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Ukrainian startup Pluspoint receives $400k from Pragmatech Ventures

Pluspoint, a Ukraine-founded startup that works with online reputation management, has received a $400,000 round of investment, the company told AIN.Capital. The company plans to spend the funding for its expansion and development. About Pluspoint “The size of the market

Gotion High Tech acquires a 25 % stake in Slovak battery maker InoBat 

Chinese VW-baked Gotion has acquired a 25% stake in Bratislava-based EV battery startup InoBat. This is the first investment by a Chinese battery maker in European startups. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.  “Our partnership with Gotion High

Polish startup DevSkiller raises €1.2M from Movens Capital and angels

Warsaw-based HR tech startup DevSkiller has raised €1.2 million (PLN 5 million) in a funding round led by Movens Capital and business angels, My Company Polska reports. The startup offers a platform for skills assessment and management. “The global HR

Ukrainian crypto startup Stroom raises $3.5M

Kyiv-based crypto startup Stroom has raised $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to solve Lightning Network’s Liquidity challenges. Berlin-based crypto investment firm Greenfield Capital led the round, Tech.eu reports. “Our goal is to provide anyone with an easy way

Aper Ventures invests in United Robots, a British deeptech startup

London-based deeptech startup United Robots has secured a funding round to launch a fleet of autonomous industrial cleaning robots. Polish VC fund Aper Ventures is one of the main investors in the company, the firm told AIN.Capital. “Our investment in

China supplies 67% of critical components for making UAVs to Russia

The main supplier of critical components for Russian UAVs production is China, which accounts for 67%, with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates accounting for another 7%. This conclusion was reached by an International Task Force working on sanctions against

Geek Ventures launches its first fund of $23M

Established by Ukrainian Vadim Rogovskiy and Belarusian Ihar Mahaniok, Geek Ventures has launched Fund I and has $23 million in capital commitments to invest in immigrant tech founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, Mahaniok wrote on LinkedIn.

Bulgarian e-commerce Badu raises €2.6M investment from Silverline Capital

Bulgarian online retail store Badu has raised €2.6 million in an investment round led by Silverline Capital, a Sofia-based mezzanine fund, and supported by prominent Bulgarian entrepreneurs. With the funds, Badu plans its expansion in the current and 9 new

Atomic Heart’s backer GEM Capital to invest $45M in CEE. It is a Russian fund founded by ex-Gazprom

GEM Capital, a Cyprus-based investment firm, has just announced its plans to invest $45 million into gamedev across the CEE region. As AIN.Capital learned, it is a Russian fund founded by Anatoly Paliy, who previously worked at Gazprom, a state-owned

How to Web 2023 offers record prize of €780k to startups in Eastern Europea

How to Web 2023 has unveiled an investment prize of record scale — €780,000, offered to 40 early-stage startups from Eastern Europe. Credo Ventures, SMOK Ventures, Fiedler Capital, Underline Ventures, Fortech Investments, SeedBlink, and super angels — all joined forces