Ilya Boshnyakov

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15.09.23

Investigations

Fintech Xsolla continues to operate in Russia, with access to data of Epic Games, Roblox, Valve clients. We spoke with its HRs and employees

Originating from Russia, Xsolla is the US-based FinTech company, working with top clients in the gamedev industry. In June 2022, the company announced in the mass media the liquidation of its Russian subsidiary, Perm-based Xsolla Russia Holding LLC. But, as

14.09.23

News

List of Daedalus: 25 CTOs of Ukrainian IT

What do Adam Messinger, Sri Shivananda, and Werner Vogels have in common? Most likely, you have never heard their names. But you’ve definitely heard of Dorsey, Schulman, and Bezos. In fact, the first three worked on the same products as

04.09.23

News

14 investors: who funds Ukrainian IT during the war — ranking by AIN.Capital

After February 24, the Ukrainian IT market saw a decrease in investments not only from foreign venture capital funds. Out of 28 active local funds, the editors of AIN.Capital and AIN.UA counted only fourteen that continued to invest in Ukraine

05.07.23

Tech
Investments

Ukraine’s Angel One Fund invests $200k each in startups Rozmova and GO TO-U

The Ukrainian Catholic University is one of the most progressive universities when it comes to training tech professionals, and now it is taking steps to enter the IT ecosystem as a player. In May 2023, UCU was ranked first in

11.05.23

Tech
War in Ukraine

D3 military tech accelerator is to launch in Ukraine. Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is among the LPs

In recent months, Ukraine has been preparing for the launch of several accelerators and funds focused on military tech. In cooperation with the ministries, they are creating a framework that will cover the entire path from stimulation and financing of

06.04.23

Tech
M&A

Savvy Games buys Scopely with an office in Ukraine for $4.9B. It’s the sixth largest deal in gamedev history

On April 5, 2023, Savvy Games, which is owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, announced its third purchase and the sixth largest deal in gamedev history. The company acquired the US Scopely with an office in Ukraine for $4.9

09.03.23

Tech
M&A

Ukrainian InSoft Partners acquires a stake in Forbytes and undergoes a model change

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the absolute majority of Ukrainian investors stopped investing in Ukrainian IT companies. Vitaliy Horovyi’s InSoft Partners was one of the three who actively remained in the market. Today, the firm informed AIN.Capital about

07.03.23

Tech
M&A

Digital Media Solutions acquires Max Polyakov’s ClickDealer along with HomeQuote for $45M

Marketing platform Digital Media Solutions, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, has acquired Max Polyakov’s performance marketing company, ClickDealer, which also includes the HomeQuote marketplace, with an office in Kyiv. The deal’s amount is $45 million. The news became public when Digital

12.01.23

Analytics
Rankings

Developers earn 12.5% more, Uzhhorod is among big IT hubs, 29% of CEO worked as developers — salary survey AIN.Capital for 2022

The editorial staff of AIN.Capital has collected the responses of IT industry employees and presents the results of a major salary survey of winter 2022-2023. A lot has changed since February 24, yet we continue finding out the average salary

05.12.22

News

“Companies have realized that it is possible to work with Ukraine despite the war.” Interview with Ambassador of Israel

Israel accounted for 4% of $6.8 billion of Ukraine’s IT exports in 2021. In an interview with Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky for AIN.Capital, we talked about why the cooperation of the Israeli tech sector with Ukraine is almost 8 times