Lisa Palchynska

Ukrainian tech job market in 2022: 3x more job applications and huge demand for senior candidates

Despite the war, the Ukrainian IT industry brought $6 billion in export revenue, up 10% from the previous year, according to IT Ukraine Association. At the same time, trends in the tech job market are understandably demonstrating the opposite. Hires are down

Dominique Piotet announces €50M Ukrainian Phoenix Fund for early-stage projects

Former CEO of Kyiv-based innovation park UNIT.City Dominique Piotet headed Ukrainian Phoenix Fund, a new €50 million French-Ukrainian fund that will invest in early-stage Ukrainian tech startups, Tech.eu informs. AIN.Capital spoke with Dominique Piotet and shares the details.

9 third-party tools and extensions built for ChatGPT

OpenAI launched a large language model chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022. It has crossed one million users within a week of its launch and continued to acquire more and more of them. At the same time, the service aroused great interest of

Startup of the Day: Lithuanian fintech SME Finance

Established in 2016, SME Finance is building an AI-driven financial technology platform which takes quick lending decisions that allow to bring the best financing solutions for small and medium enterprises in the Baltics and larger EU region. The startup has

Finnish search engine Klu raises pre-seed funding from Antler

Helsinki-based startup Klu has raised pre-seed investment from global investor Antler, Arctic Startup reports. The amount of the deal is undisclosed. “Our journey started when my friend and cofounder Wildan struggled a lot with finding his files and other important notes. He tried

Polish-founded Redigo secures over $270k from Invento VC

London-based and Polish-founded Redigo, a startup that helps companies manage their carbon footprint, has secured more than $270,000 (1.2 million PLN) from Invento VC fund under the BRIdge Alfa program, MamStartup writes.

Bulgarian healthtech FindMeCure raises seed investment from TechStars

Sofia-based healthtech startup FindMeCure has raised seed investment from TechStars and business angels, The Recursive reports. The amount of the deal is undisclosed.

25 new VC funds launched in Central and Eastern Europe in 2022

AIN.Capital created an extended list of new VC funds that were launched in 2022. It consists of 25 investors that have their headquarters in the CEE and support the founders from the region. OTB Ventures Headquarter: Poland Fund size: €150

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl gameplay trailer is released

GSC Game World has released a new trailer and screenshots for open-world first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl dubbed Come to Me. The video contains footage of cutscenes and gameplay that reveal more details of the upcoming game’s events, which will take place in