User:Icecreamova/Український фонд стартапів

The Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF) is a state owned fund launched by the initiative of the the Government of Ukraine to provide grants to Ukrainian startups.

The mission of the Foundation is to promote the establishment and development of early-stage startups in Ukraine, to help talented Ukrainian entrepreneurs to create successful companies at scale and enter global markets.

HISTORICAL NOTE
The Ukrainian Startup Fund is registered in December 2018. The presentation of the Foundation's work concept took place on July 11, 2019, and since then the Foundation has actually begun its work. On December 2, 2019, the Ukrainian Startup Fund began accepting applications for funding.

The statutory capital of the Fund is UAH 390 million. In 2020 another UAH 50 million is budgeted and will be already 440 million UAH.

The budget is formed at the expense of the state budget provided for the functioning of the Fund and for the formation and / or increase of its statutory capital. A source of funds/assets formations of the Fund may also be charitable and voluntary contributions, attracted on a non-repayable basis, by legal entities and individuals, including foreign and international organizations, including donor funds.

The Supervisory Board consists of seven persons: Lesya Sevruk - Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Charles Whitehead, Victoria Tigipko, Elena Kosharna, Dmitry Shymkiv, Alexander Bornyakov, Yuriy Dzhyhir.

СEO - Pavel Kartashov.

The USF provides pre-seed and seed funding for Ukrainian startups in the early stages of their development in the amount of $ 25,000 and $ 50,000 correspondingly. Thus, one startup that grows can collectively get up to $ 75,000.

The Fund does not fund: gambling, production and sale of dangerous substances, alcohol and tobacco, military and nuclear technologies

Target sectors: agro-technology, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR / VR), big data (BigData), blockchain, educational technology (EdTech), lifestyle (Lifestyle), energy and ecology, financial technology (Fintech / legaltech), egovernment, healthcare, media and advertising, retail, industry, security.

ACTIVITY
On the current day, the USF conduct 8 Pitch Days, on which 74 startups have presented their business projects. 39 of them have already taken grants for the total sum of $ 1.550 million.


 * The First Pitch Day (January 25, 2020)

Participants: AeroDrone, GeoDesign.info, BIOC, FieldBI, Timeline, Framiore, MOSST Reader, WellSpeak, Pytag, Innovative POS Technologies, BioBin, FlameBlocks

Seed grants were awarded to : AeroDrone, GeoDesign.info, Field BI, Law, Framiore, BIOC

Pre-seed grants were awarded to : Pytag and BioBin.


 * The Second Pitch Day (February 25, 2020)

Participants: Allzap, LightUponCloud, Agrifinance Online, RoboBus, NUWORK, GoodZone, HarvesTrack, ZALM

Seed grants were awarded to: HarvesTrack, Agrifinance Online,  AllZap, NuWork


 * The Third Pitch Day (March 31, 2020)

Participants: Caretech Human, DewPocket, Skyworker, Cittart, Sprybuild, Dooozen.io, MindSelf, Efficiefy,Blomsy

Pre-seed grants were awarded to : Dooozen.io, Cittart, Sprybuild, Skyworker, Caretech Human, DewPocket.


 * The Fourth Pitch Day (April 7, 2020)

Participants: FINMAP, Norm, FlashBeats, ТОВ СМАРТ-МАК, COBIT SOLUTIONS, RE-leaf PAPER, Monitor.Estate, HUGO.

Seed grants were awarded to : FINMAP, Norm, FlashBeats, ТОВ СМАРТ-МАК.


 * The Fifth Pitch Day (April 28, 2020)

Participants: Legal Nodes, SolarGaps, ChoiZY, Appraisly, Chillinger, Mediacast, Spark Systems, TrustLife

Seed grants were awarded to : Legal Nodes, ChoiZY, SolarGaps


 * The Sixth Pitch Day (May 26, 2020)

Participants: iCorn, SmartUgoda, BIOsens, Bio&Balm, Ethicontrol, TradeEVO, Unicorn Nest, Cardiolyse, AGRO BI, Mate Academy.

Pre-seed grants were awarded to : iCorn, BioSens

Seed grants were awarded to : Cardiolyse, Unicorn Nest, Mate academy


 * The Seventh Pitch Day (June 23, 2020)

Participants: Jooli, IZIVIZ, Elomia, RunAn, Bicovery, Gymcrebrum, Pocket IP, Scrooge, Каньйон Інжиніринг.

Pre-seed grants were awarded to : Jooli, IZIVIZ, Elomia, RunAn, Bicovery, Gymcerebrum


 * The Eighth Pitch Day (July 3, 2020)

Participants: Neverdark, Ревізіон, Upswot, Activechat, Timeat, A.D.A.M., МоКеш, Poly Diagnostic, DeviceVoice, Trustee Wallet.

Seed grants were awarded to : Neverdark, Ревізіон, Upswot