Top 25 Hardware Startup Investors in Ukraine in October 2023

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• Imabys — Imabys - Influence marketing by subscription
• AssayMe — AssayMe App helps you measure and interpret 10 important parameters of your body in just 2 minutes. Click on any test button on the menu to learn more about possible risks of being outside of a normal range of values for a particular indicator.
• Recoshelf — Recoshelf is RetailTech SAAS company that helps retailers and suppliers to increase sales by 5-6%. With our IoT and AI tools we provide precise information about the product availability on the shelf, type of product, conditions and price competitiveness. Also we free employees from routine processes like manual audits, checks of price tags, promosand planogram. Thus we cut personnel costs and dramatically increase business process efficiency, customers loyalty and management control.

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• OKHOME — OKHOME adalah penyedia jasa kebersihan terbaik untuk rumah, apartemen dan berbagai tempat yang membutuhkan pembersih profesional.
• Dexalot — A revolutionary decentralized exchange aiming at bringing the traditional centralized exchange look and feel through a decentralized on-chain application
• Fintech Farm — Fintech Farm is a newly launched fintech startup based in the U.K. that creates digital banks in emerging markets.

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• Osavul — Osavul is a software company focused on developing AI-powered solutions for information security. Protect states, businesses and society from disinformation, influence operations and foreign interference.
• Prengi — Prengi builds an extensive facility management platform with thorough reporting that keeps track of all maintenance procedures for shopping malls and retail chains.
• Aspichi — Aspichi is developing platform to provide audio/visual teleportation services based on 360 video and VR technologies.

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• BINARLY — Binarly is the world's most advanced automated firmware supply chain security platform. Using cutting-edge machine-learning techniques, Binary identifies both known and unknown vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and malicious code in firmware and hardware components.
• EasyDMARC — Get started with EasyDMARC to stop hackers from sending emails from your domain. EasyDMARC provides the best email authentication tools like DMARC, SPF, and DKIM
• Finverity — Finverity provides technology, working capital and expertise to give banks, NBFIs, financiers and companies a strategic advantage in supply chain finance.

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• Anoma — An intent-centric architecture for decentralized counterparty discovery, solving, information flow control, & multi-chain atomic settlement
• Hourglass — Our mission at the Hourglass Collective is to grow adoption of real-world blockchain utility by incubating projects that bridge the crypto space with mainstream entertainment, popular apps, major retail brands and large-scale events
• Ellipsis Labs — Ellipsis Labs is building Phoenix, a decentralized limit order book on Solana that is fully on-chain, non-custodial, and crankless.

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• mmhmm — Make every virtual meeting better by being on screen with your presentation. Works with Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex, and more. Download mmhmm for free.
• Zibra AI — Zibra Liquids is a real-time and cross-platform physically correct fluid simulation plugin for game developers

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• Respeecher — Voice cloning: create speech that's indistinguishable from the original speaker. Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and other content creators.

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• GET Protocol — Supercharge your tickets with NFTs and the Blockchain. Easily implement the latest technology and unlock the benefits of truly digital tickets with GET Protocol.
• Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
• Bring It On — Bring It On is a mission to redefine the skill games category, merging strong technological infra.

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• Haiqu — Clumsy Hardware needs Careful Software
• Zibra AI — Zibra Liquids is a real-time and cross-platform physically correct fluid simulation plugin for game developers
• datuum — The Data Management platform that can scale your data operations. datuum.ai streamlines any part of your complex data project.

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• Pricer24 — The complex decision for distributors, vendors, and manufacturers: MSRP controlling, market and trend analysis, market reports, product analytics, dynamic pricing.
• Stem Sel Srl — Stem Sel Srl is a spin off founded in 2013 by entrepreneurs belonging from the University of Bologna, and participated from AlmaCube Srl and investors. The business of Stem Sel is based on the development, engineering, production and commercialization of an instrumentation (and related consumables), called Celector (R). The disruptive trait ofCelector (R) innovation lies on its proprietary technology for tag-less separation and selection of cells, particularly human stem cells from complex, adult "discarded" tissues (e.g. placenta, umbilical cord, lipoaspirate, dental pulp). These cells are increasingly used for cell therapy applications in regenerative medicine. Celector(R) separates, profile, characterize, counts, isolate and collect best cells without manipulation. Celector(R) is relies on a robust management of IP based on a clusters of different national and international patents on its methods, technologies, and devices for the cell fractionation process.

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• Lemonade — Lemonade operates as a full-stack insurance company powered by AI and behavioral economics and driven by social good. It is a licensed insurance carrier, offering homeowners and renters insurance. Lemonade replaces brokers and bureaucracy with bots and machine learning, delivering zero paperwork and instant everything. The company uses artificialintelligence and behavioral economics to set rates for the homes and renters it insures. Lemonade was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States.
• Refurbed — Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
• Amwell — Telehealth services for health systems, health plans, employers, and physicians. Improving patient experiences with virtual doctor video visits.

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• OFFSITE — OFFSITE provides cloud computing and data center solutions.
• Offsite — Offsite operates a platform that provides retreat planning for remote and hybrid teams. The company helps in the planning, management, and follow-up of team retreats, client-facing events, and other transformational, in-person experiences.
• ZippedScript — ZippedScript is an application programming interface system developer that specializes in automatically verifying educational details. ZippedScript is located in Toronto, Ontario.

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• Metadata — Metadata eliminates manual and repetitive work for B2B marketers so you can focus on strategy and creativity.
• Tokinomo — Discover Tokinomo, the in-store interactive robotic promotional display helps FMCG products stand out on the shelves for an average 200% increase in sales.
• Respeecher — Voice cloning: create speech that's indistinguishable from the original speaker. Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and other content creators.

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• Aurora — Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine created by the team at the NEAR Protocol, delivering a turn-key solution for developers to operate their apps on an Ethereum-compatible, high-throughput, scalable and future-safe platform, with low transaction costs for their users.
• Manta Network — Manta Network delivers plug-and-play privacy for the entire DeFi stack.

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• Aurigami — MultiPLY with Aurigami, the noncustodial lending and borrowing haven on Aurora
• Revel.xyz — Explore an expansive world of Revel cards, trade with a global community, and craft with a global community, and craft your own unique cards for collectors and creators.
• MetaStreet — Earn yield in the Metaverse with leverage.

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• Hexens — The top-notch cyber security service provider with an essential focus on blockchain technologies
• Vovo Finance — Vovo Finance is a structured products protocol that offers a variety of products catering to users with different risk profiles. Vovo offers products including principal protected products and yield enhancements products.
• Silence laboratories — The versatile toolkit for MPC-TSS and Privacy-Preserving Compute. Enabling enterprises to adopt Threshold Signatures and Secure Computations.

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• Aurora — Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine created by the team at the NEAR Protocol, delivering a turn-key solution for developers to operate their apps on an Ethereum-compatible, high-throughput, scalable and future-safe platform, with low transaction costs for their users.

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• Aurora — Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine created by the team at the NEAR Protocol, delivering a turn-key solution for developers to operate their apps on an Ethereum-compatible, high-throughput, scalable and future-safe platform, with low transaction costs for their users.
• Axelar Network — Axelar is a cross-chain communication tool developing interoperability software to connect blockchain ecosystems, applications, and users. Axelar Network consists of a protocol suite, tools, and APIs, designed to break down the barriers to cross-chain communication. Axelar enables developers to build on the best platform for their needs whileleveraging the Axelar stack to unlock cross-chain composability and liquidity.The company was founded by Sergey Gorbunov and Georgios Vlachos in 2020.

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• #Rens — RENS Original is the World's First Sneaker made from recycled coffee and plastic. We know you've been drinking it, now it is time to wear it.
• Zibra AI — Zibra Liquids is a real-time and cross-platform physically correct fluid simulation plugin for game developers
• Perfection42 — Perfection42 empowers creators to reach Unlimited Quality with custom Artificial intelligence tools without a single line of code.

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• Dashbot — Actionable Voice & Chatbot Analytics. Optimize Response Effectiveness; Understand User Behaviors; Increase User Satisfaction, Engagement, and Monetization.
• PrivacyHawk — Privacyhawk is a mobile app that empowers everyone to take back control of their privacy.
• Payscore — Payscore is an automated income verification tool that helps property managers and lenders make the best applicant approval decisions.

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• Mindgram — Mindgram is a science-based platform and mobile app for complete mental wellness.
• Zibra AI — Zibra Liquids is a real-time and cross-platform physically correct fluid simulation plugin for game developers
• Bloomcoding — Winner of ASIF Pitch Amsterdam 2020 Winner of ”Mesto. Accelerator” demo day of 2021Currently one of the fastest-growing startups in Moldova and the biggest digital school in Romania, with over 800 students enrolled.Bloomcoding aims to become one of the leading providers of online coding education for K-12 children in Europe. We use a blend ofVirtual and Augmented Reality Ed-Tech, in small live online classes, to re-imagine education, spark curiosity, and blend fun with learning. We believe that to prepare children for the next 100 years, programming is just as essential as writing and reading. Coding is the literacy of the 21st century. Our mission is to teach one million children how to code.

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• Makua — Makua is the micro-philanthropy app. Explore the best nonprofits, get inspired to give, and easily make donations. Join the #MakuaMovement
• Zibra AI — Zibra Liquids is a real-time and cross-platform physically correct fluid simulation plugin for game developers
• Chatterbox — A corporate language learning platform that uniquely offers active practice alongside algorithmically matched native language coaches who share their students' professional backgrounds and interests. On the app, engineers are learning Arabic from engineers and aid workers are learning French from medical doctors and achieving industry toppingcourse completion rates. Chatterbox language coaches are professionals who have become forcibly displaced and are currently undervalued in the labour market. Co-founded by a former refugee and Y Combinator alum, Chatterbox is backed by BGV, All Turtles and WeWork.

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• Castelion — We are a modern defense production company building the next generation of military hypersonic, vehicle, and strike systems to deter future wars.
• Headway — Headway is a mental healthcare system provider based in New York. It develops a health insurance advisory platform designed to connect patients with therapists and provides administrative support to therapists who don’t typically accept insurance. The company was founded by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan in 2019.
• Blackbird — We believe the next great hospitality technology platform should connect restaurants and their customers directly, in meaningful and ongoing ways. Blackbird is founded by a team with a passion for restaurants and a track record of using technology to solve problems.

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• Arkifi — Arkifi is an artificial intelligence company that develops AI-powered financial analyst tools. Arkifi's framework generates consistent results that avoid fabricating factual details (referred to as "hallucination"), instilling enterprises with an unmatched level of confidence in the outcomes.
• Kavida.ai — Kavida helps procurement managers ensure on time deliveries and improve supplier collaboration.
• Renew Risk — Renew Risk is a software development firm that offers B2B SaaS solutions based on deep science for optimizing the financial lifetime of major renewable energy assets.

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• SiPhox Health — SiPhox offers a handheld testing device with RNA/DNA and protein testing for point-of-care and At-Home solutions. The company's kit is made by multiplexing RNA, antibody, and antigen tests on a single silicon photonic chip which is amplified by plasmon resonance and silicon photonic resonator readout, enabling users to undertake tests fordisease safely and in a disposable point-of-care and at-home manner.SiPhox was founded in 2020 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
• MerQube — MerQube is a cloud native indexing platform designed for designing, calculating, and disseminating financial indices at scale. In the growing space of passive (index-linked) indexing, MerQube provides robust financial indices in the areas of equities, futures and options and ESG and has the expertise that spans market-capitalization weightedindices to risk-premia, volatility, thematics, and ESG.
• wooptix — Wooptix is a developer of light field and wavefront phase imaging platform designed to acquire all information about the light using