Seventh and eighth Pitch Day startups winners were announced

On June 23 and July 3, the seventh and eighth pitch day took place, respectively, were organized by the Ukrainian Startup Fund. 19 startups presented their ideas. We are pleased to announce that at a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Fund, it was decided to finance five of them, namely:

Startups at the pre-seed stage (grant $ 25,000):

Jooli. The application for content marketers and PR specialists is focused on small and medium-sized SaaS companies, which saves up to 5:00 a week and doubles effective communications. JOOLI in real-time analyzes the activity of the company and competitors in the main communication channels of this type of business and briefly announces the release of market and competitor news.

IZIVIZ. Drone for safe, easy and efficient visual inspection.

Elomia. An application with a virtual psychologist friend who listens, understands and provides psychological assistance to people with depression and anxiety.

RunAn. A sports tracker that allows you to reduce injuries and increase running efficiency, by controlling the running technique.

Bicovery. Real-time monitoring of the mental and physical state of a bipolar person and timely reporting of episode approaching using Machine Learning technologies.

Gymcerebrum. An artificial intelligence platform with unique computer vision, which will function as a virtual trainer on the territory of the fitness club.

Startups at the seed stage (grant $ 50,000):

Neverdark. Fireplace with real fire for any apartment.

Ревізіон. Feedback service and NPS. The platform allows you to return existing and attract new customers. Build a positive brand reputation through an effective feedback system at every point of contact with a client.

Upswot. Improving sales efficiency for SMEs with continuous monitoring and insights from 117 alternative data sources.

Members of the Competition Commission evaluated the pitch of startups (marks 7, 8 to understand who was present at a particular presentation):

Alexander Romanishin. Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, partner of the accelerator ISE Booster (7, 8).

Mikhailo Khaletsky. Senior Investment Analyst, Simpact VC (8).

Andriy Guly. Chief Analyst Indax (7, 8).

Hanna Tolstanova. Head of the research department and professor at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (7).

Felix Litvinsky. Managing Director of Blackstone LaunchPad (7).

Sergiy Dovgopoliy. Managing partner of the business accelerator FeelGoodLabs (7, 8).

Andriy Zaikin. CEO at YEP startup incubator (7, 8).

Andreas Flodstrom. Founder and CEO at Beetroot (7, 8).

Maxim Beshleul. Founder and CEO, MedicalLife (8).

The main criteria for evaluating pre-seed projects are: team, market, technology, idea, strategy. The main criteria for evaluating seed projects are: team, market, technology, product, strategy. Full records of the seventh and eighth pitch can be viewed on our official YouTube channel at the link.

Recall that the Fund constantly accepts and evaluates applications from Ukrainian startups, which can be submitted on the official website via link.

Source: usf.com.ua