What has happened in the Ukrainian tech market in December 2020 (1-8.12)?

Venture capital and startups:

Ukrainian fashion startup Love&Live has raised a new investment round by cofounder of Monobank Dmytro Dubilet. The amount of the deal is not disclosed. Ukrainian VC firm SMRK and founder of Ajax Systems Aleksan Konotopskyi has invested in the company previously. – read

One of the UK’s first ‘challenger lenders’ – a credit provider built on e-money Koto, founded by Ukrainian Misha Rogalsky, the co-founder of Ukraine’s first mobile-only bank, Monobank, has raised €1.4 million investment round. – read

Ukrainian-Finnish startup PromoRepublic, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, has raised $1.5m. PromoRepublic also brought on former Hootsuite VP Steve Johnson to their team. – read

The results of the MedTech, Logistics, BeautyTech tracks of the 2020 acceleration program by Sector X Acceleration Platform: Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Farmak has invested in 2 MedTech startups – Bicovery ($50 000), ComeBack Mobility ($100 000), french cosmetic giant L’Oréal Group has invested in Supplio.io, Ukrainian e-commerce platform Foxtrot will launch 2 pilot logistic projects with Ukrainian and Belarusian startups. – read

Ecosystem news:

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted at the first reading draft law No. 3637 “On virtual assets,” which gives them a legal status. The document regulates the circulation of virtual assets in Ukraine and allows market participants to use banking services, pay taxes on income received and receive legal protection in courts in case of violation of their rights. – read

The Ministry of Digital Transformation cooperates with Sweden in the direction of digital transformation. The participants discussed the further development of the Diia application and the involvement of Swedish technical solutions in this process. As well as opportunities for Swedish IT companies to develop business in Ukraine thanks to Diia City. In addition, the development of e-Health and digital education was discussed. – read

The Ministry of Digital Transformation in cooperation with Huawei Ukraine opened the new center Diia,Business for entrepreneurs in the Kyiv National University. Every student could visit the workshops, conferences, masterclasses, test own projects, hold the events on the space, etc – read

Ukrainian E-bikes Delfast Bikes keep on working with the police departments across Mexico delivering three TOP green models to patrol the historic center of Mexicali, Baja California. In February CEO of the company Daniel Tonkopiy signed a contract with the police department in Mexicali. – read

Ukrainian stream service Restream was featured in the category of Create Content, Livestream, among global companies that are building stand-alone tools to help creators create more and better content according to Hugo Amsellem’s report Mapping the creator economy. – read

Ukrainian company MacPaw became the Gold Honoree in the Shorty Awards for Social Good with the project the Revenge of the Junk by #CleanMyMac. – raed

Ukrainian Startup Fund celebrated the 1 year Anniversary. Key achievements of USF: 1250 Applications received, 34+ MLN of grants funded, 31 startups already funded – read

6 Ukrainian PetTech startups: PetCube, Dogito, Animal ID, VETonline, GladPet, RAWR Smart Collar – read

Ukrainian healthcare app Cardiomo Care, Inc, together with the Cardiologie Centra Nederland, is starting the capstone study in heart rhythm monitoring of post-Covid patients – read

Reports:

The State of European Tech 2020 by Atomico – read

Via Na chasi, Vector, EU-Startups, Forbes, AIN, TechUkraine, USF

What has happened in the Ukrainian tech market in December 2020 (1-8.12)?