WiSE 2020 is a global initiative for women start-up founders and leaders who promote innovation and social growth to facilitate collaboration and create change in the economy.
Initiated by Women’s Startup Lab, with the support of Ukrainian Hub in Ukraine.
Pitch of the founders of technological and innovative projects
Speakers on women's participation in innovation in the world
Workshops for business development in various areas of technology and innovation
Show cases of startup programs from around the world
Opportunity to present your startup to investors and industry leaders around the world Publications of the event and participants in the international media
Best practices of presentations from experts from the USA and Europe Communication with a network of women founders from around the world
Paths for new market opportunities for your business outside your region Strengthening and creating new global connections
Ukrainian women entrepreneurs who will represent the country at the 24-hours Global Pitch Marathon WiSE24 2020
PIX the first company to create smart interactive backpacks. Last year the company sold 10k backpacks globally and achieved $ 1m+ in revenue.
PIX team grew from 3 co-founders to 13 full-time employees. Currently, Margaret and team are developing new products that will be launched in 2020.
Go To-U is a booking platform for electric vehicle chargers.
Go To-U was selected as a Top-10 company which solves the major challenges of sustainable mobility by Michelin Movin’On Connect StartUp Challenge and Start-up of the Year by MOVE2020 Start-Me-Up Challenge in London. Go To-U is being supported by Techstars (accelerator program Smart Mobility ’20), raised $ 270k and recently announced seed round.
SEMCS by Mosquito Control — smart eco-friendly system intended to protect people outdoors from mosquitoes.
SEMCS by Mosquito Control was selected as 1 out of 6 prominent projects to present Ukraine at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, participated in EO Business Incubators and was featured as top-6 best hardware start-ups by UVCA. Currently, Mosquito Control launches in new markets, partnering with companies from the USA, Japan, Singapore, Jamaica, and Pakistan.
Effa is a disposable eco-friendly toothbrush made of paper aiming to eliminate plastic pollution.
During 2019−2020 the team were actively generating sales for Effa toothbrush.
As a result Effa have signed the first contract with a major Korean hotel distributor for 2.5m toothbrushes to be delivered to Lotte Hotels in 2020 and a contract with Netflix for 60K toothbrushes to be delivered every month to their offices in California.
CTO ComeBack Mobility — company that developed smart insoles that restore gait.
Survey of orthopedists in the USA revealed a problem that needed a solution. Thus, ComeBack Mobility team developed an MVP and has already received positive feedback from more than 600 potential customers. Star-up raised pre-seed round investments and currently conducts clinical trials.
Sport. Vision — Real time based on AI analytical reports for trainers.
Olena and Daria have got the first client and are going to close 2 presale deals.
We’ve created cooperation with one of the stakeholders in the sports tech market. This partnership brings to our analytical system data from hardware trackers that is already in the market.
Olena Khlivna and Daria Siedykh were speakers at Data natives online conference Berlin where they shared experience in SportsTech to colleagues.
The persons work every day to provide the best practice to Ukrainian startups
Chapter Leader WiSE24 2020 in Ukraine
Chapter Leader WiSE24 2020 in Ukraine
Content Manager WiSE24 2020 in Ukraine
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Regional partner of the global initiative.
The founders of the organization Olesya Malovan and Mykyta Safronenko are regional leaders of the WiSE 2020 program in Ukraine
