| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.02.2026 | Principle Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Funding | Principle, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a strategic foresight AI platform that enables companies to simulate competitive futures before committing resources, raised $2M in Pre-Seed funding.
The round was led by SMRK VC and SMOK VC,... |
| 02.02.2026 | Principle: $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Closed To Bring Military Wargaming Style Simulations To Corporate Strategy Teams | Principle, a strategic foresight platform that uses AI to simulate competitive futures, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding as it moves from bespoke pilots toward a repeatable product aimed at corporate strategy teams. The round was l... |
| 19.11.2025 | SMRK инвестирует $500 тыс в украинский AI-стартап MyChatBot | Венчурный фонд SMRK, основанный создателем MacPaw Александром Косованом, инвестировал $500 000 в украинский AI-стартап MyChatBot. Это финансирование стартап привлек в рамках посевного раунда. Средства планируется направить на масштабировани... |
| 12.09.2024 | The Digital Shield: How Osavul is Battling Disinformation with AI | In a world awash with information, the truth often drowns. Disinformation spreads like wildfire, igniting chaos and confusion. Enter Osavul, a Kyiv-based startup armed with €2.78 million in Seed funding. This innovative company is on a miss... |
| 12.09.2024 | The Rise of AI in the Battle Against Disinformation | In a world awash with information, the fight against disinformation has become a pressing concern. Enter Osavul, a Kyiv-based startup that has recently secured €2.78 million in Seed funding to tackle this very issue. Founded in the wake of ... |
| 12.09.2024 | Kyiv's Osavul secures €2.78M Seed to fight disinformation with AI | Osavul, a Kyiv AI-powered media intelligence company, has raised €2.78 million Seed funding.
Founded in February 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and aimed at tackling disinformation, Osavul has developed an AI-driven int... |
| 26.06.2024 | Ability AI raises $1.1M for autonomous marketing AI agent | Ability AI, a Ukrainian-founded martech startup specializing in full-cycle paid marketing automation with the help of autonomous AI agents, announced today that it has raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding.
Managing paid marketing campaig... |
| 25.06.2024 | Ability AI raised $1.1 mn in pre-seed funding led by SMRK VC | Ability AI, a martech startup specializing in full-cycle paid marketing automation with the help of autonomous AI agents, announced today that it has raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding from SMRK VC as a lead investor, with the particip... |
| 22.03.2024 | 1991 Ventures in London joins the growing list of VCs aimed at Ukrainian startups | U.K.-based limited partners Venrex and Samos Investments are this week backing the launch of a new VC primarily aimed at investing in startups led by Ukrainians inside and outside the war-torn country. The LPs are better known for being ear... |
| 23.02.2024 | Ukrainian tech shows unwavering resilience two years after Russian invasion | Tomorrow, Saturday, February 24, marks the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
During the first year of the full-scale War, Ukrainian businesses adapted to ensure uninterrupted teamwork and sustain the economy.
On the first ... |
| 26.05.2023 | Osavul Raises USD 1M to Confront Fake News and Unhealthy Informational Environment | Osavul, the Ukrainian AI startup that specializes in confronting disinformation, raised USD 1M in Seed Started as a volunteer organization on the onset of Russia’s full-scale offensive, Osavul was transformed into startup to extend its poss... |
| 04.05.2023 | Ukrainian AI startup Osavul has attracted investment from the SMRK fund | Osavul, the Ukrainian AI company, raised $1 million from the SMRK venture fund in a seed round of investment.
The startup focuses on information security, countering disinformation, and information environment assessment.
Osavul was found... |
| 04.05.2023 | Ukraine’s Osavul raises $1 million to fight the war on disinformation | When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine suddenly the internet was rife with disinformation about what was really happening in Eastern Europe. Ukrainian AI specialists Dmytro Pleshakov and Dmytro Bilash kicked into action to de... |
| 25.04.2023 | Ukrainian Proptech Prengi Fueled with USD 500K for Global Expansion | Prengi, the Ukrainian property management SaaS attracted USD 500K in Seed The SaaS platform is a one-stop shop for property and facility management that replaces an array of tools – from highly specific ones and all the way down to Excel ta... |
| 11.04.2023 | Ukrainian-founded proptech Prengi raises $500k from SMRK fund | Ukrainian-founded proptech Prengi raises $500k from SMRK fund
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Founded by Ukrainians and US-headquartered prop... |
| 11.04.2023 | Ukrainian VC SMRK invests in proptech Prengi’s Seed round | US-headquartered, Ukrainian founded, property and facilities management SaaS platform Prengi has raised a Seed round of $500,000 to expand its reach within the US, and expand further into Europe and the Middle East.
The Seed round was lead ... |
| 24.03.2023 | USD 1.5M for Deus Robotics to Go Global | Ukrainian developer of warehouse robots Deus Robotics raised a Seed Round of USD 1.5M The investor is the Ukrainian fund SMRK VC The startup plans to open a sales office and a manufacturing facility in the US
This February, Ukrainian manuf... |
| 24.02.2023 | Ukraine's Deus Robotics clinches $1.5 million seed | Ukraine's Deus Robotics announced it has raised $1.5 million in seed funds. This investment was received from Ukrainian VC fund SMRK.vc in a further signal the country's tech ecosystem remains open for business, despite the fallout from Rus... |
| 24.02.2023 | Ukrainian Deus Robotics secures $1.5M seed round funding | Ukrainian Deus Robotics secures $1.5M seed round funding
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Deus Robotics, a Ukrainian startup specializing in wa... |
| 16.02.2021 | 2020 Recap for Venture in Ukraine
The role of the government
Investments
M&A deals
Exits
Our expectations and how they were(not) met
Afterword | 2020 Recap for Venture in Ukraine |
| 16.02.2021 | Итоги 2020 года в венчурной сфере Украины | Итоги 2020 года в венчурной сфере Украины |
| 24.04.2019 | The Cultivators: New breed of Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs seek success in global markets (part 4) | This series of articles shows how tech entrepreneurs living or born in Ukraine explore their motivations and dreams and also the many obstacles they face, striving to shape new products and services worldwide. A continuation of Part 3 of th... |
| 30.08.2017 | «Мне нужно стать руководителем, который может управлять бизнесом в тысячу человек» Статьи редакции | Эволюция украинского разработчика охранных систем Ajax Systems: от стартапа до международной компании с продажами в 50 странах.
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В 2008 году студент Киевского по... |
| 06.07.2016 | Finnish-Ukrainian startup Madberry secures $1 million from SMRK and Viewster | Madberry, a startup offering advanced advertising solutions for game companies, has raised $1 million from Ukrainian investment fund SMRK and Swedish company Viewster, a global video-on-demand service.
Madberry’s aims to “help mobile game a... |
| 25.09.2015 | Restaurant booking app Settle completes $1.5 million round, launches in US market | Ukrainian startup Settle has completed the round of funding which it initiated earlier this year to commercialize its mobile booking and payment service for restaurants in the US market.
The company — which initially hoped to deal with US i... |
| 08.06.2015 | Ukrainian smart home-security startup raises $1 million from local fund SMRK | After falling by nearly half last year, is the Ukrainian venture market showing some signs of recovery? Just weeks after Clickky, a mobile-marketing app service headquartered in Odessa, raised $2 million, here comes Ajax Systems, maker of s... |
| 20.03.2015 | Ukrainian restaurant app Settle to conquer US market | Settle, a mobile booking and payment service for restaurants developed by Kyiv(Kiev)-based startup Advice Wallet, has secured an undisclosed amount from the SMRK VC fund, as tech blog Siliconrus.com reported last week. The funds will be use... |
| - | Digital Future Joins an Investment Round of $1,3M for Preply | Digital Future joins a Series Seed investment round of US$1,3 million for Preply (Techstars’15), a global private tutoring platform that helps people find online and local tutors of foreign languages, science, humanities, and various hobbie... |
| - | Украинский сервис предзаказа в ресторанах выходит на рынок США | Сервис предзаказов в ресторанах — Settle — привлек инвестиции от украинского венчурного фонда SMRK VC Fund. Сумма сделки не разглашается. До конца марта команда планирует переехать в Сан-Франциско.
Раунд еще не закрыт, команда Settle ведет ... |
| - | Итоги 2015: самые активные инвесторы года | Итоги 2015: самые активные инвесторы года
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В украинской экономике все еще кризис. Тем не менее, в уходящем году на стартап-рынке было заключено рекордное количество сделок (если судить по публичн... |
