TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Today marks exactly one year since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal of Ukraine. This week, a majority of the members of the United Nations reiterated its demand that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine and called for a cessation of hostilities”.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

At first, Effy wasn’t a tech-enabled startup. The was in Ukraine has had a significant impact on energy bills. After bootstrapping for 15 years, energy renovation company Effy raises $22 million by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch This is the first external funding round for the company.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This weekend was yet another that was full of news from Ukraine, which meant that the tech market was slightly quieter than usual. Russia is also tangling with American tech giants, which isn’t going well. Over the weekend, the American Republican Party bashed large American tech companies. That is our show!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

A branch of my family tree is from the Ukraine. I’m giving my support as well as sharing my teaching and technology skills with Women’s Rights organizations in Ukraine. I’m giving my support as well as sharing my teaching and technology skills with Women’s Rights organizations in Ukraine.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Thus we’ve seen the funding of mobile-first website builder Univer.se, which raised $47M from Google Ventures, General Catalyst, and Addition. Now joining them in this space is Zeely , a Ukrainian startup that came onto the tech radar last during the controversy at Slush last year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Thomas Duscha, founder and CEO of Berlin-based battery swapping startup Swobbee , was in Poland visiting family in early March when the reach of the Ukraine crisis galvanized him to action. “I In the weeks since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, more than 2.8 Transporting refugees from Ukraine. refugee agency. Donate here.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

million Series A round that brings the company’s total raised to $24.63 “The war in Ukraine and supply chain issues are challenging, but we are working around the issue,” Ambati said. ” As for whether tech like EverestLabs’ can make a difference in recycling, that’s still up for debate.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

How tech is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine : The technology world is a global industry, which means that when geopolitical conflicts arise, it impacts the world that TechCrunch covers directly. We have notes up on cyberattacks and companies in Ukraine. It just raised $140 million at a $1.5 Now, to work.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Priyanka Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Live Green Co , a Chilean food tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to suggest plant-based alternatives for meat and artificial additives in food. Remember the point at which you raised your initial funding? Priyanka Srinivas. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Cowbell Cyber, a full-stack insurance company that provides cyber insurance to SMEs, has closed a Series B of $100 million, which it will be using to continue investing in its data science and “risk engineering”, as well as underwriting tech, claims management, its reinsurance business Cowbell Re, and expanding its go-to-market channels.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. In addition to speaking at IDCEE’13 in Kyiv, Cooper had another goal in visiting Ukraine (and Russia, a couple of days before that). million jobs.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Xreal announced in January 2024 it had raised an additional $60 million in funding for further development of its AR glasses. Varjo and partner Dogfight Boss also announced in August that their headset-based F-16 simulator had been deployed to help Ukraine train fighter pilots in its war with Russia. In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

You may not have heard of Amadeus, but if you’ve taken a trip, you’ve probably interacted with its tech stack. With plans to raise a $25 million fund and more than $15 million already invested, PsyMed Ventures focuses on early-stage startups developing psychedelic therapeutics. United with Ukraine.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Ben Boissevain is the founder of Ascento Capital , a boutique investment bank that provides advisory services for M&A, capital raises and valuations to technology companies in the U.S. In the first half of 2022, large tech M&A transactions included Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, Google buying Mandiant for $5.4

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Epic Games buys Bandcamp : Straight from left field, this deal took the tech world by surprise. The push to fund Ukraine’s war-torn nation-state with crypto is turning out to be An Actual Thing. TechCrunch has notes on how Ukraine is using the coin more generally and from a military perspective. Now, to work! Read it here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In short, it appears that a host of startups raised new capital last year when valuations – and therefore revenue multiples – were hot. In a changed world, how will those companies manage to raise more cash and avoid a downround at the same time? And yet Beam’s latest raise attests to the very opposite. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Akin to how it takes nation-states a little time to get sanctions up and running, tech companies don’t roll out responses to geopolitical changes in a moment. But today we have notes on what tech companies are doing in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, March 1, 2022.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

I remember the dread I felt as a startup worker during downturns when I read about mass layoffs at tech firms that had previously been considered ascendant. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed that, however. 5 ways to seize the opportunities created by recent chaos in ad tech. My best advice: Strengthen your network.

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2022

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine draws on, consequences are being felt by many parts of the technology sector, including open-source software development. More broadly, the Ukraine conflict has posed difficult ethical questions to technology companies working in Russia. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

Getir, an Indian instant-delivery company, just raised a $768 million Series E, pushing its valuation to nearly $12 billion. So, many companies are building tech to make Ethereum scale. Optimism is one such company, and it just raised a $150 million Series B at a valuation north of $1 billion. Startups and VC. Amazon’s $8.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Oda , one of the bigger players in online grocery delivery in Europe with operations in its home market of Norway as well as Finland and Germany, today announced that it had raised 1.5 Oda, the Norwegian grocery delivery startup, raises a fresh $151M, but at a lowered valuation of $353M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Yandex looks to divest media assets : Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, isolation of the Russian economy is impacting companies large and small. That in hand, it’s not a huge surprise that we are seeing consolidation in the tech market for selling pre-owned vehicles. Hence raises $1.8M : Based in both Rwanda and the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Right now, Stinnes says VC firms are prioritizing “the high-growth B- and C-stage companies that raised substantial cash and operate at high burn rates.” Conversely, if you raise a $4 million-$6 million Series A at a more modest valuation, it gets much easier to reach the goal for a 2x-2.5x Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The company announced today it has raised $5.7 Seafair was launched late last year by Agapitos Diakogiannis, who was born and raised in Greece, and its current clients include one of the world’s top 100 shipping companies. Maritime intelligence platform Greywing raises seed funding from investors like Flexport.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Ben Boissevain is the founder of Ascento Capital , a boutique investment bank that provides advisory services for M&A, capital raises and valuations to technology companies in the U.S. Valuations in 2022 have been falling like a rock as the war in Ukraine rages, inflation skyrockets and the Fed tightens the screws.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

But one key component of its production — energy; electricity — is facing supply issues of its own in Europe at present, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since the Ukraine war started, Europe has been facing an exacerbated supply vs demand issue.

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2022

Microsoft is only the latest tech company to announce a stop in some of its services to Russia following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We have publicly raised our concerns that these attacks against civilians violate the Geneva Convention.”. We have also acted against cyberattacks targeting several additional civilian sites.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

Driven by inflation, the war in Ukraine and other economic headwinds, recessionary fears have put a squeeze on sources of funding that were previously easily attainable. tech sector have been laid off this year, according to a Crunchbase News tally. The consequence? Drastic cost-cutting: Through late June, 22,000 workers in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Twitter tries to restore service in Russia : While some tech companies are working to cut ties with Russia after the country’s government invaded Ukraine, others are trying to keep their services up in the country. billion, and indicates that there is still ample capital in the market for self-driving tech.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Today’s news comes a few days after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company was going to cut its valuation in order to raise fresh capital. Since then, we have seen a tragic and unnecessary war in Ukraine unfold, a shift in consumer sentiment, a steep increase in inflation, a highly volatile stock market and a likely recession.”. “It

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

” Europe says yes to messaging interoperability as it agrees on major new regime for Big Tech. . ” Europe says yes to messaging interoperability as it agrees on major new regime for Big Tech. Messaging app Wire raises $21 million. Element, a messaging app built on the decentralized Matrix protocol, raises $30M.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Tech talent flees Russia : As the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinds along, technology companies of all sizes are trying to figure out how to handle their business operations and staff. Ramp raises (again) : The startup battle for dominance in the corporate spend market is huge, expensive and rapidly growing. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Admittedly, in the ‘developed’ countries of Western Europe, startups are generally better off skipping accelerators and raising directly from Angels, HNWs and pre-seed funds. Shilling continues to be among those Lisbon-based VCs enjoying the tech boom that’s been happening in Lisbon these last few years.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Tech crackdown on Russia continues : The technology world is tightening the screws on Russia in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The company from southern Germany just raised $170 million at a valuation of $1.87 Now the company has raised $3.5 And it just raised a half-million for its efforts.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Farmers don’t get embarrassed when the price of corn drops; similarly, there’s no reason for startup founders to lose their joy because publicly traded tech stocks are undercutting their valuations. What financial milestones will investors expect me to reach between each raise? Image Credits: Alex Trautwig / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

The last time we covered Vezeeta was in 2020, when it raised $40 million in Series D funding (the joint largest single healthtech round in Africa alongside Reliance Health ) from Gulf Capital and Saudi Technology Ventures (STV). Layoffs hit crypto and real estate tech particularly hard this week.

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