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21.03.19

Payoneer named an entrepreneur from Ukraine the Innovator of the Year

Payoneer, a financial services company, which created a payment system of the same name, announced the winners of the Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Maksym Petruk, an entrepreneur from Ukraine, was named the winner in the Innovator of the Year category.

20.03.19

EVO launches used items marketplace IZI

A group of companies EVO has launched a classified advertisements service IZI for sale of used items. Currently, the website works in test mode, informs the company’s own press service. According to Andrei Zdor, Chief of IZI, the company has launched

20.03.19

College admissions rigging scam revealed in the U.S. with one Ukrainian implicated

How the scam worked There were two ways to get accepted. First – rigging entrance exams. A student asked for exam deferral under a false pretense, then he/she would choose one of the sham schools in Texas and California to

20.03.19

Startup cofounded by a Ukrainian raises $2M for interactive stories like “Black Mirror”

Based in San Francisco, Dorian is a startup that raised $2 million for the development of their mobile app featuring interactive stories. Creators of the app were inspired by interactive stories similar to the recent release of the “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”,

19.03.19

American Blackstone acquires Ukrainian developer of social casino games Murka

American multinational private equity, alternative asset management, and financial services firm The Blackstone Group LP is preparing to acquire a Ukrainian-American developer and publisher of online games and social casinos Murka Ltd and Murka Entertainment Ltd. The Blackstone Group informed about their