USF seeks startups to travel to Silicon Valley Startup Grind Global

The Ukrainian Startup Fund and Startup Grind Kyiv invite Ukrainian startups to participate in the competition and join the second national delegation to the 12th Startup Grind Global conference of entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley.

According to the Foundation, the winners of the competition will receive a voucher from USF in the amount of $ 8,000 to cover the cost of stands and logistics costs to participate in the event.

About Startup Grind Global

Startup Grind Global — an annual exhibition that brings together representatives of startups, owners of giant companies, partners and investment funds from all over the world. Among the regular guests of the conference are representatives of the best venture capital funds such as Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, as well as Google, WhatsApp, Airbnb, Zoom, Notion, Dell, etc.

In 2022, the top 80 startups from around the world will be able to present their product from February 28 to March 2 at Startup Grind Global 2022, which will be attended by 3,000 people.

How to join the Ukrainian delegation?

Startups that already have a finished product and a proven business model, at least one external investment round that meet one of the following 2 criteria, will be able to join the Ukrainian delegation:

  • Have more than 20 employees or private entrepreneurship contractors;
  • Attracted no more than $ 300,000 in income (turnover), cumulatively over the entire period of its existence.

To take part in the competition, startups need to fill out an application before January 05, 2022.

The course of the competition: 

  • December 24, 2021 – January 05, 2022 – collection of applications from startups;
  • January 06 – January 10, 2022 – compliance of applications and selection of participants for the pitch;
  • January 21, 2022 – Pitch before the jury and selection of startups that will go to Startup Grind Global 2022. 

The jury will choose the 10 best startups – winners of the competition by voting.

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