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November 23, 2022

Ukrainian university launches country’s first fund for spinouts

University spinouts are typically concentrated in the UK and Western Europe — but one Ukrainian university is looking to change that


Daryna Antoniuk

4 min read

It'd be easy to expect universities — with their ideas, talent and cutting-edge research — to be hotbeds of entrepreneurship. 

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