The startup hub and venture program will select 5 startups from each side for expert evaluation by the jury.
Kyiv startup hub LIFT99 in partnership with the venture building program Mission Possible by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship /nnov8 invites 10 startups for a Pitch Drill, which will take place offline on March 22 at 5:30 PM at LIFT99.
Following the selection process, 5 chosen startups from the venture program and 5 chosen LIFT99 startups will be able to pitch their projects to the jury and receive expert support.

The event’s experts will be:
- Helery Pops, Investor at Practica Capital, supporting Baltic tech companies (incl. deep tech, hardware, marketplaces, SaaS). Ticket size from €200K to €3+M
- James Sladden, Partner at Campbell Lutyens. They have a 35-year track record of developing and executing well-defined capital raising, sale, and financing strategies for some leading private capital firms and institutional investors globally. They have raised and advised on more than $424B in fund placement and secondary advisory transactions.
- Aivar Berzin, Chairman at Vestman Energia, Supervisory Board of Sunly Innovation, invests in pre-seed & seed electrification startups that demonstrate promising initial traction. The ticket size for investments is €100-500K.
- Indrek Kasela, Seed Investor. He is a part of United Angels VC A part of United Angels VC invested in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and Finland (business products, services, SaaS, fintech, platforms, deep tech, software-enabled hardware sectors)— ticket of up to €3<M. Additionally, Indrek has participated in Shark Tank Estonia, offering insight and support to emerging startups.
Open call for applications and/or registration for the event are available via the link.
The application deadline is March 20, 2024, 23:59 Kyiv time.




