Ukrainian Tech Ventures

08/02/2022

Alexa Sinyachova, who is a Venture Partner at Ukrainian Tech Ventures, took part in Mastercard Social Day – for Ukraine and local NPOs in Berlin! The event was organized by Mastercard Foundation and Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH with the goal of uniting forces to support Ukrainian entrepreneurs who have relocated to Berlin and are now building their companies in the European market.

At the event, Alexa had a chance to present Ukrainian Tech Ventures and participate in 1:1 sessions with Ukrainian startup founders. The participants teamed up to explore the opportunities in order to build a mutual ecosystem for Ukrainian tech companies and give them all the tools and support for their growth!

Many thanks to the organizers for giving us the opportunity to connect with the community and share our fund’s story!

06/24/2022

Last week, Alexa Sinyachova, a Venture Partner at Ukrainian Tech Ventures, was a keynote speaker at London Tech Week Pitch!

Together with brilliant June Sarpong, Sarah Kiefer, and Rachael Palmer, Alexa talked about Building and Sustaining a Thriving Tech Industry.

What’s also important is that Alexa was able to talk about Ukrainian Tech Ventures and bring up the challenges Ukrainian tech founders are facing today. We believe it’s significant that such a crucial topic was being discussed at Europe's largest tech festival. That’s the right place for a change to start!

Thanks a lot to London Tech Week for the opportunity!

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06/13/2022

Alexa Sinyachova, a Venture Partner at Ukrainian Tech Ventures, is speaking at London Tech Week tomorrow!

London Tech Week takes place in the world's most vibrant tech hub on June 13th-17th. The event brings 20,000+ global government and corporate leaders, inspirational start-up founders, senior investors and tech rising stars together to discuss the power of technology for societies.

On Tuesday, our Venture Partner Alexa Sinyachova will speak at the Panel Session: Building and Sustaining a Thriving Tech Industry. She will talk about the challenges Ukrainian tech founders are facing today in terms of relocating and restarting their businesses in Europe, and how Ukrainian Tech Ventures can assist them with that. Don’t miss it!

Our Partner, Maxim Shashenkov, will also be at the event with the aim of expanding the fund’s business network.

Feel free to reach us out at [email protected] to meet at London Tech Week!

05/27/2022

It’s already been a month since we announced Ukrainian Tech Ventures!

Over this time, Ukrainian Tech Ventures team have been actively negotiating with investors, reviewing incoming startup pitches, and gathering all kinds of help to support the future portfolio companies.

Here are some exciting updates to share:
— Alexa Sinyachova has officially joined UTV as Venture Partner;
— As a UTV’s partner, Alexa is participating at Wolves Summit and will speak at London Tech Week;
— We will also take part in Ukraine Startup Conference organized by Startup Network Europe;
— We spoke with Thomson Reuters Foundation News about how UTV plan to help startup teams in terms of relocation;
— Finally, we have gathered a lot of useful info for startup teams on relocating to Europe. And we continue negotiating bonuses and perks for our startups with companies in cloud services, marketing, no code tools, accommodation, working spaces, and many more!

Feel free to reach out to become our partner or investor → [email protected]

05/10/2022

Ukrainian Tech Ventures is looking for perks, bonuses, and any kind of help to support Ukrainian-founded startups:
https://forms.gle/hJYwmaL2YfvWbFHD6

As you know, there are numerous kinds of assistance Ukrainian founders may need right now. And we, at Ukrainian Tech Ventures, want to be as helpful as possible.

We are seeking partnerships with like-minded entrepreneurs and companies in Europe/US that are willing to support Ukrainian startup teams with any of the following:
— relocation;
— soft-landing;
— living and working spaces;
— working tools and services;
— access to fab labs;
— mentorship/consultation;
and more.

If there are any perks and services you can offer Ukrainian founders, please fill in the form above. Any type of help is important and welcomed.

Website: www.ukrvc.com
AngelList: www.angel.co/v/back/ukrainian-tech-ventures
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ukrvc
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/84109196
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ukrvc

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05/05/2022

Alexa Sinyachova, Ukrainian Founder and Venture Partner at Ukrainian Tech Ventures, curated WTECH Berlin Spring Gathering which took place on April 28 in Tech Incubator Hubraum, Berlin.

During the event, Alexa shared her experience as a Ukrainian founder building the business in Berlin and more about the local startup culture. She had a chance to speak with 50 female Ukrainian founders and tech professionals and tell them about Ukrainian Tech Ventures.

We believe every such event matters, as it gives a chance to learn how all of us can really help Ukrainian founders.

See the event details here: www.wtech.club/wtech-opening-in-berlin-on-2nd-of-september

05/02/2022

Last week, AngelList also shared the story of Ukrainian Tech Ventures!
“We believe the enormous pressure that Ukrainians are facing today will lead to great progress,” said Sergii Kremeno in the interview with AngelList.

Here are some other important points highlighted in the story:
— Ukrainian Tech Ventures is a new Rolling Fund investing in Ukrainian founders building their startups in a foreign country.
— The fund plans to invest in 200+ early-stage startups over the next four years.
— The fund's GPs say Ukrainian founders are resilient, and cite WhatsApp, Grammarly, and Revolut as examples of successful Ukrainian-founded startups.

Many thanks to AngelList or the opportunity!

Read the full story here: www.angellist.com/blog/ukrainian-tech-ventures

“We believe the enormous pressure that Ukrainians are facing today will lead to great progress.”

04/28/2022

It’s been a week since Ukrainian Tech Ventures’ first official announcement. And here is the first weekly update we’d like to share:
— UTV was featured in Bloomberg, Business Insider, and Forbes Newsletter Deal Flow;
— 32 Ukrainian-founded startups submitted their pitch decks to UTV on www.ukrvc.com;
— UTV team started negotiating with several investors, as well as collecting perks for our future startups.

And this’s just the beginning! Stay tuned!

04/25/2022

Business Insider also covered the story of Ukrainian Tech Ventures! Here are the key points captured:

— ​​The fund hopes to help Ukrainian entrepreneurs who have fled to the West.
— The founders won't be taking salaries and are personally investing in the fund themselves.
— the founding partners hope the fund’s non-profit status will attract investors, who will get a bigger share of profits than usual.

Thanks to Business Insider for sharing the story! You can read it here: https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-venture-fund-to-back-200-ukrainian-refugee-startups-2022-4

The founders of the fund hope it will help mitigate some of the negative impacts of the conflict on Ukraine's tech industry.

04/22/2022

Ukrainian Tech Ventures is now officially featured in Bloomberg!

Roman and Sergii, the founding partners of Ukrainian Tech Ventures, shared core ideas, values, and story behind the fund. They stated that their main goal is to assist Ukrainian entrepreneurs in re-starting their tech businesses in new countries. Roman and Sergii believe in the long run this is something that can change the world for the better.

Thanks a lot to Bloomberg for covering the story!
Please feel free to share this news with others.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-22/ukraine-focused-venture-fund-races-to-support-startup-refugees

03/28/2022

Ukrainian Tech Ventures will invest in early-stage (pre-seed & seed) private technology companies founded by Ukrainian immigrants in the EU & US. Primarily, we will consider B2B solutions that go along with the UN Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals: sdgs.un.org/2030agenda

03/25/2022

Will there be many new tech startups founded by Ukrainian immigrants? Well, we believe there sure will!

To prove it, here is the list of Top Ukrainian-Founded Tech Startups that turned out to be hugely successful:

— WhatsApp (acquired by Meta for $19bn)
— PayPal ($112bn, IPO)
— Affirm ($9bn, IPO)
— GitLab ($5bn, IPO)
— Grammarly ($13bn)
— People.ai ($1bn)
— Revolut ($33bn)

This startup track record gives us reason to believe new unicorns are expected to appear in the near future, so the idea of Ukrainian Tech Ventures truly came in time.