On 7 April 2021 the Embassy of Ukraine in Denmark facilitated the online meeting of the Director of the Ukrainian Startup Fund Pavlo Kartashov with the Executive Director of the Innovation Fund Denmark Anne-Marie Levy Rasmussen.
Pavlo Kartashov made a presentation of the Ukrainian Startup Fund. In particular, he presented the modern information web portal developed by the Fund, which contains information about all national innovative startups. He also informed about the initiatives of the Ukrainian aimed at establishing international cooperation and involving foreign companies and organizations in the implementation of startup projects in Ukraine.
The Executive Director of the Innovation Fund Denmark took positive note of the significant progress achieved by the Ukrainian Startup Fund in just two years of its existence. For her part, she outlined the main directions of the Danish institution, which was founded in 2014 and annually allocates almost 265 million € to support startup projects in Denmark. According to Anne-Marie Rasmussen, the Danish Fund now pays considerable attention to projects in the field of ecology and agriculture, as well as to combating climate change, “green innovation” in energy, safety and food quality. “Despite the fact that the Danish Fund provides financial support to local companies only, it is open to establishing close contacts with foreign partners, including with Ukraine, which is famous for its achievements in the IT field”, said Anne-Marie Rasmussen.
Ambassador Mykhailo Vydoinyk suggested that the heads of both Funds consider organizing a separate webinar in the near future for representatives of Ukrainian and Danish startup communities, as well as to interested investment companies in order to make them aware of the work of the Funds and discuss possible joint projects.
As a result of the meeting, the parties agreed that they would negotiate specific areas of bilateral cooperation, as well as explore the possibility of concluding a memorandum of partnership between the two institutions.
Photo Credit: Ukrainian Startup Fund, InnovationsFonden