Deloitte Ventures? IdeasLab Batch4? “FuckUpNight”? BazaIT? What’s going on in CfE Accelerator? Yes, we have plenty of news, so now it’s high time to show them up! First, we have launched the Batch4 of student acceleration program – IdeasLab!💡 We have selected teams with the most exciting and ambitious startup ideas such as finding a […]
The 2nd week of the ideasLab acceleration program has ended, the apogee of which was the Mentoring Roundabout This is one of the most favorite forms of communication between teams and mentors, its essence is that each team has the opportunity to communicate with several mentors for 20-30 minutes. Interestingly, such work aims not only […]
So, the first week of studying at ideasLab is over. We have already gotten to know the teams and their ideas better and are ready for fruitful work! Considering the fact that we have participants from different Ukrainian universities, our meetings are held online and only 4 teams join offline, as they are located […]
We are happy to inform you that the official website of CfE Accelerator now has a special place for the Network IQ Alliance page. UCU is a partner of the consortium since last fall, so we have already successfully finished Phase I of the project. You can read more about it at the following link. […]
The new page at CfE Accelerator is opening today – we are starting the third batch of the student acceleration program called ideasLab. During 12 weeks, the 14 selected teams would have an opportunity to: improve their knowledge in the startup field; validate their idea; find a portrait of the client; try to pitch; […]
What do CfE Accelerator program participants get? The most valuable thing that our participants could get is experience, knowledge, networking, and support. This is something that stays with our alumni forever! Not every startup “fires” and has a viable idea, however, precisely because of gaining this kind of experience, delving into its “failures” and […]
This is the very moment to finally announce the first batch of Ukrainian startups who receive $50k grant support. There are six teams, six different ideas, approaches, aims, and fields. Meet our heroes Book Box [Kyiv] CEO Andrii Orlyk Book Box is a B2B reading service. The startup is convinced that reading increases team engagement, […]
It’s been a week since we united to defend our past, our present, and not just our future – the last part world is still struggling to comprehend. It’s been a week. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been defending our home in combat from the Russian enemy, who has infringed our freedom, ruining our […]
Минулого року ми вирішили зробити щось грандіозне і перевірити чи є в Україні студенти, які готові втілювати свої космічні ідеї в життя. Для запуску таких ідей ми створили платформу – студентський інкубатор ideasLab, і відразу ж на перший набір отримали 34 аплікації від ентузіастів з 8 університетів України. На початку жовтня 11 відібраних команд стартували […]
30 workshops, 110 applications from 8 cities of Ukraine, 39 selected startups ready to conquer global markets, and mentors from Silicon Valley: it’s all about our Think Big Online Boot Camps. This year Center for Entrepreneurship (CfE UCU) in partnership with the US Market Access Center (USMAC) and with the support of the USAID Competitive […]
Ukrainian startup Propertymate, founded in 2018 by Bohdan Hnatkovsky and Sofia Vyshnevska, has received $ 1 million from Pragmatech Ventures. Bohdan Hnatkowski, CEO and co-founder, MSc in Technology Management LvBS, talks about how the year of the pandemic went for the startup, what new challenges they face and how they plan to scale. Propertymate is […]
For the sixth time, the Center for Entrepreneurship is conducting a pre-acceleration program for startups at an early stage to test hypotheses and clients. For 3 years not only the quality of the program, but also of the startups has grown. If at the beginning the applications were filled up to 15 teams, now, thanks […]
We have started our New Venture Competition! We gathered over 100 young people to talk about entrepreneurship, the main rules of the competition and what do you need to start your project. We invited our Alumni and mentors who have attained success and could share their cases. Some insights: If you have a problem it […]
Вже з березня стартує наша програма New Venture Competition для всіх, кого цікавить підприємництво та стратап екосистема! Що потрібно для участі? Мати бажання створити власний продукт (можна навіть не мати конкретної ідеї на цей момент) Відвідати Introduction Event, який відбудеться 29 лютого у 127 аудиторії (Паркова аудиторія) Центру Шептицького (14:00 – 17:00), адже лише відвідувачі […]
Why storytelling is the best way to present your project? How to get a Silicon Valley investor interested and what is it that they don’t want to hear? Why are your slides the last that you should be concerned with before you pitch? What are the secrets of a perfect Pitch Deck? All of this […]
Center for Entrepreneurship UCU supports early-stage startups not only with training programs, but also tries to empower young teams to gain global experience, learn from the best, and get the right contacts. That is why in May this year, the Center for Entrepreneurship UCU, with the support of Vera Trojan, Senior Managing Director at Wellington […]
Leading B2B accelerator in Europe Startup Wise Guys is coming to Lviv for a cool event in collaboration with Center for Entrepreneurship. SWG is scouting for future startup superstars for their 2 upcoming programs: Wise Guys Fintech 3 and B2B SaaS. 22 Ukrainian startups have already been invested by SWG (think, Publicfast, PromoRepublic, CallPage, JetBeep, […]
We continue our “Yes, you can!” events and next step are about B2B sales on the European market! Our speaker – Dima Syrotkin, CEO at startup “Panda Training”: micro coaching for large companies and consulting. We will talk about the features of the European market and how to be successful in a strong competition. This […]
On May 24-26, Traction Camp hosted the Center for Entrepreneurship, where 20 executives of selected startups and best mentors from the Silicon Valley, Cyprus, Korea, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and others gathered. Traction Camp launched in 2015 as a series of mini-accelerator events that bring together some of Silicon Valley’s best technology and business experts with the […]
Center for Entrepreneurship and Credit Agricole Bank have agreed on long-term cooperation. The main focus of cooperation is innovation in the AgroTech and support startups. La Village Incubator Recently, the Executive Director at Сenter for Entrepreneurship met with Presidents and residents of the Le Village Incubator in Paris and Lille, part of the world’s largest […]
