Lisa Palchynska

Russia threatens Europe with nukes. Ukraine opens S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-themed grocery store

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 developer GSC Game World has teamed up with the Ukrainian supermarket chain Silpo to open a grocery store in the style of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl game in Kyiv. The idea of it arose back in the

Finnish Voland Partners opens €80M fund for local tech companies

Voland Partners, the first Finnish growth investor for technology companies, announced the launch of its first fund — the Voland Technology Growth Fund I with a target size of €80 million. Voland Partners is a Finnish private equity firm focusing on

Ciklum liquidates its legal entity in Belarus

Ciklum, an international IT company with offices in Ukraine, is leaving the Belarusian market. According to dev.by information, Ciklum Bel LLC, which is a part of the Ciklum international group, is in a process of liquidation from June 2022. Ciklum was

Technology trends for the next few years: analysts’ global forecasts and what to expect in Ukraine

Despite all the challenges resulting from Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Ukrainian businesses are trying to stay afloat. Moreover, they are trying to become more flexible and less resource-consuming. To optimize their activities as much as possible, owners need to

50 Ukrainian documentaries everyone must watch to understand Ukraine — IMDb

IMDb, the world’s largest database of information related to films, series, video games, and streaming content online, created a list of 50 Ukrainian documentaries that everyone should watch to better understand Ukraine, its history, culture, and freedom-loving people as well.

Ukrainian startup Electronic KYC raises €250k from Czysta3.VC

The Ukrainian identity verification service Electronic KYC has raised €250,000 from the Polish early-stage investment firm Czysta3.VC. The startup will spend most of the funds on further product development, the Electronic KYC co-founder Denys Galenko told AIN.Capital. Electronic KYC was founded

How Yera increases teamwork performance. Interview with startup’s co-founder

The Estonia-based startup Yera develops an all-in-one engagement and reward solution for work teams worldwide. At the end of July, it raised €535,000 investments in a seed round. Together with Specialist VC, which led the funding, Yera welcomed Kaarel Kotkas, the founder

Top 25 most active Polish VC funds in 2022

According to the Inovo Venture Partners report, there are 66 local venture capital investment companies in Poland that have been actively investing during the last two years. In the first and second quarters of 2022, together with 128 international investment firms,

Early-stage startups can do without lawyers. Here are basic legal docs templates

Aleksandr Volodarsky, founder and CEO of Lemon.io, a Ukrainian marketplace that connects early-stage projects with vetted offshore engineers, believes that early-stage startups do not necessarily need to hire expensive lawyers for preparing basic documents. On Twitter, he shared the templates companies can use