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Flyer One Ventures in 2025: New Fund, $160M Exit, and Portfolio Growth

The team at Ukrainian investment firm Flyer One Ventures shared its year-end results with Scroll.media. Investments. In 2025, Flyer One Ventures (F1V) invested in 10 new startups, including memoryOS, Limitless,...

Ukrainian Creates AI Agent That Adapts CVs to Job Openings

Why do strong candidates fail to make it to the interview stage, and what can be done about it? That’s the question Andrii Lashchuk set out to answer when he...

Reducing Dependence on China: How Aeromotors Builds Motors for UAVs In-House in Ukraine

In December, Ukrainian startup Aeromotors announced it had raised $550,000 from Sweden’s Front Ventures at a $10 million valuation. The company manufactures electric motors for UAVs entirely in-house and has...

Careeo.tech Receives $25,000 from UMAEF at Mission Possible Demo Day

On December 19, Mission Possible hosted its demo day in Kyiv. At the event, the accelerator recognized the top startups from its third batch. Among the winners was careeo.tech, which received...

ZAS Ventures Invests €50,000 in Upwood to Accelerate Sustainable Forest Investment Platform

ZAS Ventures, a venture capital firm founded by Ukrainian entrepreneurs, has invested €50,000 at the pre-seed stage in Upwood, an ESG-focused fintech startup building a platform for regulated financial instruments...

Deutsche Telekom Invests in Defense Startup Quantum Systems

Deutsche Telekom AG has invested in Quantum Systems, a German drone developer that is actively operating in Ukraine. The company joined a €180 million funding round that had been announced...

Revolut to Close Ukrainian Accounts Within 60 Days

Revolut has notified Ukrainian users that their accounts will be closed within the next two months. This was reported to Scroll.media by readers who received an official notification from the...

Seeds of Bravery Results After Two Years: €12M in Grants and 37 Success Stories

On December 20, 2023, the Seeds of Bravery grant project marked two years since its official launch. Over this period, the initiative delivered measurable results in both funding and startup...

HIMERA Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Round

HIMERA, a Ukrainian developer of tactical communications systems, has raised a new investment round, Defender Media reports. The company secured $2.5 million in funding. Prior to this round, HIMERA had...

TOLOKA.vc Invests $1.2 Million in Forward Group

Ukrainian investment syndicate TOLOKA.vc has invested $1.2 million in Forward Group, a FreightTech company with Ukrainian roots, which has developed an AI platform for automating logistics processes for carriers, shippers,...

JayJay Interview

In November 2025, Indonesian online education platform JayJay was recognized in the HolonIQ Southeast Asia EdTech Top 50 international ranking for the third consecutive year. The list recognizes the most...

HOLYWATER Joins the Endeavor Global Community of Entrepreneurs

Ukrainian technology company HOLYWATER has joined Endeavor, a global community of high-impact entrepreneurs. HOLYWATER co-founders and co-CEOs Bohdan Nesvit and Anatolii Kasianov have been named Endeavor Entrepreneurs — a recognition...

Ukrainian Is the Fastest-Growing Language in AI Models

English continues to dominate large language models by a wide margin. However, Ukrainian has seen the fastest growth in representation, according to analysts at AI World, a platform that tracks...

Ukrainian Aeromotors Raises $550K From Sweden’s Front Ventures at $10M Valuation

Swedish investment firm Front Ventures has invested $550,000 in Aeromotors, a Ukrainian manufacturer of electric motors for drones. The deal was reported by Defender Media. Deal Details According to Front...

ZAS Ventures Invests $150,000 in LegalTech Startup Ranking Copilot

Ukrainian investment firm ZAS Ventures has announced a new investment in Ranking Copilot, a LegalTech startup building an AI-powered platform for law firms. The investment firm shared the news with...

Ukrainian IT Group FRACTAL Acquires Video Production Studio LOCATION

The FRACTAL group of companies has finalized a new acquisition: the video production studio LOCATION has joined the group’s hybrid venture studio, Tonti Laguna Group (TLG), transferring its business stake...

Tonik, a Filipino Neobank Founded by a Ukrainian, Raises $12M

Filipino neobank Tonik, founded by former CEO of Ukrainian Platinum Bank Greg Krasnov, has raised $12 million in a Pre-Series C round, according to a press release from the company....

Why AI Consulting Is Essential for Business And Why Most Projects Fail Without It

Штучний інтелект стрімко змінює правила гри в бізнесі. Компанії переосмислюють процеси, шукають нові способи працювати швидше та ефективніше. У західних ЗМІ тільки й заголовків про запуски AI-функцій, що драйвлять продажі,...

Ajax Systems Team Grows to 5,000 Employees Worldwide

Ukrainian company Ajax Systems reached a major milestone in the fall of 2025, growing its global workforce to 5,000 employees, the company reported. As of mid-2025, Ajax Systems employed 3,913...

Ukraine’s Online Ad Market Hits ₴50B, Fueled by Search and Social Media

The All-Ukrainian Advertising Coalition has released its 2025 advertising results. According to their calculations, a total of 50 billion hryvnia was spent on online advertising over the year, up from...