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Poland’s Thorium Space secures €900k from Smartlink Partners

Polish satellite manufacturer Thorium Space has secured almost €900,000 (PLN 4 million) in financing from Smartlink Partners. This is the first investment for the fund co-created by Polish entrepreneurs, My Company Polska reports. “The Smartlink Partners fund is another large

Ukrainian streamer Leb1ga reached #1 on Twitch and collected over €200k for the army

On July 16, 2023, Ukrainian blogger Mykhailo Lebiha (Leb1ga) held a Twitch fundraiser to buy Sych drones (“Сич”) to help the Ukrainian army. In just a few hours, Leb1ga’s stream managed to collect over €200,000 (UAH 8 million). “It’s four

Insight into Whaleapp gamedev company: $80M in profit, layoffs, and the war’s impact

After selling Plarium for $500 million to the Australian company Aristocrat, Ilya Turpiashvili founded the gaming company Whaleapp in 2018, raising approximately $50 million. The company is now one of the ten largest gamedev companies in Ukraine. CTech has written a general overview of Whaleapp’s business, which

Polish nanoprint company XTPL raises €8.2M as part of the Series V share offering

Wroclaw-based nanoprint solutions supplier XTPL has raised over €8.2 million (PLN 36.5 million) during its Series V share offering. As the result of the round, all 275,000 ordinary bearer shares offered were acquired for the issue price of €29.86 (PLN