Interviews

From IT developer at 18 to CTO in the US at 22. The story of a programmer from a little town in Ukraine

Yev Rachkovan grew up in a small town in the Cherkasy region, Ukraine, and has already had an eventful career for a 22-year-old guy. At the age of 18, he worked as a full-stack developer at a Ukrainian IT company,

“More and more foreign VCs are investing in companies with Polish roots.” Interview with Robert Grygorowicz from SpeedUp Group

A week ago, SpeedUp Group made it to our 20 most active Polish VC funds in the 2023 ranking. Through its funds, SpeedUp invested in 4 news companies, which counts for a total of €1.6 million capital, with more deals

“We raised $2.5 million during the war.” Interview with Zibra AI co-founder

Last week, it was reported that the Ukrainian deep-tech company Zibra AI raised $500,000 from the Speedrun accelerator launched by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). This is the very first round for startups in the accelerator. Interestingly, Zibra AI was the only CEE company

How Ukrainian e-gov service Diia was created. Interview with Mstyslav Banik

Over the past few months, the Ukrainian service Diia has been much discussed regarding exports: several countries are considering implementing the service. Diia app was launched in Ukraine in 2022. It provides Ukrainians with ID documents, allows them to register