MI: Ukrainian Pitch

Andrii Dligach is Doctor of Economics, Strategist, Futurologist, and Visionary. Also he is:

• Founder of the Board business community (1.500 Ukrainian businessmen globally)
• Co-founder of the Center for Economic Recovery
• Co-founder at Singularity University Kyiv
• Investor and ideologist of ecosystems and technology startups.

In this conversation with Dominique Piotet Andrii Dligach shared his vision on anthological war in Ukraine, transition from the world of boarders to the world of roads. Listen to get insights and learn about windows of opportunities in IT, food production, new energy and other industries growing despite the war.

https://dligach.com/uk

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Michael Chobanyan is the founder of the first Bitcoin agency in Eastern Europe and the CIS countries. Has more than 7 years of experience in managing Telecommunications / Internet Providers. Professionally studies Blockchain ecosystems since 2011.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chobanian/

• In March, 2014 Mr. Chobanyan founded KUNA Bitcoin Agency and non-government organization Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine (BFU).
• September, 2014 - the first Bitcoin Embassy in the CIS countries was opened and through successful ICO (December, 2015) the first public Ukrainian exchange of crypto assets KUNA.io was launched https://kuna.io/en
• In December, 2017, with community of like-minded professionals, Mr. Chobanyan created and headed the Blockchain Association of Ukraine (ABU) http://bau.ai
• In January, 2018 at the World Economic Forum in Davos he introduced the concept of Blockchain HUB (cross-border network of professional spaces for solving the urgent problems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution). The opening of the flagship Blockchain HUB in Kyiv took place in March, 2018.
• Since the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, Michael Chobanyan has launched a Crypto Fund for Ukraine to help the Armed Forces which has raised over $100 million of donations. At the request of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Chobanyan helped the Government of Ukraine to create and manage state cryptocurrency wallets for donations in Kuna Exchange.
• In March 2022, Michael Chobanyan spoke at a hearing of the US Senate Committee on how cryptocurrencies help Ukraine during the war with Russia and why Russian oligarchs will not be able to circumvent sanctions with their help.

The podcast was recorded in August 2023 and sound engineered by The Podcast Bar: https://thepodcast.bar/

Arnaud Lumet plays a pivotal role as a Founding Board Member of the Luxembourg Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and the Tech & Innovation Lead. Arnaud's journey into the tech ecosystem began with a strong belief that Europe holds vast opportunities for Ukrainian startups.

Luxembourg, despite its small size, boasts a thriving tech ecosystem with over 500 startups, 15 incubation and acceleration programs, and initiatives like Fit4Start, which provides up to 150,000 EUR in equity-free support. Arnaud underscores Luxembourg's unique strengths, including its focus on Space Resources, a robust Fintech ecosystem, High-Performance Computing, a Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and the innovative Digital Embassy Program.

In a remarkable achievement, Luxinnovation, the national innovation agency of Luxembourg, is part of a consortium that secured 20 million Euros in funding from the European Innovation Council to support over 200 Ukrainian DeepTech startups in Europe.

Contact Arnaud Lumet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-lumet/

The podcast was recorded in September 2023 and sound engineered by The Podcast Bar: https://thepodcast.bar/

Svitlana Malovana, CEO and co-founder at Teampulse, relocated to New York City to promote the healthcare startup created from bomb shelters in Ukraine.

Teampulse increases employee engagement and productivity in a hybrid work environment via gamification and wellness challenges. Launched in January 2023, the startup achieved significant milestones: 10 companies and over 1,500 active users are using the product.

Svitlana Malovana is in TOP 25 women in IT by Forbes Ukraine, TOP 20 Women Leaders by Empowering Women Innovators, and Role Model of the Year by Euroasian Startup Award.

Book demo: https://team-pulse.io/

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The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors and any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: [email protected]

Merci!

In this episode Dominique Piotet, co-founder at Ukrainian Phoenix Fund, discussed information security in the war time in Ukraine with Dmytro Bilash, co-founder & CBDO Osavul, AI company which raised $1 million in 2023.

Osavul is a Ukrainian AI company focusing on information security, countering disinformation, and information environment assessment. Name Osavul corresponds to the military position in old Ukrainian cossack army. Osavul maintained order in the army.

Osavul was founded in March 2022 with the start of the russian full-scale invasion. Founding team found a gap in disinformation analysis and countering and started cooperating with government agencies as volunteers. The proposed AI solution became the basis for creating the first version of Osavul. Soon, Osavul software has been implemented and is used by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and Ukrainian security and defense agencies.

Request demo: https://www.osavul.cloud/

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The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors and any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: [email protected]

Merci!