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VOCHI raises additional $2.4 million for its computer vision-powered video editing app

TechCrunch

VOCHI , a Belarus-based startup behind a clever computer vision-based video editing app used by online creators, has raised an additional $2.4 Investors in the most recent round include TA Ventures, Angelsdeck, A.Partners, Startup Wise Guys, Kolos VC and angels from companies like Belarus-based Verv and Estonian unicorn Bolt.

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AI shopping assistant Karma raises $25 million in Series A funding led by Target Global

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AI shopping assistant and shopping network Karma announced that it has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Target Global followed by MoreTech Ventures, with participation from existing investors including NFX and Altair Capital. The company now employs nearly 60 people across Tel Aviv, Minsk, Belarus and the U.S.,

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Pinterest invests in creator tools with acquisition of video creation and editing app Vochi

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The Belarus-based video editing app was founded in 2019, by Ilya Lesun, Anna Buglakova, Vasily Kasnitsky, Sergei Malyutin, and incubated by Andrei Avsievich and Yury Melnichek from Bulba Ventures. million in funding and was on the path to a Series A. Prior to joining Pinterest, Vochi had raised $4.2

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Justice Department has charged a Latvian woman it says helped develop Trickbot malware

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The DOJ alleges that Alla Witte was part of a criminal organization known as the Trickbot Group that operated in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Suriname. The group allegedly used stolen personal information “to gain access to online bank accounts, execute unauthorized electronic funds transfers and launder the money through U.S.

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Accounting platform Synder raises $2M to automate e-commerce bookkeeping

TechCrunch

Though the round was acquired before going into the accelerator program, the Belarus-based pair wanted to wait to publicly share the milestone. As they focus their sights on their next journey of growth and expansion, the new funding will go toward attracting more clients, visibility and sales.

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Skich’s new app brings social discovery to mobile game recommendations

TechCrunch

Skich co-founder and CEO Sergey Budkovski , originally from Belarus, was previously head of biz dev at Minsk-based design and development firm 69pixels before founding the startup. Now based in Poland, the four-person team reports Skich has undergone its MVP phase on the App Store and has raised some pre-seed funding.

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Daily Crunch: Ransomware group threatens to release Nvidia’s ‘most closely guarded secrets’

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Apple Maps is back to noting that Crimea is not part of Russia in most of the world; Microsoft is halting sales in the country ; Airbnb is suspending operations in Russia and the co-belligerent Belarus. The corporate venture world is not the only place where we’re seeing more funds pop up. In response? Russia blocked Facebook.

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