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Livonia Partners raises €157M for its Fund II

The largest pan-Baltic investment firm Livonia Partners has raised €157 million for its second fund. The Fund II investment strategy is to have sustainable growth prospects and a positive impact on society, and the environment. “The Baltic investment universe has

Netflix is looking for specialists to join its new regional office in Warsaw

In late March 2022, the video streaming provider Netflix announced its plans to open a new office for the CEE region in Warsaw, Poland. It will be responsible for scaling the company’s services in the Central and Eastern Europe markets, in

Finnish VR company Varjo raises €41M in Series D funding

The Helsinki-based VR-tech company Varjo has raised €41 million in a Series D round of funding. Return investors EQT Ventures, Atomico, Volvo, Lifeline Ventures, and Tesi backed the startup along with two new strategic investors Mirabaud and Foxconn. Founded in

Blizzard bans the name Azov due to “Nazi associations and war crimes”

Blizzard bans the name Azov used for the Ukrainian clan in Diablo Immortal and gives it a technical name. According to PlayUA, the support service argued that Azov is associated with far-right and neo-Nazi movements, which is why Blizzard prohibits

Estonian-Polish cybersecurity startup Fully-Verified raises new funding round

Fully-Verified, a Tallinn and Szczecin-based startup, has raised a new funding round of undisclosed amount. The funds Pomerangels VC and Invento Capital VC backed the startup along with several angel investors, FinSMEs informs. Founded in 2018, and led by Lukasz Kwiatkowki,

Polish-Ukrainian Startup Bridge opens co-working for Ukrainian startups in Warsaw

In Warsaw, on September 8, the Polish-Ukrainian Startup Bridge (PUSB) will open a co-working for Ukrainian startups looking for temporary relocation to Poland due to the war. The opening of a new space will be a great opportunity to meet

The war’s impact on Ukraine’s IT industry: export revenue may be lower at about $7.2B

The Lviv IT Cluster presented the results of 2022 IT Research Resilience Survey: The War’s Impact on Ukraine’s IT Industry to reveal insights about critical changes in the country’s tech business activities since February 24. The report outlines the current

Ukrainian IT company Yalantis opens a new office in Warsaw

Ukrainian IT company Yalantis announced the launch of an R&D in Poland. The new office will be opened in Warsaw in the second half of September, DOU reports. Yalantis is a Ukrainian IT company that provides custom software development and

sTARTUp Day 2022 announces the winners of its Pitching

Estonian startup festival sTARTUp Day 2022 has announced the winners of its Pitching competition. This year, organizers received the record number of 380 applications from early-stage startups from 47 countries, and chose 40 teams to participate in the final pitching

Pinterest marked Crimea as part of Russia. Ukrainians dropped its rating to 1.0

Twitter users noticed that in the analytics section of the Pinterest account, Crimea is marked as part of Russian region. In response, Ukrainian users organized review bombing and dropped the rating of the Pinterest app in Ukrainian Google Play from