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.
Ukraine launches the Startup and Innovation Fund July 11, 2019 Categories: Eastern Europe, Monitoring-GMI, and Ukraine. The government has launched the Startup and Innovation Fund that will be aimed at supporting and developing innovations in Ukraine. Finance Minister Oksana Markarova stated this in a speech during the official launch of the fund. “Austria, Poland, and Sweden – all of them
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3,000 IT specialists will be retrained as a part of a program supported by the World Bank. The programme’s budget is 7 million lari ($2,495,543/ €2,212,898).
The EBRD is supporting Swedbank Lithuania in the development of a successful innovation hub that fosters technological solutions in the country and more widely in the region. The partnership was officially launched at an event in Vilnius today.
The Government of Uzbekistan issued the Measures to Improve the Use of Electronic Invoices in the Settlements System. In accordance with the resolution, from July 1, 2019, the execution, storage and registration of electronic invoices will be voluntary in Uzbekistan, while from January 1, 2020 it will become mandatory for all businesses.
Apple Pay enters Estonian market June 26, 2019 Categories: Baltic, Estonia, Monitoring, and Monitoring-GMI. Visa card holders in Estonia as well as in 12 other European countries will be able use Apple Pay starting Wednesday. The payment system is currently supported by online banks Monese, Revolut, and N26. Apple Pay is officially supported in Estonia via online banks Monese, Revolut
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StrategEast President Anatoly Motkin met in Kyiv with Hiroshi Mikitani, the founder of Japanese company Rakuten, which owns the messaging application Viber, and discussed with him the prospects of creating new economy in Eurasian region.