Olha Karpenko

Сiklum attracted investments from Dragon Capital and AVentures Capital

Ciklum raised a new investment round. The main investors were Dragon Capital New Ukraine Fund L.P. and Dragon Capital Investments Limited, which are a part of the Dragon Capital group of companies. Also, the Ukrainian investment company AVentures Capital participated

How does the Unites States issue visas to Ukrainians: statistics of the State Department for 10 years

The website of the US State Department has detailed statistics on visas, issued by types for the last 17 years. We selected a few major types of visas, issued for the period from 2007 to 2017 for Ukraine, as well as

Water from air: how Ukrainians built a “smart oasis” on the beach of Dubai

First IDA Team Projects Alex founded the IDA Design Bureau (“Innovation Development Agency”) about four years ago. Alex had experience in the Unitrade Group, so for some time the company was engaged in distribution and selling Chinese brands in Ukraine.

Ukrainians spent almost $180 million on video games in 2018

The annual income of the video game industry in Ukraine over the past year amounted to $179.2 million, says Wargaming editorial staff, citing data from the NewZoo report. This is 13.6% more than in 2017, back then the Ukrainians spent

Norwegians will build 700-800 MW wind farms in Ukraine

The Norwegian company NBT is going to build a wind power complex in Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region. The project’s potential is estimated at 700-800 MW of wind capacity. The plans for the construction were announced by the General Director of

Horizon Capital raised $200 million for the third fund for Ukraine, they will invest in IT

The Horizon Capital direct investment fund, which is investing in companies in Ukraine and the near region, has announced the collection of $200 million for its third fund Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, L.P. (EEGF III). The size of the

Ukraine hit the 53rd place in the Bloomberg innovation rating, having gone down by 7 positions over a year

Bloomberg has published another ranking of the most innovative economies in the world, Bloomberg Innovation Index. This rating has been published for the seventh year in a row, this year (same as in the past) South Korea has become the

Ukrainian software developers salaries: data for December 2018 – January 2019

Average salaries for all positions: As usual, the compilers of the study also provide salaries for the main specializations of the developers: Salaries of Java, C # and C ++ developers: Non-Android Java salaries and Android Java developers: Salaries of

Ukrainian backup service Spinbackup raised a round of $1.5 million

Ukrainian company Spinbackup, which is developing a cloud data backup service, has attracted a new round of investments in the amount of $ 1.5 million. The lead investor is the Polish foundation bValue, with the participation of TMT Investments and