– In war conditions, start-ups make rather well, both in Poland and Ukraine.
This is mainly due to greater dynamics in the absorption of global measures or opportunities for cooperation. State institutions usually require more permits and another administrative procedures to establish cooperation with abroad partners, and start-ups on this issue are more dynamic," says Newseria Mateusz Białas, manager of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kiev.
Last year there were 2.6 1000 start-ups in Ukraine, and their value has tripled since 2020.
Ukraine ranked 42nd in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2025 ranking prepared by the Startup Global platform. It achieved a advanced growth rate of 26.22%, which means a promotion of 4 positions compared to 2024. Despite the hard situation associated with the full-scale war with Russia, fresh projects supporting innovation are launched, including a discipline park for start-ups or a Brave1 platform.
According to the Civitta and u.ventures study "Scaling Up: Accelerating Ukraine's Tech Sector", last year there were 2.6 1000 start-ups in Ukraine, and their value has tripled since 2020. The industrial division of Ukrainian start-ups reflects global trends and includes, among others, e-commerce, fintech, edtech, agritech, as well as health- and militaritetech. – The start-up ecosystem in Ukraine works rather well. They are usually well-organised teams of young, very well-educated people who sometimes truly do miracles, especially erstwhile it comes to fresh technologies or drone technologies. They are besides very curious in developing cooperation with abroad partners," emphasised Mateusz Białas.
The most awesome start-ups with Ukrainian roots include People.ai, Grammarly, Gitlab and Ahrefs
According to the survey "Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2025", the most awesome start-ups with Ukrainian roots include People.ai, Grammar, Gitlab and Ahrefs. Talented programmers, many of whom work remotely or are employed by abroad companies, played an crucial function in their success. Much of them decide to make their own ventures. In the light of the Civitta and u.ventures report, 12 percent of start-ups had to end their activities in connection with Russia's full invasion of Ukraine. The reasons were, among others, the failure of the marketplace in Ukraine, the failure of capital resources, the deficiency of opportunities for abroad expansion, the inability to operate or the failure of funds for production. 45 percent of start-ups described their situation as bad or very bad, and 38 percent as good or very good. Importantly, most of them are curious in participating in the reconstruction of the Ukrainian economy.
– The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has just launched a fresh task called Academic.City. It will be a discipline park with start-ups and another innovation companies. The trial is in progress. We cooperate with the city authorities, the Ministry and act – says Dr. Anatoly Zagorodny, president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
We are preparing our proposal for a advanced technology recovery
Project Academic.City is implemented by the Center for Academic discipline and Technology of the University of Kiev with the support of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and discipline of Ukraine, the State Municipal Administration in Kiev and the Berlin Technology Park Adlershof. It focuses on deep tech technologies specified as biotechnology, green energy, quantum computers, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology or innovative synthetic materials. The task brings together 13 investigation institutes, 35 institutions, about 2.4 1000 discipline doctors and about 14 1000 researchers.
– We are preparing our proposal to rebuild the economy based on advanced technologies. We have besides prepared and communicated to the government our concept of how this should be addressed. We are besides committed to solving very applicable problems, especially in relation to our atomic power plants or advanced communication technologies. We have started investigation on artificial intelligence and technologies and quantum materials," says Dr. Anatoly Zagrodny.
