Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem

Web Summit Rio 2023

May 1-4, 2023

Pavilion 4, E172

Meet people that represent the resilient IT industry of the brave country

Find out how they keep things growing even during wartime, turning Ukraine into the largest European tech hub

About Ukrainian Pavilion

Prominent startups, VC funds, IT service companies, government institutions, and ecosystem organizations of Ukraine will gather together to represent the variety of one of the biggest tech powerhouses in Europe.

Why visit?

To meet WOW people

from Ukraine that represent the resilient IT industry of the fighting country

To keep growing

to find out how they keep things growing during wartime turning Ukraine into the largest European tech powerhouse

To best networking

to get acquainted with the top achievers and game changers of Ukrainian tech ecosystem

To become big

to learn how Ukrainians can help grow international businesses and startups

Ukraine NOW

To realize that the best time to invest in Ukraine is NOW, not after the war

Activities

May 1-4 / 9:00 - 17:00

Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem Stand

Partners

USAID

The USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine (USAID CEP) supports startups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) aiming to provide support for competitive industries and firms on Ukrainian and international markets, foster a better business enabling environment, and enabling Ukrainian companies to benefit from international trade.

UACC

The Ukrainian-American Coordinating Council is a non-partisan non-profit national umbrella organization that unites many Ukrainian-American communities, representing the interests of over 1,000,000 Ukrainians and Americans of Ukrainian descent. Its goal is to unite and develop Ukrainian-American communities in the United States. Currently, the organization collaborates extensively with the Come Back Alive Foundation, NGO UkrDuh, and the BF BON in support of victory in Ukraine.

Flyer One Ventures

Flyer One Ventures (known as “F1V”) is an international VC with offices in London, Warsaw, and Kyiv that focuses on startups from the CEE region. Flyer One Ventures invests in B2B & Enterprise SaaS, EdTech, Mobile, Gaming, AI and other startups at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages. The VC’s team helps talented portfolio company founders grow their businesses through online marketing, product, financial, legal expertise, PR, branding and hiring R&D professionals.

Organisers

Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

The digitalization of Ukraine began in 2019 with establishing the Ministry of Digital Transformation. Our mission is to transform Ukraine into the most convenient state worldwide. With 100% public services online in a few clicks. No bureaucracy, no queues.
The core of Ukrainian digitalization is Diia app & Diia web portal. In 3 years, Diia became a love mark brand for Ukrainians – 18,9 mln use Diia app and 22 mln use webportal. It’s every second Ukrainian.

Diia is a brand of digital state. It’s an ecosystem of projects: Diia. Digital Education platform; Diia.Business centers and even a unique tax space for IT business – Diia.City.
With the start of the full-scale war, Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation adapted its work to face the wartime challenges. We started the digital blockade campaign, launched UNITED24 fundraising platform and Army of Drones project, helped to attract more than 40K Starlinks and started defense tech development.

Ukrainian Startup Fund

The Innovation Development Fund (Ukrainian Startup Fund) is the one-of-a-kind state institution that helps innovative projects and technology startups raise funds at the early stages and launch their projects. The Fund is the driver of the startup ecosystem development, provides conditions for the growth of the sector, creates a positive investment image of the Ukrainian tech industry abroad, and represents Ukrainian innovative solutions around the world.

Ukrainian hub

Ukrainian Hub is a non-profit organization created at the initiative of the Ukrainian-American Coordination Council (UACC), whose mission is to support Ukrainian entrepreneurs through training, consulting, mentoring, and establishing connections with leaders of international startup ecosystems. More than 400 entrepreneurs have attended training and acceleration programs of the Ukrainian Hub. Currently, the organization has opened a representative office in Portugal, which provides new opportunities for the support and development of Ukrainian businesses in the fastest-growing epicenter of innovative technologies in Europe.