On December 7, the Ukrainian Startup Fund Award 2023 took place at UNIT.City. The USF Startup Award is an annual award for outstanding innovators who contribute to Ukrainian technological development. The award has several categories, including startup of the year, newcomer of the year, people’s choice, breakthrough of the year etc.
Meet the winners of this year’s USF award:
- Startup of the Year – S.Lab
- Newcomer of the Year – Numo ADHD
- People’s Choice – Uspacy
Breakthrough of the Year – Releaf Paper - Best Female-Founded Startup – Fuelfinance
- Best Dual-Use Startup – Himera
- Best Deep Tech Startup – Haiqu
- Founder of the Year – Olexander Sobolenko (Releaf Paper)
- Accelerator | Incubator of the Year – Startup Wise Guys
- Investor of the Year – SID Venture Partners
- Coworking | Space of the Year – LIFT99
- BSO of the Year – USAID
- Union of the Year – Techosystem
- Volunteer of the Year – Esper Bionics
The Hero of the Ecosystem was recognized as the Ukrainian Defender – everyone who defends our country today. Thanks to them, we are able to work for the development of Ukraine’s tech sector.
In addition, the event included the final of the UNICORN competition from USF, Sigma Software Labs, and SID Venture Partners. As a result:
- Third place and a prize of 1,000 euros received Adminix.io. The startup also won the grand prize of 3,000 dollars from SID Venture Partners.
- Second place and a prize of 1,500 euros was awarded to SplineCloud.
- First place and a prize of 3,000 euros received if.team.
Congratulations to the winners and thank everyone who joined the USF Startup Awards 2023! Together we have once again shown the strength and unity of the Ukrainian startup ecosystem!
The USF Startup Awards 2023 was implemented through the joint efforts of the Ukrainian Startup Fund, Western NIS Enterprise Fund, USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine (USAID CEP), ICLUB Global, Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA), Advantage Ukraine, IT Ukraine Association, Kharkiv IT Cluster, Startup Depot. Lviv Business Incubator and Coworking, UAFIC, Kyiv School of Economics, Center42 Innovation Agency, LIFT99, UNIT.City , TechUkraine, Vector, SPEKA with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and AEQUO Law Firm.
Special thanks to UNIT.City, MELT WATER CLUB, and Public Union “NORT” for their organizational support of the event.
