Interviews - AIN

03.08.23

“It isn’t easy to open a production facility in Europe.” Releaf Paper building a €3.5M plant in France

The Ukrainian startup Releaf Paper makes paper and packaging out of fallen leaves. Its clients include L’Oreal, Samsung, and Louis Vuitton. In 2022, the startup received a grant from Google and €2.5 million from the EU. Also, it has recently

27.07.23

“We don’t want to be a background for Instagram photos.” What Ukrainians bring to Burning Man 2023

Last year, the iconic Burning Man festival was held without the participation of Ukrainian artists due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This year, two teams will go to the desert and present their work. Kurenivka brings The Hedgehog Temple.

01.06.23

“Before the war, Ukraine was our third largest market.” Interview with Sacha Michaud, Glovo

In the mid May 2023 the co-founder of Glovo delivery company Sacha Michaud visited Kyiv and spent three days in Ukrainian capital. The first purpose was to visit the Ukrainian team. A hub in Ukraine is responsible for the entire

26.05.23

80 startups, $35M in investments: how ICLUB works

ICLUB is a subsidiary project of TA Ventures, launched in 2018. The idea behind this project was to get more people involved in investing by freeing them from the routine work of finding and analyzing startups. The TA Ventures team took

19.05.23

Interview with Ukraine’s Anton Borzov: working at WhatsApp, being an angel investor, and launching a $100M investment company

The Ukrainian Anton Borzov was one of the first employees at WhatsApp. He and his colleagues from Dnipro in Ukraine were responsible for the product’s design from its earliest days, even before the messenger app gained popularity. Anton moved to