Startup
Investing in Ukraine: Myths, Realities, and Opportunities
Description
While Ukrainian startups often set their sights on global markets, it is equally vital to ensure that Ukraine itself becomes fertile ground for innovation — creation, funding, and adoption. For Ukraine to position itself as a true global innovation hub, the ecosystem must empower startups to emerge, thrive, and scale at home, serving citizens, transforming industries, and attracting capital. The discussion will highlight how this innovation loop is being closed: ideas are born locally, supported by both domestic and international funding, implemented and scaled inside the country to deliver real impact, and then expanded globally as competitive, world-class products.
Speakers

Oleksandr Bornyakov
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine for European Integration

Denys Gurak
Co-founder & COO/CIO, MITS Capital

Nataliia Petrova
Lead at WINWIN Project Office

Pierre Heilbronn
France’s Special Envoy for Ukraine’s Relief and Reconstruction

Victor Vyshnevsky
Partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Leader, PwC Ukraine

Nicolas Dufourcq
Chief Executive Officer, Bpifrance