UF residents: the demining machine from the startup Efarm.pro reaches serial production
15-03-2024
The Ukrainian demining machine, created on the basis of the T-156 tractor, is able to clear explosive objects from 1,000 to 2,500 square meters of field per hour. In February 2024, the car was tested on mines at one of the military training grounds. Currently, it is being prepared for...
Graduates of UF Startup School Beginner will be able to become residents of Ukrainian Future
06-02-2024
According to the decision of the jury members of the final pitch, the selected authors of the 5 projects presented received an invitation to join the community of residents of the business incubator and make prototypes of their inventions in the UF FabLab. Another 18 participants of the pre-incubation program...
UF Startup School Beginner starts on January 15!
05-01-2024
During three weeks, the participants of the pre-incubation program from Ukrainian Future, the business incubator of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, will work on transforming their scientific works into operating startups. From January 15 to February 2, 2024, young innovators will be able to lay the foundations for...
The finalists of "InventorUA" were awarded Ukrainian Future Certificates!
12-12-2023
40 participants of the All-Ukrainian competition of youth scientific and technical projects "InventorUA" with our Certificates will have the right to be automatically enrolled in the UF Startup School Beginner program, where they will be able to start work on transforming their scientific works into active startups. Another 4 participants received...
Join us: we are starting the Business incubation program 2024!
11-12-2023
Business Incubation Program — a one-year program of personalized comprehensive support for startups, which combines a training program, individual consulting and business coaching, fundraising assistance and professional networking with the possibility of using the material infrastructure of the business incubator on preferential terms (co-working space, prototyping laboratory and materials library)...
Denis Gurak with the startup A.D.A.M. performed on the Grand Finale of the Startup World Cup!
04-12-2023
The global startup pitching competition has traditionally gathered more than 2,500 participants in Silicon Valley. For three days, from November 29 to December 1, workshops, discussion panels, meetings with investors took place here, and regional selection startups from more than 50 countries competed for the main prize of $1,000,000.
The representative...
Ukrainian Future became an associate partner of G-Gravity
24-11-2023
As part of the Ukrainian-Italian partnership, Ukrainian Future opened a representative office in Milan and access to G-Gravity platforms and tools. The parties also plan to implement a number of joint programs and measures to support startups and corporate innovations. It is planned that the first joint program of the...
From Idea to Startup: Registration is now open for UF Startup School Beginner 2023!
15-11-2023
The pre-incubation program by Ukrainian Future, the business incubator of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, is designed for young innovators aged 15 and above who aspire to turn their inventions into viable startups. UF Startup School Beginner will kick off on December 4 and will run for 3...
Ukrainian innovators can participate in the World Series of Innovation by NFTE!
26-10-2023
Participants of the competition are invited to propose solutions to the world's most significant problems as defined by the UN's challenges. The three best ideas from young innovators aged 13 to 24 will be awarded cash prizes: $1,500 for first place, $600 for second, and $300 for third.
The World Series...
Ukrainian Future has become an innovative partner of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
16-10-2023
The partnership with NFTE grants Ukrainian Future, the business incubator of Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, access to various international programs and competitions. The collaboration begins with the World Series of Innovation (WSI), a competition that challenges young individuals to address specific UN global issues. Another aspect of the...
Ukrainian Future has joined a specialized course offered by the Agency for Strategic Development of Bila Tserkva.
09-10-2023
"Business from Scratch: Financial Management" - This course, part of the Small and Medium-sized Business School, is designed for women from the Bila Tserkva community who have lost a family member due to the war. In response to their request and with the support of the Bila Tserkva City Council,...
The startup representing Ukraine, which will compete in the USA for $1,000,000, has been determined.
22-09-2023
Startup A.D.A.M. has become the winner of Startup World Cup Ukraine 2023 and won the right to represent Ukraine in the Grand Final of the competition in Silicon Valley on December 1 this year. A.D.A.M. is a 3D bioprinting startup that develops a system for manufacturing medical devices for bone...
Ten Startup Teams will compete for a trip to Silicon Valley on September 21
19-09-2023
The jury of the organizer of global Startup World Cup competition has announced the list of winners of the Ukrainian regional selection - Startup World Cup Ukraine 2023. Ten startup teams will compete for a trip to the Grand Final in the USA and a chance to win $1,000,000:
1. Corner...
Ukrainian startups will be able to compete for $1,000,000 at the Startup World Cup
01-08-2023
Registration is open for the Ukrainian regional selection of the global startup pitch competition - Startup World Cup Ukraine 2023, the winner will become the official representative of Ukraine at the Startup World Cup Grand Final in the USA and will have the opportunity to win $1,000,000.
Selection criteria for participation...
On July 19, a series of preparatory trainings for UF Startup School Beginner 2023 will begin.
11-07-2023
The trainings with business incubator experts are part of the admission process for the UF Startup School Beginner 2023 program. The three-day mini-intensive is an opportunity to immerse yourself in your innovative project and transform it into a business project. The goal is to transform your work into functioning startups...
31-05-2023
The authors of 47 research works, whose ideas were recognized by the business incubator's competition committee as the most promising in terms of commercialization, have the right to automatic enrollment in the pre-incubation program called Ukrainian Future. The UF Startup School Beginner will assist participants in transforming their works into...
Entrepreneurial support for young innovators: Ukrainian Future's professional development program has concluded
10-05-2023
Over the course of 5 weeks, 48 participants of the program "Youth Startups: Development and Support Tools" attended a series of trainings aimed at providing educators with effective tools for working with youth startups. The trainings covered various topics, including creating a startup business model, marketing, finance, law, leadership, design...
Ukrainian startup has produced an unmanned complex for demining fields
21-04-2023
The complex includes a drone, a demining robot, an autopilot, and a towed tractor system capable of withstanding an explosion. The system works autonomously, if necessary it allows you to control the vehicle from a safe distance without a risk, so human involvement and, accordingly, the risks to the lives...
We are recruiting for the advanced training program!
21-03-2023
The program "Youth startups: development and support tools" aims to develop the Ukrainian ecosystem for supporting youth innovations. It is intended for those who work with young inventors and believes that the basis of the recovery of the Ukrainian economy is the comprehensive support of innovations and the creation of...
Resident Ukrainian Future "Harmix" raises $500,000 in investments
03-03-2023
The funds received from Canadian investors will be used by the team to launch an iOS application and a B2B platform for professionals such as producers, directors, and sound engineers.
Harmix is an artificial intelligence-based service that automatically matches music to videos. Its CEO, Nazar Ponochevnyi, started at the Junior Academy...
Participants of UF Startup School Beginner presented their projects at the Crash Test
29-12-2022
Despite the massive Russian shelling on December 29th and the resulting power outages and communication disruptions in many regions of Ukraine, the majority of program participants were able to join online for the final pitch and successfully present their innovative projects to a professional jury.
Most of the attendees of the...
Mikko-Pekka Hanski has joined the Advisory Board of Ukrainian Future
20-12-2022
Mikko-Pekka Hanski is the Chairman of one of the most famous unemployment funds in Finland, Yleinen työttommöyskassa YTK, Board member and Advisor of Hanskis Maskin Service Oy, a family company that creates new worlds, develops concepts and invests in ideas and people. And also the founder of Ministry of Good...
How a mentorship program can help a startup: CEO Knopka on Empowering Future Entrepreneurial Ukraine
15-12-2022
Product certification in Europe, developed marketing strategy for the Nordic countries, new contacts, new markets and eventually, possibly new investments. Ivan Osadchyy, CEO of the startup Knopka, which offers a patient care automation system for hospital beds, talked about the open perspectives and real steps of his startup, which became...
Stephanie Marrus joined the Advisory Board of the Ukrainian Future Incubator
09-12-2022
Stephanie K. Marrus is Managing Director, Entrepreneurship, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the leading science and medical graduate university in the US and sister school to UC Berkeley. She is a Silicon Valley life science/healthcare startup expert and has helped start numerous companies based on UCSF technology.
A key node...
Finalists of "InventorUA" awarded Ukrainian Future Certificates
05-12-2022
29 participants of the All-Ukrainian competition for youth scientific and technical projects "InventorUA" will have the right to automatic admission to the pre-incubation program UF Startup School Beginner 2022 and start working on implementing their projects in the form of startups.
UF Startup School Beginner 2022 by Ukrainian Future, the business...
UF Startup School Beginner 2022 Enrollment Begins
05-12-2022
Everyone with a business idea and a plan to develop it as a startup can join the pre-incubation program by Ukrainian Future, the business incubator of the Young Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. UF Startup School Beginner is designed for participants aged 15 and above who seek to evaluate their...
Startup World Cup: why should you go there?
07-10-2022
This year, Ukraine was officially represented for the first time at the global pitching competition in the USA, where startups-finalists of regional selections from 50+ countries of the world traditionally compete once a year for $1,000,000 of investments. Since the Grand Final of the competition was not held in Silicon...
Ukrainian Future’s resident became the best student in the world, according to the Global Student Prize
20-09-2022
Ihor Klymenko will receive a $100,000 scholarship as the student who makes the greatest real impact on education, the lives of his peers and society in general.
Igor is 17 years old, he is studying at the Faculty of Instrumentation Engineering in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and at the University...
Startup MANNA will represent Ukraine at the competition in Silicon Valley
23-07-2022
MANNA - an interactive media platform for creating original 3D animated content, streaming, and social interaction in a VR environment - became the winner of the Startup World Cup Ukraine 2022. The startup has been selected to represent Ukraine at the Grand Final of the competition in the USA.
With the...
15 Ukrainian startups will be able to study in US business incubators
15-07-2022
Such an opportunity is offered to innovators by the US State Department's Global Innovation Through Science and Technology (GIST) Program. As part of the "U.S. Business Incubation: Ukraine" Ukrainian startups will be able to commercialize their scientific and technical solutions and bring them to the market. Selected projects will also...
We are excited to introduce you finalists of Startup World Cup Ukraine 2022
14-07-2022
Jury members of the Startup World Cup global competition decided on the list of winners of the Ukrainian regional selection! On July 22, startup teams will compete online for a trip to Silicon Valley and a chance to win $1,000,000:
SOLAR PLEX. A retrofit solar panel technology that allows photovoltaic panels...
28 finalists of the All-Ukrainian Competition-Defense of JASU have been awarded Ukrainian Future Certificate
10-07-2022
The competition commission of the business incubator has selected 28 research works whose authors will receive Certificates to participate in programs on innovation project management. Depending on the readiness level of the work and the presence of a minimum viable product (MVP), the finalists of the All-Ukrainian Competition-Defense will have...
Trip to Silicon Valley and a chance to win $1,000,000: Registration for the regional selection of the Startup World Cup is now open
25-06-2022
Ukrainian Future, the business incubator of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the official representative of the global Startup World Cup competition in Ukraine, has announced the recruitment of teams for the regional pitching stage of the startup competition, with the final taking place in Silicon Valley and...
4 Ukrainian startups shared grant of over € 55,000 from a Ukrainian-Finnish program
15-06-2022
The winners of the final pitch of the Empowering Future Entrepreneurial Ukraine program will receive funding and services from leading international and Finnish companies. The pitching was preceded by 2.5 weeks of mentoring sessions from business leaders from Finland, Estonia, and Ukraine. 14 teams participated in them. They also competed...
Ukrainian Future and Partners from Finland will support Ukrainian startups
06-05-2022
Empowering Future Entrepreneurial Ukraine. A pitching competition and mentoring program from business leaders from Finland, Estonia, and Ukraine will start soon. The winner will receive a grant as well as products and services to accelerate the growth of the startup from the Finnish project partners.
Startups with Ukrainian background are invited...
Graduates of the Startup Accelerator program received prizes totaling over $36,000
17-12-2021
Following the final pitch by 5 startup teams that secured the top positions, they were awarded vouchers for Amazon Web Services and the Ukrainian Future business incubator, as well as vouchers for tickets to one of the world's most prestigious innovation festivals.
The Startup Accelerator is an intensive educational program developed...
On February 2, the advanced training programme "Youth Startups: development and support tools" starts
20-01-2021
The "Youth Startups: development and support Tools" programme of the JASU Ukrainian Future Business Incubator is a series of training sessions, case studies, networking, and open discussion on effective tools to support youth startups with European experts and national coaches that will help with:
building of the Ukrainian ecosystem to support...