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Meet the winners of Ukrainian national finals of the ClimateLaunchpad 2024 business idea competition! 🏆 To participate in the competition, we selected teams from dozens of applicants. Over the past two months, they have undergone intensive training, refined their presentations, and practiced pitching their business idea in English to the jury. Traditionally, just before Ukraine's Independence Day, Greencubator held the national ClimateLaunchpad final among startups that had passed all the stages of selection and training from our coaches. We're pleased to introduce you to this year's winning startups that will represent Ukraine at the European Regional Finals this autumn 🌍 🇺🇦 🥇 First place - RECUP.GREEN - a startup that collects and recycles used disposable paper cups. Congratulations to Max Bayer! 🥈 Second place - SPOGAD - a circular fashion startup developing plastic recycling technologies to create high-quality fashion designer accessories. Congratulations to Anastasiia Kondratieva! Congratulations also to HomeGarden, Recycling jeans, ePallete and all other participants of this year's competition! 💪 📣 Participants who have completed the ClimateLaunchpad program and presented their ideas at the national finals become honorary graduates of Greencubator programs and receive all the benefits of the community. We wish all startups to become successful businesses that will significantly impact the environment in Ukraine and worldwide. We are happy to help you along this journey 💚

Our ClimateLaunchpad startups are finalizing their preparations for today's national finals of the business idea competition! 🇺🇦 🥇 As they hone their pitches, we introduce you to the competition's guest judges: ✨ Anastasia Sleptsova, Co-Lead of The Possible, a foundation and alliance of organizations supporting impact entrepreneurship for Ukraine recovery, and founder of the innovation agency Digitizing.Space. Anastasiia has over 10 years of experience in the technology sector and over 6 years of experience in developing and supporting UA & CEE startups and tech businesses. ✨ Kateryna Venzhyk is a media manager, editor, and founder of Meykanemo, a YouTube channel for engineering and tech education. She has 25 years of experience in economic journalism and has been specializing in technology and innovation since 2021. On the Meykanemo channel, Kateryna promotes technical education among Ukrainians and engineering developments in various fields, from energy to MilTech. The jury will evaluate the startups based on the following criteria: ✅ Market Potential ✅ Innovation or Technology Potential ✅ Strength Management Team ✅ Social Impact ✅ Climate Impact ✅ Quality of Pitch 📌 ClimateLaunchpad is the world's largest green idea competition. It searches for business solutions to combat climate change and helps innovators to launch and grow their businesses around the world. The startups that win the national selection get a chance to compete at the regional finals of ClimateLaunchpad 2024 against teams from other countries. Greencubator has been organizing the national stage of the ClimateLaunchpad competition in Ukraine since 2016.

🤝 Knowledge exchange between ClimateLaunchpad participants from different years is among the most valuable parts of the business idea competition program 🏆 ✨ This year, the founders of Carbominer, Nick Oseyko and Viktoria O., shared their insights on building relationships with investors and the basics of finance for startups. Greencubator expresses its warmest gratitude to Nick and Victoria for their openness to share their experience with early-stage Ukrainian startups 🌱 🔸 Carbominer is a Ukrainian startup that has developed an innovative technology for capturing carbon dioxide from the air. In 2019, the company won the National Final of the ClimateLaunchpad competition in Ukraine and was shortlisted for the best startups at the global final in Amsterdam. 🔗 Learn more about Carbominer's story on our website: https://lnkd.in/dbfkRcWC. 📌 ClimateLaunchpad is the world's largest competition for green business ideas. It searches for business solutions to combat climate change and helps innovators launch and grow their businesses worldwide. The startups that win the national selection get a chance to compete at the regional finals of ClimateLaunchpad 2024 against teams from other countries. Greencubator has been organizing the national stage of the ClimateLaunchpad competition in Ukraine since 2016.

📣 The annual Impact Business Accelerator program for Ukrainian entrepreneurs is now open for applications. Participation in the program will help companies from various sectors of the economy (agriculture, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, cybersecurity, etc.) expand their capabilities and increase their potential. What awaits the participants? ✨ 10 power-packed online modules covering essential business strategies  ✨ 9 exclusive lectures and hands-on workshops from top industry experts  ✨ Personalized mentorship from international business leaders  ✨ Spotlight your business at Demo Day in December 2024  ✨ Win up to €10,000 in financial support for the most promising company This annual program is an entrepreneur's gateway to unlocking new opportunities in agriculture, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, cybersecurity, and more. ⏰ Applications close September 4th! Secure your spot now: https://lnkd.in/dJVtrg96 — The Impact Business Accelerator is initiated and implemented by the Impact Force in partnership with SILab Ukraine with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office, the national project Diia.Business, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, and the social innovation platform New Door. Based on the results of the accelerator, the winning companies will receive a financial support program from the USVF.

We have our national final of ClimateLaunchpad coming up this week! It is so exciting to see which startups will represent Ukraine internationally 🌏 🇺🇦

✈️🌱 The Ukrainian company INPUT SOFT brings revolutionary changes to the global aviation industry to make it more efficient, digital and environmentally friendly.  Anastasiia Smyk, Valentyn Zavadskyi, and Andrii Smyk have created a unified web-based platform for managing data and resources at airports📊 🛩 Thanks to this technology, clients worldwide can efficiently organize the traffic of aircraft servicing vehicles, reduce the idling time of aircraft engines, and optimize various other processes. This helps to decrease fuel consumption and significantly reduces CO₂ emissions. 🔹 How did INPUT SOFT become an ambassador for sustainability in the aviation industry? 🔹 How does their innovative software contribute to the concept of a "smart airport"? 🔹 What is it like to launch an aviation startup during COVID and amidst russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine? Discover the path to the dream of the three founders of Input Soft in a new story from Greencubator via the link: https://lnkd.in/dEvkiX74   🥇 👏 The story of INPUT SOFT is a part of the series "The Cream of the Crop of Ukrainian Cleantech". It features 10 #cleantech champions who received Climate Innovation Vouchers at a critical stage of their development and made giant leaps in the following years. 📌 About the program: Climate Innovation Vouchers is one of the largest grant programs in Ukraine for innovators in green and climate-friendly technologies. It is initiated by the EBRD and funded by the European Union. Greencubator implements the program in #Ukraine.

🌱🌍 Green #agrifood #startups can receive advisory services and grants of up to €10,000 If you're an innovative, early-stage business working on tech to make agriculture and food industries greener and more sustainable, the EBRD AgVenture competition is your opportunity! 🌾💡 🗓️ Deadline to apply: 19th August 2024 at 23:59 BST. 🏆 What will you win? 1️⃣ A tailored advisory service through the EBRD Star Venture programme worth €80,000 for winners and €50,000 for runners-up. Over an 18-month period, you will receive the following: ▶ a systematic #business diagnostic assessment; ▶ customised advisory support from consultants; ▶ online/in-person mentoring sessions; ▶ access to opportunities. 2️⃣ A €10,000 reimbursable #grant for business growth needs 3️⃣ Visibility at global agrifood tech forums 4️⃣ Links to the EBRD and other networks Are you eligible? 📝 ✅  Your startup aims to improve environmental sustainability in the agrifood technology sector by providing a solution that addresses green issues across any aspect of the food value chain, from farming, processing and food packaging to trading, logistics, distribution and retail. ✅ Most of your operations are in the economies where the EBRD invests ✅ You have an annual turnover of up to €1 million ✅ You have been in business for less than 10 years ✅ Your product/service has a Technology Readiness Level of 7 and 9, as defined by the European Commission in the Horizon 2020 programme. 📎More details about the competition, selection criteria and application form: https://lnkd.in/dhQT2FYx The EBRD AgVenture competition is funded by Spain through the EBRD's High-Impact Partnership on Climate Action - HIPCA (which is also supported by Austria, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, South Korea, Switzerland, the TaiwanICDF, the United Kingdom and the United States of America).

This summer, Ukrainians have experienced the inconvenience of living without electricity: enduring the heat, dealing with defrosted refrigerators, and having non-functional air conditioners. However, with power outages, Ukrainian cities could face an even more significant challenge this winter. Due to Russian airstrikes, Ukraine has lost 9 GW of power generation capacity, which cannot be fully restored before the heating season. As a result, Ukrainians should prepare for potential power outages in their homes 🏠⚡ For those prepared to go down to the basements of their apartment buildings, Roman Zinchenko, co-founder of Greencubator, has crafted a detailed guide: 📋 "How to check if my house is ready for a winter without electricity?" 🔗Read the article in Ukrainian via the link: https://lnkd.in/dgyR3tpn

We have a new job opportunity 🎉 Greencubator is launching a new project to support and promote new startups and businesses in the cleantech and climate sectors in #Ukraine. This project provides the foundation for the green transformation of Ukraine's economy. We are looking for new colleagues who will contribute to the project's successful implementation. Check out the details of the vacancy by clicking here: https://lnkd.in/dU-kx84A Main responsibilities: 🔶 Maintain effective and up-to-date communication with candidates, participants and alums of the project; 🔶 Support the project's marketing and partnership campaigns; 🔶 Be the heart of the project's administrative work and document flow; 🔶 Work on the daily organization of the project, implementation of its tasks and monitoring of project results; 🔶 Prepare documentation following the instructions, procedures and tasks of the project manager; 🔶 Maintain the project document flow (official reports, expert and other documents, outgoing and incoming correspondence, contact lists); 🔶 Organize logistical support for project participants; 🔶 Participate in planning activities, organizing meetings, training, and events; assist in coordinating interaction with government authorities, partners, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, donors and other stakeholders related to the project. 🔶 Coordinate the signing of contracts with project participants, consultants and experts; 🔶 Collect and monitor the necessary information for the effective implementation of the project; 🔶 Participate in other ongoing project tasks. What we offer: ✅ Competitive salary ✅ Flexible work schedule with the ability to work both from the office in Kyiv and online ✅ A great team of creatively minded colleagues ✅ Experience working with innovative international projects ✅ Support with education from the team and CEO ✅ A sense of making a difference Please check the full job description here:  https://lnkd.in/dU-kx84A and send your resume with motivation letter to join@greencubator.info with the subject "Project Assistant." Join our team to support green startups and celebrate the successes of Ukrainian cleantech enterprises both locally and globally.

⚡️What are the 5 obstacles to the recovery of the Ukrainian energy system? 🇺🇦 This summer, Ukrainians have faced widespread power cuts as a result of Russia's continuous rocket and drone attacks, which have destroyed more than half of Ukraine's electricity generation over the past three months. The power cuts have had a significant impact on the daily lives of Ukrainians, as well as on businesses and municipal services. Roman Zinchenko, the head of Greencubator, joined the expert discussion at Media Center Ukraine. He spoke about the necessity of decentralizing the power generation system that Ukraine inherited from the Soviet Union. At the discussion, Roman Zinchenko outlined five key factors that limit the required changes in the Ukrainian #energy system: 1️⃣ 🔴 Insecurity. Ongoing Russian air attacks on critical infrastructure prevent the energy system from fully recovering and repairing damage. 2️⃣ 📝 Regulatory framework. Changes in the regulatory policy have begun, but it is still very conservative and focused on the hyper-centralized Soviet model of energy generation. Current policies are poorly oriented to work with consumer demand. 3️⃣ 🏦 Access to financing. The necessary technologies for energy innovation already exist globally; there's no need to reinvent them. What's required is a system — like "Ukrainian monobank for energy solutions"— where communities, residents, or condominiums can easily apply for financing. This would ensure they receive the needed equipment and loans through an efficient credit assessment process. 4️⃣ 🚛 Logistics. Roman believes that those who have transported batteries and inverters to Ukraine by trucks since the beginning of the Russian attacks deserve a monument. Unfortunately, logistics are severely limited now, posing a significant challenge. 5️⃣ 👷♀️ People. There's a significant shortage of professionals in all energy sectors, both in constructing new energy facilities and repairing traditional ones. These companies are now so busy that they schedule work for October and November. Therefore, training, upskilling, and employee professional development are essential to attracting more workers to the sector. Watch the full video of the discussion in Ukrainian by following the link: https://lnkd.in/eEdcECCY 🎤 Speakers of the discussion: – Oleksandr Kharchenko, Director at the Energy Industry Research Center (EIR Center); – Yurii Boiko, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Member of the Supervisory Board of NPC UKRENERGO; – Roman Zinchenko, Chairman of the Board of the Greencubator NGO; – Maksym Gardus, Communications Specialist at Razom We Stand;