{"id":10691,"date":"2021-05-05T08:25:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T08:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/?p=10691"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:17:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:17:31","slug":"the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18985178\/height\/360\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This week on the StartupBlink podcast, we welcome Dominique Piotet, CEO of Unit City, the Ukraine&#8217;s first innovation park and soon to be one of the largest tech clusters in Europe. Dominique sat down with StartupBlink CEO Eli David to discuss moving to the Ukraine, the shift away from Silicon Valley and changing the perception of a startup\u00a0ecosystem.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/\">StartupBlink<\/a>\u00a0is the world\u2019s most comprehensive startup ecosystem map and research center, working with more than 50 municipalities and governments worldwide. Its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/\">global startup ecosystem map<\/a>\u00a0has tens of thousands of registered startups, coworking spaces, and accelerators, creating a robust sample of innovation globally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In order to help our partners further their brand recognition and generate leads\u00a0in the\u00a0tech industry of their\u00a0choice, StartupBlink builds\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vertical.startupblink.com\/?utm_source=StartupBlink+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=938d3b376e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_13_11_35_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_0197cde362-938d3b376e-&amp;mc_cid=938d3b376e&amp;mc_eid=[UNIQID]\">vertical maps.<\/a>\u00a0Helping them\u00a0to position their company as a\u00a0thought-leader at the forefront of their\u00a0industry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Find out more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vertical.startupblink.com\/?utm_source=StartupBlink+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=938d3b376e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_13_11_35_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_0197cde362-938d3b376e-&amp;mc_cid=938d3b376e&amp;mc_eid=[UNIQID]\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Listen in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/il\/podcast\/startup-ecosystem-podcast\/id1474622566\">Itunes<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Listen in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/startup-ecosystem-podcast-by-startupblink\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0(Android)\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Listen in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2Xjxvfan49KuPcxH2jOHzk\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on the StartupBlink podcast, we welcome Dominique Piotet, CEO of Unit City, the Ukraine&#8217;s first innovation park and soon to be one of the largest tech clusters in Europe. Dominique sat down with StartupBlink CEO Eli David to discuss moving to the Ukraine, the shift away from Silicon Valley and changing the perception [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tune into our podcast to explore the state of the Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the war.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tune into our podcast to explore the state of the Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the war.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"StartupBlink Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-05T08:25:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-22T13:17:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"StartupBlink\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"StartupBlink\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"StartupBlink\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/156f99bfd698e3d4c74d79db37799fe4\"},\"headline\":\"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-05T08:25:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-22T13:17:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/\"},\"wordCount\":164,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Startup Ecosystem Podcast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/\",\"name\":\"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-05T08:25:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-22T13:17:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Tune into our podcast to explore the state of the Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the war.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"StartupBlink Blog\",\"description\":\"The global startup map\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"StartupBlink\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo-1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo-1.svg\",\"width\":219,\"height\":36,\"caption\":\"StartupBlink\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/156f99bfd698e3d4c74d79db37799fe4\",\"name\":\"StartupBlink\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/avlogo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/avlogo.png\",\"caption\":\"StartupBlink\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War","description":"Tune into our podcast to explore the state of the Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the war.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War","og_description":"Tune into our podcast to explore the state of the Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the war.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/","og_site_name":"StartupBlink Blog","article_published_time":"2021-05-05T08:25:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-22T13:17:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"StartupBlink","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"StartupBlink","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/"},"author":{"name":"StartupBlink","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/156f99bfd698e3d4c74d79db37799fe4"},"headline":"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War","datePublished":"2021-05-05T08:25:13+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-22T13:17:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/"},"wordCount":164,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg","articleSection":["Startup Ecosystem Podcast"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/","url":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/","name":"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-05T08:25:13+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-22T13:17:31+00:00","description":"Tune into our podcast to explore the state of the Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the war.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pod.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/the-ukraine-startup-ecosystem-before-the-war\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Ukraine Startup Ecosystem before the War"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/","name":"StartupBlink Blog","description":"The global startup map","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"StartupBlink","url":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo-1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo-1.svg","width":219,"height":36,"caption":"StartupBlink"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/156f99bfd698e3d4c74d79db37799fe4","name":"StartupBlink","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/avlogo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/avlogo.png","caption":"StartupBlink"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10691"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19874,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691\/revisions\/19874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}