Olena Tsyplitska
Mentoring program: BOOSTER of innovative projects
Expertise: marketing, finance
Education:
- Specialist in Finance (2001), Candidate of Economic Sciences in specialty 08.00.01 - Economic Theory (2005),
- Doctor of Economics, specialty 08.00.03 - Economics and Management of the National Economy (2021).
Training programs:
- GIST Innovates (May-July 2020);
- Online summer school course "Sustainable Production in Industry 4.0: Technologies and Solutions" (September 14-17, 2020), Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute;
- Online workshop "Start Up and Drive Your Business Model", November 10, 2021, Germany;
- International Sciencepreneur Compact workshop "Young Entrepreneurs in Science" (November 23, 2021), Falling Walls Foundation, Berlin, Germany (online);
- Professional international internship "German-Ukrainian University Internship Program on Technology Transfer (GUTT.INUP)" (October 18 - December 01, 2021), Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Kyiv Academic University with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany (online).
Practical activity in the field of mentor expertise:
- Developer and trainer of the short incubation program "Booster of Innovative Projects" (the purpose of the program is to help innovators, scientists and inventors prepare a pitch presentation of their project for its further commercialization) (project website).
- Invited trainer of the course "Lab2Market UA", organized by the Ukrainian Research and Development Office, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and IHUB in 2023.
- Member of the CarboPulse startup team (a wristband for monitoring carboxyhemoglobin in the blood of firefighters).
Work experience as a cost planning economist (2001 - OJSC NPKK "Alye Parusa"), an economic analyst (2004 - Regional Fund for Entrepreneurship Support in Mykolaiv region) and a consultant in a consulting company (2005 - Consulting Group "SLS" LLC).
- Experience in developing investment projects and business plans, certified user of ProjectExpert 7.0.
- Lecturer in the discipline "Management of Academic Startup Projects" at the Kyiv Academic University, 2021-2022.
- He has over 20 years of experience in teaching economic disciplines in higher education institutions and 5 years of research experience.
- He has publications on the development of innovation ecosystems, sustainable development, and technological modernization of Ukrainian industry (GoogleScholar).
Mentoring experience: 4 years
Number of mentoring projects: 6 mentoring projects:
- 2021, 2022 Innovation Project Booster (IPBG),
- 2022 (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Germany),
- 2023, 2024; SEEDPlus - 2023-2024 (Kyiv Academic University).
Experience in creating and supporting the development of startups:
He has experience in supporting startups that have participated in international technology exhibitions or have reached a late stage of startup development: Supported Ukrainian startups Outex, MeGoElectric, MetCerCoat, Lviv Hydrogen to participate in the international stage of the SEEDPlus competition (Lisbon, Portugal) in June-July 2024.
Supported startups, including a startup of the "startup and testing (seed)" sub-stage: within the framework of the Booster of Innovative Projects program, she supported the startup "Gora Chocolate" (production of chocolate candies using vegetables dried using a new technology).
She participated in supporting and advising startups at the initial stages of their development (the "pre-seed" sub-stage), helping to formulate ideas and strategies: As part of the Innovation Projects Booster program, she advised startups such as PlantCom (Lutsk National Technical University), radar.house, and Fruit Pastes (State Biotechnology University).
Vadym Gorenko
Mentoring program: Support program for student research and innovation projects and startups
Expertise: Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, financial strategy, organizational strategy, business processes, digital strategy and marketing, business planning, presentation preparation, and pitching.
Education:
- State University of Telecommunications, specialty - management of organizations, qualification - economist (2008).
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries - Advanced Actuarial Diploma Course (1999).
- Priazovsky State Technical University, specialty - mechanical engineering technology, qualification - mechanical engineer (1993).
Certificates:
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate.
- University of Virginia Darden School of Business – Digital Business Strategy.
- Vanderbilt University – Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT.
- Measure What Matters – OKR Certification: Leadership and Goal Setting.
- Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate.
- The Johns Hopkins University – Data Analysis Management.
Practical activity in the field of mentor expertise:
- Top manager in insurance (Chairman of the Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board in several insurance companies) (1994-2012).
- Founder and mentor of the incubation program StartUpStart (2012-present).
- Mentored and advised startups at Happy Farm business accelerator, BIONIC University, Donetsk Regional Business Incubator, Poltava Youth Business Club, and the Business Factory (UNIT Factory) program. Conducting an acceleration program and mentoring support at the Logi:Um logistics accelerator and the MedStartUp medical incubator (2012-2018).
- Expert at Startup.Network (2013-2019).
- Trainer-consultant, mentor at StartUp Business Incubator of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2015-2016).
- Business coach of Google Partners Agency Acceleration Program and Rising Stars and Elevator programs of Google Ukraine for owners and C-level managers of digital agencies (2016-2021).
- Expert of Sikorsky Challenge 2023 (KPI).
- Expert and mentor in the Lab2MarketUA 2023 program (Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation).
- Business coach and mentor of Academ.City (KAU) innovation project support programs (2024).
Mentoring experience, years: 12 years
Number of mentoring projects: More than 120 mentoring projects.
Experience in creating and supporting the development of startups:
Experience in supporting startups that have participated in international technology exhibitions or have reached a late stage of startup development: Business consultant and team building mentor for more than 10 startups at Happy Farm business accelerator. BUKI startup at the StartUp Business Incubator of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. PharmaClinic and Flash Smile startups in the MedStartUp medical incubator. Startups that have reached the late stage of startup development.
Experience in supporting startups with experience in attracting private investment: More than 10 startups in the Happy Farm business accelerator.
Support of startups, including startups of the "launch and test (seed)" sub-stage: Within the programs of Happy Farm business accelerator, StartUp Business Incubator of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Donetsk Regional Business Incubator, Business Factory (UNIT Factory) program and during the individual incubation program StartUpStart, he has supported more than 20 startups at the seed stage.
Participation in supporting and advising startups at the initial stages of their development (the "pre-seed" sub-stage), helping to formulate ideas and strategies: As part of the programs of the Happy Farm business accelerator, StartUp Business Incubator of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Donetsk Regional Business Incubator, Poltava Youth Business Club, Business Factory (UNIT Factory) program, Logi:Um logistics accelerator, MedStartUp medical incubator and during the individual incubation program StartUpStart, he participated in supporting and advising more than 100 startups at the initial stages of their development (pre-seed).
Participation in demonstration days and other events that promote creativity and innovative thinking among students, researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs: Participated in events that promote creativity and innovative thinking among students, researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs in the:
- StartUp Business Incubator of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv;
- Donetsk Regional Business Incubator;
- Poltava Youth Business Club;
- Sumy Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
- at the ActinSpace Kyiv Space Innovation Hackathon at the Kyiv Aviation Institute;
- at the Energy Efficiency Hackathon held at the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Metallurgical Plant;
- at the Startup Battle at Startup.Network; Sikorsky Challenge 2023 (KPI);
- in the Lab2MarketUA 2023 program (Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation) and in the programs to support innovative projects of Academia.net (KAU).
Krynytskyi Sergiy
Mentoring program: BOOSTER of innovative projects
Expertise: Preparing an innovative project for participation in a grant competition (grant), writing grant applications, developing a business plan, developing feasibility studies, Business Model Canvas, analyzing the market environment, marketing strategy, preparing presentations and preparing a team for pitching.
Education: Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Institute of Management, Kyiv;
European Project Manager in the EU Financial Perspective 2014-2020, Central European Academy of Training and Certification (CEASC), University of Informatics and Arts, Lodz (Poland); Manager-economist, National Transport University, Kyiv; Mechanical Engineer, National Aviation University, Kyiv; IBTCI international agency in Ukraine. Certificate: Consultant in International Accounting Standards; Ernst & Young. Certificate: International Accounting Standards (GAAP, IFRS); Project| Management| Institute| (USA) Certificate: Project Management. PMP certificate of the first level; "Practice of launching startups", Startup School "Sikorsky Challenge" of the Institute of Postgraduate Education, KPI, Kyiv.
Practical activities in the field of mentor expertise:
- Consulting and mentoring of Ukrainian innovation project teams at the stages of project preparation and formation, partner engagement,
- analysis for compliance with European standards and practical assistance in writing applications for subsequent projects: "Business Development Services for SMEs" (GIZ) 2022, "Booster of Innovation Projects" 2022, "Lab2Market UA" 2023, i4Trust 2023, SEEDPlus 2023-2024,
- Mentoring and business coaching of student and business innovation project support programs (KAU) 2020-2024.
Mentoring experience: 5 years
Number of mentoring projects: 22 mentoring projects
Experience in creating and supporting the development of startups:
Experience in supporting startups that have participated in international technology exhibitions or have reached a late stage of startup development:
- Mentoring of 4 grant projects of the Aleistyn LLC team (Deep Tech startup, developer of innovative technology for non-destructive testing of eddy currents), two of which were recognized at international competitions and received grant funding. The innovation has reached TRL7. The cooperation is ongoing.
- Mentoring of 3 grant projects of the Maytek team (Deep Tech startup, developer of an innovative AI-based smart control system for the heating system of hotel complexes), two of which were recognized at international competitions and received grant funding. The innovation has reached TRL7-8. The cooperation is ongoing.
- Participation in demonstration days and other events that help stimulate creativity and innovative thinking among students, researchers, scientists, and entrepreneurs: Lectures "How to present/represent science in a project (TRL, State of Art)?" and "Justification of a technological solution as one that realizes/embodies consumer value" as part of the Student Startup and Innovation Projects Support Program (SIP) 2024.
- Repeated participation in events organized by the Academia.net (KAU) and aimed at stimulating Ukrainian scientists, researchers, and entrepreneurs to create start-ups, innovative projects, and participate in international grant competitions. Continuous expert support of the Kyiv Academic University in the field of Technology Transfer.
Marchenko Maksym
Mentoring program: Venture Creation Course Lean Launchpad (SEEDPlus project)
Expertise: Innovative entrepreneurship, strategic management, startup management, business planning, company development management, Business Model Canvas
Education: PhD in Economics, specialty 08.00.04 - Economics and Business Management (2012). Theme: Formation and implementation of enterprise development projects: methodological and applied aspects. Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Faculty of Economics and Management, specialty "Business Economics", Master's program "Project Management and Consulting" (2004).
Practical activity in the field of mentor expertise: Developer and trainer of the SEEDplus startup training program (2023-2024). Co-founder and CEO of the e-commerce startup DEST (2013-2018). 15 years of teaching experience, Associate Professor at Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Kyiv School of Economics. Disciplines: innovative entrepreneurship, startup management, venture business management, company development management, firm economics, organizational behavior and leadership.
Mentoring experience: 2 years
Number of mentoring projects: 4 mentoring projects: SEEDPlus - 2023-2024 (Kyiv Academic University).
Experience in creating and supporting the development of startups:
Experience in supporting startups that have participated in international technology exhibitions or have reached a late stage of startup development:
- Supporting Ukrainian startups Outex, MeGoElectric, MetCerCoat, Lviv Hydrogen to participate in the international stage of the SEEDPlus competition (Lisbon, Portugal) in June-July 2024.
- Participation in demonstration days and other events that help stimulate creativity and innovative thinking among students, researchers and entrepreneurs: Lectures "Market and Competition Analysis, Resource Potential Analysis, Determination of Competitive Advantage" and "Analysis of Potential Consumers. Portrait of a Consumer" as part of the Student Startup and Innovation Projects Support Program (KAU) 2024. Participation in various events aimed at popularizing innovative entrepreneurship.
