ANNA DEGTEREVA CEO & FOUNDER HAPPY FARM KYIV, UKRAINE @AnnaDegtereva 01/05/2014 European Entrepreneurship @Stanford Engineering
GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE Started in Ukraine in 2006 The largest Strategy & Management Competition in the world 42 countries, over 500,000 participants Ukraine – twice World Cup Champion INNOVATION BREAKTHROUGH All-Ukrainian contest for innovative projects Since 2009, 1550 projects HAPPY FARM UA-US tech business accelerator STARTUP ADDVENTURE International tech conference, Kyiv Dec, 2013; 1500 participants UKRAINE TECH GEM International tech conference, SF Sept, 2014; 550 participants
US Universities Accelerators Angel investors VC funds Government support
UA Universities (a lot of talented students) Accelerators (3-4) Angel investors (20) VC funds (12) No government support
STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS: US VS UA
WHAT WE ARE? UA-US TECH BUSINESS ACCELERATOR
ACCELERATION PROGRAM IN KYIV | DEMO DAYS | MENTORSHIP | WORKING VISITS TO THE US
STARTUP ADDVENTURE KYIV, DEC 2013, 1500 PARTICIPANTS 50 ROCK STAR SPEAKERS STARTUP COMPETITION STARTUP EXPO
UKRAINE TECH GEM SAN FRANCISCO SEPT 2014, 500 PARTICIPANTS 60 SPEAKERS STARTUP COMPETITION EXPO
ANNA DEGTEREVA CEO & FOUNDER HAPPY FARM KYIV, UKRAINE @AnnaDegtereva 01/05/2014