A 6-week founder-focused ID Acceleration program to shape your idea, validate the market, attract clients, and build your tech MVP
Online Accelerator for Founders
Stage:
Pre-seed, ideating of the new product.
Terms:
Free (by selection).
Language:
Ukrainian
Application deadline:
March 28
Format:
Online workshops, mentorship sessions, and individual coaching.
Supported by:
Mentors are entrepreneurs like you, with specialized experience in organizational development, sales, investment, finance, and marketing.
They are of Ukrainian origin and work in Canada, the US, Portugal, Spain, Middle East.
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![Katherine Ostapchuk]()
Katherine Ostapchuk
Entrepreneur, Investor & M&A Expert with a Focus on MENA, South Africa, and Eastern Europe with 25+ years of experience. She supports early-stage founders with mentorship, funding, and global partnerships. Founder of the ID Acceleration idea.
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![Eugene Tymchenko]()
Eugene Tymchenko
Silicon Valley Based Product Leader. Nearly a decade in product development, taking products from zero to multi-million dollar revenue. Senior Product Manager at Stockpile, Growth Partner at Dnipro Ventures.
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![Julia Indyk]()
Julia Indyk
Co-founder of Productor with over 10 years of experience. They have launched products and brands in 63 countries worldwide and implemented over 100 successful strategies for scaling products and businesses.
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![Yaroslav Chuprina]()
Yaroslav Chuprina
Serial entrepreneur with 17 years of experience running businesses in both digital and offline sectors. Advisory board member and outsourced CFO. With core expertise in managerial finance, he "dresses" the business in numbers.
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![Ross Dzikovskyi]()
Ross Dzikovskyi
Co-founder/ex-CEO of software development agency and co-founder/ex-CTO of multiple startups with over 15 years of experience in scalling engineering teams and building tech products.
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![Zakhar Ovdiienko]()
Zakhar Ovdiienko
Co-founder of Productor, Product Leader, and Business Strategist. For over seven years, he has been building products and businesses for startups and large corporations with global markets. He has developed effective customer acquisition and retention strategies for 30+ products and services.
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![Serhiy Sinenok]()
Serhiy Sinenok
20 years in engineering. Building the IT infrastructure for a Ukrainian no-code/low-code platform that recently became a unicorn with a valuation of $1.2+ billion. Co-founder of an IT service company that has been working with clients worldwide.
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![Ihor Roid]()
Ihor Roid
CTO/CISO, Chief Architect, ML Engineer, Cloud Expert. Educations: Applied electronics; Cybersecurity management Junior -> Lead -> CTO — walked the whole vertical. Fintech, Healthcare, Highload, Gaming, IoT.
PROGRAM TIMELINE
PROGRAM TIMELINE
March 10–28, 2025
Assessing each founder’s background, and aligning with the program’s goals.
March 24–28, 2025
50 founders participate in group brainstorming sessions to map out key challenges in the ideation stage.
March 31, 2025
20 founders are selected for the final cohort of the accelerator program.
April 1–May 9, 2025
6 weeks of intensive work:
Non-stop communication in Slack chats
Two evening workshops per week
Mentorship sessions on Saturdays
Extensive digital resources (audio, video) and hands-on support throughout the journey
End of May, 2025
Online Global Demo Day.
Stream online to an audience of potential partners from all over the world. Expert talks on the pre-seed development stage.
A demo stage where you, the Founder, will have the opportunity to present yourself, your idea, and your needs.
Areas you will dive into:
Founders' vision, motivation, and targets
Problem, idea and Customer
Prototyping and MVP
Business Model and Finance
Technical prototyping
Marketing and Pitching
Partnerships and team building
Founders who have already joined the program
Victoria Prydatko
A key figure in the tech industry with 22 years of experience, a unique network of partnerships, and a track record of helping over 100 companies and more than 10,000 people grow.
Founder and CEO of VP Team (15 years; specializing in recruiting, consulting, and training; offices in Ukraine, Spain, and the U.S.).
Co-founder of DisruptHR Valencia.
Application Form.
If you’re unsure about participating, feel free to reach out directly to Kateryna Ostapchuk, the co-founder of ID Accelerator, at email: idacceleration@gmail.com
FAQs
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The founders of ID and mentors are primarily from Ukraine and have been working in the global market for over 20 years. They are currently based in Europe and the US, Canada.
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The program focuses on idea validation and preparing the initial steps for product creation.
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We will speak with each applicant to ensure their expectations align with what the program offers and what we can provide - we will organize the workshops and personal interviews.
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Connecting participants with funds is not the primary goal of the program, and we do not guarantee further investments. However, founders will have the opportunity to present their final ideas during the online pitch day, where investors will be invited.
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Yes, participation is completely free, subject to selection. We ask you to confirm your participation via email and sign the NDA contract.
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We are inviting up to 3 persons from the team, but the Founder only will be responsible for doing all tasks and pitch.
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We are open to ideas from any industry.
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You can participate from anywhere, as the program is fully online. Activities will follow UTC+0 (Greenwich) time.