developed biodegradable bags made of potato and corn starch with plant biopolymers. Such bags decompose completely in home conditions within 30 to 90 days, as reported by ITC. According to the

How I got the rights to bring Stephen King’s short story to screen for $1: interview

A 19-year-old Ukrainian student Valentyn Lavreniuk got the right to a movie adaptation of Stephen King’s short story “Stationary Bike,” for which he paid $1. Such are the terms of the Dollar Babies program allowing students from around the world

Dreamgate card game from Ukrainian developers is released on Steam

Kyiv studio Confirmed Games has released its new card game Dreamgate on Steam, ITC reports. So far, the project is in the early access stage. But the current version is already fully playable: it has 3 unique heroes, 40+ passive

Reddit opens an office in Kyiv and is looking for remote developers

Reddit has opened an office in Kyiv and is now looking for remote developers there. The editor of AIN.UA contacted the software engineer from the Kyiv office Aleksey Yashchenko and senior user experience designer Pavlo Grozian from San Francisco and

A host from Airbnb finds fault with the guest because of “hatred of Russian.” The guest appeals against the review and … gets banned

In early January, a Ukrainian entrepreneur Mykyta Semenov rented an apartment in Thailand using the Airbnb service. After the trip, he received a sharply negative review from the host, allegedly for violations in the use of the accommodation. In a

Ukrainian student buys the rights to a film adaptation of Stephen King story for $1

A 19-year-old Ukrainian student Valentyn Lavreniuk has signed a contract with Stephen King, having purchased the screen rights for the adaptation of his story. Valentyn did it under the Dollar Babies program, as reported by Yabl. Under the terms of

21 companies from Ukraine among the world’s top 100 outsourcing service providers

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) has published the 2020 Global Outsourcing 100, a list of the world’s best outsourcing service providers. In 2020, the top 100 includes 13 Ukrainian companies and 8 companies with offices in Ukraine. The

Danish startup Dixa with offices in Ukraine raises $36M

On February 3, the Denmark-based startup Dixa announced that it had closed a $36 million Series B funding round. The lead investor is Notion Capital, with Project A Ventures and SEED Capital as partners. The company with offices in Copenhagen,

Export of Ukrainian IT services in 2019: State Statistics Service data

The State Statistics Service of Ukraine presented the report on foreign trade in services for 2019. According to the data, Ukraine exported $2.43B worth of IТ services abroad, hromadske informs. The report dated by February 14, 2020, shows that the

Startup Revolut, co-founded by Ukrainian, raises $500M at $6B valuation

British financial technology startup Revolut, co-founded by Ukrainian Vladyslav Yatsenko, raised a $500 million funding round and was evaluated at $6 billion, as reported by The Telegraph. According to the source, the lead investor was the Technology Crossover Ventures fund,