The Ukrainian delegation successfully presented the innovative potential and startup ecosystem of Ukraine at Viva Technology 2022
During June 15-18, 2022 in Paris (France) was held the annual world technology exhibition-conference – Viva Technology 2022. The event brought together more than 25,000 visitors from 149 countries and the leaders of the technological world as speakers. In particular, VivaTech was joined by all world industry leaders, from Bernard Arnault (president and CEO of LVMH) to Vitalik Buterin (founder of Ethereum) and Changpeng Zhao (founder and CEO of Binance).
This year, for the first time, the innovative potential and startup ecosystem of Ukraine was successfully presented at Viva Technology.
In particular, teams of 14 Ukrainian startups, pre-selected by the Ukrainian Startup Fund and UNIT.City together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the Embassy of Ukraine in France (Ambassade d’Ukraine en France), Diia City, French Tech Kyiv, eō Business Incubators, for four days presented their innovative solutions at the Seeds of Bravery pavilion. These are startups: MISU, Akurateco – White-Label Payment Platform, WheelKeep, Cardio.AI, CASES, Clin Case Quest, Fruittorg, Avocado AI, Lookerz, fprojo, zeely.app, Elai.io, INPUT SOFT, Mosqitter.
Also at Viva Tech 2022 was presented the unique legal and tax space Diіa.City, which has some of the best conditions for IT in Europe, and Ukrainian victories on the cyber front.
In addition to dozens of hours of pitching and networking with investors, tech entrepreneurs, politicians and journalists, the conference program included informative sessions with top representatives of technology industries, thematic exhibitions and award ceremonies for the best innovative companies.
Honorary guests of the event were: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (in the form of a 3D hologram), President of France Emmanuel Macron, EU Commissioner for Internal Trade and Services Thierry Breton and others.
“We are grateful to all partners who joined the organization of the Ukrainian pavilion” Seeds of Bravery “and made it possible for our delegation to visit despite difficult times for Ukraine. The introduction of innovations and large-scale digitalization has long been a new reality in Ukraine. I am convinced that the innovation industry will become one of the main drivers of Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction “, – said Pavlo Kartashov, director of the Ukrainian Startup Fund.
