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Picture: Michael, Stefan and Sebastian with Yan Shapiro from U-Nation Accelerator Odesa in a press conference at Ukraine Media Center Odesa, June 2023.

Source: Ukraine Media Center Odesa

21 October 2024

Innovation & Angel Investment Scouting Ukraine

Kyiv / Odesa / Mykolaiv / Lviv. We once again traveled through Ukraine to support start-ups. We attended the IT Arena tech conference in Lviv and held workshops and discussions with founders, government officials, and politicians in Kyiv, Odesa, and Mykolaiv.

Picture: Street art in Kyiv, October 2024. Source: ua.ventures

02 July 2024

Workshop on Early-Stage Investments in Ukraine

Berlin. Sebastian and Stefan were invited to moderate a workshop on early-stage and angel investments in Ukraine at „Innovationen für den Wiederaufbau der Ukraine“ (Innovations for Reconstructing Ukraine).

Picture: Sebastian Schwenke (ua.ventures) at "Innovationen für den Wiederaufbau der Ukraine". Source: ua.ventures

11 June 2024

Recap:

Smart Water Ukraine

Berlin. The supply of water and drinking water to the population and industry in contested and destroyed areas plays a vital role in sustaining life. Our event Ukraimpulse Deep Dive #1 Smart Water Ukraine addressed this topic.

Picture: Deep Dive #1: Smart Water Ukraine. Source: ua.ventures

08 March 2024

Ukrainian Startups in Berlin and Dresden

Berlin / Dresden. Jointly with the Czech initiative "Invest in Bravery," we enabled Ukrainian startups to travel to Berlin for their participation at the  BACB Pitching Day, followed by a visit of Dresden, meeting the Dresden and Saxon startup scene.

Picture: At Volkswagen Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden. Source: ua.ventures

23 December 2023

ua.ventures report published: Business Angels and Reconstructing Ukraine

Kyiv / Berlin / Dresden. Can European business angels already play a role in reconstructing Ukraine today? For answering this question, members of BACB e.V. and Gigahertz Ventures travelled to Ukraine to meet multiple stakeholders of the early-stage startup ecosystem. Our report summarizes valuable key findings of 40+ in-person meetings in Lviv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa from May to December 2023.

Source: ua.ventures

15 December 2023

Joining U-Nation Final Conference 2023 in Odesa

Odesa. Just a few days before Christmas, we supported the 2023 Final Conference of U-Nation and the Odesa IT Family in Odesa as sponsors and speakers. This time, we contributed a workshop on "Investing in Startups: Main Criteria for European Investors."

Picture: Odesa Christmas Market, December 2023. Source: ua.ventures

13 December 2023

Workshop in Kharkiv delivered: “Business Angels in Germany and Europe”

Kharkiv. At the invitation of the Kharkiv IT Cluster association, we participated in the 2023 General Meeting. There, we also had the opportunity to share our insights in a workshop titled “Business Angels in Germany and Europe: Case Study Gigahertz Ventures.” It was our second visit to Kharkiv in 2023.

Picture: Monument to Students of Kharkiv National University, Volunteers of the Student Batallion during WWII. Kharkiv, December 2023. Source: ua.ventures

01 October 2023

Lviv IT Arena 2023

Lviv. The Lviv IT Arena is currently the largest tech event in Ukraine. Naturally, we were there.

Sebastian delivered a fantastic and very well-attended (60-minute) lecture on the experiences of developing business angels in Germany and Europe. Furthermore, together with Stefan (Ukraimpulse / ua.ventures) and Mikko-Pekka Hanski from Finland (moderated by Ivan Dmytrasevych from Lviv Startup Depot), we were able to share insights into the angel world on the topic "Crafting an Exit Strategy: Insights for Business Angels" with our Ukrainian peers during a panel discussion.

Picture: Sebastian at Lviv IT Arena, September 2023. Source: ua.ventures

26 September 2023

Angel Investment Scoping Continued: Kharkiv

Kharkiv. The next stage of the scoping mission took us to Kharkiv. The city at the front line faces unique challenges. At the same time, it is the intellectual center of the country, with outstanding universities and research institutions.

Picture: Kharkiv Freedom Square in September 2023. Source: ua.ventures

01 June 2023

Angel Investment Scoping Ukraine 2023: Lviv, Bucha, Kyiv, Odesa

Ukraine. Following an intense year of emergency humanitarian project work in 2022, we asked ourselves in early 2023: Can German, European (and other) business angels contribute to Ukraine‘s recovery already today?

We answered our guiding question by travelling to Ukraine and by learning about the Ukrainian business angel community and its context by talking to relevant peers and stakeholders in various regions of Ukraine.

Picture: Michael, Sebastian, and Stefan in a train in Ukraine, May 2023. Source: ua.ventures

March - December 2022

Looking Back at 2022: Humanitarian Projects

Ukraine / Germany. A look back at the humanitarian work in Ukraine in 2022, which laid the foundation for ua.ventures.

Picture: Buses for Bucha project of Gigahertz Ventures. Source: ua.ventures