INDUSTRIES

Defence & Cybersecuruty
Food & Agriculture
Infrastructure & Energy
Health

*Startups from other industries can participate if the project aims to rebuild Ukraine.

REACHED OUTCOMES

Online Pitch Competition and Mentoring Program May-June 2022.  

14 teams participated targeting defense, agro, infrastructure, and healthcare sectors. 

More than €60,000 of general grant fund issued to support implementation.

A 2.5-week mentoring program to prepare for the Pitch Competition. Teams participated in individual mentoring sessions with experienced and highly connected mentors from Ukraine, Finland, and Estonia to boost startup growth. 

Participants received pro bono services such as IP, legal, and consulting from partner companies, and access to Ukrainian Future incubator services to Increase their network with Ukrainian-originated startups.

Teams Increased their international network with companies, and mentors.

Media coverage in Ukraine, Finland, and Estonia was obtained and increased visibility on social media.

Connections with international companies and access to global funding and investments were established.

WHAT STARTUP WINNERS OF THE FINAL PITCH RECEIVE:

  • € 10,000 money and € 5,000 services from Greenstep (accounting and taxes, transactions and finance, personnel and business management)
  • €10.000 funding from Ministry of Good Spirit (a community that brings together positive responsible people by supporting their growth through inspirational events and personal mentoring)
  • € 7,500 services from Liquido.vc (preparation for pre-seed and seed rounds of funding, strategy planning, advisory groups, startup brand and ecosystem building, investment in selected startups)
  • € 7,500 services from Miltton (business strategy, brand, design, marketing and PR advice)
  • € 5,000 services from Lexia (legal consulting, including ICT, Tech, Startups & Growth Companies)
  • Free access to Microsoft Azure platform from $1.000 to $150.000, depending on the startup stage
  • $ 10,000 credits from Amazon Web Services 
  • Opportunity to find companies for cooperation at the international level
  • Access to global financing and investment

STARTUP SELECTION CRITERIA: POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO BOOSTING THE UKRAINIAN ECONOMY AND REBUILDING

Pitch Deck including:

сompany information
problem statement
solution/simple demo
market size
product and technology traction
team members*
competition
business model/plan
funding status
MVP
product testing results or cash flow
competitive advantages
how your product/technology can help now to meet challenges caused by the war and rebuilding in Ukraine?
contact info

*Prioritized: min. one of the Startup founders is a citizen of Ukraine or has Ukrainian origins in competition

**Ready-made innovative solutions and quick implementation time are prioritized 

***Open call for all Ukrainian Startups which are registered companies

KEY PARTNERS

PARTNERS

CORE TEAM

Vitalii Lisovyi

CEO at Ukrainian Future incubator,

Head of Business Education and Innovations Department of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Hannele Mennala

Master of Economics, Head of StartUp School Business Incubator at The Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Helsinki

Mikko-Pekka Hanski

Chairman at Yleinen työttömyyskassa YTK, 

Board Professional, Advisor and Mentor at Hanskis Maskin Service

CORE SPEAKERS AND MENTORS

Elina Seppälä

Investor/ Board professional/ Circular Economy / Energy/ Digital  and Impact Investment

Aape Pohjavirta

CEO of Funzi

Pitching coaching (Slush Style), Venture investment

Mart Maasik

Investman Lead UniTartu

Innovation leader, Venture Capital, Ecosystem models

Jussi Muurikainen

Founder, chief evangelist of Liquido.vc, Founder of Finns for Ukraine F4U group

Jonas Lundberg

Co-founder, CEO Liquido.vc

Marko Moilanen

An experienced attorney at law at Lexia Attorneys │ ICT, Tech, Startups & Growth Companies

Juho Pietilänaho

An Experienced finance professional and Partner of CFO Services at Greenstep

Hannes Jesar

Helsinki XR Center and Turbiini Accelerator | Project Manager at Metropolia RDI Services Department

Mikko Leino

Partner @ M&M Growth Partners

Timo-Pekka Uotila

PhD | Entrepreneurial Leadership | Performance Through People | Project Manager | Entrepreneur | Senior Researcher

Vitaliy Yakushev

Cybersecurity evangelist / CEO at 10Guards

Yuriy Sereschenko

Managing Director at QPDigital Venture Capital Fund | finances / investments

Oleksandr Simonov

CEO and CTO at Amoniac OÜ, member of the Advisory Board of Ukrainian Future Incubator

Iryna Bystrova

Head of Coach Network and Program of Ukrainian Future Business Incubator

Tetiana Tverdushka

Certified REFA-Consultant, Member of REFA, Coach and Expert of Ukrainian Future Business Incubator

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