Advertise on podcast: Made in Ukraine Tech Startup Edition, interviews with top Ukrainian entrepreneurs

Vertical farming enables more land efficient agriculture closer to urban areas. The Ukrainian entrepreneur Aleks Prykhodko is the CEO and founder of a vertical farming startup, Smart Oasis. While focused on Ukraine, the company also has a pilot project in the UK. Mr. Prykhodko talks about vertical farming technology and how he hopes to take his company global. https://smartoasis.life/

Go TO-U is an electric vehicle charging software solution that acts as a digital experience platform for e-mobility. CEO and cofounder Nazar Shymone-Davyda talks about how and why he helped established the Ukrainian tech startup company, its early successes and which markets he hopes to serve. https://go-tou.com/en

G-MAK is a Ukrainian active defense security product startup cofounded in 2018 by Lyubomyr Dykun (CEO) and Volodymyr Rovinskyi (CTO). Their product provides home protection in less than 1 second by turning on active defense systems: thick fog, powerful stroboscopic flash and multi-tone siren sound to disorient any intruder. Commercial Director Volodymyr Chykalov talks about how and why the company was founded and their plans to market and sell their product in various markets including the U.S. https://g-mak.ua/en

Since 2017, innovative tech startups from Ukraine have exhibited at the world class CES technology show. The Ukraine Startup pavilion is made possible due to the joint work of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) and the Ukrainian Startup Fund together with USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine (USAID CEP), Western NIS Enterprise Fund, Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) and the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. TechUkraine is an information partner. Dmytro Kuzmenko, the executive director of the UVCA talks about the Ukrainian startups at CES this year and their opportunity to present their products and services in person to a global audience. https://techukraine.org/2022/12/29/brave-ukrainian-tech-will-showcase-hardware-innovations-at-ces-2023-in-las-vegas/

Angel One is a recently launched venture fund for UKrainian tech startups offered by the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. Managing Partner Ivan Petrenko discusses how and why the fund was started and what its plans are for investment. https://sifted.eu/articles/ukrainian-university-fund-spinouts/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-petrenko-070299172/

Carbominer is a Ukrainian hardware startup that has developed innovative technology to capture CO2 from the air. CEO and founder Nick Oseyko offers an update on what has been happening with the company and its technology since his first interview with Made in Ukraine in March 2021. https://carbominer.com/

The Ukrainian entrepreneur Karolina Attspodina is the CEO and cofounder of WeDoSolar. The company headquartered in Berlin, Germany, offers apartment dwellers an option to generate their own electricity from solar energy. The solar energy generator is located on a south-facing balcony. Karolina talks about her company and its great success in the market since it launched in February 2022. https://we.do.solar/en

Promin Aerospace is a Ukrainian spacetech startup based in Dnipro, Ukraine. CEO and cofounder Misha Rudominski describes the innovative rocket technology of the company and his plans to commercialize it. https://prominaerospace.com/

Elai.io is a text-to-video platform that offers users a convenient tool to create all kinds of videos for promotional and other purposes. CEO and cofounder Vitalii Romanchenko talks about how and why the company was founded, its successful business model and future plans for growth. https://elai.io/

AVentures Capital is a major early stage Venture Capital fund focused on global companies that leverage R&D in Ukraine and CEE. Yuliya Sychikova is a company director and the producer of the investment report, "Dealbook of Ukraine: 2022 edition". She reviews the highlights of this report produced each year since 2014. https://www.slideshare.net/YevgenSysoyev/dealbook-of-ukraine-2022-edition-251657977?fbclid=IwAR0hqZkT4aqCQlA6I7ftdnFItjfz6-pxwu2EFVxetmOqKZBb8va1Yj_abo0

SID Venture Partners was formed in 2021 by three Ukrainian IT service companies: Sigma Software, Ideasoft and Datrics. Their venture capital fund backs Ukrainian founders from pre-seed to Series A. Managing General Partner Dmitry Vartanian and General Partner Alexey Stoletny discuss the fund's strategy, its first startup investments and the challenge for tech companies posed by the war in Ukraine. https://sid.fund/

The Ukrainian Startup Fund is a Ukrainian Government agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance. It makes funding grants to pre-seed and seed stage Ukrainian tech startups. Director Pavlo Kartashov talks about why USF was established, how it works and its reputation as the major angel investor in Ukraine today. https://usf.com.ua/en/