Strategic ignition for Ukrainian startups scaling globally
We work with Ukrainian startups facing a critical transition: moving from proven product to real deployment in Europe and the United States. We take ownership of the part that usually slows or blocks scale: structuring financing, institutional access, regulatory pathways and industrial anchoring.
Paris · Brussels · Warsaw · Kyiv · New York
The challenge we address
Ukrainian startups have proven their ability to build robust, high-performance technologies, particularly in strategic sectors such as defense, energy, cyber and critical infrastructure. Technical validation is not the issue. Many companies are already operating with real-world traction and globally minded ambitions.The constraint emerges when transitioning from product validation to international deployment in European and US markets. At that stage, the environment changes: growth capital becomes selective, institutional procurement cycles are long and relationship-driven, regulatory and compliance requirements differ across jurisdictions, and credibility with Western buyers must be deliberately constructed. The challenge is no longer technological, it is structural.Technologies are ready. Demand exists on both sides of the Atlantic. What remains complex is the pathway to institutional-scale deployment within EU and US systems.ISKRA addresses this structural execution gap.
WHAT WE DO
ISKRA acts as a scale-up and deployment operator for companies entering EU and US markets. We intervene at the stage where validated technologies must transition into structured international expansion. Our work is organized around three pillars:- First, we structure Western expansion by defining priority jurisdictions, target buyers and sequencing of certification, industrial setup and market entry.- Second, we design and run EU and US financing tracks, aligning private capital, public instruments and strategic partnerships within regulated environments.- Third, we support institutional positioning and industral deployment by integrating companies into procurement ecosystems and facilitating access to industrial operators and public buyers.We provide the structured execution required to scale in EU and US markets. ISKRA remains involved until expansion is not only defined, but operationally anchored within European and US systems.
OUR TEAM AND PARTNERS
Valentin Jedraszyk — FounderValentin Jedraszyk is the founder of ISKRA. A Franco-Polish graduate of Sciences Po Paris, he brings a background in public institutions, industrial policy and international market expansion. At the French Ministry of the Economy, he worked on national scale-up and competitiveness programs for high-growth companies. He later led Bpifrance, the French Public Investment Bank, in New York, supporting French technology and industrial firms expanding into North American markets through export finance and structured cross-border entry strategies.
Eliza Kurazova — PartnerEliza Kurazova brings a cross-disciplinary background spanning corporate law, venture capital exposure and technology environments. She has worked in legal roles within industrial and tech companies, including Fives and Voodoo.io, and gained early exposure to venture dynamics through the development of the Paris Business Angels. She also completed a traineeship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, contributing to her understanding of international institutional environments.Educated at Panthéon-Assas University (LLB, Law) and 42 (Computer Science), she combines legal structuring with technical fluency. Within ISKRA, she contributes to regulatory positioning, cross-border structuring and institutional alignment in technology-driven and impact-oriented contexts.
Sofia Sapozhnykova — Partner
Sofia Sapozhnykova is an energy and climate consultant with experience supporting governments, multilaterals and private-sector actors across Europe and emerging markets. Her work focuses on energy transition, decarbonization strategies and infrastructure-related investment frameworks, with particular engagement in Ukraine’s reconstruction and investment mobilization agenda.Educated at Sciences Po (Economics and Business) and the University of Geneva, Sofia combines policy literacy, financial structuring awareness and institutional coordination experience reinforcing ISKRA’s ability to operate within regulated, capital-intensive and internationally governed environments.
Appleton Luff — Key Strategic PartnerAppleton Luff is an international law firm specializing in international trade, export controls, sanctions, government contracts and regulatory compliance. With offices across Europe and the United States, the firm advises companies operating in regulated and strategic sectors, including defense and dual-use environments. Its expertise covers cross-border structuring, technology licensing, compliance architecture and interaction with institutional and government stakeholders. In contexts where regulatory positioning and legal structuring are critical to market access, coordination with Appleton Luff is integrated into ISKRA’s execution model.Through this partnership, ISKRA ensures that expansion into EU and US markets is supported by rigorous legal and compliance frameworks aligned with Western regulatory standards.
CONTACT
If you are building a technology with strategic relevance and international ambition, and are looking to expand into Western Europe or the United States, get in touch.
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