Moldovan and Ukrainian high-growth-potential start-ups invited to apply to EBRD’s Star Venture programme
The EBRD has opened a new intake of high-growth-potential start-ups from Moldova and Ukraine for its international Star Venture programme.
This year’s intake is financed by the EU under the Ukraine SME Recovery initiative and will provide tailored support to promising Ukrainian startups – up to €50,000.
Eligible start-ups should:
- be active in one of the EBRD’s countries of operations or have most of their development/engineering team and substantial product development operations located in EBRD regions;
- have an innovative, tech-enabled product that is live and in use;
- be led by a committed, full-time founding team;
- can show evidence of real market demand through revenue, repeat usage or retention;
- can scale faster than its cost base
- demonstrate a clear competitive advantage and strong potential for global scale
- be majority-owned by Ukrainian or Moldovan citizens.
The Star Venture programme in Ukraine is co-funded by the European Union and Switzerland through the EBRD’s Small Business Impact Fund (Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, TaiwanBusiness – EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund, the United Kingdom and the United States of America).
In Moldova, the Star Venture Programme is co-financed by the European Union in the Republic of Moldova.
The deadline for applications is 30 October 2026.
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CLOSING DATE
October 30, 2026
