Kyiv Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Kyiv.
Andrey Horsev
Investor
CEO of @908 Inc. Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, networker, bootstrapper!
Denis Igin
Passionate entrepreneur, 2 companies and 2 startups launched, had an exit
http://denisigin.com
Roman Kostochka
Investor
Founder & CEO @coursmos. Entrepreneur.
Ken Leaver
Investor
Partner at EastLabs. CEO of @groupon Ukraine, Executive @visa. 7 years strategy consulting (@bcg, @strategy-partners). IESE MBA, Bachelors from @cornell-university
Vitaly M. Golomb
CEO @printmo-by-keen // CEO @europe Venture Summit // Mentor @500startups @happy-farm @innovation-nest // Award-winning designer // Speaker
Daniel Tonkopiy
Investor
Founder&CEO @best-ua (Acquired) @x-rift-augmented-reality-mobile-game, @adlog-tv, SkyNetMobile, DreamCatcher, Cofounder&COO @chudocard, mp.kz
http://datonko.blogspot.com
Joe Shapiro
CEO of oncam. 8 year making hi-tech internet video. Strong business and product development background. Wharton 2005.
Furtak Aleksandr
Co-founder and CTO of @dressboom
@national-technical-university-of-ukraine-kyiv-polytechnic-institute and @kyiv-national-university-of-trade-and-economics
Alexei Chapko
Founder & CEO @newzmate-inc. 8 years of experience in business and product development. Worked in IT consulting, advertising and IT startups. Certified coach.
Kirill Bigai
Passionate entrepreneur.
Founder @preply • Studied at @national-technical-university-of-ukraine; Worked at Nokia Siemens Networks and MTS.
Dane McLeod
Founder @tapru-gosave (Previous @extrabux). Love building teams of exceptionally talented & passionate engineers. Mobile Ad Tech. Los Angeles + Kyiv, Ukraine.
http://www.danemcleod.com
Artem Volos
COO/CFO & Co-founder @clutch-prep (previously @j-p-morgan-1)
Dr. Eike B. Post
Entrepreneuer, expert on marketing and product management. Studied business, law, IT (Master and PhD, Berkeley and Cornell).
Dmitry Mykhalchuk
Founder and CEO of @lookwider (my passion)
Master of finance in Kiev State University of Economics
3 years experience at stock market
Stas Matviyenko
CEO - @advice-wallet, Geek, Startupper, Traveller
Anton Karpenko
Investor
I am KARPOLAN, you can Google it :) https://www.google.com/webhp?#q=KARPOLAN
http://karpolan.blogspot.com
Blake Burris
Founder & Chief Hactivist of the global #Cleanweb movement; catalyzing entrepreneurs to make our cities more livable and sustainable. fbFund recipient
http://blakestar.tumblr.com
Andriy Sergiyenko
Founder Listex. Founder Oreenge. Master's in Applied Mathematics. Worked at Medtronic and BMC. Focused on software engineering.
Aladdin Happy (Shchaslyvyi)
Founder, CEO of Concert.Expert
Serial entrepreneur, musician and web-developer.
Since 1999 - 6 web projects from beginning to profitability.
Michael Babich
Entrepreneur and traveler, founder of @rocketstart. Passionate about personal growth, sports, photography, design, technology, and good reading.
Alexey Pokatilo
Founder and CEO of Virtual Learning Solutions. Co-founder of 100mentors.com. Worked at BCG, Credit Suisse and P&G. MSc degree from LBS. BSc degree from LSE
Daniel Berezner
I am Very goal oriented, extremely motivated and not a quitter. I am known to be a risk taker. life is short and you should live it , rather than simply exist.
Eugene Romanchuk
Founder @camopulse-1,Studied at @kiev-state-university-of-economics
Andrei Terentyev
COO, Hotelscan.com
Jef Lawson
Entrepreneur. Investor @hostua, @cdnua, Netcaloud.
http://blog.newlink.com.ua
Petro Bondarevskyi
Founder @iig-internet-investments-group
mini MBA at MIM 2008, MA at University of 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy' (2006) Strong business, project producer, graph. design
Dmytro Shandyba
Founder @newzmate-inc • Skilled technical manager and software developer. Worked at DirecTV, Serena Software and Presente3D. Masters degree in Software Engineering.
Sergey Kirillov
Founded and sold several companies. Now working on Remote.st.
Nathan Melnyk
CEO and Co-Founder @vtalkie
Xiangting Nepiuk
Co-founder/CEO @datawiz-io.com. Co-founder @xoposho.com
Slava Baranskyi
@pure founder, digital advertising specialist, top Russian blogger, worked in @yandex
Volodymyr Nepiuk
Co-founder/CEO/CTO @datawiz-io.com
Co-founder @xoposho-com
Nikolay Pavlov
Entrepreneur, been from network engineer (Unix, Cisco, FreeBSD, Perl, Ruby, R) to marketer (SEO, PPC). Dropped out of college for computers and self-education.
Alona Demochko
Founder&COO @beondesk
Alexander Naumenko
Working @apptopia • Founder @unshared-tv
Yuriy Lipatov
Co-founder & COO at Scrollmall.
In past: Head of BizDev at Settle, CEO & co-founder of befriendly.me, CEO at Smi)e Ukraine,
Regional BizDev Director at AlterGeo
Dmitry Kravchenko
Co-founder and CMO of @salepowers - Sales productivity tool for Linkedin
Inna Ponomarenko
Tea drinker in Kiev. I live and breathe entrepreneurship. Startup and investment strategy advisor. EIR at a VC fund.
Kiev, Ukraine · http://about.me/inke
http://www.quora.com/Inna-Ponomarenko
Andrew Dryga
Co-founder of OneDayOfMine. Developing things since i was 14. Dropped university to work in my 1st startup.
Vlad Tislenko
Founder, CEO at @iblazr • Studied International Management at @king-s-college College London
Kostiantyn Biriukov
Founder @whiteboards and @officemax.Ukraine
Kateryna Pylypchuk
Master of civil and corporate law, Marketing and Management specialist diploma, grew from account to client service director in advertising agency. Enterpreneur
Alexandr Mikhaylenko
CBDO of Jeapie. Master's degree in CS and Math. Experienced entrepreneur (founded several IT projects)
Alexandr Gribenko
Chief Product Owner @LIGA
1st startup in 1999
Product and business dev in IT, Telecom, Media & Localization industries.
EBS MBA in 2012.
http://work-flowing.blogspot.com/
Michael Skrychevsky
CTO & Cofounder at @luciding, Founder @request-1, Quezzle • Worked at @svitla-systems-inc • Studied at @national-technical-university-of-ukraine
http://spark.ru/startup/request
Claudio Naldi
Co-founder & CEO of Hypereight. Mobile Games Startup Since May 2013
Vladimir Dybenko
Founder of @bidon-games. The first software startup in 2002. Strong management background (2 years in a big soft. com.), 1st iPhone app published in 2008
Alex Filatov
Founder of CXRate. Natural born Web Developer, 15+ years software development experience
Dmitry Degtyarov
Business Management: Finance & Marketing Honors Degree, Bradford UK 2010. Worked in marketing, banking, finance & economic sector development. Ideas generator.
Evgeniy Ilchenko
Founder Microtenders. Worked at BNP Paribas, OTP Bank, Alfa-Bank. Studied at National Technical University of Ukraine
Oleg Kogan
Founder @your-simply, @look-and-feel-design
Stanislav Levandovsky
CEO of Reborn Ukraine. Brilliant artist and businessman. Green Awards Ukraine winner with Soundlife. The best father of his son. Bank of Ideas. Knight of light.
Dmitry Gaiduk
Founder @cooltool-com • Worked at @umg-research-international, @comcon-ukraine • Studied at @national-technical-university-of-ukraine
Pavels Romanovskis
FMCG, Retail, Procurement / Marketing executive, father of 5, lives in Riga, Latvia
http://blog.osom.me
ronel hands
Investor
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Eugene Baranchuk
Product guy. Frontend adept. Founder @listex
Alex Pavlenko
CEO of Time Inspector. #1 in time tracking software
Nikita Yampolski
Co-founder at Unadox, Freetimize and New Clear Radio. Possesses decades of tech experience in international IT, Software, Telecom, Internet and Sales.
Stanislav Polyakov
CEO of Gardenello. 10 years in sales, management, online and offline marketing. Technology is a strong hobby.
Fillip Lungu
Investor
CEO of Fitty. Young enterpreneur with strong technical background and passion for learning by doing.
Alexander Shtukar
Smart and talented copywriter/creator (LeoBurnett).
Author of Take It Easy service idea. Mobile Zaratustra.
Bohdan Chechin
Co-founder and CTO, @loum
Dmitriy Borzenkov
CEO of Jeapie. Strong networking skills, business experience, presentations, evangelism
Paul Roik
Strong technological background. Worked as programmer.
http://www.inposted.info
Artemey Melnikov
Founder "Lemur" Take Away Coffee Bar
Oleg Yakimets
CEO of IBABAI. 1st software startup out of executive career. Strong business and leadership background in General and Operational Management, Sales & Marketing.
Alex Ogorodnyk
Founder @cheqr, @ibwt-management
Oleg Botvenko
Artem Norba
Founder @izzly • Marketing Strategist with 4 years Experience in Internet Advertising • Former RTB-analyst • I'm here to listen.
http://bigrealdeal.tumblr.com/
Denys Nikolayenko
Founder @ StepInMobile • Co-founder @ interv.io
Ross Dzikovskyy
Product Manager. BA Computer Science. Founder @bilberrry, @roomsty-com
Anatolii Stepaniuk
Founder @izzly • Studied at @taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (MD in Experimental Nuclear Physics) • Engineer at Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research
http://bigrealdeal.tumblr.com/
Alex Potrivaev
Entrepreneur, designer and amateur astronomer
http://alexpotrivaev.com/writing
Mykhail Galushko
Co-founder at DevRain Solutions, co-founder of AppClub, Microsoft MVP
http://devrain.com/blog
Alex Mukho
Worked at @bilberrry
Max Pavlov
Master in Computer Science. Lead the development of large-scale distributed software systems with .Net. Current main focus are responsive web and mobile development.
