REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Horizon Capital, a U.S. private-equity firm investing in fast-growing tech and export-oriented companies in Ukraine and the near region, launched Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV, L.P. (HCGF IV), with $125m raised as of first close.
ff Venture Capital (ffVC), a NYC and Warsaw, Poland-based early-stage venture capital firm, has launched a US venture capital fund exclusively dedicated to Ukrainian founders and startups.
Cloudprinter.com, the Ukrainian- and Dutch-based global print API platform, raised €7M in seed funding.
ComeBack Mobility, an Ukrainian medtech startup, raised $1M in seed funding.
Preply, a global edtech marketplace for tutor-based foreign language learning, raised $35m in Series B funding.
Organization.GG, a marketplace that helps streamers interact with their fans through live gaming Experiences, raised $610K in pre-seed funding.
Reface, a Kyiv, Ukraine-based AI app for a video and GIF face-swaps, raised $5.5m in seed financing.
Verbit, a NYC, Palo Alto, CA, Tel Aviv, Israel and Kyiv, Ukraine-based AI-powered transcription and captioning platform, raised $60M in Series C funding.
DMarket, a Los Angeles, CA-based in-game item trading platform and a monetization technology for game developers, content creators, brands, and players, closed $6.5m in venture funding.
Preply, a provider of an online learning platform, raised an additional USD $10m in funding.
Respeecher, a Kyiv, Ukraine-based voice tech company company, raised $1.5m in seed funding.
Quorso, a London, UK- New York- and Kyiv, Ukraine-based provider of an intelligent platform for managing business performance, raised $5.2m in Series A funding.
Dobrobut, a private healthcare services provider in Ukraine, received a minority investment from Horizon Capital.
GEO Protocol, a Kyiv, Ukraine-based financial technology startup, raised an undisclosed seed funding round.
seriesOne Inc., a Miami, Florida-based global digital security fundraising platform, acquired Dynamo Development, a custom software development company with an engineering team based in the Ukraine.