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14.08.20

Ukrainian Awesomic raises round from European investors, having started fundraising in the midst of quarantine

The startup Awesomic has announced a round of investment obtained from European investors. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. According to the company’s CEO, Roman Sevastianov, it is a six-figure sum, comparable to average pre-seed rounds in

13.08.20

Liki24 raised $5M from Horizon Capital and other investors

The Ukrainian medicine search and delivery platform Liki24 has raised $5 million from Horizon Capital and existing investors (TA Ventures, Genesis Investments, iClub и Mission Tech). The total amount of funds raised was $6 million, as reported in the press

12.08.20

“If the situation is not resolved, we will go to Ukraine”: how companies in Belarus are going through the shutdown

After the elections in Belarus, the Internet connection was lost. The authorities talk about “outside influence,” the locals say that the authorities are fighting the opposition in this way. AIN.UA tried to find out how local companies survive in such

07.08.20

Ukrainians launch speech to text converter that works with ENG, UA, and RU

Ukrainian entrepreneurs Marta Borovets and Oleksandr Kuzmychov have launched Odrey, a mobile application for iOS that converts voice recordings into text. It works with 30 different languages, including English, Ukrainian, and Russian. How does the service work? Odrey can work

07.08.20

Bolt launches e-scooter rental in Kyiv with a cost of ₴4.9 per minute

On August 7, Bolt launched a service of renting electric scooters in Kyiv. It has already been tested on the territory of the Kyiv-based innovation park UNIT.City, and now the service is available throughout the city. The company informed AIN.UA

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