Veteranius: More veterans to receive IT skills thanks to Renaissance Grant

Published: August 19, 2020   

Thanks to the financial support of the International Renaissance Foundation and European Union in Ukraine within the humanitarian initiative “Humanity and Mutual Assistance”, as well as the IT company BWN Group, Razom for Ukraine is expanding its Veteranius project to help Ukrainian veterans, volunteers and internally displaced persons master programming skills. Project participants will also be taught English and provided with psychological support.

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Pitch Night for Ukrainian Startups

Published: July 6, 2018   

by Mike Buryk, Ukrainian Digital News

 

On June 18, five Ukrainian tech startups had the opportunity to pitch their products to a VC and investor group of 60 people in New York City. The event was organized by Razom IT and the US Department of Commerce SABIT Program.

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eConsul: Easy pass to a modern Ukrainian Passport

Published: February 5, 2018   
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eConsul is a new online platform where you can apply or renew a Ukrainian passport. It’s the latest project from the volunteers at the Razom IT initiative.  continue reading →

AYS 2017 Alumni: What are they doing now?

Published: November 13, 2017   

By Michael J. Buryk.

 

On May 16, 2017, Razom IT and The Hatchery co-sponsored a Ukrainian startup company pitch night called, “Are You Serious?” at the New York headquarters of the global law firm Dentons. A group of New York investors was on hand to critique the presentations of the five early-stage startups.
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Lessons from the Ukrainian Pitch Night: Are You Serious?

Published: June 1, 2017   

One of the goals of Razom IT is to give more opportunities for Ukrainian startups and entrepreneurs to be placed front and center of the New York startup scene.  The Hatchery’s “Are You Serious?” pitch night, which has run in the city for six years, is one such great opportunity.  Razom IT partnered with The Hatchery for the second time to bring a Ukrainian edition of AYS and showcase five early-stage startups* with Ukrainian roots in front of a panel of investors tasked with giving their honest feedback about the startups’ technology, business, presentation, financial plan, marketing strategy, and more.

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Lessons Learned from the Ukrainian Technology Industry at the “Razom IT Technology Ecosystem Summit”

Published: November 28, 2016   

When we think about Ukrainians in tech, the bright and the brilliant come to mind. We also think of the engineers who can build the geekiest tech-solutions in the world, win Google and Facebook computer science competitions, and get talent-based visas to the US on a whim!

 

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Razom IT Presents: Tech Ecosystem Summit Nov. 17th

Published: November 14, 2016   

Razom IT is bringing together incubators and accelerators from New York and Ukraine to facilitate the dialogue between the risk-takers, let them share their success stories and nightmare scenarios, exchange opinions about the actual opportunities and working business models. Join us for one evening full of information, connections and inspiration.

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Razom IT presents: Andrey Akselrod on Tech StartUp Cultures in US & UA

Published: August 1, 2016   

Razom IT came to Dnipro, Ukraine on Thursday July 21, 2016 for the first Razom IT event outside of New York City.  It was a discussion with Andrey Akselrod (a Dnipro-native) co-founder and CTO of Smartling, a NYC-based startup, about his American experience, US/UA differences in IT and startups, what Andrey has learned since the start, and how Ukrainian entrepreneurs can be competitive on the international stage.

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Razom IT presents InkHunter & BookBuses from the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

Published: June 24, 2016   

On June 22nd, Razom IT held a panel discussion with two Ukrainian startup co-founders—Oleskandra Rohachova of Ink Hunter and Ostap Kovalisko of BookBuses—who made their way to New York via the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA).  Founder and Managing Director of the ERA, Murat Aktihanoglu, also joined the panel to share insights on joining an accelerator program in NYC. continue reading →

Razom IT Trip Report

Razom IT Trip participants in NYC
Published: June 7, 2016   

Capitan, artificial intelligence for grocery shopping.   Meadow, smart event planning.  Cardiolyse.me, an individual health management platform.  Blynk, an Internet of Things app builder.  MMOne Project, a VR gaming chair that turns on three axes.  Luciding, lucid dreaming guaranteed.  All are companies creating new possibilities.  All of them come from Ukraine.

 

Why This Program: #big #smart #now

Razom IT is an economic development initiative launched by Razom six months ago. We host monthly talks in New York City that bring together people who are interested in the development of tech and Ukraine.   continue reading →