The autumn session of the BOOSTER INNOVATIVE PROJECTS program has successfully completed, bringing together talented startup teams from scientific institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and innovative startups.
From October 24 to November 30, 2024, participants had the opportunity to improve their projects through a series of online and offline trainings, receiving valuable advice from our experienced experts. The trainings were aimed at preparing and improving pitch presentations for the ISE Group's City Accelerator for Kyiv and the First Academ.City Acceleration Program.
It was a rich and productive program with more than 15 teams:
- Developed skills in pitching, marketing, and business modeling.
- Increased their awareness of grant opportunities provided by European Union programs to develop strategies for developing their projects and attracting funding.
- Prepared presentations about their innovative solutions to the interested business community of Kyiv at the demo days on November 20, 2024 (Kyiv City Accelerator) and December 14 (KAU Accelerator).
The coaches of the sixth Booster are:
- Olena Tsyplitska, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Laboratory of Open Innovation Ecosystems at KAU;
- Olha Woropai, PhD in Economics, Academ.City project coordinator, associate professor at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland)
- Nataliia HARASHCHENKO - PhD in Economics, Head of the Department of Innovation Management at KAU;
- Iryna KUBARIEVA - PhD in Economics, Head of the Media Production Department of the IAC;
- Oleksandra Pravdyva is the Head of the International and Grants Department;
Maksym MARCHENKO - PhD in Economics, project manager of Academia City, lecturer of economic disciplines at the Kyiv School of Economics
We are proud of the successes of each team and grateful to everyone who joined this exciting process.
