Open call for the main award of the year for startups — USF Startup Awards 2023!

The Ukrainian Startup Fund in partnership with Western NIS Enterprise Fund, USAID Сompetitive Economy Program, iClub, UVCA, Advantage Ukraine, IT Ukraine, Kharkiv IT Cluster, Startup Depot, UAFIC, KSE, Center42, Lift99, UNIT.City, TechUkraine, Vector, Speka with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine invite you to join the USF Startup Awards 2023 as part of the annual USF Summit 🤩🇺🇦

 

📍 The event will take place on December 1, 2023, and will be dedicated to rewarding startups, startup founders, investors and other stakeholders.

 

You can apply for 15 key nominations:

• Startup of the Year 
• Newcomer of the Year (startup founded in 2023)  
• People’s choices (the startup that won the open vote) 
• Breakthrough of the year (the startup that showed the best progress in 2023)
• Best female-founded startup
• Best Defense Tech startup
• Best Deep Tech startup
• Founder of the Year 
• Accelerator | incubator of the year
• Investor of the Year 
• Hero of the Ecosystem (the person who made the biggest impact on the ecosystem)
• Coworking | Space of the year 
• BSO of the Year (business development organization)
• Union of the Year (associations, communities)
• Volunteer of the Year (startup that launched the coolest volunteer project)

 

👉 The finalists will be interviewed by a centralized committee, which will announce the results at the Ukrainian Startup Fund Summit.

To ensure transparency and ensure compliance with all processes, the initiative is additionally accompanied by AEQUO. The nomination and finalists of the category are announced at the event, after which the winner is announced 🚀

 

📌 You can apply for a nomination by following the link: https://forms.gle/FCmYCMnFZCw2ec3z9

 

🛎 Deadline: November 1 (inclusive)

 

Fill out the form, and maybe you or your startup will be among the best players in the industry in 2023!