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UKRAINE 💵 Venture Syndicate Toloka.vc Invested $1.06M in German Online Car Subscription Service Toloka.vc, a Ukrainian venture syndicate, invested around $1.06 million (€1 million) in the German online car subscription...
THE BALTICS 🔋Hydrogen Technology Developer Raised $33M from US Energy Company Elcogen, an Estonian hydrogen technology developer, has secured around $33 million (€31 million) in funding from US energy company Baker...
UKRAINE 🔥 UK-based 1991 Ventures Launched $18.9M Fund to Invest in Ukrainian Startups British investors Venrex and Samos Investments back the launch of a new venture fund, 1991 Ventures, focusing on investing in...
TELEGRAM 💸 Renegade Russian-Born Founder of Popular Messaging App Explores Going Public Russia-born founder of messaging service Telegram Pavel Durov told Financial Times he’s thining about an IPO, in a rare interview...
STARTUP WORLD 🇪🇺EU’s New AI Act Spells New Hoops for Startups to Jump Through The European Parliament has passed the world’s first comprehensive regulation of AI, making sure the companies comply with new rules...
CZECH REPUBLIC 🦄 Czech Republic Gets Its Third Unicorn After Mews Raised $110M Mews, a Prague-based hotel management software provider, secured an additional $110 million in funding led by Kinnevik. The last investment...