Donor:

USAID
UK International Development

Project:

Acceleration program for founders of open data startups that create solutions contributing to addressing Ukraine’s socio-economic challenges.

Open Data Accelerator 2024

Industry

Open Data and Anticorruption

Open Data Accelerator is an acceleration program for founders of open data startups that create solutions contributing to addressing Ukraine’s socio-economic challenges.

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Background

In an era where data fuels innovation and drives economic resilience, Ukraine stands at the forefront of leveraging open data for impact. The Open Data Accelerator is a three-month platform dedicated to advancing innovative Ukrainian startups that harness open data to address pressing technological and societal challenges.

Fourteen startups at the idea/MVP stage were selected to embark on an intensive acceleration. Through mentorship, knowledge exchange, and practical support, founders refined their solutions, strengthened their business models, and prepared to scale. The program culminated in Demo Day, where an expert jury identified five winning teams, spotlighting them to partners and the wider tech ecosystem.

Development

Product

Results

At the Open Data Accelerator Demo Day, 14 technology startups presented their solutions to an expert jury comprised of Ukrainian and international organizations fostering the development of open data in Ukraine. Following intensive evaluation, five winning projects were selected.

Winning projects of the Open Data Accelerator:

  1. Strum
    A career guidance platform for teenagers and parents, designed to help map effective pathways toward professional self-realization. The platform combines career orientation tools, labor market analytics, learning and internship opportunities, volunteering options, and connections with potential employers.
  2. Handstree
    An international SaaS platform for non-profit organizations. It provides donors with a multi-layered contribution protection system, while offering NGOs specialized tools for sustainable fundraising and effective donor engagement.
  3. Demarka
    An AI-powered platform for automating trademark search and monitoring for SMEs worldwide. It analyzes similarity with registered trademarks, checks compliance with legal requirements, and generates recommendations to increase the likelihood of successful registration.
  4. Sympto.me
    A mobile app that acts as a family doctor’s digital assistant. Leveraging AI avatars, it guides patients through psychological surveys, explanations, and recommendations, offering round-the-clock primary psychological support to reduce the workload of family physicians.
  5. CrimeDataLab
    A civic oversight tool for monitoring the performance of law enforcement agencies and judges. Using AI assistants, the platform integrates official statistical data and provides visualized analytics, enabling assessments of crime prevention effectiveness across regions.

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