Before russia invaded Ukraine, businesses created in Ukraine and successfully performed internationally were rarely discussed. Many of them are very well-known outside of Eastern Europe. These companies support our country’s struggle for independence and freedom in current turbulent times.
Let’s look at those who are standing with Ukraine.
Founded: 2010
Founder: Dmytro Gerasymenko
Ahrefs — a tool for SEO professionals that allows one to monitor the health index of the website, the number and quality of backlinks, and the number and quality of keywords. In addition, the tool helps to research the competitors' websites' promotions and select the necessary keys for organic search engine promotion.
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Founded: 2011
Co-founder: Oleksandr Konotopskyi
Ajax Systems — manufacturer of wireless and wired security systems. Ajax — a wireless security system consisting of devices for protection against robbery, fire, and flooding — is the most popular and well-known product of the brand. The company's solutions have spread across 120 countries with over 6 million active users. Ajax Systems is headquartered in Kyiv.
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Total Funding Amount: $11M
Founded: 2017
Founders: Oleg Zaremba, Yurii Zaremba
AXDRAFT — a contract management platform that significantly simplified the routines of legal specialists. It is an all-in-one solution that automates enterprise legal processes.
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Total Funding Amount: $1.4M
Founded: 2014
Founders: Daniel Tonkopiy, Sergiy Dovgopolyy, Sergiy Denysenko
Delfast — electric bicycle manufacturer. Their product hit the Guinness Book of World Records as an electric bicycle capable of traveling 230 miles (or 370 km) without recharging. In addition, delivery service using Delfast electric bicycles is the fastest in Kyiv: delivery throughout the city takes up to an hour. The Kickstarter platform helped raise the funds for the startup.
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Total Funding Amount: $4.2M
Founded: 2009
Founders: Dmytro Sergeev
Depositphotos — a content marketplace with over 200 million files: royalty-free stock photos, vector images, video clips, etc. The marketplace community consists of 100,000 authors.
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Total Funding Amount: $8M
Founded: 2020
Founders: Daria Shapovalova, Natalia Modenova
DressX — a mobile app that allows one to buy digital clothing created by brands and 3D designers. It utilizes generative AI to create outfits from text prompts for photos/videos. Many digital platforms support the app.
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Total Funding Amount: $19.2M
Founded: 2017
Founders: Olexandr Kokhanovskyy, Tamara Slanova, Vlad Panchenko
Dmarket — cross-chain marketplace for NFT and virtual items trading. One of the world's largest trading platforms for NFT. With the DMarket technology, users can create meta-universes, brands, influencers, video games, etc.
Total Funding Amount: $26.2M
Founded: 2014
Co-founder: Dmytro Zaporozhets
Gitlab — a system that offers features similar to GitHub with a few extra merits. The users of this code repository management system for Git have their own repositories for free subscribers, a bug tracking system, and their wiki. It also allows developers to deploy the system on third-party services.
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Total Funding Amount: $413.5M
Founded: 2009
Founders: Alex Shevchenko, Dmytro Lider, Max Lytvyn
Grammarly — AI algorithms-based English spelling and grammar checker. The web app and extensions find mistakes and typos, improving content readability. Many other features are available to users for free. Grammarly has over 30 million daily users.
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Total Funding Amount: $400M
Founded: 2008
Founders: Oleksandr Kosovan
MacPaw — iOS and macOS software development company. CleanMyMac, Setapp, and Gemini Photos are MacPaw’s most famous products. The company’s products are popular - over 30 million users trust MacPaw.
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Founded: 2012
Founders: Yaroslav Azhnyuk
Petcube — hardware solution with a smart camera that allows pet owners to watch, play, and feed their furry friends. The word about this product first spread in 2013 when the project raised $ 251,000 instead of the declared $100,000 on Kickstarter. Today, Petcube is not a startup anymore but a successful business.
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Total Funding Amount: $14.1M
Founded: 2016
Founders: Oleg Rogynskyy
People.ai — an all-round platform for marketing and sales management for B2B businesses.
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Total Funding Amount: $200M
Founded: 2012
Founders: Dmytro Voloshyn, Kirill Bigai
Preply — mobile and web solutions for finding foreign language teachers. As of 2022, Preply has more than 140,000 teachers from 203 countries teaching 50 languages.
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Total Funding Amount: $170M
Founded: 2018
Founders: Dan Hnatkovskyy
Propertymate — a platform for finding, comparing, and buying new houses. It operates with the help of data science to help buyers, real estate agents, and constructors analyze and find the property they need.
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Total Funding Amount: $40 M
Founded: 2007
Founders: Andrian Budantsov, Igor Zhadanov
Readdle — a mobile application development company. Readdle’s apps — Spark, Documents, Scanner Pro, PDF Expert, and Calendars 5 — improve iOS performance.
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Founded: 2018
Founders: Den Dmitrenko, Dima Shvets, Ivan Altsybieiev, Kyrylo Syhyda, Oles Petriv, Roman Mogylnyi, Yaroslav Boiko
Reface — a top-rated mobile application that allows one to create personalized video content using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
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Total Funding Amount: $5.5M
Founded: 2014
Founders: Alexander Khuda, Andrew Surzhynskyi
Restream — a multi-streaming solution for cross-platform user interaction and analysis. Over 30 social networks have integrated the solution.
Total Funding Amount: $56.8M
This list is not comprehensive — we believe many more amazing startups and companies with Ukrainian roots exist. That is why we are ready to review this list and add more relevant information about Ukrainian technology businesses occupying their world economy niches.
And remember to support companies that help Ukraine defend peace in Europe!
Roman Zomko
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