Ways the European startup ecosystem is supporting Ukraine
Summary
During this time, across Europe, we have seen heartbreaking footage emerge from Ukraine of civilians sheltering in underground stations, fleeing their country in desperation, and people across the nation taking up arms in an effort to defend their homes. Crypto-platform Bitpanda is enabling users to donate the crypto assets of their choice to their dedicated and newly-set-up Emergency Response Fund, contributing to causers that provide humanitarian support to people affected by the war. Delivery Hero is working internally to actively support any employees who have been affected and who require assistance for themselves and their families, with travel, accommodation, salary advances, and paid time off. The multilingual project has been led by Sophie Persigehl, Oleksandra ‘Alex’ Kovbasko and Jonas Schorr Canva is working with a number of nonprofits including UNHCR, Save the Children Ukraine, Tabletochki, UNICEF, and World Vision. Bulgarian company BESCO is working with the government to open up borders for tech talent Euratechnologies is sponsoring visa applications for tech founders and their families, and offering free access to its acceleration programmes Spanish Startups will provide free consultancy for all the startups and founders who would like to move to Spain and provide assistance about the ecosystem and how to start operations in the country.
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