​Hey San Francisco, get ready for a night that celebrates international founders, diverse voices, and global innovation — all happening alongside TechCrunch Disrupt!

​UAtech Venture Night San Francisco is more than a pitch event — it’s designed to support founders building across borders and to showcase how diverse perspectives fuel breakthrough ideas. Together with investors and global tech leaders, we’re creating an inclusive space where international founders can connect, pitch, and thrive.

​This event is part of the UAtech World Series, a global journey connecting founders and investors across Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, and beyond. Each stop brings together startups from around the world — with a special spotlight on Ukrainian innovation — amplifying international entrepreneurship on the global stage. 🌍

​What to expect:

​🚀 Startup Open Pitch Competition with Prizes

​Founders from every corner of the world are invited to pitch live on stage to a panel of active investors. In just 2.5 minutes, they’ll share their vision, answer rapid-fire questions, and get scored live — a dynamic format that keeps the energy high and the spotlight on global entrepreneurship.

​🏆 Award Ceremony

​Three winners will be recognized at UAtech Venture Night @ Disrupt:

​🏆 Pitch Competition Winner – from all startups participating in the pitch competition.

​🇺🇦 Best Ukrainian-Founded Startup – celebrating innovation with Ukrainian roots.

​👩‍💻 Best Female Founder – empowering female founders

​Winner Prizes: All winners receive $25,000 in AWS credits plus access to 10+ top startup tools with exclusive discounts from Spendbase and prizes from Reply.io & TextMe Accounting.

​💡 All other pitch competition participants receive gifts from our partners, ServersCamp and Reply.io. 

​In addition to the above, the Best Female Founder Prize includes: 

​ • An exclusive 50% discount for the Pathway to Silicon Valley program (Dec 1–3) — a 3-day curated experience connecting female founders with top investors, mentors, and partners in the Bay Area. Pathway to Silicon Valley is a curated 3-day immersion designed to empower women founders through hands-on sessions, investor meetings, and high-impact networking in the heart of global innovation.

​ • A feature in Disruption Magazine (with 70K+ readers following global innovation stories) profiling the winner and their startup journey.

And that's not all!
All female founders who join the pitch will also receive an early bird rate of $1,297 ✨

​​​Spots are limited — apply now to be part of it!

​Nazar Gulyk - tech entrepreneur and Forbes Business Council member based in San Francisco. A Stanford GSB graduate and Techstars Community Leader, he empowers early-stage founders to bring their innovative ideas to life.

​Our co-hosts, Techstars Startup Weekend SF AI & Catalyst Bay, bring together the Bay Area’s AI startup community.

​Techstars Startup Weekend SF AI is a 7,500-person community that brings together founders, builders, researchers, and investors through startup pitches, hackathons, and events exploring how AI is transforming health, fintech, and consumer products.

​Catalyst Bay, created by the same team, hosts focused gatherings for engineers, designers, product managers, marketers, and devrels - the people turning AI ideas into real products.

​Dmytro Kushneruk - Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco.

​🗣️ Panel Discussion: “The AI Power Shift”

​​Nick Bilogorskiy – our panel moderator: Managing Partner, Dnipro VC | ex-META, Google Cybersecurity leader, founder of Nova Ukraine, and recipient of the Ukrainian Order of Merit.

​Our expert panel brings together diverse international voices to discuss how AI is reshaping industries, capital, and opportunities worldwide. Expect inclusive perspectives, actionable insights, and predictions from leaders who know what it takes to scale globally:

​✨ Joanne Fedeyko - Founder of the Canadian Women’s Network, Publisher of Disruption Magazine, Founding Board Member of CELS, and Co-Founder of an angel fund supporting women investors. She currently serves as VP of Mentorship at Startup Genome, connecting global ecosystems and empowering female founders.

✨ Alyona Mysko - Founder & CEO of Fuelfinance, A Former CFO with over 10 years in finance and a founder of Fuelfinance — a platform managing $500M+ in customer P&Ls, helping 100+ companies like Petcube, ColdIQ, and Hampton become profitable. She is on a mission to make finance easy (and sexy) for founders.

✨ Chenxi Wang - Investor, Cyber expert, Fortune 500 board member, Venturebeat Women-in-AI award winner. Founder and GP at Rain Capital, a cyber-focused venture fund. Former tech strategy leader at Intel Security. Advocate for diversity and inclusion as founder of the Forte Group, a nonprofit advancing women’s careers in cyber. Former Carnegie Mellon professor with a Ph.D. in Computer Science.

​🤝 Networking

​Close the evening by connecting with founders, investors, and tech leaders who share a global outlook. This is more than networking — it’s about building real relationships that support international journeys.

​See how it's been - check out the UAtech Events Recap on YouTube:

​About UAtech

​UAtech is a non-profit and global initiative created to empower Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs across borders. Our mission is to position Ukrainian founders as global leaders shaping the future of technology.

​By hosting side events at major global tech conferences, we bring together a diverse community of founders, investors, and tech leaders to foster collaboration, visibility, and international growth.

​In 2025 alone, we’ve already hosted events at Web Summit Vancouver, VivaTech Paris, and Toronto Tech Week, bringing together over 600 founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders.

​Through high-impact content (UAtech.today) and founder-led events (UAtech Venture Night), we bring together startups, investors, local and global allies — powered by the voice and vision of our founder, Volodymyr Demianenko, a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in tech.

​BankStore — Making Global Banking Actually Work for Founders

​Opening an international business bank account shouldn't take weeks of rejections. BankStore was built to fix that.

​Their Al platform creates a compliance profile with a scoring rate, then matches startups, SMEs, VCs, and investors with banks that want their business-based on risk, industry, geography, and pricing. What used to take weeks now happens in minutes. BankStore's Al Legal assistant analyzes your structure and shows you how to unlock more banking options by improving your score.

​They're live across 80+ banks and payment providers in 30+ jurisdictions-Singapore to San Francisco.

​BankStore works with founders, startups, and VC firms-helping portfolio companies get fast, compliant access to global financial infrastructure.

​The bottom line: Global banking that's accessible, predictable, and founder-friendly.

​San Francisco Venture Night is part of our UAtech World Series, and the upcoming stops in 2025 - 2026 include:

• ​Sifted Summit (London) - Oct 8

• ​Elevate (Toronto) - Oct 9 

• ​TechCrunch Disrupt (San Francisco) - Oct 29

• ​Web Summit (Lisbon) - Nov 12

• ​MWC (Barcelona) - Mar 2–5 

• ​SXSW (Austin) - Mar 12–18

• ​SusHi Tech (Tokyo) - Apr 27–29

• ​Web Summit (Vancouver) - May 11-14

• ​SaaStr Annual (San Francisco) - May 12–14 

• ​Web Summit (Rio) - Jun 8-11

• ​London Tech Week - Jun 8-12

• ​VivaTech Paris - Jun 17-20

• ​DiscoveryX (Toronto) - Apr 29-30

• ​TechCrunch Disrupt (San Francisco) - 2026

• ​Web Summit (Lisbon) - 2026

​Techosystem — a civic union of the Ukrainian tech ecosystem players for startups, scaleups, and investors.

​Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) — a government-backed organization supporting Ontario’s tech startups, scaleups, and industry partners.

​USF (Ukrainian Startup Fund) — a state institution that helps innovative projects and tech startups raise funds at the early stages and launch their projects.

​Spendbase — a SaaS platform for managing software subscriptions, cloud costs, and corporate cards, helping startups and scaleups save money and optimize spending.

​TextMe Accounting - a Canadian accounting firm focused on helping small and medium-sized service businesses manage their finances with ease.

​​Reply - AI-first sales engagement platform that helps SDR teams find new prospects, engage them through multiple channels, and create new opportunities at scale while keeping every touchpoint personal.

​​ServersCamp - The ideal runway to launch, test, and scale your next big idea, with expert support for smooth migration and setup.

Innovation Properties Group - Transforming how science and technology find their place to grow.  

IT Ukraine Association is the largest national association of technology companies in Ukraine, representing over 240 member companies and more than 100,000 IT professionals. For over 20 years, the Association has been shaping industry policy, promoting Ukrainian technologies globally, and building dialogue between business, government, and international partners.

​Canadian Women's Network - Connection Silicon Valley is an organization that helps Canadian companies collaborate, connect, innovate, and partner with Silicon Valley's world-renowned technology ecosystem.

Disruption Magazine - a global platform with 70,000+ subscribers, spotlighting founders, investors, and changemakers driving innovation, transformation, and bold leadership across industries and society.

Data Phoenix - SF Bay Area media and education platform focused on AI and Data. As a voice of AI industry, Data Phoenix delivers news, practical knowledge, and helps companies be heard in the community.

UAtech’s event is organized and operated solely by UAtech (not TechCrunch Media LLC, nor any of its affiliates or brands, including TechCrunch).