What has happened in the Ukrainian tech market on 7-13 of February 2022?
Available at: TechUkraine
R&D and new offices in Ukraine and globally
Romanian game development services agency Amber opens a new studio in Ukraine. The office will be based in Kyiv and plans to recruite 60 people by the end of the year – read
Ukrainian N-iX, an IT company with over 1,700 professionals, plans to open four new offices in 2022 countrywide in Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, and Vinnytsia – read
Venture capital and startups:
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets Harman International acquired Ukrainian Apostera, a company developing mixed reality navigation solutions for the automotive industry – read
Powered by Ukrainian Genesis, the biggest African marketplace platform Jiji.ng has acquired Ghana-based classifieds heavyweight Tonaton.com, part of Saltside Technologies. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed – read
Ukraine-based back office SaaS provider for freelance professionals Workee has raised $600,000 funding by Lighthouse Ventures, BRISE Capital, Startup Wise Guys, and Ihar Mahaniok, founder of Geek Ventures – read
Ukrainian health startup Mindist.io has announced closing a $300K pre-seed round from SID Venture Partners, Alexander Khuda (co-founder of Restream), Ivan Altsybieiev (co-founder of Reface) and other angels – read
Ukrainian Roosh Ventures and GR Capital, alongside Tencent and some existing investors took part in Series C Alma’s investment round of €115M, a financial platform that offers installment payments and pay later solutions for merchants and consumers (“buy now, pay later”). The company already has over 1 million clients across Europe, and with its current run rate processes €1 billion annually – read
Ecosystem news:
15 Ukrainian startups will participate in Expo 2020 Dubai, 21-31 March 2022: Auto BI, S.Lab – Sustainable Laboratory, Elai.io, FlashBeats, Sensorama Lab, Mosqitter. FlyAgData, GIOS, Revizion, AgroTop, Recoshelf, Harmix, Ademrius, EdPro.ua, MySatKit – read
Ajax Systems founder and CEO Aleksandr Konotopskyi is recognized as the entrepreneur of the year by Forbes Ukraine. Aleksandr is a serial entrepreneur, ranked 28th in the Forbes list of the richest people in Ukraine – read
Within the Diia Summit by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov presented the achievements of Diia and new services of the platform: place of registration, criminal records, building permits, sharing of driver’s license, e-support for veterans – read
A special legal and tax framework for tech companies Diia City kicks-off in Ukraine. British fintech unicorn Revolut and Ukrainian EPAM Ukraine, SoftServe, MacPaw, MEGOGO, Roosh, Reface also announced their participation – read
Alexandra Govorukha, Head of International PR at Sigma Software Group and the advisor of TechUkraine, wrote the article for Emerging Europe where explain why Ukraine is a country of talented people, innovations, and digitalization – read
Nearshore Americas interviewed several industry stakeholders who shared their insights about the outsourcing industry in Ukraine within the looming treats: Iryna Velychko – Business Contact Center Outsourcing, Andrew Wrobel – Emerging Europe, Nataliya Anon – Svitla Systems – read
Within the launch of the Japanese acceleration program NINJA Accelerator, powered by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), UNIT.City became the center of Ukraine-Japan Innovation Partnership. Article is about the bridges between Ukrainian startups and the Japan tech ecosystem – read
The story by DOU is about Kateryna Yushchenko, a coding pioneer and creator of the world’s first high-level computer programming language – read
Mikhail Ivanenko wrote an article about the taxes within Diia.City legal framework, overviewing the key options and opportunities for tech companies – read
Government news
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and representatives of the IT industry held a meeting to discuss urgent issues of industry development and the launch of a special legal and tax regime “Diia City” scheduled for February 8 this year – read
The launch of the Diia City space will make Ukraine attractive for IT companies and startups, which will help our country become the largest IT hub in Europe, emphasized by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the third Diia Summit in Kyiv – read
Reports
M&A in Ukraine 2021 by Capital Times – read
The biggest outsource companies in Ukraine by AIN – read
The IT product managers in Ukraine 2021 by Improve Product – read
Initiatives of Ukrainian IT companies within the potential of escalating Russian aggression by Skillers – read
12 Tech Trends To Watch Closely In 2022 by CBInsights – read
Foodtech Report 2021 by Pitchbook – read
Online marketplaces 2021 by Deelroom and Adevinta Ventures – read
Via TechUkraine, Forbes, Tech.eu, TechCrunch, GamesIndustry.biz, CBInsights, Pitchbook, DOU, dev.ua, SPEKA, AIN, UBN, The Kyiv Independent, Mezha.Media
