What has happened in the Ukrainian tech market on 13-17 September 2021?

R&D, new offices in Ukraine

Ukrainian tech giant Intellias announced the opening the new office in Dnipro in the beginning of 2022. It will be the 6th R&D center in Ukraine in addition to Lviv, Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Ivano-Frankinsk – read

National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA) in partnership with Bureau of Investment Programs (BIP), a non-governmental organization with expertise in attracting investments, their support, development of renewable energy and infrastructure, plans to build technopark in Kyiv – read

Venture capital and startups:

Ukrainian online supermarket Foodex24 bought the Fresh Food at $300 000 and now will work under the united brand Goodex. Founded in 2020 in Kyiv, today the online retailer serves in Kyiv, Vinnytsya and polish Bydgoszcz – read

Six Ukrainian companies received a total of EUR 240 000 from the European Union – European Union in Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and in the framework of the Climate Innovation Vouchers grant programme – read

Ecosystem news:

8 Ukrainian startups will participate in CES 2022 in JAN 5-8, LAS VEGAS with the support of Ukrainian Startup Fund та Western NIS Enterprise Fund joint initiative: Esper Bionics, effa, Qudi, ComeBack Mobility, Neverdark, Copra Hi-End Sound Systems, Cardiomo, Manna – read

The Ukrainian team of the Junior Academy of Science of Ukrainewon 11 medals at the international exhibition Global Industrie in Lyon, France. Young scientists presented several inventions: device for diagnosing cancer; program for encoding text messages; infrared camouflage; wind generator based on a segner wheel – read

Ukrainian cybersport team Natus Vincere – NAVI became the ESL PRO LEAGUE SEASON 14 CHAMPIONS – it’s the fifth title for NAVI in 2021! The Born to Win earned a total of $ 195,000 ($20,000 for four group stage wins) and a slot in the BLAST Premier World Final 2021, held December 14-19 ($ 1,000,000 prize pool) – read

Yaroslav Boiko, Co-Founder & CEO of Reface, was shortlisted in the 2021 Investor Allstars Awards in the category The Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 by GP Bullhound – read

According to the new report of the Worldwide broadband speed league 2021 by Cable.co.uk, Ukraine is 77th among 224 countries, Last year we was 92th – read

The Ukrainian government has approved a draft budget for 2022 and wants to focus on the IT industry and significantly increase revenues. According to the Draft Budget 2022, Census, Action and IT will get almost ₴ 8 billion digital expenditures. According to the results of 10 years, the percentage increased in the IT industry, to 4.9% in 2020 and to 5.6% in the first quarter of 2021 – read

Do you know that these global tech stars have Ukrainian roots: Max Levchyn, Jan Koum, Nick Bilogorskiy, Sergiy Grigorovich, Oleksii Pakhunov – read

Lviv ІТ Cluster launches IT Research 6.0 – the sixth analytical research of the IT industry. This year the research will be even more extensive, covering two cities and will be carried out in cooperation with the Ivano-Frankivsk IT Cluster, the structure analysis of the city’s IT market will be conducted, the profile of the local IT specialists will be formed and the effects caused by COVID-19 will be highlighted – read

Reports:

2021 Mobile Shopping Apps Report by Liftoff – read

China Internet report by SCMP – read

Worldwide broadband speed league 2021 by Cable.co.uk – read

Via TechUkraine, Forbes, KyivPost, dev.ua, UBN, The Page, vector, AIN, GP Bullhound, NAVI, USF

What has happened in the Ukrainian tech market on 13-17 September 2021?