Liubomyr Shkil - AIN

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20.01.22

Countries
Ukraine

Top 10 birth countries of American unicorn founders

Ukraine was included in the list of ten countries in which the founders of the US unicorns were born. Twelve founders of the largest American startups are from Ukraine, per the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Venture Capital Initiative

19.01.22

Countries
Ukraine

Ukrainian startup market: business types, earnings, challenges

The Polish-Ukrainian Startup Bridge project has published a study about the Ukrainian startup ecosystem. The authors have surveyed 158 representatives of local startups and identified the problems of the companies and their immediate goals. The startups named the lack of

18.01.22

News

How to build a great corporate culture for a 68 person remote team: 10 tips from ConvertKit’s CEO

The founder and CEO of the marketing platform ConvertKit, Nathan Barry, has built a 68 person remote team. His company earned $29 million in revenue over the year. On his Twitter, Barry shares some tips on how to maintain the

29.12.21

News

Lviv’s IT industry research: 511 tech companies and over 30k IT professionals

Lviv IT Cluster has published the results of the IT.Research 6.0 survey on the IT sector in Lviv. AIN.UA‘s editor has selected the most interesting figures on how companies’ income has changed, how many jobs the industry has created in

22.12.21

Pop Science
Games

Lithuanian game developer Nordcurrent acquires Ukrainian game studio RinGames

The largest Lithuanian game developer and publisher, Nordcurrent, has acquired a Ukrainian Dnipro-based mobile game studio, RinGames. The companies have not disclosed the amount of the deal, but it is known that this is the second Ukrainian studio acquired by

10.12.21

News

The Game Awards 2021: NAVI is the best team, s1mple — the best player

The Game Awards 2021 has announced the winners of the award. Natus Vincere won in the best esports team category, and their leader Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev became the best esports PC player of the year. In 2021, NAVI won several

07.12.21

Tech
M&A

Pinterest acquires Vochi. TA Ventures and Flyer One Ventures exits the startup

Pinterest, a US image sharing and social media service, has acquired Vochi, a Belarusian startup previously invested by the Ukrainian investment firms Flyer One Ventures and TA Ventures. Vochi has developed the Vochi Video Effects app, which allows the users to

03.12.21

News

Ukraine turns down exit capital tax. It will work in Diia City

Ukraine has signed a memorandum with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in which it rejects an exit capital tax. This tax is one of the bonuses for the residents of Diia City, a taxation scheme to be launched in January. And it

30.11.21

Tech
Investments

Audubon Bioscience secures $350k to develop solutions for detecting early-stage cancer

Audubon Bioscience, a company co-founded by Ukrainians, has raised $350,000. According to NV Business, Audubon Bioscience is developing biospecimen solutions that will make it possible to detect early-stage cancer. The company has raised $350,000 from 763 investors on Microventures, a Texas-based online

22.11.21

News

Ukraine’s Senstone raises $111k on Kickstarter for its voice assistant

The second generation of the product is called Scripter. The product had raised $111,000 by the end of the campaign. Senstone is a Ukrainian startup that develops a wearable compact voice assistant. You can attach it to clothing and take