Countries. Ukraine

Horizon Capital raises $125M for its Ukraine and Moldova-focused fund

The US private-equity firm Horizon Capital announced the launch of a new Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV, L.P. (HCGF IV), with $125 million raised as of first close. It will invest in visionary entrepreneurs leading fast-growing tech and export-oriented companies in Ukraine

Darth Vader’s voice to be cloned by Respeecher, a Ukrainian startup

The Ukrainian startup Respeecher has received the rights to generate one of the most recognizable voices in the movie industry — actor James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader. Vanity Fair reports on this. “There are always alternatives that

Ukraine ranks third in the world for crypto use

Chainalysis published its third annual Global Crypto Adoption Index, which is aimed to measure where the most people are putting the biggest share of their money into cryptocurrency. This time, Ukraine took third place out of 146 countries due to

Ukrainian fintech NovaPay opens a new office in Lithuania

Ukrainian fintech company NovaPay, which is a part of postal operator Nova Poshta group of companies, has opened a new office in Vilnius. As reported by NovaPay, the expansion to Lithuania will allow it to develop financial products not only

ff Venture Capital launches $30M Ukraine-focused fund

ff Venture Capital announced the launch of the ff Blue & Yellow Heritage Fund, the first US venture capital fund for Ukrainian founders and startups. Targeting $50 million, it has already received early commitments for $30 million to support Ukrainian

“Made with bravery” marketplace: Buy Ukrainian goods and support the country’s recovery

EVO, a Ukrainian product IT company, launched Made with bravery — an official electronic marketplace of products made in Ukraine. Its goal is to unite Ukrainian entrepreneurs into a community, promote Ukrainian products abroad and facilitate the export of Ukrainian

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

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