Roman Sulzhyk, Founding Partner of Ukrainian investment fund Resist.UA, has a message for the world when it comes to investing in the Ukrainian startup ecosystem:
"If you wait until after the war, you're already too late."
He contends that the really entrepreneurial people didn't wait. Rather, “they recognised the opportunity during the war and came anyway."
Founded in 2023 during Russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Resist.UA operates at the intersection of international capital, military expertise, and battlefield-tested innovation. Its first fund was backed by Ukrainian capital and focused on early-stage miltech/defencetech companies at the pre-seed and seed stages.
The fund supports teams at the earliest stages, combining investment with operational support to help transform battlefield-tested prototypes into scalable companies.
