Sasha Galitskiy

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30.11.21

News

NAVI’s CS:GO team wins the BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021

The Ukrainian esports CS:GO team NAVI won its seventh tournament in 2021. The team won BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2021, defeating Team Vitality 2:1 in the final. NAVI was awarded a $225,000 prize. This year, the last tournament for the team

08.11.21

News

NAVI wins $1M prize at PGL Major Stockholm 2021

The Ukrainian team Natus Vincere won the CS:GO esports tournament — PGL Major Stockholm. It is one of the strongest performances for the team in the history of its existence. NAVI won the championship with a 2:0 victory over G2

08.07.21

News

The International 10 to be held this October in Bucharest

American company Valve has announced the new location and dates for The International – Dota 2 Championships. It’s not Ukraine. The International 10 – Dota 2 Championships will be held in Bucharest, Romania. The venue is the largest stadium of

08.07.21

Tech
Investments

Startup Zerion, co-founded by Ukrainian, raises $8.2 million

Fintech startup Zerion has raised a new round of funding of $8.2 million, vc.ru reports. Zerion is a platform that provides the ability to use financial products without intermediaries. The platform excludes banks and processing companies when using financial products.

20.05.21

News

Ukraine ranks 27th among the best countries for expats. Taiwan tops the list

Every year, InterNations releases the Expat Insider ranking, a list of the best countries for expats to live in. The top-rated countries are Taiwan, Mexico, and Costa Rica Ukraine is No. 27 in the list of 59 countries. The bottom

12.05.21

Countries
Ukraine

Etsy stops registration of new shops from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and other countries

Starting from the end of April 2021, new sellers from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and other countries cannot sign up on Etsy. That is due to the new rules of the platform, vc.ru reports. In most locations where Etsy Payments

27.04.21

Tech
M&A

Firefly owner, Max Polyakov, acquires Dragonfly – collaboration on small satellites launch is planned

The Ukrainian entrepreneur Max Polyakov has acquired the South African manufacturer of small satellites Dragonfly Aerospace, Reuters reports. The deal gives Polyakov a foothold in the fast-growing but fiercely competitive small-satellite technology market. The plan is to build up to

11.03.21

Countries
Ukraine

GitLab and Allset are among the top 500 startup employers in the US

The American magazine Forbes has compiled a list of 500 best startup employers. It is the second Forbes ranking of this kind, but the evaluation criteria have slightly changed due to the pandemic. This time, instead of taking into account