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Rock’n’Roll and Shine: Meet the Winners of Greencubator’s Pre-Acceleration ProgrammeOn October 19, five climate startups presented their solutions at the final pitch of the GCIP Ukraine 2.0 pre-acceleration program. Over several months, the teams went from idea to pitch with the support of Greencubator’s experts and mentors. Find out who won and how the projects were evaluated in the full article.
From Theory to Practical Solutions: Results of the First Cohort of the Energy Resilience Academy for Communities
How Ukrainian communities are preparing energy projects for critical infrastructure. Results of the Academy’s first cohort, and the course is now open to everyone.

Sirocco Energy Wins Top Prize at IT Arena
IT Arena's top prize goes to cleantech! Read about Sirocco Energy's victory, why it matters for Ukraine's energy resilience, and how the team claimed the top spot.

How Carbonex Helps Ukrainian Farmers Earn Money by Protecting the Climate, with Support from the Climate Innovation Vouchers
How can Ukrainian farmers monetize their care for the soil? Read the case of Carbonex, which, with the support of the Climate Innovation Vouchers program and its own co-financing, developed a satellite field monitoring platform.

Cleantech Sunday is back: on October 25, the ecosystem gathers for the second time
13 finalist teams of the GCIP Ukraine 2.0 advanced accelerator will pitch expert-validated products. It’s an exclusive chance to see funding-ready startups live and connect with key market drivers.

From Ventilation to Smart Systems: How Ventoxx Is Digitizing Heat Recovery Units with Support from the Climate Innovation Vouchers
The Kharkiv-based company Ventoxx received a €23,475 grant under the Climate Innovation Vouchers programme and developed a mobile application and cloud-based IoT system for managing heat recovery units.

Time to brag: five alumni of the Climate Innovation Vouchers program represented Ukraine at URC 2026
Five beneficiaries of the Climate Innovation Vouchers program showcased Ukrainian climate technologies at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk, the venue where, on June 25–26, governments, international financial
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- Cleantech Sunday: Ukraine Hosts Its First Festival of Green Innovation
- Charge up at Cleantech Sunday, November 23!
- Ukraine’s Climate ‘Oscar’: winners of the final Climate Innovation Vouchers grants announced
- 11 Ukrainian companies to receive around €400,000 from the EBRD and EU to scale green innovations
- Ukraine at Cleantech Days 2025: Presentations, Partnerships, and New Opportunities
- 4 Ukrainian startups will showcase their climate solutions at Cleantech Days 2025
- Greencubator presented Ukraine’s experience at GGID 2025 in Vienna
- The Kick-off event for participants of the GCIP Ukraine 2.0 Advanced Accelerator has taken place
- Watch the live stream of the discussion “Green Business Amid War: Is It the Right Time?”
- How Startups Can Prepare for Investment: 7 Insights from Industry Experts
- LCF Law Group has officially joined the expert team of the GCIP Ukraine 2.0 programme
- Greencubator is expanding the expert team for GCIP Ukraine 2.0
- Why your business didn’t qualify for the Climate Innovation Vouchers grant? Which criteria influenced the experts’ decisions and how to avoid mistakes in the future
- Online training: How to build a climate DeepTech startup in Ukraine: opportunities, support, and success stories
- Call for applications for the GCIP Ukraine 2025 acceleration programme is now open to cleantech innovators
- UNIDO, GEF and Greencubator launch the second phase of the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme in Ukraine
- Greencubator celebrates its 16th anniversary
- How are Ukrainian businesses adapting to energy challenges? Roman Zinchenko reveals
- Greencubator conducted Energy Resilience Academy trainings for Businesses in 5 Ukrainian Cities
- The application process for the final wave of the Climate Innovation Vouchers has been completed
- Prodecologia has successfully completed its project within the framework of the Climate Innovation Vouchers program
- Investment Catalog of Impact Enterprises published on Diia.Business
- How to Secure Funding for Green Startups: Training from Greencubator and Ukrainian Startup Fund
- Grantees and graduates of Greencubator projects showcase their innovations at CES in Las Vegas
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- €50,000 for the development of climate innovations. Applications are now open for the grant project from the EBRD and the EU
- The third cohort of “Green Startups: Path to Progress” has concluded
- Greencubator and The Possible unveiled the first investment portfolio of social businesses in Ukraine
- Greencubator has presented Ukraine’s Top Cleantech Startups at COP29 in Baku thanks to support from UMAEF
- The final of our course “Green Startups: Path to Progress” is coming soon
- A new project for enterprises , the Academy of Energy Sustainability for Business , is launched
- How can Ukrainian companies collaborate with Norway? Our insights from Oslo visit
- We celebrate the recognition and are proud of Ukrainian green business
- Greencubator has won the UEPA 2024 award for contributing to Ukraine’s entrepreneurship development
- IT ambassadors of sustainability in the aviation industry
- How to check if my house is ready for a winter without electricity?
- Gas network crises and staff shortages in the energy sector: how to change it?
- 5 obstacles to the recovery of the Ukrainian energy system
- New job opportunity: Greencubator is hiring a project assistant
- The era of digital farming. The story of Frendt
- ClimateLaunchpad 2024 participants have started their training
- 5 challenges for cleantech startups from Europe, Asia and Africa
- The winners of the Climate Innovation Vouchers 2024 have signed grant agreements
- TOP 5 trends in the cleantech industry development worldwide. Our insights from UNIDO
- Call for applications for ClimateLaunchpad is now closed! What’s next?
- Online discussion speakers: S.Lab, MELT WATER CLUB, GO TO-U, TOKA
- Ukrainian green startups can apply for the international ClimateLaunchpad 2024 competition until June 19
- Online discussion: How to develop a green startup and how to find funding?
- How to get through the energy winter? Tips from Roman Zinchenko
- Greencubator invites startups to apply for the ClimateLaunchpad 2024 competition
- Fashionable reincarnation of plastic
- Replacing plastic. How S.Lab created packaging from mushrooms and hemp
- What is Earth Day, and what can you do?
- Greencubator.Academy invites future eco-entrepreneurs for a free course
- How to capture CO2 from the air. The story of Carbominer
- 10 Ukrainian “green” innovators receive nearly €500,000 in grants from EBRD and EU
- Greencubator has launched a new grant program for green startups in Ukraine
- Reinventing Ukraine’s green economy. A panel discussion on Ukraine’s development amidst war and beyond victory
- Paper Production From... Fallen Leaves
- The All-Seeing Eye of Real Estate
- Invisible Charger For Electric Vehicles. The Story of Meredot
- A factory on wheels for printing... pipes.
- Company stories
- Success stories of Ukrainian cleantech
- How we lived in 2023 and even had fun. 365 days of the Greencubator team
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- 13 Ukrainian companies received Climate Innovation Vouchers for 500 thousand euro
- Digest of Ukrainian business support programs
- The new deadline for ClimateLaunchpad green startups applications is on July 6!
- Open call for ClimateLaunchpad, a global competition for green startups!
- Climate Innovation Vouchers: 50,000 euros to support climate-friendly Ukrainian companies.
- How can you help Ukraine even at home
- How greencubator works in wartime
- We are starting the OPEN CALL for the 2nd School of Energy Cooperation!
- Ukrainian entrepreneurs can receive a grant of up to EUR 50,000 to develop climate innovations.
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- A new wave of Climate Innovation Vouchers will start in Ukraine on January 2022.
- Greencubator has launched an education platform and opened the call for application for the first students.
- Ukraine hosts the ClimateLaunchpad Regional Final for the first time.
- The power of new thinking: EU and EBRD boost Ukrainian climate innovators
- Winners of the ClimateLaunchpad 2021 National Final in Ukraine
- ClimateLaunchpad sixth National Final in Ukraine!
- How Ukrainian startups are preparing for the international contest ClimateLaunchpad
- Our alumni can claim bonus access to Fusion 360 from Autodesk!
- Greencubator Now Available in the Amazon Web Services Activate Console
- greencubator’s alumni get benefits from HubSpot for Startups program
- Greencubator alumni get access to local Cleantech Enablers’ bonuses
- We provide access to the leading team collaboration platforms Notion.so for the alumni
- Climate Innovation Networking: making connection between cleantech businesses in Ukraine and Belarus
- Open call for the world’s largest competition of green business ideas ClimateLaunchpad
- EBRD and EU extend the Climate Innovation Voucher scheme with EUR 1million EU grants for green SMEs in Ukraine
- Celebrating women in Ukrainian cleantech
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- ClimateLaunchpad 2019: open call for Ukrainian Innovators!
- Green storytelling and entrepreneurial culture — what was the cleantech discussion held by Greencubator about
- Climate Innovation Vouchers: Welcome the winners of Ukraine’s largest grant program for green innovators
- Climate Innovation Vouchers: summing up Ukraine’s largest grant program for green innovators
- PowerUp! InnoEnergy
- “Startup City” Book
- Ukraine is a rising green growth point in Central and Eastern Europe, — Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze
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- DENA’s CEO Andreas Kuhlmann: “EcoInnovations need a steady regulatory support for its growth”
- Green light for green innovations — another six Ukrainian companies received funding for cleantech technologies
- Greener Titanium from Eastern Europe
- Solar powered ClimateLaunchpad, made by Greencubator, Ukraine
- Smart home made in Ukraine — How DS Electronics tools help to save electricity
- Early birds’ tickets to our energy TeslaCamp 2018 are available!
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- Climate Innovation Vouchers
- ClimateLaunchpad
- Video stories #EnergyHeroes
- Hack4energy
- New life of nuclear cities
- TeslaCamp
- For the first time Ukrainian team is in TOP-10 of the ClimateLaunchpad Grand Final
- Ukrainian companies benefit from new funding for climate technology innovation
- Ukrainian cleantech startups debut at Ecosummit, Europe’s major cleantech investment conference