Applications for the national incubation program INCUB8 have begun in Ukraine. The initiative is designed for 70 technology startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, which will have the opportunity to undergo six months of training, attract mentoring support, and compete for funding of up to 10,000 euros.
Applications for the national incubation program INCUB8 have begun in Ukraine. The initiative is designed for 70 technology startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, which will have the opportunity to undergo six months of training, attract mentoring support, and compete for funding of up to 10,000 euros.
The project is implemented with the support of the EU4Innovation East initiative, funded by the European Union and co-financed by the French Government through Expertise France, in partnership with the Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University and the international EBN network.
The program is focused on the development of regional infrastructure to support technological entrepreneurship. It covers 10 regional centers: Kyiv and Kyiv region, as well as Volyn, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia and Odessa regions.
University teams, researchers, students, and independent founders developing projects in AI, DeepTech, GreenTech, BioTech, MedTech, EdTech, and AeroSpace are invited to participate.
The free training will last six months in a hybrid format (online and on-campus). The educational course consists of eight modules covering business modeling, market research, financial planning, pitching, and intellectual property protection. Teams will be trained by 10 university mentors and 5 industry practitioners.
Following the incubation, the top 20 teams will advance to the National Pitch Day. The three winning startups will receive sub-grants of 10,000 euros each, as well as the opportunity to participate in the annual EBN congress. At least one grant is guaranteed to be allocated to a startup led by a woman.
You can submit an application and a presentation in English until November 27. Participants aged 18 and over are eligible to participate.
