Special guest of the online meeting - Anastasia Smyk, CEO and co-founder of InputSoft - about successes during the war, about the experience of grants and investments

We invite you to the new issue of GreenBusinessTalk business dialogues as part of the online consultation of the "Climate Innovation Vouchers" grant program. This time the discussion is with the winner of the project – Anastasia Smyk (InputSoft)

What are we talking about?

• How to attract investments to Ukrainian startups, how to find partners abroad, how to get a grant for the development of a business idea. The company InputSoft (software solutions for aviation) will share its practical solutions.
  The company will also share its experience of cooperation with Greencubator, in particular regarding the project "Climate Innovation Vouchers, financed by the EBRD with the support of the EU.
• During the advisory block, we discuss who can apply for Vouchers; what are the project evaluation criteria and their selection procedure; how the Vouchers mechanism works; how to fill out and submit a grant application, etc.

Who is participating?

Anastasia Smyk is CEO and co-founder of the company InputSoft.
Got on the list Forbes 30 under 30 Chicago .“With the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine, Anastasia Smik continued to develop her business, while simultaneously preparing food for evacuees. The company has received $470,000 in funding so far...", Forbes noted.

The company has developed a SaaS platform to optimize the use of human and technical resources and data analysis for airports and aircraft ground handling companies. It allows to serve passengers faster and reduce climate impact and costs.

Since its inception in 2021, InputSoft became the winner of the Climate Investment Vouchers grant competition and attracted $25,000 in investment from the Ukrainian Startup Fund.

In 2022, the startup was selected for the accelerator Techstars. Its valuation is $3 million. The team received $120,000 investment.

Roman Zinchenko - moderator of GreenBusinessTalk, co-founder of Greencubator, inspirer of the green innovation sector.

Olga Zubczyk - coordinator of the "Climate Innovation Vouchers" project.

When and where?
The discussion will take place on September 7 at 13.00 in an online format. Register to participate in the broadcast - https://bit.ly/3OmmE3N

Useful Information

Until September 30, applications for grant assistance to the "Climate Innovation Vouchers" project, financed by the EBRD with the support of the EU for Ukrainian small and medium-sized businesses, are being accepted. Ukrainian businesses will be able to receive up to 50,000 euros for the development or implementation of climate technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the efficiency of energy consumption.

You can apply via the link - https://bit.ly/3Ydx4HH
Every Thursday - a consultation on the terms of participation in the competition. Register for participation via the link https://bit.ly/3OmmE3N

Learn more about grants and winners of previous stages - https://climate.biz/

The "Climate Innovation Vouchers" project is a component of the EBRD program "Technology and Finance Transfer Center in the Field of Climate Change" (FINTECC), which is supported by the EU as part of the EU4CLIMATE initiative.