Integrate your innovative solutions into large business structures!
What DOES USF offer?
Corporate innovations
What does the fund offer?
Get the opportunity to incorporate your product into the work of the largest corporations in Ukraine.
The USF Corporate Innovation Programme opens the door for startups to cooperate with leading corporations, allowing them to integrate their innovative solutions into large business structures, receive financial support and contribute to the further development of the technological landscape in Ukraine. It is a unique opportunity to establish partnerships with major market players and gain access to new markets and customers.
01 Brainstorm
02 Incorporate
03 Learn
Solve the most relevant tasks and problems for the best corporations
Integrate your innovative solutions into large business structures!
Implement your product or solution in the activities of corporations by receiving financial assistance
Integrate your innovative solutions into large business structures!
Receive support and mentoring from experienced mentors and experts in the relevant field
WHO CAN APPLY?
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The Fund supports projects that operate in the following industries:
- AR/VR
- Big data
- Blockchain
- Cybersecurity
- Education
- Lifestyle
- Energy & ecology
- Fintech/Legaltech
- eGovernment
- Healthcare
- Media & advertising
- Retail
- Industrial
- AI
- Biotech
- Agrotech
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An MVP and an innovative idea that can influence the world.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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How to apply for the programme?
At the beginning of the programme, the USF works with corporations to announce the challenges and tasks they face and would like to solve with the help of innovative solutions. The conditions of participation (for each specific programme) and the main criteria for startups are highlighted.
Startups apply for the programme by presenting their innovative solutions and ideas that can meet the challenges of corporations.
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I have submitted an application on the USF Portal. What are the next steps?
After successful submission of the application on the USF Portal, the expert committee consisting of representatives of corporations and other specialists checks the submitted applications for compliance with the competition terms and selects the most promising and suitable startups for participation in the Pitch Day.
Startups that have passed this stage have the opportunity to present their projects and ideas at the Pitch Day. During the Pitch Day, startups present their projects to the jury and corporate representatives, talking about the potential of their solutions and how they can solve corporate challenges.
Based on the results of the Pitch Day, corporations choose startups with which they want to cooperate. This cooperation may include financial support, partnership, access to corporate resources, and the opportunity to implement innovative solutions in their activities (the exact terms of participation will be announced within each individual open call on the resources of the Ukrainian Startup Fund).
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What opportunities does participation in the Programme offer?
- solve the most relevant challenges from the top corporations of Ukraine and the world;
- compete for the opportunity to introduce your own product into the corporation’s activities;
- improve your product and get support from mentors and experts in the relevant industry.