The founder of the startup LIFT99 offered Belarusian entrepreneurs a relocation to Ukraine and help with business here
Estonian entrepreneur Ragnar Sass, founder of Pipedrive, Garage48 hackathon and Kyiv co-working space LIFT99, offers Belarusian startups assistance with relocating to Ukraine or Estonia. Ragnar’s team will help you apply for visas and provide office space for free. In total, Sass is ready to help 10-15 people.
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“I have been to Belarus more than 10 times, because there are a lot of super-talented, hardworking and positive guys! Every Garage48 hackathon was received by the local community with great hospitality”, – he wrote on Facebook.
Over the past few days, I have watched with growing horror as Belarusian security forces attack people, turning the country into a strange Zombieland, where even the Internet has not been available for 3 days. Therefore, I decided to make an offer to the founders from Belarus, who have no choice but to leave the country”.
What Ragnar offers
- The LIFT99 team of lawyers will help Belarusians with obtaining a visa to Ukraine or Estonia. In the first case, it will be a business visa, in the second, a special startup visa.
- Belarusians will be provided with free jobs in LIFT99 coworking spaces in Tallinn or Kyiv for a period of 2 months, as well as community membership.
- They will be helped to register their businesses in Ukraine or Estonia and introduced to potential investors to mentors.
- In addition, Ragnar plans to invest in one startup together with Pipedrive co-founder Martin Henk.
Requirements for candidates
To take advantage of the offer, you need to write to belarus@lift99.co.
In a comment to AIN.UA, Ragnar stressed that he would only help those applicants who have a finished product and a working business and who are ready to return to Belarus one day to develop the local entrepreneurial community.
Source: ain.ua
