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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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Here are all the startups pitching today at Venture Day Minsk

TechCrunch

Venture Day Minsk (organised by tech startup hub Imaguru ) is run annually, but because of the pandemic and the political situation in Belarus, it has gone virtual. There are are always interesting startups to watch out of Belarus, a country that has produced startups like Splitmetrics, MSQRD, PingFin, DEIP and TrackDuck, as well as PandaDoc.

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

TechCrunch

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. With Vochi, Pinterest says it will have the ability to bring even more quality video to its users. Image Credits: VOCHI.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. I’m a geek and software engineer from the former ­Soviet state of Belarus. You can be the sales guy or gal with all the tools you need at your fingertips ­ email, phone, social networks, etc. Product virality is an art.

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Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Sami Ben Gharbia so eloquently noted on Al Jazeera’s Riz Khan program last week, these networks have existed for a long time. The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools. Are they enhanced by social media?

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Apple’s privacy-focused Private Relay feature isn’t coming to China

The Verge

Other countries where Private Relay won’t be available include: Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the Philippines. The feature was announced during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference as part of a new subscription bundle called iCloud Plus.

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Russia invades Ukraine: the latest news and updates

The Verge

Peace talks between the two countries have begun at the Belarus border. Google has disabled Maps traffic data in Ukraine to protect citizens , for example, while Facebook has removed a Russian misinformation network.

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