What has happened in the Ukrainian tech market in December 2020 (15-22.12)?
Available at: TechUkraine
Venture capital and startups:
US-Ukrainian startup Very Good Security raises $60M Series C funding led by Vertex Ventures US with participation from existing investors, including Goldman Sachs (GS Growth) and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). – read
Ukrainian legaltech startup AXDRAFT acquired by the international company Onit. The company helps corporate legal departments draft legal documents 10 times faster and complete contracts like nondisclosure agreements and service agreements in less than five minutes. – read
Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc., a leader in enterprise-level digital transformation, announced it has acquired Daxx, a Netherlands-based software development, and technology consulting company that has engineering centers situated in major tech hubs across Ukraine (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Lviv) – read
The key investments in the Ukrainian tech market in 2020: Restream, Preply, Mobalytics, DMarket, Allset, Reface, Zakaz, Allright, Rentberry, ClassTag, Liki24, etc – read or read
Datagroup, Ukraine’s leading national fiber infrastructure and digital services provider, reached an agreement to purchase 100% of Volia, leading cable broadband service provider in Ukraine – read
Ecosystem news:
According to the Open Data Maturity Report 2020 Ukraine is ranked 17th. Ukraine performs above the EU average. A series of indicators, such as policy, impact, quality, and the state of the national portals, measure Open Data maturity across Europe and cover the level of development of national policies promoting Open Data – read
Ukraine ranked 25th in the new version of the National Cyber Security Index 2020 (NCSI), published by the E-Governance Academy of Estonia among 160 countries. Key indicators of the ranking: cybersecurity legislation in force; national-level cyber threats; cybersecurity education; ensuring the protection of services, including electronic, etc – read
61 Ukrainian companies were shortlisted via Clutch 1000 – a list that encompasses leading companies around the world across a variety of service lines and industries. Among others: Sigma Software Group, Intellias, ELEKS, Infopulse Ukraine, stfalcon.com, Ciklum, N-iX, Daxx and many others. – read
Ukrainian Startup Fund has launched the Acceleration program to help Ukrainian startups become successful global companies. These are training, mentoring, exchange of experience and quality networking with the strongest players of the international startup ecosystem. A startup has the opportunity to receive a grant of up to 10 thousand US dollars from the Ukrainian Startup Fund and save years of trials and errors, accelerate its development through the best Ukrainian and foreign acceleration programs. – read
Ministry of Digital Transformation presented the report contains an analysis of the state of access to public data in the medical field. On the basis of open data, services are created that help patients and businesses to solve problematic issues in the medical field. Open Data in the healthcare sector allows Ukrainians to save money and receive better services. For example, local portal “MedKontrol” and the chatbot “Marta” in Mariupol, the Dashboard on Pharmacies Participating in the Affordable Medicines Program, etc – read
US-based franchising retailer Edible Arrangements, a business that creates treats and fruit bouquets from natural ingredients, opens R&D office in Ukraine. Edible Innovations Hub will provide comprehensive solutions for creating, managing, and scaling up franchises.- read
The evolution of Dnipro high-tech cluster: an interview with Yevhen Hostishchev, CEO IТ Dnipro Community, Yevhen Hostishchev shares his plans for the cluster organization, and how it is helping its members to weather the complex business climate of 2020 – read
The rebirth of Kyiv IT Cluster: an interview with Vika Zhurbas, CEO IT Kyiv Cluster. Vision, strategy, future events. – read
Association of Industrial Automation of Ukraine (АППАУ) with support of GIZ Ukraine develop the ClusteRISE project of growth the Ukrainian “Engineering. Automation. Mechanical Engineering” (IAM) clusters in Zaporizhzhya and Kharkiv region – read
Business proposes to create a single draft law on Diia.City. The Office of Simple Solutions & Results hosted a roundtable on the resonant concept of Diia.City. The meeting was joined by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the IT community, represented by the largest business associations, including the IT Committee of the European Business Association. – read
Overview of the draft of the law of Diia.city – read
Roman Zinchenko and Andrij Zinchenko, cofounders of Greencubator, an ecosystem organization for sustainable entrepreneurship, low-carbon innovations, and green economy development in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, became the winners of the ECODRIVE AWARD 2020 in the section Persons of the year by EcoDrive Ukraine – read
Reports:
Open Data in Europe 2020 – read
WESTERN BUSINESS CULTURE IN UKRAINE’S TECH INDUSTRY 2021 – read
Emerging Tech Research report 2020 by PitchBook Platform – read
Via AIN, TechUkraine, USF, European Data Portal, Vector, Mind, BusinessWire
