Made in Ukraine Tech Startup Edition, interviews with top Ukrainian entrepreneurs

Vertical farming enables more land efficient agriculture closer to urban areas. The Ukrainian entrepreneur Aleks Prykhodko is the CEO and founder of a vertical farming startup, Smart Oasis. While focused on Ukraine, the company also has a pilot project in the UK. Mr. Prykhodko talks about vertical farming technology and how he hopes to take his company global. https://smartoasis.life/

Go TO-U is an electric vehicle charging software solution that acts as a digital experience platform for e-mobility. CEO and cofounder Nazar Shymone-Davyda talks about how and why he helped established the Ukrainian tech startup company, its early successes and which markets he hopes to serve. https://go-tou.com/en

G-MAK is a Ukrainian active defense security product startup cofounded in 2018 by Lyubomyr Dykun (CEO) and Volodymyr Rovinskyi (CTO). Their product provides home protection in less than 1 second by turning on active defense systems: thick fog, powerful stroboscopic flash and multi-tone siren sound to disorient any intruder. Commercial Director Volodymyr Chykalov talks about how and why the company...

Since 2017, innovative tech startups from Ukraine have exhibited at the world class CES technology show. The Ukraine Startup pavilion is made possible due to the joint work of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) and the Ukrainian Startup Fund together with USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine (USAID CEP), Western NIS Enterprise Fund, Global Innovation throug...

Angel One is a recently launched venture fund for UKrainian tech startups offered by the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. Managing Partner Ivan Petrenko discusses how and why the fund was started and what its plans are for investment. https://sifted.eu/articles/ukrainian-university-fund-spinouts/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-petrenko-070299172/

Carbominer is a Ukrainian hardware startup that has developed innovative technology to capture CO2 from the air. CEO and founder Nick Oseyko offers an update on what has been happening with the company and its technology since his first interview with Made in Ukraine in March 2021. https://carbominer.com/

The Ukrainian entrepreneur Karolina Attspodina is the CEO and cofounder of WeDoSolar. The company headquartered in Berlin, Germany, offers apartment dwellers an option to generate their own electricity from solar energy. The solar energy generator is located on a south-facing balcony. Karolina talks about her company and its great success in the market since it launched in February 2022. https://w...

Promin Aerospace is a Ukrainian spacetech startup based in Dnipro, Ukraine. CEO and cofounder Misha Rudominski describes the innovative rocket technology of the company and his plans to commercialize it. https://prominaerospace.com/

Elai.io is a text-to-video platform that offers users a convenient tool to create all kinds of videos for promotional and other purposes. CEO and cofounder Vitalii Romanchenko talks about how and why the company was founded, its successful business model and future plans for growth. https://elai.io/

AVentures Capital is a major early stage Venture Capital fund focused on global companies that leverage R&D in Ukraine and CEE. Yuliya Sychikova is a company director and the producer of the investment report, "Dealbook of Ukraine: 2022 edition". She reviews the highlights of this report produced each year since 2014. https://www.slideshare.net/YevgenSysoyev/dealbook-of-ukraine-2022-edition-251657...

SID Venture Partners was formed in 2021 by three Ukrainian IT service companies: Sigma Software, Ideasoft and Datrics. Their venture capital fund backs Ukrainian founders from pre-seed to Series A. Managing General Partner Dmitry Vartanian and General Partner Alexey Stoletny discuss the fund's strategy, its first startup investments and the challenge for tech companies posed by the war in Ukraine....

The Ukrainian Startup Fund is a Ukrainian Government agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance. It makes funding grants to pre-seed and seed stage Ukrainian tech startups. Director Pavlo Kartashov talks about why USF was established, how it works and its reputation as the major angel investor in Ukraine today. https://usf.com.ua/en/

The Ukrainian tech startup OneNotary aims to create convenience for their customers through an online notary service available 24/7 focused on the U.S. market. CEO and cofounder Ivan Zinkov hopes to improve the notarization process by streamlining it and making it affordable and easily accessible. He talks about how the company was started and his plans for future growth. http://onenotary.us . Con...

MaxAh, a Ukrainian cleantech startup founded in June 2021, is developing a technology for lithium power supplies using Ukrainian graphene. CEO and cofounder Serhii Dubinevych talks about why the development of this technology is so critical at this time and when he hopes to have a battery prototype available. He is joined by Armand Lazarian, who is the Chief Business Development Officer. The compa...

Let's Enhance was cofounded in 2018 by CEO Sofiia Shvets and her partner Vlad Pranskevicius. The Ukrainian tech startup offers software to edit large volumes of photos using AI. The name of the product is Claid. Sofiia discusses how and why the company was founded, its business model and current profitability and plans for the future. https://letsenhance.io/

The Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association together with its research partner Kreston.ua has released the new annual report, "Ukraine Venture Capital and Private Equity Markets Overview 2020". Kreston Director of Innovation Taras Dumenko discusses the highlights of the report. It is available for download here. https://uvca.eu/en/news/ukraine-venture-capital-and-private-equity-ma...

Yurii Filipchuk is the CEO and a cofounder of the Ukrainian tech startup Party. Space. This company specializes in virtual events. Yurii and his team recently attracted a pre-seed investment of US $1 million. He talks about how and why the company was established and its immediate goals. https://www.party.space/

Anton Vaisburd is the CEO and cofounder of a Ukrainian startup firm Datrics. Datrics is a no-code platform to perform data analytics. Anton talks about how and why the company was founded in 2020 and the market opportunities for his product. https://datrics.ai/

Apostera is a Ukrainian tech startup that has produced a Mixed Reality solution for companies developing automotive Augmented Reality heads-up displays (HUDs), Navigation Suppliers, and OEMs. The company has its headquarters in Munich, Germany, but its R&D staff are located in Kyiv, Ukraine. CEO and cofounder Andrey Golubinskiy talks about how the company was founded and its successful track recor...

Dobrozem is a new Ukrainian startup that offers an online platform for buying and selling land. Alex Lissitsa cofounded it along with Dmytro Dubilet. A new land reform law in Ukraine has made it possible for Ukrainian citizens to buy and sell up to 100 hectares of land. Mr. Lissitsa discusses why Dobrozem was founded and what its prospects are for short and long term success. https://dobrozem.com....

UNIT.City is Ukraine’s first innovation park. Its goal is to become the center of innovation and a one-point entry into Ukraine for investors, partners and new technology from across the globe. CEO Dominique Piotet talks about how companies, startups, students, professionals and research laboratories creatively work together at the park to grow leading-edge, global businesses. https://unit.city/en...

Watched (now Wantent, ed. note 09/08/21} is an AI-based platform that identifies consumer reactions to video content and provides an analysis of the emotional connection with the viewer using machine learning technologies. The service analyzes 25 parameters for the best understanding of a target audience, including engagement, emotions, interest, attention etc. CEO Oleksii Shaldenko talks about ho...

Carbominer is a Ukrainian hardware startup that is developing innovative technology to capture CO₂ from the air. CEO Nick Oseyko talks about how and why he established the company and what his plans are to bring its services to the market. https://carbominer.com/

Hirio is a Ukrainian tech startup focused on volume hiring in the HR Tech space. CEO and cofounder Konstantin Miska discusses why he launched the company, its recent success with fundraising and plans for the future. https://www.hirio.co/

Kira Rudik is a current Member of Parliament of Ukraine, the first Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Digital Transformation and the leader of the Holos Party. She is also a serial tech entrepreneur and the former COO of Ring Ukraine. Kira talks about her experience in the world of technology and her desire to help build a better and effective relationship between bus...