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Startup of the Day: Pluspoint, Ukrainian online reputation management platform

Pluspoint, founded by Ukrainian IT entrepreneur Sergii Shanin, provides an online reputation management platform that allows businesses (from the field of real estate, logistics and passenger transportation, healthcare, retail trade, restaurant, and hotel business) to work with user and customer

“More and more foreign VCs are investing in companies with Polish roots.” Interview with Robert Grygorowicz from SpeedUp Group

A week ago, SpeedUp Group made it to our 20 most active Polish VC funds in the 2023 ranking. Through its funds, SpeedUp invested in 4 news companies, which counts for a total of €1.6 million capital, with more deals

SoftServe launches Gen AI Lab. Looks for Data Scientists in Ukraine, Poland, and Romania

One of the biggest technology companies in Ukraine SoftServe is launching the Generative AI Lab, a research direction where a team of specialists will experiment and develop tech solutions based on GenAI, the company informed AIN.Capital. For the project, SoftServe

Polish Innovation Nest participates in a €8.8M round for German HR-tech Kenjo

Berlin-based HR-tech startup Kenjo has announced its fresh €8.8 million Series A round to expand to Latin America. The investment was led by Hi Inov, including participation from Lightbird, Innovation Nest, Redalpine, and The Delta. 

Estonian Nortal buys Questers. It is to be integrated into pwrteams

Tallinn-based international technology company Nortal has announced the acquisition of Questers, a decentralized software development company. The seller is UK-based TPXimpact. The amount of the deal is not disclosed, but it is known that after the closing, Nortal will merge

Polish-German startup Cardino secures €1M round, joined by Czech Depo Ventures

Prague-based Depo Ventures has announced its participation in a €1 million pre-seed round for Berlin-based Cardino, to develop its marketplace for used electric cars. The investment was co-led by Silence VC and FJ Labs. “With the surge in new electric

Romanian-founded Databricks raises $500M and reaches $43B in value

Databricks, a Romanian-founded company that works with data and develops AI software, has raised a new round of funding. The company managed to secure $500 million, boosting its valuation to $43 billion, TechCrunch reports. The company’s high rating is confirmed

Finnish startup Metroc uses inmate labor to train AI

Helsinki-based construction tech firm Metroc uses paid labor from Finnish prison inmates to train its AI models. Its search engine is designed to help construction companies find newly approved building projects. The story was published by Wired.

SPINAKER alfa invests in RBHR to build employee benefits recommender

The Polish SPINAKER alfa fund has invested in RBHR to support the development of its solution in the HR/ICT area. RBHR is building a personalized employee benefits tool, tailored to specific situations and needs, MamStartup reports. “The organization of the

Firefly Aerospace rocket successfully launches a spacecraft commissioned by the US Space Force

On September 13, 2023, the aerospace company Firefly Aerospace, founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Max Polyakov in 2017, successfully launched its Alpha rocket as part of the Victus Nox mission commissioned by the US Space Force (USSF). This is stated on