Liubomyr Shkil - AIN

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11.05.22

News

Despite the war, Ukrainian IT industry earns $2B on exports for 1Q 2022

The export-oriented IT industry has provided $2 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2022, despite the war, mobilization, and forced relocation of businesses and teams, as reported by IT Ukraine Association. A similar figure in 2021 was 1.44

10.05.22

Tech
Investments

PeopleForce gets investment from Poland’s Pracuj Ventures

The Polish venture capital fund Pracuj Ventures has invested in the startup PeopleForce. The details of the deal have not been disclosed. However, it is known that the startup has become the 9th company in the fund’s portfolio. PeopleForce is

10.05.22

News

Polish SoftServe already employs over 1,000 professionals

The Polish development center of the Ukrainian tech company SoftServe already has more than 1,000 employees, as reported by Sebastian Drzewiecki, vice president of the local office. SoftServe is one of the largest IT companies with Ukrainian roots. In recent years,

06.05.22

Tech
Startups

“Everyone in the West wants to buy Ukrainian products.” How Ukraine’s Awesomic works during the war

Awesomic is a Ukrainian startup developing a platform that helps companies find their best-fit designers quickly. Most of the designers on the platform are from Ukraine. After the start of the full-scale war, some of them trapped in the occupied

28.04.22

News

Starlink registers its subsidiary in Ukraine

Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation, said that SpaceX has already registered the Ukrainian subsidiary of Starlink Ukraine. Fedorov announced that Starlink is preparing to open an office in Ukraine in mid-April. The office is necessary for the official launch of Starlink in Ukraine.

27.04.22

News

How Ukraine collects digital evidence of war crimes

Time has published an article about how the Ukrainian government collects information about war crimes with the help of digital tools. Smartphones of Ukrainians have turned into weapons that help the army to fight and record atrocities of the Russian

26.04.22

News

Luxoft transfers its Russian business to IBS

The international public company Luxoft International has transferred 100% of its Russian subsidiaries to the companies IBS IT Services PJSC and IBS Ltd, Interfax reports. Both companies got 99% and 1%, respectively. There is no information about the financial details of the

21.04.22

Tech
Investments

Ukrainian startup GoSolo secures £800k from Grammarly co-founders

GoSolo, a fintech startup founded by Ukrainian Dmytro Pimakhov, has raised funding from British funds. The £800,000 round was led by co-founders Grammarly, Forbes reports. GoSolo is a digital toolkit that simplifies starting and running a company. It helps quickly

21.04.22

Countries
Ukraine

Ukrainian stamps featuring Russian warship are for sale on eBay priced from $1,000

On April 12, 2022, the National Post Company of Ukraine ‘Ukrposhta’ stamps featuring the Russian cruiser Moskva. The next day, as a result of a brilliant attack by the Ukrainian military, the flagship of the Russian fleet was hit by

20.04.22

News

Ukraine’s Preply ranks among the largest private marketplaces in the world

The Ukrainian startup Preply, which develops an educational platform, is in 59th place in the Marketplace 100, a ranking of the largest consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies, co-founder of the company Dmytro Voloshyn posted on his Facebook page. Preply