Tech. Interviews

“In this challenging landscape, we are one of the very few science-centric investors with a proven track record.” Interview with Inka Mero, founder at Voima Ventures

Voima Ventures is one of the great cases when a VC fund manages to persevere through challenging times by staying true to its investment strategy and building unique positioning on the market. So far, the firm has closed nearly €200

“We believe that the fund should provide, in addition to investments, a certain value and be a part of companies’ growth.” Interview with 1991 Ventures co-founders

The co-founders of the 1991 Ventures fund, headquartered in London and Kyiv, known for running incubation and accelerator programs inside Ukraine, recently, have launched a $18.8 million fund. Its main goal is to support over 40 companies from Ukraine and CEE.

Starlinks, mObywatel, Cyber Security, and support for Ukraine. Interview with Krzysztof Gawkowski, Minister of Digital Affairs of Poland

Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs of Poland, paid a work visit to Kyiv, Ukraine on May 6. In a conversation with AIN.Capital, he talked about the meeting with his Ukrainian colleague Mykhailo Fedorov, during which

“Any evaluation of a Ukrainian company is now either a myth or some wild numbers.” Vitalii Gorovyi transforms InSoft.Partners into a group of companies. Why do he and his business partners need it?

Vitalii Gorovyi, a Ukrainian serial entrepreneur, has transformed the Software Development holding InSoft.Partners into a group of companies under an umbrella brand. The group continues investing in new businesses, trying out its accelerator program, launching offices in Poland, and looking forward to

“The Nordics are our home, but we take on a global front in spotting the unexpected.” Interview with Venla Väänänen, Maki.vc

Founded in 2018 by Ilkka Kivimaki and Pirkka Palomäki, Maki.vc is one of the most active Nordic seed-stage VC firms. The fund focuses mainly on deeptech, commercial products, commercial services, consumer food products, healthcare technology systems, AI, ML, and technology

“Our great goal is 30 new unicorns.” ZAS Ventures to develop its own syndicate and defense tech investment platform. Interview with Andrew Zinchuk

ZAS Ventures increases its activity in Ukraine using its investment company and syndicate as core investment sources. The venture group has recently launched a new consulting service with paid deal flow access for subscribers and analytics for investors. Not long

Interview with Lyubov Shipovich, Dignitas Fund: on charity, one million drones, and miltech

Victory Drones, Furious Birds, Flight to Recovery, 1000 Drones, and dozens of other projects are initiatives of the Dignitas Fund, the history of which began in 2013. Its Co-Founder, Lyubov Shipovich, built an IT career in the USA and led a

“I believe the Bulgarian Startup and VC ecosystem is one of the most developed ones in the region.” Interview with Zlatolina Mukova from New Vision 3

Throughout 2023, New Vision 3 was one of the most active VC funds across the CEE region. With nearly a dozen investment rounds announced only in Autumn of the year, namely investments in Prolaz and 7 Bulgarian startups, NV3 continues

Ukrainian drone startup Buntar Aerospace raises $1M. Interview with the team

In the summer of 2023, Ivan Kaunov, co-founder of Finmap and ex-founder of Pix Backpack, created a new defense tech company. He was inspired by Star Wars and named it Buntar Aerospace (Бунтар means Rebell in Ukrainian). He and other co-founders, Kateryna Bezsudna and