Ukraine's IT Edge

View
All news Exclusive View all

Silicon Valley CEO Reflects on Three Years in Ukraine

The first time I visited Kyiv was in March 2019. I got an invitation from the management team to take a look at the UNIT.City project and to make a …

Italy’s Wyscout revolutionizes football scouting worldwide

In the old days, scouting for footballers used to be an arduous process involving constant journeys to remote provincial stadiums.  But an Italian …
Max Hunder

Choice, startup that creates QR restaurant menus, raises 700,000 euros

Before the pandemic, people used to sit there until a waiter brings them a menu. However, social distancing and COVID-19 restrictions brought a …
Daryna Antoniuk

Respeecher startup creates artificial voices for Hollywood

When young Luke Skywalker appeared in the final episode of “The Mandalorian,” a spin-off series of the Star Wars films, viewers were left speechless. …
Daryna Antoniuk

Ukrainian startup Revenue Grid raises $20 million from US investors

Ukraine-founded startup Revenue Grid has attracted $20 million from U.S. investment firm W3 Capital and Ukrainian fund ICU Ventures, bringing its …
Daryna Antoniuk

UkrInform: Zelensky says Ukrainian IT industry revenues may grow to $16.5 billion in 3-5 years

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with leading investors, representatives of venture funds, and Silicon Valley accelerators in San …
UkrInform

Yuri Polakiwsky: Bridge building for Ukraine’s IT professionals 

“My biggest goal is to promote Ukraine as a global engineering powerhouse.” So says Michael Petrov of Digital Edge Inc., an IT company located in …
Yuri Polakiwsky

Ukraine improves its defenses against escalating cyber threats

The office of Ukraine’s cyber police department — the law enforcement agency that protects from cybersecurity threats — looks old and shabby from the …
Daryna Antoniuk

Ukraine’s startup Awesomic attracts $125,000 from best business accelerator in Silicon Valley

Ukrainian startup Awesomic has attracted $125,000 from Y Combinator, one of the world’s best training programs for startups based in Silicon Valley. …
Daryna Antoniuk

UK virtual events platform Hopin acquires Ukrainian startup used by Stanford, Google, TEDx

London-based virtual events platform Hopin, valued at over $5.6 billion, has acquired Ukrainian startup Attendify, according to its cofounder Michael …
Daryna Antoniuk

Ukrainian Startup Fund invests $5 million in new ventures

The state-owned Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF) has provided grants worth around $5 million to 180 startups since December 2019, said Olexandr Bornyakov, …
Liza Semko

Ukraine’s largest software development company SoftServe works with Cisco, Panasonic, expands globally

Editor’s Note: This story is part of the Kyiv Post series of profiles of information technology companies that work in Ukraine. SoftServe is a sponsor …
Liza Semko

Norway’s Itera says digitization is an answer to world’s problems

ITERA Year founded: 1998 CEO: Arne Mjøs Number of employees: 573 Motto: “Make a difference” What separates you from other companies? “We measure our …
Liliane Bivings

Ukraine may be Europe’s last promised land for pay TV

After a decade of stagnation due to cable TV’s monopoly, Ukrainian pay TV platforms finally had their year. During the quarantine lockdowns, a growing …
Alexander Query

Jaanika Merilo: Fairytale land of unicorns or lessons from Estonia to Ukraine

In 30 years of regained freedom, Estonia has turned truly into a fairytale land with unicorns “running wildly around.” And it is not just a figure of …
Jaanika Merilo

Denys Krasnikov: Kyiv Post, IT firms join forces to give tech sector the attention it deserves

We live in a world where Netflix algorithms decide what we watch, Spotify suggests music and Uber knows where we live to take us home. Science fiction …
Denys Krasnikov

Ciklum calls pandemic ‘chief transformation officer,’ helps famous brands adapt

Editor’s Note: This story is part of the Kyiv Post series of profiles of information technology companies that work in Ukraine. Ciklum is a sponsor of …
Natalia Datskevych

Dubbed Ukraine’s best IT employer, Intellias builds software for Siemens, Deloitte

Editor’s Note: This story is part of the Kyiv Post series of profiles of information technology companies that work in Ukraine. Intellias is a sponsor …
Natalia Datskevych
Repeater ? Photo cut-in with a button ? Photo cut-in without button ? Full-width cut-in with buttons ? Blockquote with button ? Social link to Twitter ? Stories with manual related posts ? Stories with related posts in chosen category ?