Startups that will represent Ukraine/dev.ua
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine announced the results of the selection of 12 Ukrainian tech companies that will go to the famous TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 conference in San Francisco.
< p>Organizers have selected 12 companies that will present their products as part of a national delegation.
This year, TechCrunch Disrupt will be held from October 28 to 30. The conference is annually attended by approximately 10,000 participants, including global technology leaders, startup founders and investors.
Ukrainian startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024:
1. Haiqu. Deeptech is a startup that creates software for quantum computers. It was founded in early 2023 by Mykola Maksymenko, former R&D vice president of the Ukrainian IT company SoftServe, and Richard Givan, who previously worked at Mitsubishi Electric. In April, it became one of the 11 most promising quantum start-ups in Europe according to venture investors.
2. Clearly. An AI platform for improving mental health that effectively connects psychotherapists with clients. In June, she received a $100,000 grant from Google.
3. xTiles. A digital notebook that includes a web platform and an application, a Ukrainian alternative to Notion. It is a multi-tiered “digital notebook” consisting of a web platform and an application. The founder of the project – Maksym Kuchur, the owner of an outsourcing company and a startup entrepreneur with 7 years of experience. xTiles was one of the participants of that year's IT Arena in Lviv.
4. Spendbase. A platform for optimizing costs for software, cloud services and corporate cards. In August, it became one of 59 Ukrainian technology startups that received grants totaling 2 million euros under the Seeds of Bravery program. Spendbase received 50,000 euros.
5. Stack Booster. A solution that automates and optimizes the management of cloud infrastructures.
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7. Esper Bionics. The startup creates bionic prostheses using AI. In June of this year, it became known that the company that creates bioprostheses, in particular, for Ukrainian soldiers, closed another round of investments for $5 million and plans to expand production.
8. Promova. A personalized platform for learning foreign languages. Last year, Ukrainian users received free Premium access to Promova, a platform for learning languages, including English of all levels – from elementary to advanced. The platform became part of the national Future Perfect program.
9. LetsData. The AI solution predicts communication risks and opportunities and helps organizations counter information threats. The startup was launched in June 2022 by Andrii Kusiy and Ksenia Ilyuk. The main product of LetsData – “radar” that monitors mass media and social networks, finds information campaigns, assesses the threat level and sends warnings to clients.
10. Wantent. The AI platform analyzes audience response to video content and measures viewer engagement during viewing. In the winter of 2024, dev.ua spoke with the CEO of the startup, Oleksiy Shaldenko, about the current stage of the startup, which became one of those that received funding from Google, Ukrainian angels and funds, and soon plans to become a “unicorn”.
11. Mantis Analytics. An AI platform that processes thousands of messages and gigabytes of data from mass media, social networks, and information platforms in real time and arranges it on an interactive map. Recently, it became known that the startup will receive $240,000 in investment from the fund of the co-founders of Uklon "Unbreakable".
12. Deus Robotics. The AI platform combines logistics robots into a single system, optimizing warehouse operations. It is already automating the capacities of Nova Poshta and is preparing to launch a pilot project in Great Britain. According to founder Pavel Pikulin, the startup's name is inspired by the Deus Ex series of cyberpunk games.