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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will operate from Abu Dhabi to Boryspil international airport (Kyiv region), the airport said on Saturday, July 3.
“The airline plans to operate flights with a frequency of once a week, every Saturday. The number of flights will increase during the summer. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi plans to operate three flights a week from the end of August, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays,” the airport said in the statement.
The flights will be operated on modern Airbus A321neo aircraft with ultra-low emissions, noise and fuel consumption. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi’s fleet consists of four such aircraft.
According to the flight booking service, from July 20 to July 31, the airline will add flights on Tuesdays. For August, the schedule includes flights once a week, on Thursdays, and from September the airline will increase the frequency of flights to three per week: on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
The supervisory board of Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF), based on the results of the 26th and 27th Pitch Days, has defined 13 more startups that will receive grants totaling $475,000, the fund’s press service has said.
Teams of 24 projects took part in the pitching. Following the meeting of the fund’s supervisory board, it was decided to finance seven of them at the pre-seed stage (they will receive a grant of $25,000):
Avocado AI. B2B SaaS (Kyiv) – uses mathematical models to predict the demand for dishes and form the best order of ingredients for the establishment;
MANNA (Kyiv) – an interactive media platform for creating author’s 3D animation content, streaming and social interaction in the VR environment;
Advin (Kyiv) – a system for controlling the availability of goods on the shelves of a food retail store;
Monor (Kyiv) – innovative glasses from a 3D printer with the possibility of customization and a unique system for attaching the temples;
Energy Absorbing Breakwater (Dnipro) – a completely autonomous device for converting the energy of sea waves into water desalination and electricity generation;
4comfortshoes (Kyiv) – an online shoe fitting service for retailers and buyers. Based on the photographs of the buyer’s feet, the service determines the parameters and size of the shoes;
Workee (Kyiv) is a comprehensive solution for running a private coaching business.
In addition, it was decided to finance five startups at the seed stage (they will receive a grant of $50,000):
Awesomic (Kyiv) – an online application that matches the company’s task with the best designer to complete it;
Copra (Odesa) – a Ukrainian developer of premium acoustic systems and amplifiers;
DreamApp (Kyiv) – an interpreter of dreams;
Onyx (Cherkasy) – patented contactless towel dryers;
Noplag (Kyiv) – a service for checking plagiarism and resources for academic writing;
Meteocontrol AI (Kyiv) – a platform for insurance of farmers based on satellite data and proprietary algorithms.
The press service recalled that during the pitching, projects are assessed according to a number of criteria – team, market, appropriateness of financing, idea and development strategy.
As reported, on average, the Ukrainian Startup Fund allocates funding for every 25th application.
Ukrainian Startup Fund is a state fund created on the initiative of the Cabinet of Ministers. Its purpose is to provide financing to technology companies in the early stages of development (pre-seed and seed).
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provide ProCredit Bank (Kyiv) with a four-year amortising senior unsecured loan of up to EUR 25 million equivalent for on-lending to eligible micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
According to the EBRD’s report to the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Friday, the agreement was signed by EBRD Managing Director for Financial Institutions Francis Malige and Board Chairman of ProCredit Bank Viktor Ponomarenko.
In addition to long-term financing, eligible sub-borrowers will receive technical assistance funded by the EU and grant support in the form of investment incentives upon the completion of their investment projects.
At least 70% of all financed sub-loans are expected to be compliant with EBRD Green Economy Transition (GET) approach.
ProCredit Bank was founded in 2001. Its only shareholder at the beginning of 2021 was ProCredit Holding (100% of shares).
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of March 1, 2021, ProCredit Bank ranked 16th in terms of total assets (UAH 27.413 billion) among 73 banks operating in the country.
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE ECONOMY OF UKRAINE AS OF 09/30/2020 (BALANCE, $ MILLION)
