Startup

A Ukrainian manager, together with a team of like-minded people, created an online platform called FERM, which allows you to rent construction machinery and equipment. Dmytro Kharitonenko, the manager of the startup, told dev.ua about what prompted the startupers to develop the solution, how it works, and who it will be useful for.

Oleksandr Viter has been writing code for 11 years, having worked in various companies from giants of the Ukrainian market SoftServe and Luxoft to small startups that most IT specialists have never even heard of. Recently, the IT specialist launched his own project Normis — a dating site, but not for everyone, but only for ordinary people, normies, as they are called on the Internet. Artificial intelligence became the main assistant in creating his own project for the developer. My colleague Oleg Onoprienko and I learned from Oleksandr what prompted him to create a dating site, how the project is developing, and who and when will be able to find their soulmate on the site.

Karina Karaga, a seasoned designer and neuroscience, who has worked at Apple and IBM, is originally from Bulgaria. In 2022, she decided to move to Kyiv to volunteer there, and later, despite the full-scale war, she moved to the Ukrainian capital altogether. Together with her partner, certified coach Radinella Dimitrakova, Karina runs a startup called Vodar, which is developing a platform to help sports coaches effectively teach mental skills, even without prior psychology experience. Karina told dev.ua how she decided to choose Ukraine as her place of residence during a full-scale invasion, how she manages to develop a startup in such conditions, how Vodar helps tennis players around the world, and what special program with free access is planned for Ukrainian tennis coaches and athletes to support their talent and resilience.

The war has become one of the biggest challenges for Ukrainian businesses, especially the startup ecosystem. Despite economic instability, risks for investors, and global uncertainty, Ukrainian technology companies continue to be born and grow, attract funding, and enter global markets.

Three Ukrainians founded a startup in six months that solves the problem of thousands of restaurants with a digital solution that is still missing in Ukraine. The startups told dev.ua how Omni automates the entire ordering process between a restaurant and a supplier, and when the solution will be available.