With restricted info coming from official sources, many individuals — notably in tech — have been holding monitor of the Russian invasion of Ukraine over Twitter.
Ukraine is house to 1000’s of startups and is a developer hub, and Ukrainian founders have had success abroad together with with Grammarly and Revolut. Many startups with groups within the nation at the moment are making an attempt to evacuate their employees.
Sifted has put collectively a listing of Ukrainian startup and tech leaders who’ve been sharing their views and experiences on social media, from contained in the nation or additional afield.
Right here’s how Ukraine’s international tech group has been responding to the Russian invasion.
Oleksandra Zubal
Deal with: @OleksandraZubal
Who? The cofounder of Lviv-based enterprise administration platform MyDone.
My daughter and I surviving the night time in Ukraine. We’re actual folks at conflict with loopy dictator and we’d like the world’s help proper now#StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/FvdmY4GACj
— Oleksandra Zubal (@OleksandraZubal) February 24, 2022
Mike Sapiton
Deal with: @sapitonmix
Who? A tech journalist from Kyiv, working as Forbes Ukraine’s deputy editor-in-chief.
Leaving my expensive metropolis, my Kyiv. Will I be again? I don’t know and all my life is now contained to this backpack.
Russia pays for the whole lot pic.twitter.com/7ESbk5whYV
— Mike Sapiton 🇺🇦 (@sapitonmix) February 25, 2022
Natalia Tepluhina
Deal with: @N_Tepluhina
Who: A Ukrainian-born engineer at Y Combinator-alumni SaaS startup GitLab — which IPO’d within the US final October at an $11bn valuation — now dwelling in Amsterdam.
My household is on the western border of Ukraine and my mother simply known as saying they hear explosions. I do not know what to say else.
— Natalia Tepluhina 🇺🇦 (@N_Tepluhina) February 24, 2022
Dmytro Voloshyn
Deal with: @dmytro_voloshyn
Who? The CTO and cofounder of Ukrainian edtech Preply. The startup raised its final spherical in March 2021, taking its whole funding to $55.4m, and making it one of many nation’s most useful personal, VC-backed tech firms.
Injustice wherever is a menace to justice in all places. We’re caught in an inescapable community of mutuality, tied in a single garment of future. No matter impacts one immediately impacts all not directly – MLK #StandWithUkraine #SanctionRussiaNow
— Dmytro (@dmytro_voloshyn) February 24, 2022
Oleksandr Kosovan
Deal with: @kosovan
Who? The Kyiv-based founder and CEO of MacBook-cleaning SaaS MacPaw. He additionally cofounded multi-stage Ukrainian VC Smrk.
russia has began an invasion into our beloved nation, Ukraine.
MacPaw is able to face this problem and proceed our operations to serve our prospects worldwide. We keep robust and #StandWithUkraine https://t.co/W8qa8ujiPC
— kosovan (@kosovan) February 24, 2022
Mykhailo Fedorov
Deal with: @FedorovMykhailo
Who? The vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation of Ukraine. He’s been a vocal supporter of schooling as an essential software for elevating the following technology of tech expertise.
It was a tricky night time by way of cybersecurity of Ukraine. We have been defending our our on-line world all night time. Ukraine is skilled and continues to counter continuous assaults on important informational sources. As of now the whole lot operates steady. Maintain calm and do not panic.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 24, 2022
Dmitriy Zaporozhets
Deal with: @dzaporozhets
Who? The cofounder of Ukrainian-founded GitLab.
Its virtually 18 hours of conflict. Ukraine is powerful. Assist Ukraine.
— DZ (@dzaporozhets) February 24, 2022
Sergey Petrenko
Deal with: @gray_ru
Who? A serial entrepreneur who based Ukrainian coworking area Terminal 42 and hosts tech podcast Radio-T, based mostly in Odessa.
Taras Mishchenko
Deal with: @tarasmi
Who? Founder and editor-in-chief at Ukrainian-language on-line tech publication Mezha Media, based mostly in Kyiv.
Many Russians thought that they’re so important for the remainder of the world, that an assault on Ukraine would not be essential. However now we see that Russia will likely be remoted.
— Тарас (@tarasmi) February 25, 2022
Pavlo Krasnomovets
Deal with: @krasnomovets
Who? A Kyiv-based editor at Forbes Ukraine, overlaying all issues tech and startup within the nation.
Anton Melnyk
Deal with: @antonmelnyk
Who? An adviser on the Ministry of Digital Transformation in Ukraine, who’s beforehand held roles at Kyiv-based startup incubator UUI Ventures and the Ukrainian startup fund.
Oleg Kurchenko
Deal with: @Oleg__Kurchenko
Who? A Ukrainian-born entrepreneur and investor, who based Kyiv-based IT firm YouDigital and digital asset trade Binaryx.
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Blockchain group began a charity fundraising initiative to assist these in want, to #StandForUkraine
On this difficult time for our state, we attempt to assist by bringing Blockchain applied sciences to the help of Ukraine.
Be taught how one can assist #Ukraine ⤵️
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— Oleg Kurchenko (🇺🇦, 🇺🇦) (@Oleg__Kurchenko) February 25, 2022
Artur Orujaliev
Deal with: @arturclancy
Who? A Kyiv-based entrepreneur who based distant jobs board Reworker.internet and on-line blockchain and crypto media publication Biteside.
Andrii Degeler
Deal with: @adegeler
Who? A Ukrainian tech journalist dwelling in Groningen, who ventured again to his household house in Kharkiv in japanese Ukraine to assist his mum transfer additional west.
I would walked across the metropolis of Khmelnytskyi this morning. There have been a number of strains to the ATMs and a few shops; however by far the longest queue I noticed was to a army enlistment workplace.
Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes. 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/lvI4tj4tTY
— Andrii Degeler (@adegeler) February 25, 2022
Denys Zhadanov
Deal with: @DenZhadanov
Who? A board member of Ukrainian-founded bootstrapped SaaS startup Readdle, based mostly in San Francisco, London and Odessa — within the south of Ukraine.
Our nation has 1200 years of historical past, tradition and language. We selected democracy, despite the fact that it’s fragile. My coronary heart goes to all Ukrainians now. We’re one. pic.twitter.com/QA5hAvnYys
— 🚀Denys Zhadanov (@DenZhadanov) February 24, 2022
Max Lytvyn
Deal with: @max_lytvyn
Who? The cofounder and head of income at $13bn Ukrainian-founded SaaS startup Grammarly. The corporate is now based mostly in San Francisco however nonetheless has an workplace in Kyiv.
Vlad Yatsenko
Deal with: @vyatsenko
Who? The CTO and cofounder of UK fintech Revolut, which hit a valuation of $33bn over the summer season after an $800m increase from SoftBank and Tiger World.
I hope, folks of Russia will lastly realise what a monster and a liar their president Putin is! The tales he is telling you’re much like what Hitler was telling Germans virtually 100 yr in the past. There’re numerous nice Russians, Putin shouldn’t be one in all them.
Ukraine will likely be free!
— Vlad Yatsenko (@vyatsenko) February 24, 2022
Illia Polosukhin
Deal with: @ilblackdragon
Who? The Ukrainian-born cofounder of US blockchain platform Close to Protocol that’s gotten backing from US VC Andreessen Horowitz. Polosukhin studied in Kharkiv earlier than shifting to San Francisco in 2008.
You possibly can help Ukraine and it is defenders through @BackAndAlive – https://t.co/rgRefXmDd4
Glory to Ukraine!
— Illia Polosukhin (root.close to) (🇺🇦, 🇺🇦) (@ilblackdragon) February 24, 2022
Kai Nicol-Schwarz is a reporter at Sifted. He covers healthtech and group journalism, and tweets from @NicolSchwarzK