The Youthquake business incubator, operating under the auspices of Diia.Business, has launched recruitment for a three-month entrepreneurial program for young people from all over Ukraine. The training covers three levels: a basic online course on business fundamentals, a series of Startup Talks meetings with active entrepreneurs, and an in-depth track with mentors, where teams test hypotheses, receive individual consultations, and prepare their project for pitching. Projects are accepted in six categories: Digital Products (applications, web platforms, IoT solutions), Manufacturing Projects (physical products and brands), Service Solutions (B2B, educational and medical services), STEAM and science-intensive developments, GreenTech (renewable energy, recycling), and AgroTech (digital tools for the agricultural sector).
Who can apply and how
The program is divided into two age groups: schoolchildren aged 13 to 17, and students and young people aged 18 to 25. You can participate independently with an idea, or as part of a team already working on an MVP. Registration is open until September 18, 2026.
Application requirements vary by category. Schoolchildren fill out a registration form and describe their business idea. Student teams, in addition to the form, submit a pitch deck of up to 10 slides presenting their MVP.
The organizers plan to involve over 1,000 participants, who will work in 320 teams. The in-depth track includes offline bootcamps in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Uzhhorod, Lutsk, Rivne, Poltava, and Ternopil. A virtual format is available for teams that cannot attend in person.
Prize fund
At the final Grand Demo Day, two winners will receive the main grants: UAH 500,000 in the "Schoolchildren" category and UAH 1,500,000 in the "Students" category. In addition, there are additional prizes for specific groups of participants:
4 school teams - UAH 250,000 each;
4 student teams - UAH 500,000 each;
10 teams in the GreenTech category - UAH 207,500 each;
20 teams from Lviv - UAH 200,000 each as part of the support from the Lviv City Council.
Finalists will also gain access to the country's entrepreneurial and technological ecosystem, expand their contacts, and take advantage of offers from program partners.
