Ukrainian Catholic University

Name: IdeasLab Startup school website: https://ideascenter.ucu.edu.ua/programs/ideas-lab Focus areas: AI, EdTech Target audience: students Programmes: generalist accelerator, pre-accelerator, accelerator, mentoring programmes, workshops, demo days. IdeasLab is the flagship startup acceleration programme of the Ukrainian Catholic University, created to turn student-initiated innovations into scalable, high-impact ventures. Our mission is to develop business culture and innovation in Ukraine and raise its competitiveness in the global startup ecosystem. Over the years we have achieved: 8 cohorts, 851 applications from 91 universities (15 countries), over 120 teams, 52 startups created and more than USD 750,000 raised by student teams. The programme is a partner of the University of Notre Dame acceleration programme in the USA. School equipment and infrastructure: Coworking spaces, 3D printers, robotics kits.