The Ukrainian UK Start-Up Competition

Where excellence meets brilliance.
We are bringing together the tech startup communities of Ukraine and the UK to create new business, venture and partner opportunities.

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We’re pleased to be supporting this initiative that brings together two of Europe’s leading tech nations. The UK and Ukraine share a passion for entrepreneurship in the digital economy, and it’s a great opportunity for bright new talent from Ukraine to showcase their businesses in London.
Natalia Galibarenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK

Goals

Showcase the growing startup ecosystem in Ukraine and broaden avenues for business collaboration with the UK
Provide the winning Ukrainian startups with a bespoke and focused series of introductions to business partners, investors and potential clients in the UK
Host a bespoke MiniBar event (one of the biggest startup events in London) to give the startups an opportunity to pitch their services/products to a wider audience

Competition Prize - Take Part in ‘Ukrainian Tech Tour UK’

Flight to London - Five winners will be flown over to London in June to join London Tech Week
Paid accommodation for three nights
Take part in a bespoke startup tour to make new business contacts and showcase to the UK startup ecosystem
Showcase at the biggest startup Meetup in London - MiniBar
Promote and showcase their businesses as part of Ukrainian Pavilion at London Tech Week

The Ukrainian startup tour will take 4 days during which the winning Ukrainian startups will participate in different events and individual introductions so they get maximum value.

Timing

Launch1st of April 2019 Kyiv
Application deadline30th of April 12pm
Judging event and Winners announced15th of May
UK Business Acceleration ProgramJune

Competition Jury Members

Olga Afanasyeva

UVCA

Executive Director

Dmitry Ovcharenko

IT Ukraine Association

Acting Executive Director

Andrew Cetinic

Cloud9 Solutions

Managing Director

Christian Ahlert

MiniBarLabs

Founder and CEO

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About MiniBarLabs and MiniBar

MiniBarLabs is a startup and innovation agency based in London running the largest UK startup community with over 8000 members. MiniBarLabs has run startup events, competitions and accelerator programs with partners ranging from Microsoft Ventures, PayPal to the British Council.