Startup

Троє друзів створили безплатний застосунок svoi., який допомагає експатам і мандрівникам знаходити друзів через друзів. У розробку і розвиток проєкту вже вкладено близько $100 000. Офіційний запуск відбувся під час Mobile World Congress 2025 у Барселоні, де стартап представляв Україну. У застосунку вже понад 400 користувачів з Європи, США та Азії. 

Ukrainian user X (Twitter) talked about the Telegram bot «DeKnygy», created by his friend. It allows you to conveniently compare prices in different bookstores and publishing houses. The post quickly garnered thousands of likes and views on social media, as well as a lot of feedback. dev.ua spoke with the developer of the DeKnyga bot — he turned out to be a student at the Kyiv Professional College of Communications.

Ray and Irina Astafichev launched the Eated app. It's not a "slimming" app, but an assistant for those who want to be healthier and understand their body better. Ray is an experienced product manager, and Irina is a health coach and nutritionist. So the couple combined their expertise in a family project and launched an app that aims to make a healthy lifestyle simple, accessible, and enjoyable, so that people don't wait for the first signs of illness, but can act proactively. And although Eated is currently out of the MVP stage, it is already being used in the US and Canada. The startup has already attracted its first investments, is expanding its team, and has opened new vacancies.

monobank seems to have «blown up» the food market with «Secret Boxes.» Customers are hunting for boxes from the very morning, complaining that they don’t have time to book them, and establishments are actively wanting to join the project. Why have food boxes become so popular?

Technology is actively changing the medical field, creating new opportunities for the development of HealthTech startups. The demand for digital solutions is growing, and the Ukrainian technology community is already demonstrating the ability to create competitive products for the international market. However, the process of turning an idea into a working business is accompanied by a number of challenges that should be considered.

The startup, founded by Dmytro Kharitonenko and Yan Kormelitsyn, is called 3B Plitos. They produce artificial crushed stone from recycled plastic, which can be used in construction and even replace concrete. During the Ukrainian Investment Congress, Dmytro told dev.ua the details of how the startup was created, the underlying technology, as well as about cooperation and plans for the future.

Ukrainian developer Ruslan Naryzhny spent two years creating the Ricky Food app, which lets you order products at a discount, saving them from being thrown away. In the process of releasing their startup, which could cost $100,000, the team learns about monobank’s new initiative, “Secret Boxes.” We tell the story of Ricky Food, which will have to compete with mono. Spoiler: the app can offer its users a lot of useful things besides boxes.

Odessa agricultural specialist Kyryl Horobets, together with his colleagues, created an agro-tech startup to help small farmers. Its main task is to help small farmers solve pressing issues technologically and as efficiently as possible. To do this, the startuper is creating an entire technological ecosystem around agriculture, and is also developing an AI assistant that could help farmers plan their work and make complex decisions. dev.ua talked to Kyrylo and found out how SPEROW works, why such a solution was needed, and how the agrarian plans to make the work of his colleagues easier.

Ukrainian company Bezryma Group is developing an artificial intelligence mobile application called Oh My Perfect Form, which analyzes training techniques based on users' videos and provides personalized feedback. dev.ua spoke with the founder of Bezryma Group, Dana Bezryma, and learned details about the company and its product.

A new dating app wants to be like Pokémon Go for finding love.