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 Propertymate startup , founded in 2018 by Ukrainians Bohdan Gnatkovsky and Sofia Vishnevskaya, attracted $ 1 million in investments from Pragmatech Ventures. Earlier, as part of the Techstars acceleration program, the startup also received $ 120,000 in investments. According to Propertymate representatives, the investment will be directed to expanding the startup in two more US cities.     “Previously, Propertymate focused on real estate agents who needed access to information on all new developments in their area. As the number of partnerships with developers increased, more and more developers became interested in direct communication with buyers. We shifted our focus and started providing service to real estate buyers, which has become one of Propertymate's most successful experiments, ”said SOO of the startup Sofia Vishnevskaya. Now Propertymate operates in Austin (Texas, USA), and thanks to the investments, the founders plan to scale to two more US cities - Dal...

   A division of the Ukrainian IT company RiverSoft is working on the Kawoon messenger . According to the developers, it should solve the problem of oversaturation of text blogs and large groups, which is typical for popular competing platforms. The project has already invested $ 100,000. The official launch is scheduled for the spring of 2021. what is Kawoon and how does the app work. What is Kawoon Kawoon is a Ukrainian messenger for communities. At the time of the release of the material, Kawoon is under development, although the application is available for download and is working - you can download iOS and Android. There is no web version yet. As the company told AIN.UA, the main idea of ​​the project is to solve the problem of large communities in messengers, since the existing platforms were created for the purpose of communication of a small number of people and are not designed for such content. Kawoon-1 Image: Kawoon How Kawoon works The entry point to the applicatio...

    Due to the global lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, most companies have switched to remote work. As a result, the carbon footprint from the use of online services has grown significantly. But it can be reduced. So, turning off the camera during an online call can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 96%. This was reported on the website of the University of Perm, which participated in a study of the impact of the Internet on the environment. What is it about American scientists from Purdue University, Yale and MIT have found that 150-1000 grams of carbon dioxide are released in one hour of videoconference or streaming service. By comparison, burning a gallon of gasoline while driving a car produces 9,000 grams. Of course, online services don't literally emit carbon dioxide. But they affect the environment indirectly - through the methods of storing and transmitting data on the Internet. Processing data on the web requires electricity, large amounts of water for...

    EUR 46 million was invested in energy efficiency projects through the warm credit program and energy services, and another EUR 1.2 billion was invested in the creation of new generating capacities. Leaders of "green" generation - solar power plants 2020 Results: State Energy Efficiency In total, in 2020, 35 million euros were allocated through the warm credit program, and 122 ESCO agreements were signed through the energy service for the amount of 11 million euros. 1.2 billion euros were invested directly in the generation of energy from renewable sources, which made it possible to install 1.6 GW of new generating capacity. In terms of technologies used in generation, new power plants are distributed as follows:     1169 MW - Solar power plants (SPP);     226 MW - SES in private households (SESd);     144 MW - Wind power plants;     22 MW - Biomass power plants;     10 MW - Biogas power plants; ...