59 Ukrainian startups received a total of €2 million in grant funding from the Seeds of Bravery consortium. The Ministry of Digitization of Ukraine informed AIN about the news. The startups received funding in the following categories:
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Innovative Entrepreneurship: 21 startups received up to €25,000 each to support business continuity and promote women-led companies.
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Deep Tech Incubators: 10 early-stage startups secured up to €25,000 each for pre-MVP activities.
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Rebuild Ukraine: 7 innovators received up to €25,000 each to help rebuild post-war Ukraine.
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DeepTech Scale-Up & Acceleration: 21 startups awarded up to €50,000 each to scale prototypes and expand market reach.
Seeds of Bravery is a grant program from the European Innovation Council that supports the development of the Ukrainian startup ecosystem and its integration into the European one. You can read more about the program by following the link. The consortium is said to allocate another €10 million over the next 14 months.
Which startups have secured funding
Innovative Entrepreneurship
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Verba - AI captions for video
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Scople - Device that analyzes the world around us using artificial intelligence algorithms.
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WedCulling - AI photo culling service for photographers and retouchers
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Apixmed - virtual assistant for personalized disease treatment
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ClinCaseQuest - a Simulation Training Platform for medical education with simulators of clinical cases (interactive patients) that help doctors and students to gain clinical experience
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Effy AI - manager copilot (assistant) that provide tailored tips and tricks on engaging and developing employees
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FluxHR - AI-Based recruiting tool for video interviews
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Univera - student app that simplifies interaction with the university and matches student experience with job offers
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Allpass.ai - fully automated KYC & AML tool for fintech SME's
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Breakthrough invention in the field of aircraft propulsion - breakthrough invention in the field of aircraft propulsion
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OptySun - an eco-friendly, UV-based portable water purification solution that significantly reduces plastic waste and ensures access to safe drinking water
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Biobetter - AI-driven strategy for mind-body stress defense
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Harvy Market - marketplace based on geolocation with smart filters and AI for producers and buyers of farm and artisanal products
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Metal-hydride systems as potential hydrogen storage devices - novel and reliable hydrogen storage devices, based on technology that enables 2x hydrogen volume in the same-sized storage device.
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Stackoon - IT-copilot helps SMBs cut software costs by optimizing their software subscriptions
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Because Talents Matter - global marketplace for talent professionals to provide them with a place for nonstop learning, networking, and professional and personal growth.
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LightMirror - reflective panels that bring sunlight into healthcare buildings, reducing the need for artificial lighting and heating
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Corner Renovation - AI-powered kitchen renovation platform that makes the renovation process frictionless by integrating design, procurement, and installation into a single product
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Automatic pneumatic mailer for grain products (APMgp) - manufacture and supply of complete sets of APMgp for the delivery of grain samples without loss of quality to grain laboratories of agro-industrial enterprises at a distance of 100 - 500 m
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Geodesic.Life - Go-to-market - prefabricated dome house product for Nordics and Central European markets soft landing
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JobAtlas - helps young people find their forever occupation.
Deep Tech Incubators programme
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AIDeX (VeraNet) - Revolutionary research in AI-assisted decision-making that creates adaptive "virtual experts" for Ukrainian businesses.
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GreenSync.ai - An AI platform for aggregating agricultural data and generating insights.
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BeesAgainstMines - AI-based technologies and robotic systems for non-contact land clearing from hazardous objects.
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R.Flo - Affordable and reliable batteries for uninterrupted energy supply.
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ClinCaseQuest - Simulation training platform for medical education with interactive patients.
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FluxHR - An AI-based recruiting tool for video interviews.
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Skinner AI - Cloud-based solution for training AI models in drone, robotics, and self-driving car validation.
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LightMirror - Reflective panels for medical facilities, reducing the need for artificial lighting and heating.
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OptySun - A portable solar-powered water purification system for areas prone to natural disasters.
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Funely AI - An AI-powered digital marketing platform that helps SMEs manage lead generation through automation without coding.
Rebuild Ukraine programme
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Univera is an app for students that simplifies interaction with the university and connects student experience with job offers.
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Proste ZNO is a tool that will help you get into your dream university through a simplified and personalized experience, quality materials, algorithms, and teacher expertise.
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Nasnaga is a closed marketplace for personal health coaches for a longer and better life.
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DiM - IoT platform for building infrastructure maintenance and administration.
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Briller.House is a distributed system for the production of prefabricated eco-friendly houses, controlled by artificial intelligence, which eliminates 90% of the human factor from the construction process.
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Harvy Market is a geolocation-based marketplace with smart filters and artificial intelligence for producers and buyers of farm and artisanal products.
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Zberydim is a constructor of a wooden house frame that can be assembled independently (without the services of professional builders) in 7 days.
DeepTech Scale-Up & Acceleration programme
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Beholder – revolutionary AI-assisted SaaS platform for minerals discovery and mining
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Haiqu – a Ukrainian deep-tech startup set to change the quantum computing ecosystem in Europe and accelerate quantum technology adoption by 2+ years.
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Go-to-market strategy and mass manufacturing equirements for CareTech to launch sales in the EU – a Ukrainian healthtech start-up developing AI-powered solutions for in-home remote patient monitoring with the goal of fundamentally changing the way people manage health.
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S.Lab – sustainable packaging at industrial scale
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Cardio.AI – AI-based platform for affordable remote medical-grade cardiac diagnostics
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Spendbase – a platform for companies to optimise SaaS, Cloud and Corporate card spending.
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Mantis Analytics – AI-driven platform that conducts info-space listening in real-time and provides organisations with reliable and actionable data for both physical and informational risk management.
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BigDataPeople 2 – an online service that solves a wide range of OSINT tasks based on open data and data from the public Internet.
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V-Art – B2B SaaS tech to automate IP licensing for brands, creators and AI tools
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Bluedot – AI workplace assistant for tech teams
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FortuneGuard – an AI-first brokerage revolutionising high-value insurance for enterprises and high-net-worth individuals by enhancing efficiency and accessibility.
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HYDRATICO – a novel versatile water treatment (desalination) method based on supercavitation
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GIOS – an interactive AI-powered Maths platform and tutoring marketplace for К12 students and teachers.
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Djooky – online platform for management of decentralised investments in creative industries
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LEZO – AI-powered career platform that connects candidates and employers through skills-first approach.
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LeadForceTalent – first AI Top and Middle Management Recruitment Platform delivering candidates 10X faster
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PLATMA – 24/7 extreme no-code software development platform – simple English as a code.
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UABoard v.1 – automation of production processes of cable products (harness assembly) for cars
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Humess – preventive Medicine and Life Longevity DNA Testing
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Smart Grain Storage Solution – system of control and quality assurance of storage of grain crops in granaries (grain warehouses)
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Pocket IP – global trademark management service
