About program
The Ukrainian hub team, with the support of the American organization CRDF Global, is conducting a large-scale initiative for graduates and grantees of our programs in early 2022 -
delegation of Ukrainian startups to Silicon Valley, USA.
20 graduate startups were shortlisted and 6 of them were selected
for the Startup Study Tour educational and networking trip to the USA from April 11 to 15.
The winning teams will receive travel grants for participation in the international conference
Startup Grind Global 2022 and the educational program in Silicon Valley, as well as present their projects at a specially organized event - Demo Day
Program activities
Conference
Participation in the Startup Grind Global 2022 conference - attending reports, lectures, workshops
Study tour
Study Tour – visiting successful companies in the Valley, as well as startup incubators and accelerators.
Networking
Networking in a community of entrepreneurs and investors from around the world
Demo Day
Demo Day - presentations (pitches) of projects to the community of entrepreneurs and investors from Silicon Valley
Timeline
Timeline
November 25 - December 5
Gathering information from startups
December 5 - December 16
Selection of finalists
December 16 - April 10
Preparation period
April 11
Workshops, networking, pre-registration for SGG 2022
April 12-13
Participation in Startup Grind Global 2022, PITCH DAY
April 14-15
Study Tour in Silicon Valley
Study Day Program
April, 14
One Valley Ventures Space, San Mateo
10:00 - 10:15
OPENING: WELCOME SPEECHES
CRDF Global: Christopher Addison, Nina Cairns
Ukrainian hub: Olesia Malovana, Ana Nosulenko, Mick Safron
10:15 - 11:00
TECH TALK, Q&A SESSION
Andrey Akselrod, People.ai
11:00 - 11:45
STARTUP TALK, Q&A SESSION
Alexandr Neskin, PetCube
11:45 - 12:00
COFFEE BREAK
12:00 - 12:45
INVEST TALK, Q&A SESSION
Kate Seledets, One Valley Ventures
12:45 - 14:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 14:45
SCALE-UP TALK, Q&A SESSION
Valery Yalouskikh
14:45 - 15:30
TECH TALK, Q&A SESSION
Anton Borzov
15:30 - 15:45
COFFEE BREAK
15:45 - 16:30
INVEST TALK, Q&A SESSION
Vitaly Golomb
16:30 - 17:15
LAW TALK, Q&A SESSION
Alexander Ravski
Teams
Agrieye
Agrieye is an AI-powered service that can find soil and climate benchmarks for specific farms and provide information vital to increasing soil fertility and organic carbon storage, and can also provide data on carbon sequestration.
SMUZZI
Smuzi is a mobile application that allows you to record songs and shoot music videos with friends from a distance with the click of a button, without the need for special videography or editing skills.
Elai.io
Elai.io is an AI-powered solution that allows users to create educational videos using a digital speaker from text without the need for actors, crews, or expensive equipment.
SplineCloud
SplineCloud is a knowledge management platform for mechanical engineers that allows them to process and share the results of numerical simulations, physical experiments, research results and other data used in calculations together with computer code. SplineCloud takes the data sharing process to a new level of simplicity and transparency, improving the speed and quality of the conceptual design process.
Carbominer
Carbominer helps greenhouse growers transition to more efficient and sustainable horticulture with a microclimate monitoring system and outdoor CO2 collection.
Tradomatic
Tradomatic is a professional tool for trading agricultural products.
On the platform, you can buy and sell sunflower oil, sunflower, wheat, corn, soybeans, rapeseed and barley - in one click and at the best price.
Zeely.app
Zeely is an AI-powered platform that allows smartphone users to advertise their business online. With Zeely's smart assistant, an entrepreneur will quickly cope with daily marketing tasks. The main goal of the company is to maximize the effectiveness of the entrepreneur's activity in the period from creating an idea to starting a business on the Internet. This will allow the entrepreneur to focus on his business, reduce the level of burnout in ideas, and increase profits. This will contribute to the development of entrepreneurship in the world.
CareTech Human
The product facilitates the monitoring of vital health indicators by detecting early signs of dangerous diseases with the help of home urinalysis. The solution tracks numerous health indicators, including disease-related biomarkers and metabolic changes. More than 1,000 urinary biomarkers have been shown to be associated with certain diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, urinary tract infections, kidney disease, and more. The unique value proposition is non-invasive, continuous, affordable, fully automated screening that requires no change in user behavior.
Esper Bionics
Esper Bionics is a Ukrainian tech startup that is developing a robotic arm with intuitive control technology that can fundamentally change the field of prosthetics in the world. The Esper hand product is a robotic prosthesis connected to a cloud platform, thanks to which the device learns, remembers situations and helps to choose the right grip. Management of the prosthesis becomes many times easier. In the spring of 2020, they completed the MVP prosthesis and installed it on a girl who became part of the team during testing, and feedback from leading prosthetists helped to improve the product and prepare it for the next installation in August. Plans for the year include a beta test of 20 installed prostheses, in-house production, a certified product, and new opportunities for people who need it.
Speakers
Infopartners
If you also want to support this important initiative, please write to us: partners@ukrainianhub.org
Partners
Organizers
Ukrainian hub — an organization created to support Ukrainian startups by establishing cooperation and connections with world leaders in startup ecosystems
A non-profit is an independent, non-profit organization that promotes safety, reliability and sustainability through science and innovation