A startup that counters disinformation campaigns raises $1.6M and plans to scale. Ukrainian startup LetsData, which uses artificial intelligence to detect disinformation campaigns, has raised $1.6M in a pre-seed round led by SMOK Ventures, with participation from Wayra, Tilia Impac... #ArtificialIntelligence #CountersDisinformation #LetsData #SMOKVentures #StartUp #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUps
A Ukrainian fund joins a €11M financing round for the French developer of a freelancer platform. French startup Jump attracted €11M of investment in a Series A round. Among the investors is the Ukrainian venture fund Roosh Ventures. Pan-European fund Breega led the round, and Index Ventures, RAIS... #France #investments #Jump #RooshVentures #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
A Ukrainian military tech start-up that uses AI to automate drone attacks has attracted $2.7M from US funds. Ukrainian start-up Swarmer, which uses AI technology called Styx that controls drones in a swarm, has attracted $2.7M in investments from R-G.AI, Radius Capital Ventures, Green Flag Ventures, and D3 V... #ArtificialIntelligence #DefenseStartups #DefenseTechnology #R-G.AI #StartUpinvestments #Swarmer
Green Flag Ventures invests in a Ukrainian manufacturer of tactical military communication systems. The American investment fund Green Flag Ventures has invested in Himera, a manufacturer of military radios that are being actively used in combat conditions, providing communication in the most comple... #DefenseStartups #DefenseTechnology #GreenFlagVentures #Himera #StartUpinvestments
A Ukrainian military tech startup producing smart battlefield surveillance cameras has received a $25,000 grant from Brave1 and plans to scale up. As reported by the Rcam startup team, the $25,000 in funding from Brave1 will allow the developers to complete the research phase and move to mass production of their camera. The launch of bulk manufa... #Brave1 #DefenseStartups #Rcam #SmartCamera #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUps
A legal services AI startup with a Ukrainian co-founder has raised $5M. The Edinburgh-headquartered startup Wordsmith, which is developing a legal assistant that utilizes artificial intelligence, raised $5M. Index Ventures led the seed round with the participation of Gene... #ArtificialIntelligence #investments #legalstartup #StartUpinvestments #Wordsmith
A Ukrainian AI-based SaaS startup has secured Lifecell, Nova Poshta, banks, and retail outlets as clients. Ukrainian startups are developing the Getpin online marketing SaaS tool based on AI, which strengthens businesses with physical points of sale in the online space. The startup’s first client in ... #ArtificialIntelligence #Getpin #Marketing #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
Investments in Ukrainian startups soared by almost 200% in the second quarter: Who attracted the most? In half a year, 71 Ukrainian startups received about $270.8M in funding. The number of financed companies increased by almost 200% in the second quarter compared to the first. Of the 71 companies, 53 ... #BuntarAerospace #Creatio #EsperBionics #FintechFarm #investments #Portal.ai #StartUpinvestments
Ukrainian startups should focus on dual-purpose developments, and to attract investment from large funds; Ukraine should optimize its legislation. The head of the Ukrainian Association of Innovative Companies (UAFIC), Rostyslav Dyuk, said that at the beginning of the full-scale war, all startup funding was frozen because the money went to the co... #RostyslavDuyk #StartUpinvestments #UAFIC #UkrainianStartUP
Angel One Fund invests from $50,000 to $300,000 in six Ukrainian startups. The angel venture fund Angel One has invested in six Ukrainian defense-tech and dual-use tech startups within the framework of syndicated agreements over the last six months. The average investment ch... #AngelOneFund #BuntarAerospace #DefenseStartups #MantisAnalytics #StartUpinvestments #Swarmer
A Ukrainian startup selling new real estate in the US is capturing the market at high speed. Ukrainian PropTech startup NewHomesMate, headquartered in Austin, Texas (US), launched a platform for finding and buying new real estate in the US in 2020. The startup was founded by Bohdan Hnatkovsky... #BohdanHnatkovskyi #investments #NewHomesMate #RealEstateSale #SofiaVyshnevska #StartUpinvestments
During the first quarter, 18 Ukrainian startups attracted at least $42M in venture investment. As noted, the quarterly figure may be higher, because not all deals were public. So, due to its non-public nature, the potentially largest investment on the list did not make it on the list. In Januar... #Carmoola #Himera #investments #OneNotary #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP #Viseven
A Ukrainian startup developing secure communications for the military has attracted over $500,000 in investment. Ukrainian defense start-up Himera, which creates tactical communication devices for the Armed Forces, has attracted $525,000 in investment from the United Angels Network and several private investors.... #DefenseStartups #Himera #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUps
Ukrainian space startup attracts $4M in investment. Kurs Orbital, founded by Ukrainian space industry veterans, has raised $4M to accelerate the commercialization of its satellite maintenance technology. Based in Turin, Italy, Kurs Orbital led the seed... #AerospaceTechnology #KursOrbital #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
An American-founded investment fund plans to invest in eight Ukrainian startups this year. The co-founder of the investment fund Green Flag Ventures, Deborah Fairlamb, said the fund will invest in several Ukrainian startups, with financial commitments ranging from $100,000 to about $1.2M. B... #AstraNav #DeborahFairlamb #GreenFlagVentures #JustinZeefe #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
A Ukrainian start-up that extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has attracted €1.5M in investment. The Ukrainian startup Carbominer, which captures carbon dioxide from the air, received a €1.5M grant from the EIC Accelerator Fund. Carbominer has already received a grant from the EBRD in 2022. In 20... #Carbominer #investments #NickOseyko #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
New Ukrainian IT startups are being offered grants of up to $50,000 for development. The Ukrainian Startup Fund and the Western NIS Enterprise Fund are grant programs that support Ukrainian technology companies, with a total budget of $2.5M. The program will provide opportunities to r... #GrantsForStartups #StartUpinvestments #UkraineITstartups #UkrainianStartUP #UkrainianStartupFund
A new venture capital fund is ready to invest in Ukrainian start-ups. This year, the venture fund SMG Capital and venture builder SMG Builder were launched in Ukraine. The expected total amount of the fund is $10M, said VC fund partner Oleksandr Shynkarev. Currently, th... #SMGBuilder #SMGCapital #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP #VentureCapitalFund
Google allocates another $10M to support Ukrainian startups. Technology giant Google launched the second fund within the Startup Ukraine Support Fund initiative with a budget of $10M to support Ukrainian startups during 2024 and 2025. As in the first stage, the... #Google #GoogleForStartups #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
A Ukrainian recruiting startup has raised $2M from a Polish VC fund. PeopleForce attracted a $2M investment from the Polish venture fund Pracuj Ventures. It is noted that these funds will be used to further develop HRM solutions and automate processes in human resource... #AndrewCetinic #PeopleForce #PracujVentures #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUps
A Ukrainian-British car loan optimization start-up attractes £15.5M. London-based startup Carmoola, whose founders include Ukrainians, has raised £15.5M to develop its online platform, which offers a “buy now, pay later” option for car purchases. The total ... #Carmoola #investments #StartUp #StartUpinvestments
A Ukrainian-British AI-based recruiting startup has attracted $500,000 in investment. With the assistance of the World Bank, the Kazakh venture fund White Hill Capital invested $500,000 in AI recruiting service JobCannon. The company does not disclose its valuation estimate, but it is ... #ArtificialIntelligence #JobCannon #PeterKolomiets #StartUpinvestments
With assistance from USAID, Ukraine launches a platform to help startups find investors. Ukraine launched the Fundraising Lab – the Unicorn Nest initiative with the support and funding of USAID. “Within the program, we will select 10 Ukrainian startups and help them to attract... #DenysDovgopolyy #FundraisingLab #StartUpinvestments #SupportBusiness #UkrainianStartUP
The D3 investment fund plans to scale to more than $10M and has already invested in seven defense startups from Ukraine. The D3 Venture Capital fund, which finances Ukrainian defense startups, plans to scale from $19M to $30M by mid-summer 2024, the top manager of the fund, Eveline Buchatskiy, said. The fund has already... #D3VentureCapital #DefenseStartups #EvelineBuchatskiy #StartUpinvestments
A Ukrainian AI startup has attracted $1M in investment. Ukrainian start-up Respeecher, which creates voices for Hollywood and AAA games using artificial intelligence, has announced an investment from entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk and investment funds inclu... #AItech #ArtificialIntelligence #Respeecher #StartUpinvestments
How do Ukrainian startups feel in Ukraine and abroad, and do they plan to return? According to a survey’s results, 31% of startups received investment capital within the last year, and 90% of startups see high growth potential in the future. About 66% of startups assess their curre... #StartUpinvestments #Startups #UkrainianStartUP
ZAS Ventures will invest over $1M in Ukrainian startups in 2023. The Ukrainian venture consulting firm’s current investments already amount to $650,000; by the end of the year, they may increase by another $500,000. “By the end of the year, we will make... #AndriyZinchuk #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP #ZASventures
An American entrepreneur launches the Green Flag Ventures fund for investment in Ukrainian startups. Justin Zif does not disclose the exact investment amount, but the fund will invest at the pre-seed and Series A stages, writes AIN.UA. The fund clarifies that they are interested in Ukrainian projects... #GreenFlagVentures #JustinZif #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUps
The Ukrainian-founded cloud service, Deskree, has attracted $1.5M in investments. According to Siliconcanals, Toronto-based Deskree helps developers build backend infrastructure without a single line of code. Forum Ventures, Hustle Fund, N49P, Flair Ventures, ZAKA VC, League of Inn... #CloudService #Deskree #DmytroGrechko #ITcompany #StartUpinvestments
Ukrainian startup Pluspoint has attracted $400,000 in investment from Pragmatech Ventures. The company is developing a tool for managing brands’ online reputation, writes AIN.UA. It is reported that the team plans to allocate 70% of the funding raised to expand its sales geography and... #Pluspoint #PragmatechVentures #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
Adsme, a Ukrainian start-up in artificial intelligence, has attracted angel pre-seed funding. Ukrainian investors provided initial financing for the Ukrainian startup Adsme, which is developing its own AI technology for predicting the effectiveness of advertising in Meta Ads. The size of the i... #Adsme #ArtificialIntelligence #ITinvestment #StartUpinvestments
A Ukrainian business management startup receives an investment from Google. The startup Workee, which is developing an online business management system for freelancers, has raised $900,000 in funding. According to Forbes, the post-money valuation reaches $9-12M. In a new rou... #GoogleForStartups #StartUpinvestments #Workee
Investment in Ukrainian startups has reached a seven-year low. During the first year of the war, venture capital investments in Ukrainian startups fell to a seven-year low, Forbes writes. Against a record year of 2021 with $832M in investment, this year’s total a... #InvestmentsinUkraine #StartUpinvestments #UkraineStartups
Ukrainian startup InputSoft attracted a new €250.000 round of investments. In 2022, the startup completed the TechStars program and received $120,000 in investment with a $3M valuation. InputSoft is a SaaS platform for optimizing human and technical resources and data analys... #Inputsoft #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
Here is the list of the most recent investments in Ukrainian startups in 2023. According to ain.ua, it is a relatively small amount of investment, but here are seven investment agreements for January-March: DressX, a startup founded by Ukrainian women that is developing a virtua... #StartUp #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
Ukrainian startup Finmap has attracted €1M in investment. Finmap’s main product is a cloud service and iOS application that helps business owners conveniently keep track of their company’s finances as well as entrepreneur’s personal finances. The... #Finmap #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianITcompany
2021 will be a record year for investments in startups. According to mind.ua, in the first three quarters of 2021, startups worldwide have already managed to attract about $454 bln, while in 2020, the global venture industry reached the level of $ 332 bln.... #ITukraine #StartUpinvestments #StartupsUkraine
Saudi Arabians interested in Ukrainian startups. The CEO of the TaibahVally investment campaign and one of the leaders of the national investment program “Saudi Vision 2030”, is in Ukraine looking for profitable and innovative areas for ... #InvestmentsinUkraine #StartUpinvestments #TaibahVally
