Welcome to Startup-in-Residence programme in Ukraine.
We’re building bridges between municipalities and the startup ecosystem by connecting startups with cities. As a result, a city gets an innovative solution to one of their challenges and a startup gets the first big client – the city.
Right now, we are launching the programme in Kyiv and Vinnytsia.
For whom?
Benefits
Speakers & Mentors
The leadmentors of the programme will guide you during the whole programme. They will measure progress weekly and help you when needed. At the beginning of the programme there will be a matching between startups and mentors.
- Chair International Advisory Board, Amsterdam Economic Board
- Director TechConnect, private lead
- Board Codam
- Board Growth Tribe Academy
- Co-founder Cupola XS
- Co-founder and Board FutureNL
- Chair Entrepreneurship Master UvA/VU
- Founder and Board advisor Dutchbasecamp
- Former Director StartupAmsterdam, private lead [2015 – mid-2018]
- Venture Funding & Development Finance Strategy at USAID Ukraine
- Former Going Global at TechUkraine
- Former Head of Ukrainian National Startup Fund
- Former Deputy Director at UkraineInvest – Ukraine Investment Promotion Office
- Worked at UBS AG, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Bank of Georgia
- Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association – Member of the Supervisory Board
- Co-founder of Open Innovation Platform RE:ACTOR
- over 15 years of experience in Corporate Finance and M&A transactions with corporations, startups, venture capital, and private equity funds
- Since 2010 worked in EY, Corporate Finance and M&A for 8 years – managed and completed over 10 M&A transactions in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Poland including the first privatization according to World Bank methodology, the deals with Unilever, Mail.Ru Group, Axzon Group, Dan Farm, Portmone and other big and middle-sized corporates in the region.
- headed the investment department in the Ukrainian investment group Volvest Group and in the international trading and investment holding Midland Group.
- Managed the World Bank’s Private Sector Development Project in Ukraine.
Monitor.Estate
Donor.ua
Svetislav Grbich
- Chief Data Scientist at Skein Ltd, a technology innovation lab
- Over 20 years of experience in Architecture and Urban Design, with last 4 years dedicated to Smart City movement, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning.
- offer consultancy in fields of:
- Architecture, Urban Design research, and development
- Smart City methods and visioning
- Product Design / Design Thinking methods and practical implementation
- Data Science, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning
CATCH map
- Founder and CEO of ARTKB – an engineering company that specializes in a full-cycle hardware product development, with main focus on enclosure solutions.
- co-founder of Hushme – the World’s first voice mask for smartphones.
- Worked at UBS AG, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Bank of Georgia
iSOS
- Co-founder of Greencubator, the ecosystem for green startups, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable innovations
- smart energy / green economy advocate and communications consultant
- visiting lecturer in Ukrainian business schools – Kyiv School of Economics and Lviv Business School, focusing on green business models, the art of presentation and storytelling.
OctaPoint
- Coordinator of the education program at City Innovation Platform
- Founder of the School of engagement technologies
- Business trainer, coach, psychologist
- Specialization in creativity, design-thinking, innovation products and services for cities
- Lecture at European Design School
Startups -winners (1st batch)
CatchMap
app for Kyiv citizens and tourists which provide interesting paths out of the rush city center.
SWW
map-based platform that allows municipalities or state units responsible for road infrastructure and safety (incl. traffic management) to manage the maintenance and planning challenges.