Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

June 21 (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC)

On June 21, the first and long-awaited DLC for Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree will be released. The Japanese studio FromSoftware (Dark Souls trilogy) released the original game on February 25, 2022. Hidetaka Miyazaki, formerly known for his work on Dark Souls, Demon’s Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro, led its development. And the author of The Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin, acted as a consultant and story co-author.

The game became widely popular not only due to its well-written lore and advanced gameplay but also thanks to its difficulty. Elden Ring was awarded as a game of the year by The Game Awards 2022 and Golden Joystick Awards.

The add-on will bring you to the Lands Between to fight new bosses with new abilities and weapons. Following Miquella’s paths, you will discover a dark side of Elden Ring’s story.

Destiny 2: The Final Shape

June 4 (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC)

The Final Shape is another big June expansion for Destiny 2, a sci-fi shooter. The original game was released in 2017 and was nominated for several awards, particularly for The Game Awards 2017 and Game Critics Awards. The Final Shape will be the eighth expansion for Destiny 2.

The events of The Final Shape will revolve around the player’s Guardian seeking out the franchise’s major villain, the Witness, who had disappeared through a portal that it created at the conclusion of Lightfall (2023). The player and the Guardian must stop the Witness and end the war between Light and Darkness. The expansion will add new abilities, missions, locations, equipment, weapons, and one subclass to the game.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game

June 4 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)

June will also please us with a new asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience, Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game, based on the popular and iconic ‘80s film. Despite possible expectations, you will not play for Earth defenders but for Killer Klowns aiming to conquer the town of Crescent Cove and after it, the whole planet.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game is a multiplayer game where three players must unite. Each Klown has their superpowers and abilities and will fight against seven Human citizens trying to protect the town from your invasion.

The game has been developed by the US studios IllFonic (Friday the 13th: The Game) and Teravision Games (Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space).

Star Wars: Hunters

June 4 (iOS, Android, Switch)

Another June novelty will bring much fun to those who like playing on a smartphone or Nintendo Switch. Star Wars: Hunters is a competitive arena combat game developed by Zynga, a US-based developer. The events of Star Wars: Hunters will occur between Episode VI and Episode VII of the Saga. In the game, you will meet various well-known characters: Bounty Hunters, Rebels, Imperial Stormtroopers, Wookiees, Sith, and Jedi as well.

V Rising

June 11 (PS5)

The May newcomer V Rising will be available for PS5 users in June. V Rising is an action survival game by the Swedish Stunlock Studios. First announced in 2021, it became available in early access on May 17, 2022. Since then, the game has had many positive feedbacks on Steam and a 9-star rating on IGN.

The events of V Rising revolve in an open world. You play a recently awakened vampire. The player gathers materials, makes and upgrades their equipment, and builds a castle that acts as their home. For this, you must fight bosses. However, other things are making the character’s life harder: As any vampire, you need to regularly consume the blood of enemy NPCs and avoid the sun and garlic.

#Blud

June 18 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)

Another upcoming vampire story is #Blud by the US-based Exit 73 Studios. Its events take place during a vampire apocalypse. The animation is based on ‘90s cartoons. The player will control a first-year student who must save her friends from vampires during a pause between field hockey classes by using her own field hockey stick.

“Slaying the undead is just another day at high school for Becky Brewster, new kid in town and latest in an ancient bloodline of spellcasting vampire hunters. Root out demonic infestations through the town’s buzzing social media, and take selfies with demonic forces to analyze their weaknesses… Master the slaying game with the help of an eclectic cast of hilarious characters, and teach the vampires a thing or two about messing with Carpentersville High!” is the game description.

Still Wakes the Deep

June 18 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S)

Still Wakes the Deep is an upcoming survival horror video game developed by a British The Chinese Room (Korsakovia for Half-Life 2, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs). The developers got inspired by old good movies: Abigail’s Party, Don’t Look Now, Rosemary’s Baby, and The Poseidon Adventure. All this helped recreate the gray and anxious atmosphere of Scotland.

The events of Still Wakes the Deep occurred in 1975 on the Beira D oil drilling platform in the North Sea. You will play for a Glaswegian electrician named Caz McLeary, who must navigate through the oil rig following a catastrophe while surviving the harsh weather and evading the pursuit of a mysterious creature. However, the game has no combat system, and players have to rely on stealth and solving light environmental puzzles to progress and find a way to salvation.

SPYÃхANYA: Operation Memories

June 28 (PS5, PS4, Switch)

SPYÃхANYA: Operation Memories is a new adventure game by GrooveBoxJapan based on anime and manga motives. The players will get 15 mini-games united with a main story. Anya Forger has a new assignment from school: creating a photo diary! You will accompany Anya at school and on weekends to capture the main events. At the same time, the player can also customize the character and her friends.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD

June 27 (Switch)

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is an update for the 2013 game Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, the third game in the Mario franchise. The protagonist is a plumber Luigi, the little brother of Mario. The story follows Luigi as he explores a series of mansions in Evershade Valley, capturing ghosts using a specialized vacuum cleaner invented by Professor E. Gadd. To restore peace to Evershade Valley, Luigi must collect the pieces of the Dark Moon and recapture the main antagonist, King Boo.

This year, eight CEE companies, hailing from Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Finland, and Czechia made it to the list. AIN shares the details on the soonicorns.

The list of CEE’s next unicorns

• Bitrise is a Hungarian mobile DevOps platform built to adress mobile’s challenges, empowering mobile teams to deliver their best work.
• Brainly is a Polish web-based learning platform where kids and parents seek homework and study assistance from peers and professionals. In 2020, the company raised $80 million in Series D funding.
• Headway is a Ukrainian EdTech startup that creates microlearning products, helping 80M+ private and corporate users worldwide achieve their goals. In June 2023, the edtech company secured a place in Top 50 European startups, nearing its unicorn status.
• Mews is a Czech-founded cloud-based hotel property management system that helps simplify hotel operations so properties can focus on their guests. Only recently, the company managed to raise $110 million in funding, indeed becoming Czechia’s third unicorn.
• PlanRadar is an Austrian company offering a SaaS solution for documentation and communication in construction and real estate projects.
• Preply is a Ukrainian online tutoring platform, aiming to help students achieve their learning goals and prepare them to speak confidently. Throughout 2023, the scale-up managed to secure a $70 million investment, open US office, and undergo a redesign.
• SEON is a Hungarian online fraud prevention platform that detects and stops fraud in real-time through transactional data analysis. In 2023, the company acquired Complytron, an AML/KYC screening tools provider.
• Supermetrics is a Finnish B2B software company that pulls data from various sources to use for web analytics, social media, and online marketing. In September 2020, the company raised a $47 million funding round.

Methodology

The list was compiled in partnership with investment bank GP Bullhound and through contributions from four global investment funds: Accel, Eurazeo, NorthZone and Partech.

The list is based on the following criteria:

• Current and potential growth;
• Total amount of involved investments;
• Increase in the number of personnel;
• Geographic distribution;
• Positive impact on society.

More about Polish export-oriented companies or so-called IT outsourcers you can find out in the ranking of the 50 largest IT companies in Poland, which was previously created by AIN.Capital.

20 tech companies with Polish co-founders

1. PayPal by Luke Nosek

• PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide. Since its foundation in 1998, the company had undergone 65 investment rounds. PayPal is currently a public company with a total worth of $285.8 billion. The company is globally used by over 426 million users.

2. OpenAI by Wojciech Zaremba

• OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and implements ML. The company is best known for its widely popular AI-based chatbot ChatGPT, which has reached over 100 million users since its launch only in November 2022. OpenAI is backed by such prominent entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator.

3. Snowflake by Marcin Zukowski

• Snowflake is the company offering the Data Cloud, a global network where thousands of organizations mobilize data. Founded in 2012, the company has over 5,000 employees and more than 3,000 customers, including nearly 30% of the Fortune 500 companies. Snowflake raised over 13 investments and is currently a public company.

4. Klarna by Sebastian Siemiatkowski

• Klarna is an e-commerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers. It is best known for its “buy now, pay later” model that offers shoppers interest-free financing on retail purchases over a period of installments. In 2021, Klarna reported a record of nearly 150 million consumers using the platform. As of late, the company suffered from its biggest annual loss, totaling $1 billion.

5. CD PROJEKT RED by Adam Kiciński, Michał Kiciński & Marcin Iwinski

• CD PROJEKT RED is a game development studio. The studio is best known for its AAA-projects The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077. In total, the Witcher series has sold over 65 million copies, winning multiple game awards. While Cyberpunk 2077 has sold just over 20 million copies. Since the launch in 2002 as a localization company, CD PROJEKT RED now employs over 1,100 people and is valued at €2.8 billion.

6. ShipBob by George Wojciechowski

• ShipBob is a tech-enabled 3PL offering simple, fast, and affordable fulfillment order platform for direct-to-consumer brands across the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. In 2021, the company was valued at €909 million after closing its latest Series E funding and raising $200 million. The company currently has over 750 employees.

7. InPost by Rafał Brzoska

• InPost is a last-mile delivery company offering a parcel locker that allows to securely collect, return, and send parcels with just a codescan. The company launched its product in 2006, and, after going public, its valuation reached $5.1 billion. To date, InPost employs over 5,250 people.

8. Expensify by Witold Stankiewicz

• Expensify is a payments super app that helps individuals and businesses around the world simplify the way they manage money. The company employs nearly 200 people and has more than 10 million people using its free features. Expensify has raised a total of $138.2 million in funding from over 14 investors. Currently, the company is public, and its worth is $583 million.

9. DocPlanner by Mariusz Gralewski

• DocPlanner is a medical appointment booking platform and management software provider for doctors. The platform has a network of almost 2 million healthcare professionals, serves over 130,000 customers globally and operates in 13 countries. Docplanner was founded in 2012 in Poland and has a team of more than 2,400 based across offices in Warsaw, Barcelona, Istanbul, Rome, Mexico City, Munich, Curitiba, and Bologna. To date, the company has raised a total of approximately €300 million.

10. Wish by Peter Szulczewski

• Wish is a mobile e-commerce platform that connects consumers with the widest selection of products delivered directly to their doors. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Shanghai, Toronto, Amsterdam, and other cities. After closing its Series H funding round at $300 million, Wish’s total amount of funding reached $1.6 billion.

11. Booksy by Stefan Batory & Konrad Howard

• Booksy is a cloud-based appointment booking software for beauty workers. The platform is available in 6 countries, the US, UK, Spain, and Poland among them. Over 23 million clients around the world use Booksy, booking over 150 million appointments per year. To date, the company raised $118.7 million from 25 investors across 6 funding round.

12. Brainly by Michał Borkowski

• Brainly is a web-based learning platform where kids and parents get homework and study assistance from peers and professionals. Over 300 million students, parents, and educators used the platform from over 35 countries. The company is currently based in Kraków, Poland, with offices in New York City, and Barcelona. Brainly has raised a total of $148.5 million across 6 funding rounds.

13. Allegro by Grzegorz Brochocki

• Allegro provides a safe shopping platform for a computer, tablet, and smartphone. The company owns and operates online auction portals and is based in Poznan, Poland. Since its foundation in 1999, 21 million accounts have been created on the platform. Over 100,000 companies sell on Allegro, including the world’s largest brands, but mostly small and medium-sized trading companies. Its valuation is $8.9 billion.

14. Techland by Pawel Marchewka

• Techland is a renowned independent game developer, distributor, and global publisher for all leading platforms, founded in 1991. The company is best known for the original Dead Island games, the Call of Juarez series, and most recently for Dying Light, which was played by over 18 million unique players. Techland employs over 400 professionals across its three offices in Poland.

15. PlayWay by Krzysztof Kostowski

• PlayWay is a company created in 2011 to build high quality video games for various gaming platforms. Its co-founder Krzysztof Kostowski has been working in the gaming industry since 1991. PlayWay’s most popular games include the Car Mechanic Simulator, House Flipper, Uboat, and Cooking Simulator. The company has 43 employees in its Polish offices, and is valuat at €584 million.

16. eobuwie.pl SA by Marcin Grzymkowski

• eobuwie.pl is the European leader in e-commerce, offering footwear, clothing, and accessories from hundreds of top brands. The marketplace operates internationally under the name Modivo. The company employs over 550 people. Its latest investment deal reached $133 million in value.

17. ICEYE by Rafal Modrzewski

• ICEYE is a fast-growing international New Space company with employees from over 45 countries. The company owns the world’s largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, that can deliver unmatched persistent monitoring capabilities for any location on earth. In February 2022, ICEYE closed its latest $136 million Series D funding round. The company is also co-operating with Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces deal with Russia’s military equipment.

18. RTB House by Daniel Surmacz

• RTB House is a global company that provides state-of-the-art marketing technologies for top brands and agencies worldwide. Its proprietary ad buying engine was one of the first in the world to be powered entirely by deep learning algorithms. Founded in 2012, the RTB House team comprises over 1000 specialists in over 30 locations around the globe. Currently, it serves more than 3,000 campaigns for clients across the EMEA, APAC, and Americas regions.

19. LiveChat by Mariusz Cieply

• LiveChat is a provider of web-based, desktop and mobile apps for real-time customer service and online sales. The company serves more than 30,000 businesses in over 150 countries, including large brands like Adobe, Asus, LG, and Acer. LiveChat was founded in 2002, now it is a public company, with a $948 million valuation.

20. GetResponse by Simon Grabowski

• GetResponse is a complete online marketing automation platform that offers over 30 marketing tools, helping users create content, boost sales, and increase traffic to their business online. The company also offers 24/7 customer support available in eight languages. It is a bootstrapped company, launched in 1998.

CEO of Dutch startup deepkapha AI Lab Tarry Singh collected the most interesting 9 third-party tools and extensions built for ChatGPT. AIN.Capital publishes the list.

1. The extension that connects ChatGPT with your WhatsApp.
2. ChatGPT Writer uses ChatGPT to generate emails or replies based on the user’s prompts.

1. WebChatGPT gives relevant results from the web.
2. YouTube Summary generates text summaries of any YouTube video.
3. TweetGPT uses ChatGPT to write your tweets, reply, comment, etc.
4. Search GPT is a browser extension to display ChatGPT response alongside search engine results. It supports Google, Baidu, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Yahoo, Naver, Yandex, Kagi, Searx.

7. ChatGPT History is a browser extension that helps discover, share, import, and use the best prompts for ChatGPT. It also allows saving the chat history locally, so the users can review past conversations and refer to them at a later time.

8. YouTube Transcript is a platform that allows remaking any video into text.
9. FlowGPT is a library that shows what people are prompting with ChatGPT.

1. Computer Science, by Harvard University. Provides an introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming.

2. Machine Learning, by MIT. Introduces principles, algorithms, and applications of machine learning from the point of view of modeling and prediction.

3. Artificial Intelligence, by Harvard University. This introductory course on artificial intelligence teaches how to use machine learning in Python.

4. Web Development with Python and JavaScript, by Harvard University. This course picks up where the previous CS50 leaves off, diving more deeply into the design and implementation of web apps with Python, JavaScript, and SQL using frameworks like Django, React, and Bootstrap.

5. CSS, by Google. Teaches CSS fundamentals like the box model, cascade and specificity, flexbox, grid, and z-index. Along with these fundamentals, you’ll learn about functions, color types, gradients, logical properties, and inheritance to make you a well-rounded front-end developer

6. Responsive Web Design, by FreeCodeCamp. This course provides an introduction to the languages that developers use to build webpages: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) for content, and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for design.

7. Java, by Test Automation University. This course explains Java in general for you to become a true Java programmer and use this skill for any related programming role, including an automation engineer.

8. Linux, by The Linux Foundation. Helps to develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line across the major Linux distribution families.

9. Digital Marketing, by Google. Master the basics of digital marketing with this free course accredited by Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe and The Open University.

10. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, by Johns Hopkins University. In this course, you can learn the essential tools that every web page coder needs to know, starting from the ground up by learning how to implement modern web pages with HTML and CSS.

Play For Ukraine 2048

About the game

The game was created by Ukrainian tech specialists from IT Army so that each “move” of a player brings Russian websites closer to being blocked. It is an analog of the famous 2048 game — a numerical puzzle which requires you to merge the same numbers to reach higher scores. It has simple mechanics and is available for common users with no special skills to combat Russian aggression.

How it works

Play For Ukraine generates constant torrent traffic to knock a target websites offline. It is basically a DDoS tool, which doesn’t require any other action except playing it. One player can send about 20,000 requests in one hour of idle playing. The website is approved by the Cyber Police of Ukraine and is completely safe to use, especially when using VPN services.

How to help to block Russian online resources

• Use VPN if you play from Ukraine. For players from other countries, VPN is optional.
• Just open playforukraine.life and let it be open on your devices. It will flood the websites and pose a huge load on their infrastructure.
• The number of attacks is much higher when you use the desktop. The more moves – the lower the Russian army falls.

Musk vs Putin

About the game

A team of volunteer Ukrainian game developers has written a Street Fighter-style browser game where Elon Musk’s character fight against Russian officials —Ramzan Kadyrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The game development began after Elon Musk tweeted about Ukraine, argued with Rogozin (the director of Roskosmos) and Kadyrov, and challenged Putin to single combat. 

How it works

This browser-based game is available at the link. It has very simple controls (separate buttons for kicking, punching, and moving), and the goal is to control Musk and give kicks first to Kadyrov, then to Putin. At the end of the game, you can donate to a charitable foundation Palianytsia. The fund has already raised over $1.9 million for humanitarian and military support of Ukraine.

Ukrainian fArmy

About the game

A team of Ukrainian game developers has taken the meme about the legendary Farmer Corps of Ukraine to a whole new level. In Ukrainian fArmy, you play as a tractor driver, trying to capture as many Russian tanks, trucks, and APCs as fast as you can. It is currently a work in progress, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with plans for mobile devices.

How it works

The game is available for free. Alternatively, you can purchase it via the “name your own price” model. Also, the Ukrainian fArmy website calls for donations to the trusted long-standing volunteer organization Come Back Alive. Furthermore, it provides the link to the Official humanitarian donations account of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine.

ua.adact.me

About the game

It’s a browser game created by Ukrainian developers to raise awareness for the humanitarian aid Ukrainians need right now. Here, the player tries to collect medicine, helmets, and body armor but also needs to avoid the enemy’s tanks, rockets, and planes. The goal is to reach the highest score of “Goods” collected to earn your place on the leaderboard.

How it works

After playing the game, the player is offered to donate to the foundations Come Back Alive and KOLO. These organizations supply the Ukrainian Army with drones, thermal imagers, bulletproof vests, and other equipment for the hotspots in Ukraine.

You can support Ukraine by playing online games and also donating to the army and humanitarian relief.

*We are constantly updating the selection by adding new companies that have pulled out of Russia and Belarus or/and imposed sanctions against its users.

1. Accenture, an IT consulting company, closed business in Russia.
2. Accor, achain of hotels around the world. Now — all over the world, except Russia.
3. Acne Studios, a clothing brand. Stopped all activities in Russia.
4. Acronis, a company specializing in data protection, stopped all business operations in Russia.
5. Activizion Blizzard, a publisher of video games including Call of Duty and Diablo, stopped selling games in Russia.
6. Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator), a developer of the graphics an video editing software, stopped selling its products and dervices in Russia.
7. Airbnb, a rental service, stopped working in Russia and Belarus.
8. Airbus, one of the largest aircraft companies, stopped servicing aircraft operating on Russian airlines.
9. Amadeus IT Group, a global distribution group, stopped working with Russian airlines.
10. Amazon, a global retailer. Suspended access to Amazon Prime Video for Russia and Belarus, suspended shipments of retail goods to customers in these countries. Amazon Web Services also suspends operations in Russia and Belarus and closes registration for new users from there.
11. American Express, a financial company known for its credit and debit cards, one of the most expensive brands in the world, stopped cooperating with sanctioned Russian banks.
12. Adidas, a sportswear brand, stopped cooperating with the Russian Football Federation.
13. AMD, a manufacturer of chips, stopped the delivery of its products to Russia.
14. ASOS, a popular online clothing & cosmetics store, reported it had «neither the opportunities nor the right to work in Russia now». 
15. Apple, an IT giant, blocked Apple Pay for Russia, online store, and delivery of new products.
16. Aston Martin, a car manufacturer, reported that it would not export new cars to Russia due to sanctions.
17. Atlassian, a developer of services, including Jira, Trello, and Bitbucket. Stops selling its products to Russian and Belarusian customers.
18. Autodesk, an engineering software developer, stopped working in Russia.
19. Avast, a manufacturer of antivirus software. No longer available in Russia and Belarus.
20. BASF, one of the largest chemical companies in the world, froze all new business projects with Russia and Belarus.
21. Bentley, a car brand, left the Russian market.
22. Bayer, a multinational pharmaceutical corporation. Stops advertising and investment projects in Russia.
23. Better World Books, an online store of used and new books, removed Russia from the list of countries for its books delivery.
24. Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, wil not accept cards from sanctioned Russian banks.
25. Bitdefender, a Romanian antivirus software developer. Suspends activities in Russia.
26. BlaBlaCar, a ride-companion search service. Leaves Russia.
27. BLAST, an international e-sports association, banned participants from Russia and Belarus.
28. BMW (BMW, Mini), a car concern, stopped exports to Russia and shut down the factory in Kaliningrad. 
29. BP (British Petroleum), an oil company, left Rosneft, thus, withdrawing more than $20 billion from Russia.
30. Boeing, an aircraft design company, stopped serving planes cooperating with Russian airlines. 
31. Boohoo, a fashion brand that stopped online sales in Russia.
32. Booking.com, a rental service. Stopped working in Russia and Belarus.
33. Bridgestone, a tire manufacturer. Closes the plant in Ulyanovsk, stops deliveries to Russia.
34. British American Tobacco (Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, glo), a multi-brand tobacco company. Leaves Russia.
35. Brown-Forman, an alcohol corporation that includes Jack Daniel’s, Finlandia, and more. Suspends business in Russia.
36. Bumble Inc., developer of dating apps. Its products, Bumble and Badoo, will stop working in Russia. The company will remove applications from Russian apps.
37. Burberry, a clothing brand, suspended deliveries to Russia.
38. Burger King, a fast food chain. Stops corporate support for Russian business, marketing activities, and supply chains.
39. Canon, a manufacturer of photographic equipment, shut down the Russian online store.
40. Cannes Lions, an advertising projects festival, declined to receive a Russian delegation.
41. Carlsberg Group (Carlsberg, Tuborg, Kronenbourg 1664, Baltika, Grimbergen, Somersby, Holsten), a multi-brand beer company, stopped investments in Russia and cooperation with its Baltika brand.
42. Caterpillar, a manufacturer of construction equipment. Stops operations in Russia.
43. CD Projekt RED, a publisher of the computer games Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher, stopped selling games in Russia.
44. CEX.io, a crypto platform, suspended the registration of new participants from Russia and Belarus; stopped all deposit and trade activities in mentioned regions.
45. Chanel, a luxury clothing and accessories brand, pulled out of Russia. 
46. Cisco, a manufacturer of telecom equipment, stoped all business operations in Russia and Belarus.
47. Coca-Cola, a multi-brand manufacturer of sweet drinks. After pressure from the international community, the community stopped advertising in Russia.
48. Cogent, the main Internet operator. Decided to terminate cooperation with his clients, including Yandex, VimpelCom, VK, MegaFon, etc.
49. Colgate-Palmolive, a manufacturer of hygiene products. Restricts imports to Russia, stops investment, and advertising in the country.
50. Condé Nast, a multi-brand magazine publisher, including Vogue. Stopped publishing in Russia.
51. Coursera, an online education platform, stopped working in Russia.
52. Crocs, a well-known shoe brand. Suspends direct sales in Russia, including online, and offline stores.
53. Daimler Truck, a truck manufacturer, stopped its operations in Russia, including terminating the contract with KamAZ. 
54. Dassault, an aircraft designer, stopped supplying Falcon business jets to Russia and froze all current orders.
55. DataArt, an American outsourcer. Suspends activities in Russia.
56. David Chipperfield Architects, an architectural bureau, stopped working on Russian projects.
57. Dell, a manufacturer of computer equipment, stopped sales in Russia. 
58. Depositphotos (together with VistaCreate), a photobank with side products. Closed access to its services for users from Russia and Belarus with the words “We will not allow our services to be used to promote, misinform, or support illegal actions.”
59. Deutsche Bank, a large multinational bank. Stops business in Russia, does not plan new projects in the aggressor country.
60. Deutsche Börse, one of the largest stock exchanges in Europe, halted trading in all Russian-related securities.
61. DHL, an international logistics operator, suspend freight services to Russia
62. Diageo (Smirnoff, Guinness, Johnnie Walker тощо), an alcoholic multi-brand company, stopped exports to Russia.
63. Discovery, a network of educational TV channels. Stops the operation of 15 channels in Russia.
64. Disney, a film company, banned the rental of its films in Russia.
65. DMarket, a trading platform for NFT and In-game Metaverse items, frozen all accounts of users from Russia and Belarus.
66. Domino’s Pizza, a worldwide network of pizzerias. Suspends investment in Russia, but restaurants continue to operate.
67. DXC Technology (Luxoft), an IT outsourcing company, suspended business in Russia and cooperation with local clients.
68. EA Games, a game publisher, stopped selling its games in Russia and Belarus.
69. EA Sports, a game publisher, removed Russian and Belarus teams from its FIFA and NHL sports simulators.
70. eBay, an online auction. Blocks transactions with Russian addresses.
71. Eni, an Italian energy company. Announced the cancelation of oil purchases in Russia.
72. EPAM, a global IT outsourcing company, stopped all business operations in Russia and prepared to close the office there.
73. Epic Games, a game publisher (Fortnite), stopped accepting payments from Russia both inside the games and in the Epic Games Store.
74. Ericsson, a manufacturer of telecom equipment, suspended deliveries to Russia. 
75. Estee Lauder, a cosmetics manufacturer. Closes business in Russia.
76. Epson, a manufacturer of office equipment. Ceases to supply products to Russia and Belarus.
77. Eurovision, an international song contest, removed Russia from the list of participants at least this year. 
78. EY, a consulting and auditing company. Withdrew from Russian operations.
79. Exxon Mobile, a fuel company, withdrew its specialists from Russian companies. 
80. Farfetch, an online store of exclusive fashion clothing, will not deliver clothes to Russia. 
81. Fazer, a Finnish food brand, stoped exports to Russia.
82. Feedl, a dating service. Stopped working in Russia and Belarus.
83. FedEx, an international logistics operator, stopped working with Russia. 
84. FIFA / UEFA suspended Russia from International Competition.
85. Figma, a service for designers. Freezes corporate accounts of Russians and stops all sales in the aggressor country.
86. Fiverr, a marketplace of services for freelancers. Stopped working with Russia.
87. Ford, a car brand. Left the Russian market.
88. Formula 1 canceled the tournament in Sochi and terminated the contract with the Russian promoter.
89. Fortum, a Finnish energy company. Stopped all investment projects in Russia
90. General Motors (Chevrolet, Cadillac, etc.), a multi-brand automobile group, stopped exports to Russia.
91. GitLab, a platform for shared coding. Stopped sales in Russia and Belarus.
92. GoDaddy, a domain name registrar. Removed the Russian version, stopped selling domains in Russian areas, stopped accepting Russian rubles for payment.
93. Golden Goose, an online luxury clothing store, stopped deliveries to Russia.
94. Goldman Sachs, an investment bank. Stops all business in Russia.
95. Google, a global IT giant. Prohibited advertising in Russia on all services. Stopped accepting payments from Google Play. Google Cloud service has stopped registering new users from Russia.
96. Gopax, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, blocked Russian accounts and IP on its platform.
97. Grammarly, an online grammar checker, blocked access for Russian and Belarusian users.
98. GSC Game World, the developer of the super-popular game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Will not release a new iteration of “Stalker” for Russian players in any of its forms.
99. HAPAG Lloyd, a container carrier, stopped serving Russia.
100. Harley Davidson, a brand of motorcycles, stopped all business in Russia. 
101. H&M Group (H&M, COS, etc.), a multi-brand group of clothing stores, stopped sales in Russia.
102. Hearst, a publishing house that includes Esquire, Elle, Men’s Health, Harper’s Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan. Revokes licenses from Russian partners.
103. Heineken, a brewing concern. Suspends exports to Russia and investment projects in the country. Subsequently, announced the cessation of production of beer under the Heineken brand in Russia.
104. Herbalife Nutrition, a manufacturer of dietary supplements. Shuts down all 62 sales centers in Russia and will stop supplying its products to the aggressor country.
105. Hermes, a luxury clothing and accessoiries brand, closed all stores in Russia.
106. Hilton, a chain of hotels around the world. Now — all over the world, except Russia.
107. Hitachi, a Japanese tech giant. Suspends business in Russia.
108. Honda, a car manufacturer, stopped deliveries of cars and motorcycles to Russia. 
109. HP, a manufacturer of office equipment, suspended deliveries to Russia. 
110. Hugo Boss, a clothing brand. Suspended sales in Russia.
111. Hyatt, a chain of hotels around the world. Now — all over the world, except Russia
112. Hyundai, an auto conglomerate, closed the factory in St. Petersburg (but plans to open it next week). 
113. IBM, an IT corporation, will stop selling its technology to Russia and work with Russian military.
114. IELTS, an English language proficiency tests. Canceled in Russia.
115. IKEA, a Swedish furniture retailer, closed stores in Russia and Belarus.
116. Imperial Brands, a multi-brand tobacco company that includes Davidoff and Winston. Stops sales and production in Russia.
117. Inditex (Zara, Bershka, Pull & Bear are among its brands), a multi-brand clothing ans accessories retailer, closed stores in Russia including online.
118. Intel, a manufacturer of chips, stopped delivery of its products to Russia.
119. Intuit, a financial software developer and owner of the Mailchimp mailing service. Closes the accounts of all customers from the Russian Federation.
120. Jaguar Land Rover, an automobile group, stopped deliveries of vehicles to Russia.
121. Japan Tobacco, a multi-brand tobacco company (Winston, Camel). Stops marketing activities in Russia, investment projects and the launch of new products.
122. JCB, a Japanese payment system. Stops work in Russia — JCB cards issued in Russia will not be supported abroad, and cards issued in other countries will not be supported in Russia.
123. JetBrains, a developer of coding tools. Suspends the reception and processing of orders from individuals from Russia and Belarus.
124. Jooble, a Ukrainian job search service, terminated cooperation with Russian and Belarusian companies and clients. 
125. JP Morgan, an investment bank. Partially left the Russian Federation — leaving only the service of customer obligations.
126. JYSK, a furniture retailer. All 13 stores in the territory of the aggressor country will be closed.
127. Kering (Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, etc.), a multi-brand fashion giant. Closed stores in Russia.
128. KPMG, an international auditor. Closes offices in Russia and Belarus.
129. Kuna, a Ukrainian cryptocurrency exchange, turned off all operations connected with ruble.
130. L’Oreal, a cosmetics brand. Temporarily closes stores in Russia, stops online shopping in the country.
131. LEGO, a producer of plastic construction toys, suspended deliveries to Russia.
132. Lenovo, a manufacturer of computer equipment, stopped deliveries to Russia.
133. Letyshops, Ukrainian cashback service, stopped working in Russia. 
134. Levi Strauss & Co, a denim clothing brand, suspended business in Russia, including new investments.
135. Lindt & Sprüngli, a chocolate manufacturer. Stops operations in Russia.
136. Live Nation, a major concert organizer and booking agent for artists in Europe, closed down all business in Russia, including the concerts organization.
137. Logitech, a brand of computer technology. Stopped deliveries to Russia.
138. Lumen, a main Internet operator. Decided to terminate cooperation with its customers in Russia.
139. Lush, a brand of cosmetics. Suspended online sales and deliveries to Russia.
140. LVMH (Moët & Chandon, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton), a giant of the fashion industry, closed shops in Russia.
141. MacPaw, a Ukrainian software developer for macOS. Revoked the renewal of the subscription for all Russian users, forbade them to use their product in the future.
142. Maersk, a container logistics company, stopped cargo transportation in 3 of the 4 Russian ports.
143. Mango, a clothing and accessories brand, suspended all operations in Russia.
144. Marriott, a worldwide hotel chain. Stops investment and development of its future projects in Russia.
145. Marks & Spencer, a clothing brand, stopped deliveries to Russian stores.
146. Mars, a multi-brand confectionery company (Mars, Snickers, Milky Way, M & Mʼs, Pedigree, Whiskas, etc.). Stopped advertising campaigns and investments in Russia. Later stated that it was stopping exports and imports to Russia.
147. Mastercard, a bank card operator, stopped issuing cards in sanctioned Russian banks.
148. Matchesfashion, an online luxury clothing store, stopped deliveries to Russia.
149. Mazda, a Japanese multinational automaker, stoped the supply of parts to the plant in Vladivostok.
150. McDonald’s, a worldwide fast food chain. Temporarily closes all 850 restaurants in Russia.
151. Mercedes-Benz, a German luxury automotive marque, stopped exports to Russia.
152. Megogo, an online cinema, deleted Russian content, stopped working in Russia.
153. Michelin, a tire manufacturer with its own well-known restaurant guide, separated Russia from 50Best, an association that includes the top 50 best restaurants in the world. Plans to remove the aggressor country from the Michelin guide.
154. Miro, a service for joint work on projects of Russian origin. Closes office in Russia, stops sales in Russia and Belarus.
155. Microsoft, a global IT giant, suspended all new sales of products and services in Russia.
156. Mobile World Congress, a world telecom exhibition, banned the participation of several Russian companies, will not include Russian pavilion.
157. Mondelez International, a multi-branding confectionery company (Alpen Gold, Milka, Toblerone, Oreo). Stopped advertising campaigns and investments in Russia.
158. Mothercare, a retailer of children’s goods. Suspends activities in Russia.
159. MSC, a container carrier, stopped serving Russia.
160. Mytheresa, an online clothing store, stopped deliveries to Russia.
161. Nanushka, a Hungarian fashion brand, stopped sales to Russia.
162. Net-a-Porter, an online clothing store, stopped receiving orders and deliveries in Russia.
163. Nestle, a multi-branding food company. Stops investing in Russia. At the same time, will continue to supply certain products to the aggressor country.
164. Netflix, ​​a video streaming platform, stopped the production of all Russian projects.
165. Niantic Lab, a game developer, including Pokemon GO. Closed its games from downloading in Russia and Belarus.
166. Nike, a sports brand, stopped online sales in Russia.
167. Nintendo, a game publisher and brand of game consoles, suspended payments in Russian currency.
168. Nissan, a car manufacturer, stopped exports to Russia.
169. NOKIA, a manufacturer of telecom equipment, stopped deliveries of network equipment, base stations, and other components for communication systems to Russia.
170. NVIDIA, a video card manufacturer, suspended business in Russia. 
171. OBI, a network of construction and household goods stores. Leaves Russia, where it had 27 branch stores.
172. Ocean Network Express, a logistics giant, stopped working with cargo from/to Russia.
173. Okta, a company that owns the Auth0 authorization service. Will leave Russia and Belarus, will not sell their products to these countries, user accounts from these countries will be deleted.
174. OneWeb, a satellite company, will no longer launch satellites from Baikonur.
175. Oracle, one of the largest software vendors in the world, closed its business in Russia.
176. Panasonic Group, a manufacturer of household and media appliances, stops settlements with Russia.
177. Pandora, a jewelry company. Suspends business relations with Russia.
178. Papa John’s, a global pizzeria franchise. Suspends operational, marketing, and business support for the Russian market.
179. PayPal, an international payment service, stopped registering new users from Russia.
180. Paramount, the world’s leading producer of premium entertainment content, paused film distribution in Russia.
181. Parimatch, a gambling platform, withdrew a franchise from Russia.
182. Payoneer, a fintech company. Stops work in Russia due to the war with Ukraine.
183. Paysera, a payment system, stopped serving customers from Russia.
184. PepsiCo, a multi-brand manufacturer of sweet drinks. After pressure from the international community, the community stopped working in Russia.
185. Pernod Ricard (Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Jameson, Absolut, Ararat, Olmeca, Befeater, Havana Club, etc.), a group of alcohol brands. Stopped exports to Russia.
186. Pfizer, a multinational pharmaceutical company. Suspends investment in Russia, including suspending clinical trials in Russia. All proceeds from sales in the aggressor country will be sent to help Ukrainians.
187. Philip Morris, a multi-branding tobacco company (Malboro, L&M, Chesterfield, Parliament, IQOS, etc.). Closes investment projects in Russia.
188. Plarium, a developer of mobile games, including Raid: Shadow Legends. Removed its games from Russian and Belarusian appstores.
189. Poster, a Ukrainian service for restaurant management, stopped serving customers from Russia and Belarus forever.
190. Prada, a fashion brand of clothes and accessories. Stops operations in Russia.
191. Procter & Gamble, a multi-brand manufacturer of household chemicals and cosmetics, including Tide, Gilette, etc. Stops investments in Russia, reduces the local range of goods, closes all advertising companies in the aggressor country.
192. Puma, a sports brand, stopped online sales in Russia.
193. PVH (Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Warner’s, etc.), a group of fashion brands. Closes shops in Russia, suspends commercial cooperation.
194. Qmall, a Ukrainian cryptocurrency exchange, blocked all assets of Russian and Belarusian users.
195. QS, an international ranking of universities. Excluded from all subsequent rankings universities from Russia and Belarus.
196. Qualcomm, a manufacturer of chips. It will no longer sell its products to Russian companies.
197. Readdle, a Ukrainian developer of mobile applications for iOS. Removed its products from Russian markets and stopped cooperating with Russian companies and those who support the war in Ukraine.
198. Revolut, a British fintech unicorn of Russian-Ukrainian origin. Stopped operations with cards of Russian banks.
199. Richemont (Cartier), a fashion brand of clothes and accessories. Suspends operations in Russia.
200. Ricoh, a manufacturer of office and multimedia equipment. Suspends supplies to Russia.
201. Rolls-Royce, a brand of luxury cars. Stops all business in Russia.
202. Rovio, the publisher of games, including the Angry Birds series. Announced the exclusion of their games from apps in Russia and Belarus. Microtransactions in already downloaded games will not be available.
203. Saber, a manufacturer of software for buying tickets. Stops working with Russian airlines.
204. Salesforce, a company that specializes in Internet marketing and owns Slack Messenger. Stops sales in Russia.
205. Samsung, a manufacturer of home appliances, computers, and smartphones. Suspends deliveries of phones and chips to Russia.
206. SAP, a software developer, closed business in Russia.
207. Serpstat, a Ukrainian SEO company. Closed Russian accounts (no refunds), stopped cooperating with Yandex, Russian, and Belarusian Google.
208. Siemens Energy, an energy company, stopped its operations in Russia.
209. Shell, an oil company, left Russia. It later announced to stop buying Russian oil and gas.
210. SKF, a bearings manufacturer, suspended deliveries to Russia.
211. Snapchat, a messenger, banned advertising in Russia and Belarus.
212. Sony Interactive Entertainment, a tech giant. Suspends sales of Sony PlayStation consoles in Russia, as well as suspends the PS Store.
213. Sony Music Group, a music publisher. Leaves Russia.
214. Sony Pictures, a film company, banned the rental of its films in Russia.
215. Specialty Coffee Association, a coffee brewers association, prohibited Russia from participating in world coffee competitions.
216. Spotify, an audio streaming platform, closed the Russian agency.
217. Starbucks, a worldwide chain of coffee shops. Сlosed its shops in Russia.
218. Staropramen, a brand of beer. The brewery stopped any export to Russia.
219. Steam, a gaming platform, stopped paying Russian developers money, stopped accepting online payments from Russian banks.
220. Stellantis, a multi-brand car corporation (Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, etc.). Stops the export of cars to Russia.
221. Storytel, a platform for listening to audiobooks. Stops all projects in Russia.
222. Strava, a social network for athletes. Stops work in Russia and Belarus.
223. Supercell, a publisher of games, including Brawl Stars. Removed its games from appstores in Russia and Belarus. Access for existing players from these countries will be closed with the next update.
224. Swatch, a watch brand. Stops exports to Russia.
225. Take-Two Interactive (2K Games, Rockstar Games), an association of computer game publishers. Stops sales in Russia.
226. Terrasoft, an outsourcer. Terminates cooperation with clients and partners from Russia and Belarus.
227. TOEFL, an English language proficiency tests. Stopped taking tests in Russia and Belarus.
228. Toyota, a car brand, stopped production in Russia.
229. Traton Group (Scania, MAN Truck), an automobile company specializing in trucks. Stops production and sales in Russia.
230. TSMC, a manufacturer of chips. Suspends cooperation with Russian partners.
231. Twitch, a platform for conducting and watching live broadcasts. Limits payments to streamers from the Russian Federation.
232. Ubisoft, a publisher of computer games, including Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed. Stops sales in Russia.
233. Unilever, a multi-brand manufacturer of cosmetics and household goods, including Dove, Knorr, Ax, Rexona, Domestos, Cif, etc. Stops deliveries to Russia, but leaves on the shelves of goods produced in the country.
234. Uniqlo, a clothing retailer. After sharp criticism, suspends activities in Russia. It will close all 50 stores in the country in a few weeks.
235. Universal Pictures, a film company, banned the rental of its films in Russia.
236. Upwork, a freelance exchange. Suspends business in Russia and Belarus.
237. Valio, a Finnish dairy producer. Stops supplies to Russia, closes plant near Moscow.
238. Veeam, an American software developer. Suspended all sales in Russia.
239. Venice Film Festival, Venice Film Festival. It will no longer accept pictures and delegations from Russia, except those who oppose the regime.
240. VF Company, a multi-brand company which owns The North Face, Vans, The Timberland Company, and more. Closes all Vans stores in Russia, stops deliveries of its products to Russia, does not accept Russian orders in online stores.
241. Victoria’s Secret, a lingerie brand. Suspends work in Russia.
242. Visa, a bank card operator, stopped issuing cards in sanctioned Russian banks.
243. Volvo, a car brand, stopped the export of cars to Russia.
244. Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen, Porche, Skoda, Lamborghini, Audi, Ducati, etc.), a multi-brand automaker, stopped all deliveries to Russia.
245. VyOS, a Spanish software developer. Refused to cooperate with Russian companies.
246. Warner Bros., a film company, banned the rental of its films in Russia. Subsequently, the parent company WarnerMedia announced the cessation of all new business in Russia.
247. WePlay Esports, an e-sports holding company, terminated contracts with Russian and Belarusian gamers, will not broadcast the Russian tournament Gamers Galaxy: Dota 2 Invitational Series Dubai 2022.
248. Western Union, an international payment system. Suspends operations in Russia and Belarus.
249. William Grant & Sons, a multi-branding alcohol company with Hendrick’s, Tullamore D.E.W., Glenfiddich, Grant’s, Sailor Jerry, Monkey Shoulder, and more in its portfolio. Stopped all shipments to Russia and investments in the local market.
250. Wintershall Dea, a German oil company, suspended all projects with Russia, including Nord Stream 2.
251. Wix, an Israeli lowcode platform for creating websites. Stopped operations in Russia.
252. Xerox, a manufacturer of office equipment. Stops all deliveries to Russia.
253. YouTube, a video streaming platform, ceased advertising in Russia. This step will affect the earnings of local video bloggers. The same goes for other Google services. Later, stopped all options for monetizing content.
254. Yum! Brands (KFC, PizzaHut), the owner of fast food chains. Stops the operation of 70 KFC restaurants, is working to close the PizzaHut franchise.
255. Zaha Hadid, an architectural firm. Stops work on Russian projects.

We use official brand resources and international media, including industry press to verify the information.

The team updates the list constantly. There is a middle column of those investors who have not commented on the invasion. If these people voice their opinion — they are moved to the appropriate column. However, it is important to understand that some of them are “for peace” because they don’t want to tarnish their reputation abroad.

The goal of the project, according to the team, is to put pressure on those who refuse to express their opinion openly. “Because silence now is complicity,” they say.

AIN.UA selected IT (outsourcing), retail, and telecom businesses from the list, and the Nova Poshta postal service with its IT department with over 100 workers.

It is worth mentioning that the IT companies are mostly incorporated not in Ukraine, and the revenue they declared is only a part of their total revenue transferred to Ukraine to pay salaries, taxes, and rents. That is why there is no product IT company on the list (small teams by the same or even higher revenues) and only two largest outsources with over 10,000 employees. For example, $32 million of monthly revenue declared by the company with the Belorussian origin, EPAM, do exactly correspond with salaries of $2.2-$2.7 thousand for 11,600 employees according to the statistics of DOU.

IT (Outsourcing companies)

• EPAM. Profit – ₴942M. Revenues – ₴10,4B.
• SoftServe. Profit – no data. Revenues – ₴9B (Forbes estimate).

Retail

• Rozetka. Profit – ₴110M. Revenues – ₴18B.
• Comfy. Profit – ₴81M. Revenues – ₴16,2B.
• Фокстрот (Foxtrot). Profit – ₴70M. Revenues – ₴14,3B.
• Эльдорадо (Eldorado). Loss – ₴344M. Revenues – ₴11,4B.
• Эпицентр К (Epicentr K). Profit – ₴3,2B. Revenues – ₴50,4B.

Telecom

• Kyivstar. Profit – ₴10,3B. Revenues – ₴25B.
• Vodafone. Profit – ₴1,2B. Revenues – ₴18,1B.
• lifecell. Profit – ₴2,6B. Revenues – ₴6,8B.

Landing page

• Carrd is an online platform for quick and easy website creation. The Pro plan will cost a user only $19 per year.

Database

• Airtable is a program for organizing a database in the form of a spreadsheet. The service also offers features for joint projects. According to Coiffard, the free plan is enough to test the product.

Monetization and payment services

• Gumroad and Flurly App are online platforms for selling digital products. Gumroad has a paid plan – a user will get access to additional features and a reduced commission for $10 a month.
• Stripe, a service that allows companies to receive online payments in several currencies.

Communication

• Crisp is an all-in-one multichannel messaging platform that connects companies and customers.

Design

• Canva and Figma are online services that are suitable for both design novices, professional designers and web developers.

Application Hosting

• Netlify is a hosting service that provides a non-stop back-end for static sites.
• Heroku is a PaaS platform, where your application can be placed entirely in the cloud for $6 per month.

Automation

• Such online tools like Zapier, Integromat, n8n.io will help a user with process automation. These platforms also allow you to share data between different web applications.

Analytics

• In addition to Google Analytics, you can also use Plausible and Fathom, which are more privacy-focused solutions.
• Hotjar and Fullstory can help a user to analyze traffic data.

Mailing

• Mailchimp is a marketing mailing service, and Mailjet is a transactional mailing service.

Naming and domain name

NameMesh, Namelix, Namechk are tools for generating company names and domain names.

Working with documents

• To organize work with documents, you can use Notion. If you need to make a quick website with information created with this tool, you can use Potion.
• Coda is a service that optimizes and systematizes joint work with documents of different formats.

Feedback forms

• Typeform and TallyForms are services for creating online forms.

• Revolut — $500 million
• Preply — $10 million
• Allset — $8.25 million
• DMarket — $6,5 million
• Zakaz.ua — €5 million
• ClassTag — $5 million
• Rentberry — $4.5 million
• 3DLOOK — $1 million
• Astromix — $300,000
• Mriyar — $300,000
• Elision — $150,000
• Propertymate — $120,000 
• Go To-U — $100,000

There were several investments with the undisclosed amount:

• Very Good Security — NDA
• eForce — NDA
• Love&Live — NDA
• Respeecher — NDA
• Skyworker — NDA
• PatentBot — NDA
• Meredot — NDA

There’s still no news on the entry of PayPal. On the other hand, in comments under the post of the official, users write about those online services that Ukrainian needs the most. Here is a list of them below:

• PayPal. If the company launched an opportunity for Ukrainians to accept money into an account, it would make life much easier for Ukrainian freelancers and entrepreneurs who work with foreign clients.
• Lyft, one of the main competitors of Uber in the U.S.
• Yelp, a review and recommendation service. Here users write reviews on the work of restaurants, cafes, clubs, and other entertainment services.
• Etsy, a marketplace for artisans and craftspeople of all types to sell handmade crafts online. Here you can find handmade products, handmade gifts, hand sewing, jewelry, etc. Previously, we published a guide on how Ukrainian craftspeople can get on this platform and earn money.
• Spotify, a music streaming service. There are a lot of rumors about its launch in Ukraine, but the service has not made any real announcements about it so far.
• Microsoft Xbox gaming service. In recent years, the number of paying gamers in Ukraine has increased significantly. Ukraine already has a shop and service for gamers who own Playstation, PSN.
• AliExpress, an online retail service. This is one of the most popular foreign online stores in Ukraine: according to statistics of Nova Poshta, Ukrainians order 2.6 tons of goods per day on AliExpress.
• Stripe, a service for online payment processing.
• Revolut is a financial service for travelers, which operates as an online bank. The feature of the service is that it helps you to exchange money with no hidden fees. There was news that the service plans to enter the Ukrainian market in 2020.

Also, in comments to the post of the official, many users wrote about the opening of official Apple stores.

The company explains the increase of orders on the AliExpress website with the launch of delivery directly to the Nova Poshta post office. To place an order, now you need to specify the AliExpress Standard Shipping option and select the nearest post office on the map.

During the quarantine, the number of orders from customers from the Zhytomyr region has doubled. However, the most active buyers on international websites remain residents of large cities: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro, and Lviv.

Average order amount and top goods

Not only the number of orders on Aliexpress has increased, but also the average check. If it amounted $6.6 before the quarantine, now it has grown to $11.6. Among orders, the number of protective equipment and medical products has increased: masks, respirators, thermometers, etc.

The most popular categories of goods remain:

• phone covers,
• cables,
• chargers,
• clothes, shoes, underwear,
• dietary supplements.

Top 5 Foreign Online Shopping Sites

Nova Poshta has also published a list of the most popular foreign online shopping sites among its customers:

• Aliexpress,
• iHerb,
• eBay,
• Amazon,
• 6p.m.

Liki24 is included in the list of Healthtech startups. The company, in cooperation with Ukrposhta, has launched free deliveries of medicines during the quarantine. The free delivery service is available all over Ukraine, except for Kyiv. For the capital, where pharmacies are more accessible, the startup offered a special tariff of UAH 35. You can arrange delivery by phone or on the website of Liki24.

To recap, Liki24 has several models of monetization. In addition to delivery fees, a small portion of the revenue comes from pharmacy surcharges for sales volume. Besides, the startup develops the B2B direction and cooperates with insurance companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers, giving them access to their software. Among the clients are the largest Ukrainian insurance companies: Providna, Alfa Insurance, PZU, Kraina, and others.

In July 2019, the founder and CEO of Liki24 told AIN.UA that the total turnover of orders processed via the website was $2 million a year.

“We have more than 30,000 individual customers, we cooperate with 7 insurance companies, 3,500+ pharmacies, the traffic is almost 400,000 unique users per month, and last week we had more than 50,000 completed orders. And this is only as far as B2C is concerned,” he said.

The Association annually selects the best companies according to four criteria: customer references, certification and awards received by the company, programs for innovation, and corporate social responsibility projects. This year, the 2020 Global Outsourcing 100 includes not only outsourcing service providers but also advisors.

The full list of companies The 2020 Global Outsourcing 100 (Ukrainian companies are marked with an asterisk):

Advisors:

• Delloitte
• KPMG

Outsourcing service providers:

• *AMC Bridge
• Artezio
• *Ciklum
• *Computools
• *Eleks
• IBA Group
• *Infopulse
• *Innovecs
• Intetics
• *Magnise
• *Miratech
• *N-iX
• NIX Solutions
• NTT Data
• *Program Ace
• *Sigma Software
• *Softengi
• *Softjourn
• TEAM International

The previous year list The Global Outsourcing 100 included 16 companies from Ukraine.

This list includes:

1. Let’s Enhance – a service for processing images using neural networks.
2. Reply.io – a multichannel sales engagement platform that automates personal email outreach, calls, and tasks.
3. Legal Nodes – a marketplace where a founder or legal adviser of a tech company can find and contact a lawyer who best matches its legal needs.
4. Poptop – an online event planning marketplace that matches people planning events with suppliers.
5. Delfast – an electric bike manufacturer.
6. Animal ID – a service for animal identification.
7. Kray Technologies – a manufacturer of crop spraying drones.
8. Costless – a personal shopping assistant that helps you make smart decisions, save money, time, and energy. It provides agencies, brands, and retailers with real-time analytics, forecasts on price and consumption changes, and information on consumer behavior.
9. AxDraft – a legal-tech service for the automatic drafting of legal documents.
10. Effa is an ecological toothbrush, made of paper and environmentally friendly materials.
11. Pix – a manufacturer of the LED pixelized backpacks with a programmable screen.
12. Nuka – a producer of the “eternal” notebook and pencil.
13. CamTouch – a set that enables you to turn any flat surface into an interactive one and control it with a laser pointer or special stylus.
14. ActiveChat – a conversational AI platform with natural language understanding for customer support, e-commerce, and marketing chatbots.
15. ADAM – 3D bioprinting of organic bone structures.

“More than 50 startups, out of 160 applications received, are already ready to raise foreign investment and bring their products to new markets. The projects that were able to provide evidence of their profitability and vision of further development after the investment have reached the final,” says Kateryna Dehtyar, Startup Grind Kyiv Director.

The winners will receive tickets to the Startup Grind Global Conference 2020, booth, promo, PR support from the organizers, and covering logistics costs.

Most popular online stores

• eBay (28% of all parcels)
• Amazon (22%)
• 6pm (over 13%)
• Carter`s
• Victoria`s Secret
• H&M

What’s trending

Most often, buyers order clothes and shoes, children’s clothing, gadgets, cosmetics.

According to the director of Nova Poshta International, Yuriy Benevitsky, Ukrainians are attracted by prices, which, as a rule, are lower than in Ukraine, a large selection and good quality of goods.

The cost of an average parcel is $66, and the average weight is 1.6 kg.

Buyer’s profile

Most active buyers are males (59%) aged 25-34 (53%).

Kyivites, who order goods from overseas most often, are followed by residents of Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Lviv.

Growth of deliveries from overseas

According to the company, over the past five months, the demand for delivery through NP Shopping service has increased by 27% as compared to the same period last year. There’s a 25% increase in number of Ukrainians buying goods from abroad.

TOP locations

NP Shopping users order most items from the US. However, the popularity of other locations is also rapidly growing.

Thus, over 5 months the number of parcels from the UK has increased by almost 80%, and from Poland – more than 3 times.

NP Shopping is a service of Nova Poshta International that allows to make orders in the US and Europe’s online stores and collect your shipment from any convenient location in Ukraine.

Similar practice can be found at many international events. For example, on the stands of the states at WebSummit they offer brochures with conditions for doing business, as well as state and private support programs. Sharing company catalogs is also not a new practice.

In the UNIT.City report, nine dozen companies are mentioned, but the principles of their selection are not described: investments, turnover, revenue per person, traffic, customers, staff, transactions. It is obvious only that the numbered list is not a rating: the first numbers in 2 of 4 categories are the sponsors of the report, and the established procedure often contradicts the data of AIN.UA on state and income of companies.

After reviewing the report, the editors of AIN.UA recalled 40 more companies that are not inferior to those listed, and often surpass them, but are not represented in any of the categories. Here is a partial list of such companies in alphabetical order. The list can be supplemented.

R&D

• Amadeus is a Spanish GDS (Global Distribution System), one of the largest in the world used by airports and airlines for booking tickets. In 2017 its revenue amounted €4.852 billion, net income was €1.161 billion. The company has 300+ employees in Ukraine.
• GSN is an American social casino game developer. The company is a gaming division of Sony, the Ukrainian office originated from the purchased idle games in Zaporizhya. In 2019, the division has a $600-700 million value and fifty employees in the Kyiv office.
• Magento is an American open source platform for managing online stores with great R&D in Ukraine. In 2011, it was sold to eBay, in 2015 – to the investment company Permira, in 2018 –to Adobe for $1.7 billion. In 2017, the company’s revenue was estimated at $150 million. In 2018, it was decided to close down the Ukrainian office.
• NetEnt is a Swedish social casino game developer. In 2009, the company entered the IPO, revenue for 2017 was $178.7 million, and the Kyiv office counts 70+ people.
• OLX is a Dutch classifier, held in Ukraine on the basis of Slando.ua. It belongs to the South African group Naspers. According to InAU, OLX is one of the most popular sites in Ukraine.
• TransferWise is a British international money transfer service with an office in Cherkasy. The company’s revenue for 2018 is $151 million, net profit is $8 million.
• Ubisoft is a French developer of AAA games, best known for the Assassin’s Creed series. It was founded by the five Guillemot brothers, who, before the unfriendly takeover by the media holding Vivendi in 2016, also operated on another Ukrainian R&D, Gameloft. The latter were engaged in porting Ubisoft games to mobile devices and consoles. €1,732 billion was its revenue in 2018, with 400+ employees in Ukraine.
• Waze is an Israeli navigation service bought by Google for $1.3 billion. There is a small development team in Ukraine.
• Wix is ​​an Israeli website builder which made an IPO in 2013. There are about 300 people working in the Dnipro and Kyiv offices. The revenue for 2017 is $425.6 million.

Product

• Admixer is a large SSP, which allows publishers to automate the sale of traffic. The company had 6 thousand publishers with 17 billion views per month in 2017.
• Adtelligent (formerly VertaMedia) is a large advertising grid. In 2016, its revenue was $43 million.
• CEX is one of the largest Ukrainian crypto stocks. Over the past month, they have conducted transactions for $73 million.
• Hotline.ua and Price.ua are the largest price comparison sites. Hotline has 12.2 million visits per month.
• Invisible CRM is a developer of CRM, ERP and workflow solutions. It began as a Salesforce integration with Outlook.
• LetyShops is the largest cashback service in the CIS with an office in Vinnytsya. The total revenue of the stores from customers, led by the LetyShops team, is $35 million monthly.
• Livestream is a video streaming service with an office in Zaporizhya, in 2017 purchased by Vimeo.
• LUN is the largest in Ukraine (5 million visits per month) real estate offer aggregator. Under the brand Flatfy it operates in 30 countries around the world. The company has about 100 employees.
• Megogo is the largest video service in Eastern Europe for watching online video and TV. They have 50 million unique visitors per month.
• PDFFiller is a service for electronic document management, which began operating as solution for electronic signature and text recognition in pictures. Now the company has about 400 people, and the revenue as of 2016 was $10 million.
• Rabota.ua and Work.ua are the largest Ukrainian sites for job search, in December 2017 they exchanged shares.
• Rozetka is the largest Ukrainian online store. In August 2018, they bought a majority share in the largest Ukrainian marketplace EVO company (ex-Prom.ua) from Naspers for an amount that could range from $12 million to $15 million.
• Serpstat – a Netpeak’s company revenue, Serpstat’s developer, in 2016 was € 2.5 million.
• SkinsCash is a solution for exchanging and displaying game skins for real money outside the marketplace. In 2017, there were 1.7 million users, 95,000 transactions, and 912,000 items sold. On the basis of SkinsCash, the blockchain solution DMarket mentioned in the UNIT.City report was built. The latter recently fired 50 people, but this did not affect SkinsCash’s core business.
• StarLadder is the largest Ukrainian agency in the market of e-sports competitions and broadcasts.
• Talkable is a system for referral marketing in e-commerce from the co-founder of the auction of technological talents Hired Allan Grant (Mykhaylo Sapov). In 2018, Talkable customers earned $150 million through the system.
• Tickets.ua is one of the largest ticket searches and booking services in Ukraine. It is included in the Ticket Travel Network holding with 650 employees, 400 of which are located in Lviv. The GMV is €500 billion, the share of Ukraine is 12%.
• Uklon is Ukrainian car service online. The monthly audience was 500,000 people in 2015.
• Nova Poshta is the largest Ukrainian logistics operator with 174 million parcels delivered in the 2018, and more than 3,000 branches located throughout the country. The company has its own NovaPay payment system, the mobile application has 1.7 million users.
• PrivatBank is one of the most technological banks in Ukraine. Privat24 has 8.9 million users. 2,000 of bank employees are developers and engineers.

Startups

.IO (dashboards for media publishers, $1.5 million investment), 3DLOOK (solution for scanning the body followed by clothing selection, $1.4 million investment), ESM.one (esports tournament platform and analytics with revenue of $300 thousand for 2018), PromoRepublic (the service helps small and medium businesses and marketers to create content for social networks, which attracted $1.2 million investment), Djinni (service for anonymous job search in technology companies from the creator of the largest Ukrainian community of programmers DOU. Now there are 10 thousand questionnaires on the site).

Outsourcing

Cogniance (400+ people), Daxx (300 people), ISD (700+ people), Lohika (700+ people), OSF global (100 people), Provectus (400 people), SiteCore (200 people), etc.

Sales / Representative office

BlaBlaCar, Google, Microsoft, Payoneer.

A passport of the citizen as well as foreigner’s document (residence permit) should be verified in the database of invalid documents. Invalid document provides the grounds for refusal from entering into a contract.

The authenticity of Taxpayer Identification Number can also be easily verified using online service.

Further, you should review the database “People who are hiding from authorities”. Conduct the search by the full name.

Debts and judicial proceedings

The presence of any debts can be verified using the Unified Register of Debtors. For this purpose, you will need Taxpayer Identification Number of the person that you are interested in. The base contains the data on debts of individuals as well as business entities. For instance, it is the data on alimony and salary.

For more detailed picture of judicial and debt history of any citizen you can go to the base “the Progress of trial on cases”. Here you can enter the results of search in debtors’ register, namely, the details of judicial cases, and follow their progress.

If the person that you are interested in is registered as an individual entrepreneur, this fact can be verified in the Unified State Register of legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and civil organizations. For this purpose, you will also need the Taxpayer Identification Number or company code (USREOU).

This service will show registration data, types of activity, whether the entrepreneur is in the process of closure or any proceedings are instituted against him/her.

You can also obtain the information on the entrepreneurs and legal entities using the commercial service YouControl. Here you can find a full profile on any company (basic data is free and expanded access – by subscription).

You can also find the detailed information on any individual entrepreneur or legal entity using free-of-charge bot Opendatabot. It is a convenient tool for monitoring by using public government data.

Property and assets

You can find out what real estate objects are registered in name of the citizen in the State Register of titles to real estate,. However, it is a paid service. Moreover, Klim Bratkovskiy says that the base is incomplete.

By the way, the information on real estate and even debts in utility bills can be obtained on free-of-charge basis. For instance, via online platform Utility Service Center – it is sufficient to know the address in order to obtain information on its dwellers, real estate owners and their debts in utility bills. The websites gioc.kiev.ua and gerc.ua also enable you to add the apartment in your personal account and track its utility charges.

You can find out whether the citizen has a vehicle via the Unified Register of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The access to the base (it also can be incomplete) can be provided using BankID or electronic digital signature.

Not so long ago, the Ministry of Infrastructure, jointly with government agencies, has launched “Online carrier’s account” and Register of carriers. Here you can enter a number of any vehicle and find out whether the company has the license to provide carrier’s services.

Apple

On the American Apple site, a set of professional applications is available, the standard cost of which is over $629. This includes the Final Cut X video editor and two related utilities, the Logic Pro audio editor and the MainStage live performance plugin. Students can get a bundle for $200.

Even though the promotion does not officially apply to Ukraine, in a conversation with Apple’s technical support, AIN.UA journalist was assured that by providing a valid edu address and paying for the package, applications can be activated in any regional App Store.

Apple also offers a student’s tariff for a streaming service Apple Music. The discount will be 50% off the regular price of $4.99. It can be arranged in a few steps.

Google

If the educational institution has a partnership with Google, your corporate email will be the key to your G Suite Education account. Its main advantage is unlimited space in the cloud (single files should not exceed 5 TB).

In addition, specialized applications and more convenient file management between the users are available in this tariff.

Office 365

Microsoft provides students with free access to all Office applications. In order to do this, the university must enter into an agreement with the company. If cooperation is established, the student should register on the learning portal.

You will receive the Office suite, 1 TB of cloud space on OneDrive, and an access to the Teams command messenger.

Microsoft Imagine Academy

This is another promotional offer from Microsoft. This is an educational IT project designed to introduce students to the development and use of professional software.

After registration and verification, members get access to cloud computing on the Azure platform, downloading the Visual Studio Community, Parallels Desktop, Xamarin Studio, a free developer account in the Windows Store.

You can also use educational materials from Microsoft Virtual Academy courses.

Adobe

The developer provides students with discount access to the Creative Cloud software package.

You can get all the applications with a 60% discount for $20 per month instead of the usual $50. In addition, students can use a plan for photographers with Photoshop and Lightroom for $10 per month.

Autodesk

CAD application developer company distributes all of its software for free if you register a student’s account.

It is a huge advantage – the standard price of one of the most famous Autodesk solutions, automatic design AutoCAD system, reaches $1,500 for use per year.

Students get not only free installations on two devices, but also an access to Autodesk Design Academy training materials.

MacPaw

Ukrainian computer software developer offers students a 30% discount on all applications. You can also get a 50% discount on the purchase of an annual subscription in the SetApp service. It offers over 100 macOS utilities and applications.

Ableton live

The program for studio and live games, popular among musicians of all levels, is also sold with a student’s discount.

The price depends on the edition: the standard package for students costs $259 (instead of $499), and the full suite costs $449 (instead of $749).

JetBrains

A developer of programming tools provides all of his products for free if you register with an official student’s email address.

Students can download development environments for different languages, platforms and tasks, as well as code collaboration tools and learning applications.

Confirming the student’s status is required to be done annually through filling out a web form.

Evernote

One of the most popular online notes. The program is available on all leading platforms and in the form of web version. Students can get a 50% discount for the first year of using the Premium plan.

It activates an unlimited number of devices for synchronization, the presentation of notes, increased limit on cloud storage, added option to work with PDF as well as other functions.

Prezi

The service for easy creation of presentations provides students with free access to the Standart plan in which you can create an unlimited number of files and share them via links.

The company asks for $7 per month instead of $19 per month for the EDU Plus tariff. It includes offline access, voice memo support, video upload, and PDF export.

Norton Antivirus

Antivirus is distributed at a student’s discount.

This way the company charges $14.99 instead of $49.99 for standard access to protect a single PC. Protection for a single Mac or mobile device costs $19.99.

LastPass

The popular password manager provides 6 months of free use of the premium tariff. The price with the discount is $2 per month.

A paid account allows you to share passwords, provides 1 GB of secure cloud storage, priority access to support, and a plugin for applications.

Wolfram | Alpha

This is a cloud service for mathematical calculations, search for scientific information and analysis of statistics. Wolfram | Alpha can solve problems in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and visualize information.

Students can buy a subscription to the Pro-version with a discount of 20% or 30%, depending on the form of payment – by semester or per year. It will cost $33 and $57 respectively.

Scrivener

This is a text editor for voluminous work: stories, academic studies, etc. It has a convenient organization of materials for research and the mode of compiling several files.

Scrivener is useful for students when writing a diploma or coursework. The program is sold with a discount – students can get a copy for $38.25 instead of $45.

Ulysses

Another text editor available on iOS and macOS. It relies on the simplicity and ease of the interface, as well as working with the universal Markdown-format. The program is distributed by subscription since last year.

Students can get a significant discount by paying $10.99 for access for six months. After that, the discount will disappear – the standard access will cost $4.99.

Asana

This is the service for joint project management and communication which offers students a six-month free trial.

To use it, you would need to register in the system, create a team and invite there more than 5, but less than 100 people. Then you would need to apply to the Premium rate for students. Its usual price is $9.99 per month.

In Asana, you can assign tasks, create checklists, projects and plan activities.

GitHub Student Developer Pack

GitHub company offers a whole list of promotional offers in the Student Developer Pack. To get it, you need to write a small letter of motivation from an edu e-mail. Then the message is sent to moderation. The winners are notified about the successful passage via mail. Developer Pack includes:

• text editor Atom;
• AWS Educate Discount;
• year of free use of the Bitnami platform;
• certificate for hosting DigitalOcean;
• free domain in .me zone and SSL-certificate from namecheap registrar;
• unlimited number of closed repositories on GitHub,
• special tariff in the service of creating mailings SendGrid.

This is not a complete list — there are many more tools in the Developer Pack. Mostly they are programmers-oriented.

The New York Times

One of the world’s most famous publications offers unlimited access to materials and applications at a fixed price of $4 per month or $30 per year.

It is much cheaper than a standard digital subscription starting at $12 per month.

Students can also sign up for the All Acces tariff: it has access to the NYT Crossword service and the NYT Cooking cookbook.