Georgia has been put on the list of top 50 countries under the Global Innovations Index rankings in 2019.
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Georgia has been put on the list of top 50 countries under the Global Innovations Index rankings in 2019.
We are glad to announce the inaugural StrategEast State and IT Eurasian Forum to take place on 4-5 November 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
On July 24th Anatoly Motkin, StrategEast President, presented a report entitled “Changing Economy, Changing Society” at the Atlantic Council headquarters in Washington, D.C. Mr. Motkin outlined the current state of the IT sector in Eurasia and the Baltic states and highlighted the potential of the IT industry to facilitate further economic and social changes. Arkady Dobkin, principal founder, CEO and
Ukrainian startup Newoldstamp made the cut to the well-known American accelerator 500 Startups, and became one of the 35 participants in the current program. Over 2,000 startups from 74 countries applied to the program this year, the startup team informed AIN.UA. The team raised $150k in investment for 6% in equity (it includes the cost of the program – $37k).
UNIT.City jointly with SaaS Nation and Center24 conducted a study of the Ukrainian SaaS market. They shared their findings with AIN.UA.
The first IT park in Uzbekistan will open on July 24, the ITs Development Ministry, which the actual founder of the park said. It will be located in the Mirzo-Ulugbek district, at the Al-Khwarizmi school near Tashkent Inha University.
The European Commission, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, is organizing a “European Innovation Council (EIC) Roadshow” in Kyiv on 24 July 2019.
Raisin, the fintech startup that offers a pan-European marketplace for savings and investment products, has picked up additional funding. Goldman Sachs has invested $28 million (€25 million), following the company’s $114 million in Series D in February.
The EU TUMO Convergence Centre has recently announced that Armenia will be part of the “42 Network”. The network includes 20 partner campuses and was launched by the famous French coding school known as “42”.
Polish venture capital firm bValue opens a third fund with a capitalization of about $14 million. This time the investment region will cover not only Poland, but also Ukraine, as well as other countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Belarus, the Baltic states, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria. The fund already has its representatives, including in Ukraine.