Money makes money: how to get funding during the war

EIT Community RIS Hub Ukraine gathers experts in technology innovations to discuss how a startup can boost its development with ecosystem activities, matchmaking, and collaboration with big companies on the market. We’ll also mention some funding/grant opportunities for startups and scale-ups and discuss what the Ukrainian ecosystem and Ukraine as a country suggest for new-born companies and scale-ups. 

Experts will also cover the topics about how businesses/startups should be ready to grow on the international market, how to be ready for global reporting and due diligence etc.

Questions to discuss:

• What does the Ukrainian ecosystem look like today?
  
  Discussing what Ukraine suggests for new-born companies and scale-ups today. Discussing the UA ecosystem and opportunities that the Ukrainian government/ecosystem gathers for businesses.

• What international opportunities are available for the Ukrainian ecosystem today?
  
  Discussing that Ukraine gathers lots of opportunities, EU and USA ecosystem opportunities for UA businesses on the ground in Ukraine to help businesses here to born, scale, stay in Ukraine, and develop here using worldwide opportunities.

• What can accelerate UA businesses today?
  
  Discussing the opportunities that can help businesses to grow. Highlighting matchmaking as an instrument, networking, also moving to funding opportunities and other markets.

• The role of matchmaking in business acceleration? How can the government become your friend, while expanding?
  
  Discussing the role of cooperation and market collaboration in the business future, how it can impact funding, company acquisition, etc.

• How can startups accelerate their growth via cooperation?
  
  Discussing the formats of collaboration among startups and bigger companies so that get bigger results together. What wins can both participants have?

• Let’s walk through programs and opportunities open for UA businesses today.
  
  Here the word is to EIT about some open calls that are actual right now for UA businesses and innovators.

• Are Ukrainian businesses/entrepreneurs/startups ready to get funding?
  
  Let’s discuss that UA businesses should work on their companies and products, learn about European etc. requirements to get those funding in time. Discussing some advice from big tech businesses about how the company should work to in the pull list of companies to buy. What are the standards mistakes that you see?

• Your top advice for young entrepreneurs about where to look for opportunities right now?
  
  Reminding about all the opportunities that EIT, Horizon, and other participants have and telling the audience the basic way to get closer to them.