Despite the hybrid war and the unstable economic situation, the Ukrainian science and technology continue to evolve. Let’s review 10 top startups and how their ideas are shaking global markets.

Despite the hybrid war and the unstable economic situation, the Ukrainian science and technology continue to evolve. Owing to the assistance received by Global and European investors today Ukraine’s IT industry is currently valued at well over $5 billion. And this figure is growing up because they believe in success of their investments in the projects.

Let’s review 10 top startups and how their ideas are shaking global markets.

Looksery

Looksery is the mobile application to edit photos or videos in real-time. This company was able to gain user acceptance in Western markets by licensing its technology and through income-generating activities of $1 million per month. And it happened in just a year. Victor Shaburov, funder of the company, started and promptly developed his project in Odessa till its successful sale to Opera Software. Now Looksery's team is consists of 45 mathematical geniuses from Eastern Europe and the US. They may be able to leverage valuable knowledge and develop new kinds of modification your looks in selfie. You can make up yourself, set any filters combinations or even turn into hero of cartoon.

Augmented Pixels

Ukrainian project Augmented Pixels is also produced in Odessa. By the way, Odessa is the leader in IT technology - every second IT - specialist is from there. It is a platform for the development of augmented virtual reality. This is useful for tracking navigation drones’ systems, drawing maps and locations of objects, design predictions for modeling interior inside or outside, and even fully interactive games (like, Pokemon GO!). The company has received seed stage investments $1 million, which made it possibility for active team members to be relocated to Silicon Valley. The founder and the owner of this project is Vitaly Goncharuk. This service is used by such companies as National Geographic, Harkus, Jayman, Zoom3D and others.

Luckyprice

How can a buyer get the favorable discounts. As we know, the ways to get a discount are either to be a loyal customer or to buy the goods on any discount site. However, Luckyprice's creators have integrated and delivered another method. You can just play and win a bonus or a discount. It has benefits both sides: the seller and the buyer. The buyer receives enjoyment of the game and a bonus for profitable online shopping. The seller receives the increment of customers, by bringing to the game. It can be used as a good tool for building a long-term customer base and saving every customer.

Kwambio

Kwambio - it is a platform on which you can buy and sell unique models of products that can later be implemented by of 3D-printers. Company's website describes in detail how the project can help your product and business development, or to implement a creative idea. In 2014, the platform obtained $500,000 of investment capital from the investor from Odessa. Now, their main office is situated in New York. This tool helps designers from all over the world to discover their ideas on a Global Market.

Ajax Starterkit

Ajax Starterkit is a new generation of cordless security system. It is equipped by hypersensitive sensors tracking and rapid response system. Startup is profitable, but all its profits are invested back into the development and testing. Despite the lack of human and material resources, the company gained investor's attention and received $1 million in funding from venture capital fund SMRK. Founder of project Alexander Konotop plans to complete prototypes and prepares to enter the European market this year: from here Ajax Systems will gain a foothold on American market.

FlyRe is an electronic reinsurance exchange. Service is running like reinsurance area, and it is managed by a team of technological experts and insurers. Part of the risk, which needs reinsurance, the insurance company puts on an electronic platform and introduces it at the auction. The system automatically identifies companies that can participate in the auction, and those companies that have received a request to participate in the auction set their interest rates - in a few minutes the winner is chosen. The great advantage of the system is the ability to control the processes of reinsurance, as well as their analysis by the availability of statistics.

Ecoisme

Ecoisme is a smart system of monitoring energy consumption in the house (apartment). The control is carried out by the gadget, which a project's creators made in a minimalist style. You can access your profile through the mobile app or Web platform and view the statistics of electrical energy consumption for each device in your home. Moreover, gadget helps you find a reasonable solution to save energy. The amount of investment of the project is 80 000 euros. In 2014 the head office moved to Krakow.

Petcube

This Ukrainian startup is developed for pet owners and it lets them watch, talk and play with their pet from their smartphone, no matter where they are. A cubic Wi-Fi camera is installed in your house and gives you control and give orders to your pet. Using this system you play with your pet, and even shoot video, which then can be shared with your friends in Petcube network. It is just like magic. In March 2015, the project has made a big breakthrough, by receiving $ 1 100 000 investment.

Settle

Oh, this is a real discovery for users! The new app will help you order in a restaurant and pay for it using a smartphone. No need to call the waiter and wait for the bill to pay. Even tips are already included in the bill. Settle is now negotiating a deal - although the project is still in development, it is already very popular.

QROK is a navigation app for shopping and entertainment. You just look for a product and the application finds it in the stores, and gets directions to get you there. Only this company has a license to use the Google Maps for businesses in the CIS. It provides high quality navigation without restrictions. Besides providing maps of indoor spaces, this app uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to locate users, build routes and search for locations.