Jane Kuhuk

Project manager at East-West Digital News and Ukraine Digital News. Graduated with honors from National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute".

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Sberbank launches intelligent robotics acceleration program for local startups

April 24, 2018

Last week Sberbank, Russia’s national savings bank, announced the launch of a three-month “intelligent robotics acceleration program” in partnership with the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF, or FRII in Russian), Russia’s biggest fund for early-stage startups. The selected startups will benefit from Sberbank’s infrastructure and resources, including its client base, as well as from the …

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US and UK accuse Russian government to sponsor global “malicious cyber activity”

April 20, 2018

Russian state-backed cyber hackers have been accessing network infrastructure devices worldwide for espionage and preparation for potential future cyberattacks, says a joint Technical Alert about “malicious cyber activity carried out by the Russian government” released by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the FBI and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) earlier this …

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Mail.Ru Group launches online pharmacy

April 20, 2018

Last week, just four months after telemedicine became legal in Russia, Mail.Ru Group, the LSE-listed Russian Internet giant, announced the launch of an online pharmacy. Dubbed ‘All Pharmacies,’ the  aggregator allows users to find and order any prescription drug or medical product — anything you can buy at an ordinary pharmacy — at the best …

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Grishin Robotics and monashees+ invest in Brazilian bike-sharing service

April 19, 2018

Grishin Robotics, an international venture fund with Russian roots, and Brazilian venture fund monashees+, led a $9 million seed round for the Brazilian stationless bicycle-sharing platform Yellow. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The news was reported earlier this month by the Russian online publication VC.ru, based on exchanges with the fund Yellow …

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Target Global supports fast-growing European travel platform TravelPerk

April 16, 2018

Target Global, a Berlin-based international venture fund with Russian roots, led a $21 million series B round for Barcelona-based business travel platform TravelPerk. Another leading investor in the round was London-based Felix Capital. The news was announced last week by the startup . The round also involved existing investors, including Boston-based Spark Capital, European VC firms Sunstone …

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SDVentures invests $2 million in top US Blockchain fund

April 17, 2018

Social Discovery Ventures (SDVentures), an international technology and investment group with Russian roots, has contributed $2 million to a new $150 million fund launched by Blockchain Capital. The news was reported in late March by Russian online publication Firrma.ru based on its exchanges with SDVentures. Founded in 2013, San-Francisco based Blockchain Capital touts itself as a “the …

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Flint Capital and Maxfield Capital invest in AI

April 10, 2018

In late March Flint Capital, a fund with Russian roots operating internationally, participated in a $11.3 million Series A round for Audioburst, an Israel-based audio search startup. The news was reported in late March by Calcalistech. The round was led by Samsung, which invested $4.6 million through its venture arm Samsung Ventures, with participation from Japanese …

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PepsiCo shows results of its first acceleration program in Russia

March 29, 2018

PepsiCo’s efforts to engage with startups is coming to fruition in Russia, one year after the creation of an international acceleration program in Moscow dubbed PepsiCo LAB. Earlier this month the corporation announced the first results of this program, which targets both food and beverages projects and business-oriented IT solutions. A total of 24 teams, 12 teams per …

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Russian-Lithuanian startup Gosu.ai raises $1.9 million from Russian and French investors

March 28, 2018

Just two months after the Russian cybersports market witnessed two major acquisitions and a $30 million ICO, Gosu.ai, a Russian-founded startup from this industry announced via Twitter that it attracted $1.9 million in funding. The round was led by Runa Capital, a VC fund with Russian roots, with participation from its existing investor Sistema VC, the venture arm …

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Ukrainian-Russian startup YouScan acquires BrandSpotter

March 16, 2018

On Wednesday YouScan, a social media software startup with Ukrainian and Russian roots, announced the acquisition of BrandSpotter, a leading social media monitoring service in Russian-speaking countries. The parties did not specify the amount of the deal, but announced that the BrandSpotter technology and trademark have been transfered to YouScan. YouScan helps businesses monitor, analyze and compare …

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Russian 3D foot scanner secures €600,000 from local and international investors

March 16, 2018

Earlier this month Russian startup Try.fit attracted €600,000 in a pre-A round at a  €8 million pre-money valuation. The deal was confirmed to East-West Digital News by Vagan Martirosyan, Try.fit’s CEO and founder. Paricipants in the deal included existing investors Futurtech Middle East, 1С – a leading enterprise software publisher in Russia, – business angel …

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