Dmytro Demchenko

Ciklum Founder Torben Majgaard passed away

Torben Majgaard, Ciklum Founder, passed away at the age of 48. This was announced on Facebook by RealityClash CEO Morten Rongaard. Also, the death of Majgaard was confirmed by CEO Ciklum Michael Bustridge in the internal mailing list of the company.

Labor market 2018 according to DOU: salaries and number of IT Specialists are increasing

Number of Specialists According to DOU, almost 160,000 IT Specialists work in Ukraine as of 2018. Last year, this index was 127,000 specialists, this means that the industry increased by 26%. Salaries For the last year, the salaries of Junior

Summing up the year: the largest investments in Ukrainian startups and companies

Gitlab, $110 million The main deal of this year is definitely a new round of Gitlab, the IT company with its Ukrainian roots. A company with a co-founder from Kharkiv, Dmitry Zaporozhets, raised $110 million from Iconiq Capital, GV and

Ukrainian operators will launch mobile number portability (MNP) starting from May 2019

The Vodafone Ukraine, Kyivstar and Lifecell operators announced they launch mobile number portability (MNP) service starting from the 1st of May 2019. Ekonomichna Pravda pointed out this issue. This service allows you to keep your phone number including with code when

Ukrainians raised over $2 million from crowdfunding in 2018. Here are 15 most successful projects

Feel VR $500,000 Feel VR with $500,000 became the most successful Ukrainian crowdfunding project this year. The startup team is working over the gaming wheels and pedals. The main feature of devices is DirectDrive technology due to which the wheel

Owners of the magazine about urban culture BZH sold the project to the Czech company Accord Group

Ukrayinska Pravda and managers of the magazine about urban culture BZH announced the sale of the project to the Czech company Accord Group. It was reported on the BZH website. The parties do not disclose the amount of the transaction.

The best Ukrainian IT employers 2018 were announced

The rating 2018 has changed as compared with the last year. Firstly, DOU added a separate list for the large companies – “over 1500 specialists” category. Secondly, the portal changed the polling questionnaire and now it includes 13 questions divided

A startup with a Ukrainian co-founder YayPay raised $8.4 million

A Ukrainian fintech startup YayPay raised $8.4 million in investment in the series A round. The investors were Information Venture Partners, Birchmere, QED, Fifth Third Capital, Gaingels and 500 Fintech Fund, reports TechCrunch. YayPay is a company that helps businesses

VEON has appointed Alexander Komarov to the position of the President of Kyivstar. Previously, he was the CEO of Beeline Kazakhstan

VEON has announced about the appointment of Alexander Komarov to the position of the President of Kyivstar. The representatives of the Ukrainian operator has reported this information to AIN.UA. He was temporary appointed to the position of the Acting President