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

Oleksandr Bornyakov is a Deputy Minister with the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation. In this interview he talks about their programs designed to fully digitize every day administrative government tasks like getting a driver's license, registering a newborn baby, setting up a corporation, obtaining a passport, etc. using a smartphone as the tool. We also talked about Oleksandr's main pro...

Propertymate provides an artificial intelligence-powered management system for real estate developers and agents. It matches potential buyers with their ideal homes. CEO Dan Hnatkovsky talks about how the company was founded, their 2020 success with Techstars in Austin, Texas, and his plans for the future. https://propertymate.ai/en/

Petcube is a global leader in the connected pet market. It was founded in 2012 in Kyiv, Ukraine, and has offices in San Francisco, Calif., and Shenzhen, China. Its first product, the Petcube camera, enables pet owners to see, talk to and play with their pets remotely from their smartphone. CEO Yaroslav Azhnyuk offers a current update about the company's products and efforts to grow the business. h...

Center42 is a boutique innovation agency that helps corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs to work with startups and discover and launch new digital products and business models on the edge of digital transformation. Founder and CEO Kirill Mazur talks about his entrepreneurial career and his company Center42 and its activities. https://center42.tech/

​UniExo is a wearable modular robotic exoskeleton device designed to facilitate and improve rehab for all limbs. The exoskeleton assists and supports patients outside healthcare facilities and helps along their physical rehabilitation. Anton Holovachenko is an inventor and hardware engineer and the founder and CEO of UniExo. He talks about his product, the company and his plans to bring the roboti...

Alcor is a business management consulting company with its headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine. The company specializes in business process outsourcing (BPO). Dmitry Ovcharenko, its CEO and founder, discusses the company and its efforts to become a major global player. https://alcor-bpo.com/

Founded in 2016, 3DLOOK is a creator of a mobile body scanning technology that uses a patented combination of computer vision, neural networks, and 3D statistical modeling to generate a 3D avatar and more than 70 points of measure from just two photos in under 30 seconds. The company has developed the world's first Body Data Platform and was recognized as the 2019 winners of the LVMH Innovation Aw...

An interview with Dr. Igor Kotsiuba, the chairman and cofounder of the Ukrainian digital health company Healthymity. Dr. Kotsiuba and his team are helping to create an ecosystem for collaboration between hospitals and pharmaceutical companies on AI projects. https://healthymity.com/

The Ukrainian startup RefaceAI has developed an AI technology to swap faces in images and video. One of its products is "Doublicat" which is a face swap AI-tool for GIFs. Chief Business Officer Dmitry Shvets talks about the company, its products and its plans to become a major player in the production side of the entertainment industry. https://reface.ai/

Riddletag is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian startup offering facial recognition technology for the retail, banking, insurance and transportation sectors. CEO and cofounder Yuri Holuzynets discusses the company, its projects and plans for the future. https://riddletag.com/en/

David Gilgur, a founding partner with Blue Lake Accelerator, talks about the program of this business accelerator for Ukrainian tech startups. The accelerator is based in London. https://www.bluelakeaccelerator.com/

Anastasiia Romanova, the CEO of Mosquito Control Ltd, discusses a smart, eco-friendly mosquito control system developed by her Ukrainian startup company headquartered in Kyiv. Her company has participated in the EO Business Incubators program in Ukraine. https://semcs.com.ua/

Olga Afanasyeva is the CEO of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She talks about her recent trip with six Ukrainian tech startups to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. CRDF Global and its STEP program, funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, were partners for this activity. Olga also discus...

CEO and cofounder Alex Galkin talks about his company Competera. The company offers a cloud-native platform for brick&click retailers to make optimal price and promo decisions. It was founded in 2014 in Ukraine. https://competera.net/

LvBS Center for Entrepreneurship is a relatively new accelerator for startups and an educational platform for students and young entrepreneurs in Ukraine. Executive Director Ivan Petrenko talks about how the Center was started and its technology business programs. https://ucucfe.lvbs.com.ua/en/

TechUkraine is creating a single communication hub for Ukraine as a technological nation. It facilitates collaboration with existing startup hubs, accelerator programs, VC’s, universities and Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs. Program Director Nataly Veremeeva talks about the NGO's various programs and initatives to secure greater exposure for Ukraine in the global tech community. https://techukraine.o...

Vitaly Kirkpatrick, who is a recent Ukrainian emigre to the U.S., founded his company in 2016 focused on wireless audio and assisted-living technologies. He talks about how he developed the idea and his plans to market his product in the U.S. and globally. www.clovitek.com

Solar Gaps offers smart blinds that automatically track the sun and generate electricity for home, office or other commercial buildings. Founder and CEO Yevgen Erik talks about how and why he started the company and his efforts to sell his product on a global market. https://solargaps.com/

Andrei Komarovski is the CEO of the Ukraine tech startup accelerator Sector X. Sector X is a program offered by the UNIT.City innovation park in Kyiv, Ukraine. Andrei talks about the accelerator and the tech startups participating in it. https://sectorx.city/

Zpoken AI CEO Anton Gera discusses the transformation of his original company Anryze into a full service data science firm. Zpoken is headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine. https://zpoken.ai/

Nanobot Medical Animation Studio provides 3D digital graphics to more effectively illustrate medical applications. Cofounders Andrii Koniukh and Yuriy Svidinenko talk about the art of scientific storytelling and how their company has helped major global life science and medical-product companies more easily communicate with their clients and customers. https://www.nanobotmedical.com/

Michael Puzrakov is the COO, Chairman and cofounder of the Ukrainian custom software development company Intellias. He is also a founding member of the new regional investment community Lviv Tech Angels. In this interview he talks about how LVIV IT Cluster was a catalyst for this new tech startup investment group and their future plans. https://itcluster.lviv.ua/en/projects/lviv-tech-angels/

UATAG founder and CEO Taras Rodtsevych discusses his product UATAG. UATAG is new, patented solution, designed to protect the authenticity of important valuables and products utilizing blockchain technology. It offers 100% counterfeit protection. https://uatag.com/

DeepTrait is developing self-learning AI capable of working with the full genomes of crop plants. Cofounders Sergii Shelpuk and Ruslana Radchuk talk about how the company was founded and the services they hope to offer to the global biotechnology community. https://www.deeptrait.ai/

Crello is a visual editor that simplifies the design process for everyone. It’s a simple solution that eliminates the need for complex design tools to create visuals. Chief Marketing Officer Nazar Begen talks about how the startup was founded and how Crello works. https://crello.com/