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MI: Ukrainian Pitch

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MI: Ukrainian Pitch – a podcast hosted by Dominique Piotet. Tech News & Tech Dudes. From Ukraine to the World.

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Ukraine

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MI: Ukrainian Pitch – a podcast hosted by Dominique Piotet. Tech News & Tech Dudes. From Ukraine to the World.

Language:

English


Episodes

Yura Lazebnikov / WePlay Studios

9/29/2023
Yura Lazebnikov is an investor and co-founder of WePlay Studios, a content-driven production company. He is also a co-founder of the NGO “Techiia Foundation,” which since 2018 has invested over UAH 20 million in social projects focused on the Ukrainian army, healthcare, and the development of STEM education. LinkedIn of Yura Lazebnikov: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yura-lazebnikov/ About WePlay Studios: WePlay Studios is a content-driven production company that blends gaming, technology, and storytelling to create unparalleled viewer experiences. The company accelerates the entertainment industry with creative solutions in broadcasting, augmented reality, visual effects, interactive experiences, etc. Networks, brands, and agencies around the world turn to WePlay Studios for content development, production execution, and highly targeted brand integrations. Founded in Kyiv, Ukraine, by Yura Lazebnikov and Oleg Krot, the company has dual headquarters in Los Angeles, California, and Kyiv, Ukraine, with high-tech arenas and studios specialized for creating content of any kind. Today, WePlay Studios is the strategic partner of One True King, the largest streaming community in the United States, and the production partner of the Enthusiast Gaming organization. The WePlay team was shortlisted for the Sports Emmy Awards for 2022 for outstanding coverage of an esports event and a finalist of the 2021 Esports Awards for Creative Team of the Year, among many other awards. WePlay Studios is proud to have developed, produced, hosted, and broadcast over 30 esports and gaming events, amassing nearly two million followers and 235 million views on Twitch. https://weplay.tv/ On this podcast, Dominique Piotet, co-founder of the Ukrainian Phoenix Fund, discussed with Yura Lazebnikov scaling of the businesses from Ukraine to the global market. The podcast was recorded in September 2023 and sound engineered by The Podcast Bar: https://thepodcast.bar/

Duration:00:24:20

Ivan Kaunov / Defense Tech Startup BUNTAR

9/22/2023
Ivan Kaunov – co-founder of fintech company Finmap.Online, nowadays serving in the Ukrainian Army. On this podcast, he presents defense tech startup BUNTAR. Pitch deck of BUNTAR: https://docsend.com/view/wutan9rimdtvcd6k Ivan Kaunov on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaunov-ivan/ On this podcast, Dominique Piotet, co-founder of the Ukrainian Phoenix Fund, discussed with Ivan Kaunov opportunities for investments in growing military tech. The podcast was recorded in September 2023 and sound engineered by The Podcast Bar: https://thepodcast.bar/

Duration:00:20:08

Arnaud Lumet / Luxembourg Ukraine Chamber of Commerce

9/14/2023
Arnaud Lumet plays a pivotal role as a Founding Board Member of the Luxembourg Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and the Tech & Innovation Lead. Arnaud's journey into the tech ecosystem began with a strong belief that Europe holds vast opportunities for Ukrainian startups. Luxembourg, despite its small size, boasts a thriving tech ecosystem with over 500 startups, 15 incubation and acceleration programs, and initiatives like Fit4Start, which provides up to 150,000 EUR in equity-free support. Arnaud underscores Luxembourg's unique strengths, including its focus on Space Resources, a robust Fintech ecosystem, High-Performance Computing, a Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and the innovative Digital Embassy Program. In a remarkable achievement, Luxinnovation, the national innovation agency of Luxembourg, is part of a consortium that secured 20 million Euros in funding from the European Innovation Council to support over 200 Ukrainian DeepTech startups in Europe. Contact Arnaud Lumet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-lumet/ The podcast was recorded in September 2023 and sound engineered by The Podcast Bar: https://thepodcast.bar/

Duration:00:22:11

Michael Chobanyan / KUNA.io

9/7/2023
Michael Chobanyan is the founder of the first Bitcoin agency in Eastern Europe and the CIS countries. Has more than 7 years of experience in managing Telecommunications / Internet Providers. Professionally studies Blockchain ecosystems since 2011. https://www.linkedin.com/in/chobanian/ • In March, 2014 Mr. Chobanyan founded KUNA Bitcoin Agency and non-government organization Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine (BFU). • September, 2014 - the first Bitcoin Embassy in the CIS countries was opened and through successful ICO (December, 2015) the first public Ukrainian exchange of crypto assets KUNA.io was launched https://kuna.io/en • In December, 2017, with community of like-minded professionals, Mr. Chobanyan created and headed the Blockchain Association of Ukraine (ABU) http://bau.ai • In January, 2018 at the World Economic Forum in Davos he introduced the concept of Blockchain HUB (cross-border network of professional spaces for solving the urgent problems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution). The opening of the flagship Blockchain HUB in Kyiv took place in March, 2018. • Since the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, Michael Chobanyan has launched a Crypto Fund for Ukraine to help the Armed Forces which has raised over $100 million of donations. At the request of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Chobanyan helped the Government of Ukraine to create and manage state cryptocurrency wallets for donations in Kuna Exchange. • In March 2022, Michael Chobanyan spoke at a hearing of the US Senate Committee on how cryptocurrencies help Ukraine during the war with Russia and why Russian oligarchs will not be able to circumvent sanctions with their help. The podcast was recorded in August 2023 and sound engineered by The Podcast Bar: https://thepodcast.bar/

Duration:00:26:30

Zoya Lytvyn / Osvitoria NGO

8/31/2023
Zoya Lytvyn is Founder of Osvitoria NGO promoting the development and education reform in Ukraine. Zoya introduced to Ukraine Global Teacher Prize Award to enhance the prestige of the teaching profession. On this podcast, Dominique Piotet, co-founder of the Ukrainian Phoenix Fund, discussed with Zoya Lytvyn resistance of the educational front in Ukraine. More about Osvitoria: https://osvitoria.org/en/ More about Ukrainian Phoenix Fund: https://ukrphoenix.com/ The podcast was recorded in August 2023 and sound engineered by The Podcast Bar: https://thepodcast.bar/

Duration:00:21:21

Dmytro Bilash / AI Osavul / War Time Episode

7/19/2023
In this episode Dominique Piotet, co-founder at Ukrainian Phoenix Fund, discussed information security in the war time in Ukraine with Dmytro Bilash, co-founder & CBDO Osavul, AI company which raised $1 million in 2023. Osavul is a Ukrainian AI company focusing on information security, countering disinformation, and information environment assessment. Name Osavul corresponds to the military position in old Ukrainian cossack army. Osavul maintained order in the army. Osavul was founded in March 2022 with the start of the russian full-scale invasion. Founding team found a gap in disinformation analysis and countering and started cooperating with government agencies as volunteers. The proposed AI solution became the basis for creating the first version of Osavul. Soon, Osavul software has been implemented and is used by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and Ukrainian security and defense agencies. Request demo: https://www.osavul.cloud/ *** The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors and any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: mayak.podcast@gmail.com Merci!

Duration:00:26:35

Ilia Kenigshtein / Creative States / War Time Episode

7/12/2023
Ilia Kenigshtein, Founder of Creative States, shared with Dominique Piotet history of the foundation of the workspaces extremely popular among entrepreneurs of Ukraine's capital, and golden rules for creating a vibrant ecosystem, especially in a war time. https://creativestates.net/en Creative States - the fastest-growing network of premium flexible workspaces with a full range of operational services partnering with A-Class building owners and professional commercial landlords. *** The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors and any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: mayak.podcast@gmail.com Merci!

Duration:00:35:40

Svitlana Malovana / Teampulse / War Time Episode

7/6/2023
Svitlana Malovana, CEO and co-founder at Teampulse, relocated to New York City to promote the healthcare startup created from bomb shelters in Ukraine. Teampulse increases employee engagement and productivity in a hybrid work environment via gamification and wellness challenges. Launched in January 2023, the startup achieved significant milestones: 10 companies and over 1,500 active users are using the product. Svitlana Malovana is in TOP 25 women in IT by Forbes Ukraine, TOP 20 Women Leaders by Empowering Women Innovators, and Role Model of the Year by Euroasian Startup Award. Book demo: https://team-pulse.io/ *** The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors and any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: mayak.podcast@gmail.com Merci!

Duration:00:23:39

Andrii Dligach / War Time Episode

6/27/2023
Andrii Dligach is Doctor of Economics, Strategist, Futurologist, and Visionary. Also he is: Singularity University KyivIn this conversation with Dominique Piotet Andrii Dligach shared his vision on anthological war in Ukraine, transition from the world of boarders to the world of roads. Listen to get insights and learn about windows of opportunities in IT, food production, new energy and other industries growing despite the war. https://dligach.com/uk *** The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors and any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: mayak.podcast@gmail.com Merci!

Duration:00:20:48

Andrew Pryma / Ukrainian Business News / War Time Episode

6/14/2023
Andrew Pryma came back to Ukraine in 2021 after a decade of life in the USA and a successful career on Wall Street. In this frank dialogue with Dominique Piotet investor Andrew Pryma is sharing the story of foundation of a digital media UBN.news covering news about business opportunities in Ukraine in 7 languages and specific arguments for investing in Ukraine today and coming back to the country. Subscribe to the daily newsletter of the Ukrainian Business News: https://ubn.news/subscribe/ And invest in Ukraine. *** The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors and any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: mayak.podcast@gmail.com Merci!

Duration:00:24:51

Valerii Iakovenko / Drone.UA / War Time Episode

6/7/2023
Valerii Iakovenko is Founder at Drone.UA. A medical doctor by background and a serial entrepreneur in 2013 together with a partner he established Drone.UA. Today, the Drone.UA group of companies is TOP-3 the most innovative enterprise in the agricultural sector of Ukraine according to the FORBES. And is included in the list of the TOP-20 most innovative enterprises in Ukraine. Before full-scale war in Ukraine Drone.UA operated in the fields of energy and the oil and gas industry, as well as in the fields of geodesy and topography. Drone.UA technologies were used on more than 4 million hectares of sown area in ​​Ukraine. Nowadays, Drone.UA is involved in defense of Ukraine against the russian aggression. You can reach out to Valerii Iakovenko directly: https://www.facebook.com/valeri.iakovenko *** The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors and any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: mayak.podcast@gmail.com

Duration:00:19:29

Niels Ackermann & Sébastien Gobert / Independent Journalists Specialised on Ukraine / War Time Episode

5/24/2023
In February 2022, the Swiss magazine L'Illustré published an article about pre-war Ukraine and included a story about the innovation park UNIT.City Dominique Piotet was running at that moment as an example of a developing and blooming Ukraine. On the podcast Swiss photojournalist Niels Ackermann and French journalist Sébastien Gobert, both specializing on Ukraine, speak from the perspective of independent reporters about the war in Ukraine which lasts over 9 years, the media presence of Ukraine, the war fatigue in Europe and the world, and positive trends of the current situation. This episode was recorded on May, 24, 2023, when ruzzians attacked New York, a small city in the East of Ukraine, and a teenage girl was wounded. In 2021 Niels Ackermann and Sébastien Gobert wrote a book about Ukrainian New York. Their previous common book "Looking for Lenin" was issued in 2017 and dedicated to the de-communization of Ukraine. The authors hunted down and photographed banned statues of Lenin, revealing their inglorious fate. Also, Dominique Piotet mentioned a 3D-printing project he's co-managing now in Lviv, Ukraine. Here you can learn more: https://www.wearehit.org/ The podcast MI: Ukrainian Pitch is an independent media, we don’t have sponsors or any financing. If you want to support us, feel free to donate via PayPal: mayak.podcast@gmail.com Merci!

Duration:00:34:33

Viroslava Novosylna / SLOVA Tech PR & WTech / War Time Episode

5/17/2023
Viroslava Novosylna, CEO & Founder PR agency SLOVA Tech PR, co-founder of the international non-profit community of women in tech Wtech, Board member at Advisory board PRCA, VC/PR Partner at TA Ventures and PR Army co-founder, TechStars Paris mentor. It's the conversation about the unstoppable Ukrainian entrepreneurial spirit, tech companies in a wartime, and the Ukrainian PR army fighting for peace and justice. https://www.pr.army/ www.slova.agency/en https://wtech.club/en/

Duration:00:27:31

Fedir Serdiuk / FAST & PULSE / War Time Episode

5/10/2023
Fedir Serdiuk (born in 1995, in Odesa, Ukraine) is an entrepreneur and co-founder of FAST / PULSE & Beta-Victory technologies. Also, he is an advisor to the Minister of Finance of Ukraine and a Board Member of the Ukrainian Startup Fund. During his career, most of the projects initiated by Fedir Serdiuk were focused on solving safety issues. Serdiuk spent several years as a Red Cross Rescue Team leader and Military and law enforcement personnel trainer. He is recognized as a tactical emergency casualty care instructor by California Emergency Medical Services Authority. In 2016 he founded FAST company performing high-quality practical first aid training in accordance with​ evidence-based medicine standards. Along with its partners, FAST offers Health&Safety training, audit, consulting and IT solutions, and fire prevention measures. Among FAST's clients are leading International and Ukrainian businesses, including Metro Group, Kernel S.A., Metinvest B.V., Naftogaz Group, etc. Within a year of the full-scale war in Ukraine, Fedir Serdiuk established PULSE Ukraine, tactical medicine training for military personnel, and first aid training for rescuers, police officers, and volunteers. https://pulse.charity https://actfast.pro/

Duration:00:22:16

Alex Bornyakov / BRAVE1 & Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine / War Time Episode

5/3/2023
Alex Bornyakov is the Deputy Minister of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation and Head of the Diia City project. The last time Dominique Piotet and Alex Bornyakov spoke on this podcast was in October 2020 https://mayak-innovatsiy.simplecast.com/episodes/mayak-innovatsiy-season3-episode2-alex-bornyakov-diia-city In this episode, Alex shared the news on behalf of the Ministry of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation in a year of the full-scale war in Ukraine and presented BRAVE1, a defense tech platform for military technological developments from UAVs to demining systems. The project BRAVE1 was launched by: the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. Learn more: https://brave1.gov.ua/en/ The episode was recorded on May 3, 2023, from San Francisco & Washington, USA, and produced by The Podcast Bar from Madrid, Spain.

Duration:00:20:38

Ivan Kaunov & Alex Solovei / Finmap / War Time Episode

4/27/2023
Alex Solovei and Ivan Kaunov are co-founders of the cash flow management platform Finmap. War time episode oh the podcast was recorded on April, 26, 2023, while Ivan Kaunov is still fighting in the war in Ukraine. Finmap was founded in 2019. At the beginning of 2021, the team was joined by Dmytro Dubilet, who is also a co-founder of monobank. In 2020 and 2021, the company received two rounds of investments from European investors and business angels, and successfully graduated from Startup Wise Guys accelerator. In February 2023, Finmap.online closed a €1M funding round, with SMOK Ventures as a leading investor. Czech VC Presto Ventures, investment company Capital Genetics, and the CEO of tbi bank Petr Baron also join the round. Finmap’s main product is a cloud service and iOS application that helps business owners keep track of their company’s money and personal finances. By using 3 simple buttons – income, outcome, and transfer – all analytics appears in a few clicks at a glance: how much the company earned, which projects are more profitable, a statement of cash flows, accounts receivable, and payable of the company. Sign up now and try 14 days for free: https://finmap.online/en/

Duration:00:26:54

Roman Torgovitsky / Healing War Scars

4/26/2023
Roman Torgovitsky, Ph.D. is a Harvard-trained biomedical scientist (biostatistics/epidemiology/sleep medicine), author, TEDx speaker, medical and health disruptive innovator, philanthropist, and founder of Healing War Scars, a non-profit dedicated to helping veterans and civilians to overcome war-induced mental and physical health problems. Roman's passion for medical and health innovation was born out of a painful experience trying to find a physician who could help his ill father. He spent years searching and observing how the medical system kept sending his dad from one specialist to another, prescribing more and more medications that caused more and more side effects, making his father’s life more and more miserable. Since that time, he has been trying to find answers to two fundamental questions: (1) Why do the medical and psychological systems fail to help so many people? (2) What can we do to help these people? His research and practice over the past ten years led him to crucial conclusions: (1) Fundamental assumptions made about a human organism implicitly used by both medical and psychological/psychotherapy systems are wrong (2) We need to design an entirely new system based on modern scientific understanding of how human organism functions. Based on this new vision, he has developed a new class of interventions for people suffering from many chronic conditions, including insomnia, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and many others. Nowadays, his work is focused on the Ukrainian health crisis caused by the war. Most international and Ukrainian stakeholders assume that war-induced stress causes mental health problems and talk therapy is necessary and sufficient to help people. This implicit assumption contradicts modern research and will lead to disastrous results. Roman champions a very different perspective. Instead of relying exclusively on existing interventions that have low effectiveness, fail to help most people, and are built on false assumptions, we need to develop a research and implementation center to implement, quantify, assess, and optimize modern interventions rooted in a much more insightful model of what a human organism is. In his public talks, Roman uses cutting-edge multidisciplinary science to dispel common myths about health and disease promoted by popular media, influencers, and key opinion leaders. He aims to expand listener knowledge to have a meaningfully positive and practical impact on one's health and well-being. Contact: https://www.facebook.com/roman.torgovitsky

Duration:00:28:37

Dominique Piotet at TED 2023

4/20/2023
This week Dominique Piotet is attending TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada. It's a global event bringing together a group of industry leaders and impactful people for unique, multi-day experiences dedicated to TED’s global mission of sharing meaningful new ideas. Today's episode is just a small and warm hello from Dominique to the friends of the podcast "Mayak Innovatsiy: Ukrainian Pitch". Stay tuned! And Slava Ukraine! Dominique Piotet is the co-founder of Ukrainian Phoenix Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund managed by LA French Tech Kyiv. The fund is located in Kyiv, Ukraine, and invests in Ukraine. Also, Dominique Piotet is the US representative at Beetroot, a Swedish-Ukrainian tech company, building sustainable tech teams and software for companies around the world.

Duration:00:01:30

Glovo Ukraine / War Time Episode 2023

4/12/2023
Maryna Pavliuk, General Manager in Ukraine & Sacha Michaud, Co-Founder at Glovo, shared with Dominique Piotet news about the company in general and amazing news on behalf of Glovo's people in Ukraine in wartime 2022-2023. Listen to the previous conversation between Dominique Piotet and Sacha Michaud recorded in March 2022: https://mayak-innovatsiy.simplecast.com/episodes/mi-ukrainian-pitch-glovo

Duration:00:31:57

Kostiantyn Tupikov / IT KEY MEDIA / War Time Episode

4/5/2023
Kostiantyn Tupikov is a Creative Lead at ITKey.Media, a Warsaw-based English-speaking media established in 2015 and one of not many covering stories about startups, investments, and tech innovation in Ukraine and Eastern Europe overall. Dominique Piotet discussed with Kostiantyn Tupikov the situation on the market during a full-scale invasion of russia to Ukraine, the news on behalf of Ukrainian startups and young companies.

Duration:00:20:05