How to Get $200,000+ Investment in a Startup in a Year in Ukraine Without Giving Equity?
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Practical guide to raising $200k+ for a Ukrainian startup without giving away equity, based on Dots Platform’s experience. Covers when startups actually need investment versus grants, differences between grants and equity funding, and concrete examples: $50k from the Ukrainian Startup Fund, up to $100k from Google for Startups, and multi-year AWS/Google credits to cut infrastructure costs. Also shares lessons from scaling into Ireland and the US and situations where investment doesn’t help.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Money and startups in Ukraine
- 3:16Startup stages and economics
- 6:48Funding risks and failures
- 10:20First startup funds
- 13:53Grants vs investments
- 16:47USF grant requirements
- 21:48Applying and pitching
- 24:43Grant usage and reporting
- 26:30USF bonuses support
- 29:23AWS credits savings
- 33:19Google grants terms
- 36:58Getting Google funds
- 39:32Grant bureaucracy
- 41:40Healthy economics risks
- 43:25Summary & Q&A
