What has happened in the Ukrainian tech market in February 2021 (9-16.02)?

R&D and new offices in Ukraine

An American company based in New-York Seafair, an online platform connecting shipping companies with seafarers, will open an office in Ukraine, and now already registered a limited liability company – read

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine has launched cooperation with INTELMAX Management Consulting (UAE), which is developing a platform for the exchange of intellectual property based on the Fantom blockchain, plans to open a representative office in Ukraine – read

Venture capital and startups:

Ukrainian startup Scalarr, a startup that uses machine learning to combat ad fraud, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), with participation from TMT Investments, OTB Ventures, and Speedinvest – read

Online community for crafters with office in Ukraine raises €18.2M to expand into new craft categories, geographies. It has over 1m customers in 200 countries; 140 staff in London, Kyiv and New York – read

Ecosystem news:

Ukraine has preliminarily selected the American company SpaceX of Elon Musk to launch the Sich 2-30 (2-1). It requires final analysis and operational checks of technical readiness for launch,” he explained – read

Lviv R&D center develops screens for Tesla and USB-ports for Apple. The story of Lviv based R&D center founded by the scientist of the Lviv Polytechnic National University Viktor Kremen after he had won the contest developing the device on the Cypress Semiconductor – read

EPAM launched the project EPAM Anywhere that hires the industry brightest talents to work remotely with the world’s top brands and teams of experienced IT professionals – reed

Ukraine is ahead of Romania, Russia, and India in the annual Global innovation ranking by the World Intellectual Property Organization. Ukraine belongs to the lower-middle-income group of countries and it ranks 45th in the overall innovation ranking – read

Developers.Org.Ua represented the rating of the most comfortable Ukrainian cities for IT specialists. TOP 10 cities: Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Vinnytsya, Kharkiv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Rivne, Chernigiv, Odesa – read

Ukrainian team Respeecher took part in the digital campaign with the NFL to create an adaptive, high-fidelity digital version of former NFL coach and executive Vince Lombardi for Superbowl LV. Also, the team used AI technology for voice generation in Disney+ The Mandalorian – an American space Western television series created by Jon Favreau – read

The Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Accounting of Employment in Electronic Form”. The law introduces the registration of labor activity of an employee in electronic form in the register of insured persons of the State Register of Compulsory State Social Insurance – read

Prime Minister of Ukraine discussed cooperation in IT and space sectors with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg.Ukraine stands ready to establish stable cooperation with the Luxembourg Space Agency: in the field of space exploration and use of space resources, including within the framework of the Artemis international project, which our country joined in November last year – read

Ukraine will become the first country in the world where a digital passport is legally equated to a regular one. The bill, which will allow the use of digital passports along with paper documents, was supported in the first reading by the Verkhovna Rada on February 4 – read

Discussions of the Diia.City project on the Ukrainian tech market – variety of opinions by key stakeholders – read

Reports:

Analysis of IT education in Ukrainian universities by BRDO – read

Nasdaq Decodes: Tech Trends 2021 – read

Via TechUkraine, Liga, Vector, AIN, Silicon Canals

What has happened in the Ukrainian tech market in February 2021 (9-16.02)?