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Ukraine to sell war bonds for crypto

ICU Financial Group, jointly with EVOL.TECH, has released UACB, a crypto token secured by war bonds. UACB allows investing cryptocurrency in tokens secured by war bonds with a government guarantee of return on bonds with all the benefits of blockchain

Finland’s TILT Biotherapeutics raises €10M for cancer treatment

The Helsinki-based TILT Biotherapeutics has completed the first close of its financing round by raising €10 million. Lifeline Ventures is the lead investor, with Tesi joining this round to advance cancer therapeutics. TILT was founded by a cancer clinician Akseli

Finland-founded AlphaSense raises $225M and becomes unicorn

AlphaSense, a market intelligence software startup by Finnish founders, has raised a $225 million Series D investment. Goldman Sachs and Viking Global Investors co-led the round. The company became the fifth unicorn in the region, valued at $1.7 billion, ArcticStartup

War in Ukraine / June 15

The Molfar team sends a daily newsletter about the war in Ukraine. The editorial staff of AIN.Capital publishes the full version of the digest. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Whether Russia will go deep into Ukraine depends on its success in

Twitter and Facebook block Ukrainian activists. Again

After the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian volunteers and activists did an enormous amount of work not known before. At the same time, some people expanded their activities against those Ukrainians. There are many cases of

War in Ukraine / June 14

The Molfar team sends a daily newsletter about the war in Ukraine. The editorial staff of AIN.Capital publishes the full version of the digest. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Europe wants Ukraine to prepare for negotiations During his visit to Romania,

Estonian NFTPort raises €24.9M for building NFT infrastructure

The Tallinn-based startup NFTPort has raised €24.9 million in a Series A funding round. It builds a decentralized NFT infrastructure to underpin the NFT market, EU-Startups reports. Founded in 2019 by Johannes Tammekänd and Kaspar Peterson, NFTPort provides one-stop and developer-friendly

Ukraine’s “Nude Army”: Teronlyfans raises over $710K for Ukrainian defenders

Teronlyfans is a volunteer project founded by Nasta from Belarus, together with her Ukrainian friend Nastia. The girls encourage everyone to donate to the Ukrainian army or humanitarian needs in a creative way — they send nudes for donations. The

War in Ukraine / June 13

The Molfar team sends a daily newsletter about the war in Ukraine. The editorial staff of AIN.Capital publishes the full version of the digest. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Russia earned $98 billion from energy exports in 100 days of war

Finnish healthtech Adamant Health secures €2.2M from Gerresheimer

The Kuopio-based healthtech startup Adamant Health has secured €2.2 million from the German pharma and healthcare producer Gerresheimer. The companies join their forces to improve the quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease, ArcticStartup reports. Founded in 2020 by