🤩🦾 Our mission to develop the Ukrainian startup ecosystem has gained incredible momentum this year. Let’s take a look at some of the impressive numbers and events that defined our success in 2023:

🚀 Startup Acceleration: We helped 30+ promising startups grow.

🌍 European Projects: Successfully implemented 6 significant European projects, expanding our influential partnership:
▫️ Signed an agreement with Seeds of Bravery, which will open up exciting opportunities for innovative technology companies.
▫️ Signed a grant agreement with USAID, the implementation of projects supported by the USAID Competitive Economy of Ukraine Program will take place in the new year, expect a cool announcement in January.
▫️ Conducted a successful program “InterHEI Food and Health Innovators Ukraine” for startups related to agri-food systems and the health sector.
▫️ Organized the Raw Materials Hackathon: Change4Future” for scientists with a focus on mineral and metallurgical processes for sustainable development.
▫️ Held Innovation Breakthrough Day 2023: from research “in theory” to implementation!, which featured a presentation of knowledge-intensive projects where scientists demonstrated their developments to government officials and MPs.
▫️ Organized Techstars Startup Weekend Kyiv HYBRID event.

🌐 Participation in Global Events: Organized the Ukrainian delegation to Latitude59 in Tallinn, defining our presence on the global stage.

👏 Startups – Numbers and Achievements:

💰 New startup sales: $3.2M per year.
Investments: $2M signed and $1.5M in negotiations.
💼 New workplaces: 44, Saved workplaces: 57.
🎙️Участь in international events: 7 expos, 2 on-stage presentations.
👩‍💼 4 startups founded by women – all with systematic growing sales.

🙏 We express our sincere gratitude to our friends and partners for their joint efforts in creating meaningful and necessary initiatives for the Ukrainian startup ecosystem! 🇺🇦