Ukrainian IT: Meeting with new Prime Minister
On September 4, Prime Minister Oleksiy Goncharuk and Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov met with representatives of the IT industry.
On September 4, Prime Minister Oleksiy Goncharuk and Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov met with representatives of the IT industry.
This year UA TECH is a joint initiative of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) and CRDF Global.
June 26, UVCA and Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine gathered together for the invitation-only breakfast with Swiss experts, representatives of the government (NBU, NSSMC), investors and fintech companies to talk about the cryptocurrency regulation, best practices from Switzerland, Ukrainian reality & needs as well as various views and approaches.
The Ukrainian Days at London Tech Week 2019 took place during 11-13 of June and included two main activities: British-Ukrainian Tech Night and a booth “Ukraine Tech” at the exhibition TechXLR8. In both of them UVCA was engaged.
Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) has presented its annual overview of Ukrainian investment market - Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Overview 2018. Deloitte - the leading audit company in Ukraine, was the research partner.
The business platform of South East Europe Tech Tour 2019 is coming to the Balkans in May for second year.
On Wednesday, February 13, the discussion "So, what’s up in Davos?" took place at 1991 Civic Tech Center. The panel discussion was attended by speakers and guests of the Ukraine House Davos and the organizers.
On Thursday, January 31, the organizers of Ukraine Tech Pavilion, which was held within the framework of CES 2019, as well as startups representing Ukraine in the pavilion gathered at 1991 Civic Tech Center.
After the Ukraine Tech Pavilion at CES has closed its doors, on January 15, 2019 UVCA, together with our member Orrick, held a Ukrainian pitching and networking event at Orrick's San Francisco office.
KYIV, Ukraine, December 20 - Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA), Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), Victor Pinchuk Foundation and Horizon Capital for a second consecutive year will launch the Ukraine House in Davos alongside the World Economic Forum to showcase the new Ukraine
On December 7, 2018 Ukrainian Venture Сapital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) has celebrated its fourth anniversary from the day it was founded.
Ten startups participated in a two-day forum designed to support fintech entrepreneurs promoting financial empowerment
On October 11, 2018, the investment breakfast “Blockchain Investment Breakfast”, organized by the Ukrainian Association of Venture and Private Capital (UVCA) with the support of Hacken was held in Kyiv. The sponsor of the event was Divan.TV.
Enriching European venture capital with the female viewpoint brings diversity to the startup ecosystem, opens new investment areas and improves the overall quality of startups. How to make European VC industry more diverse was the subject of discussion during European Women in VC Summit in Berlin.
UA TECH is a joint initiative of the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA), Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) and Concepter. UA TECH was established to introduce the capability of Ukrainian Tech products to the global market.
(Kyiv, Ukraine) -- Village Capital and MetLife Foundation are accepting applications from early-stage entrepreneurs in Ukraine working on fintech solutions to improve financial health for families and unlock access to credit and other resources for small- and medium-sized businesses.
European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association “Invest Europe” where Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) - is a member, has issued a report on the investment market in Central and Eastern Europe.
Ukrainian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (UVCA) together with the Swiss Embassy in Ukraine held a closed meeting for the Association members with André Guedel, Head of the International Headquarters of KPMG Switzerland, on the use of Blockchain technology in business.
Global Shapers Kyiv Hub with the support of the Ukrainian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (UVCA) for the fourth time successfully held Ukraine Discovery Tour (UDT).
17th May 2018, Kyiv – Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) in partnership with Deloitte, presented its annual Overview of Ukrainian investment market.
Recently for the first time Ukrainian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association has joined Global Venture Capital Congress (GVCC). The first (for UVCA) meeting took place on April 9-11 in Sydney (Australia) with CEOs and Chairs of 14 national associations.
Global Shapers Kyiv Hub with the support of Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) is preparing a very special and unique tour to Kyiv - Ukraine Discovery Tour (UDT), which will take place for the fourth time.
As previously announced, The Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) and the global SkyDeck accelerator at American University of Berkeley have agreed on a strategic partnership to support Ukrainian startups.
Only three years after a revolution and despite the occupation of a part of its territory, Ukraine sees its digital markets and innovation scene growing very fast.
The Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) and the global SkyDeck accelerator at American University of Berkeley have agreed on a strategic partnership to support Ukrainian startups.
The final press conference of the Ukraine House Davos Organizing Committee (UHOC) was held on February 2, at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center. During the event, the members of UHOC discussed the concrete positive impact of Ukraine House on Ukraine’s international business reputation and investment attractiveness.
The first-ever Ukraine House in Davos organized by Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) during the World Economic Forum officially opened its doors for guests yesterday evening under the theme: “Ukraine: Creativity. Innovation. Opportunity”.
The Ukrainian UA Tech Expo Pavilion, organized by the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) with the support of the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), was successfully presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the largest consumer electronics conferences, held on 9-12 January in Las Vegas, USA.
Ukraine House, a multi-format venue, is set to open in Davos, Switzerland during the 48th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
On the 28th of September the “Digitalization: How to succeed with cross-border cooperation in ICT” event was held as a part of Oslo Innovation Week, organised by the Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (NUCC) and Oslo International Hub (OIH) in partnership with Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA).
On October 18th, 2017 at Google Campus in Warsaw Poland the first CEE Women in VC Meetup took place. 60 women, from 13 countries, 27 speakers, 6 panels and 8h of in-depth sharing of experience and knowledge.
On October 12, 2017 in Kyiv 10 winners of the UVCA Challenge: CES-Edition contest were announced to represent Ukraine in January at the world's largest consumer electronics show CES-2018, that is annually held in Las Vegas, NV
On 30th September Ukrainian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association supported HackIT Cup final event, attended by cybersecurity legends Steve Wozniak, founder of Apple, and Phil Zimmerman, the founder of PGP
Ukrainian startups are increasingly coming out on crowdfunding platforms, including the world's largest ones: Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
On July 21 Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman met with Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA).
On July 15, for the first time UVCA Investors Day was held in Odesa powered by OIFF (Odesa Film Festival) and TA Ventures.
The annual Las Vegas event, the International Consumer Electronic Show (CES), will again host Ukraine with its national Tech Expo. As in the past year, UA Tech Expo Zone will be settled up by the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) with the support of Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF).
There were 87 investment deals with Ukrainian innovative companies in 2016 , which is 32% more than in 2015 - such a data was presented by the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) in its annual market overview.
In the time when a great shift is taking place in Ukraine and transforming the minds and values of Ukrainians, an important mission is to show this positive change to the world’s leading society.
Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) has released Investors Book – the first overview that has gathered Ukrainian investment market players displaying their current activity, spheres of interest, portfolio.
This year Ukrainian startups have perfectly showed up at the Consumer electronics Show 2017, attracting a great attention of world’s technology-related community, journalists and suppliers.
In frames of the World Economic Forum in Davos, which took place on January 17-19, two Ukrainian investment-oriented events were held by the Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA).
On January 2017, the whole technological world was showing up the best innovations at the 50-th International Consumer Electronic Show (СES-2017)
On November 24 Ukrainian venture capital and private equity association (UVCA) celebrated its II Anniversary and presented results of 2 years’ activity - thereby UVCA Members have committed their willing to continue and expand. This week Association announced priority goals and plans for the next year.
On April 21 the final of UVCA Challenge was held being jointly organized by UVCA and WNISEF. The winner will present Ukraine at the Silicon Valley Open Doors – one of biggest startup-conferences in the world, that is taking on May 25-26 at the Mountain View.
$ 132 million had been invested in Ukrainian companies in 2015 – such a number is shown at the Private Equity and Venture Capital overview presented by UVCA (Ukrainian PE&VC Association). According to it, in 2015 year there are 66 deals signed and the total investment stock is over 237% of the investments in 2014.
On July 6 th the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko conducted the meeting with investment-sector and IT-industry representatives to discuss the venture capital and startup ecosystems in Ukraine.
In continuation of previously initiated dialogue between the government and the IT sector on July 27 the Hi Tech Office Ukraine - new platform of ideas and innovations was officially opened. It has become another proof of State’s understanding that the development of IT sector is a priority for Ukraine.
September 8 has become an important day for Ukraine investment industry. Thus, the Parliament considered legislative amendments # 3719 and # 2764.
The first time at the International Consumer Electronic Show (CES), that takes place every year in Las Vegas, Ukraine will exhibit its national Tech Expo. The participants of Ukrainian Expo zone were chosen on October 12 th via conducting the UVCA Startup Challenge: CES Edition, that was organized by Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) jointly with Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF).