Arnaud Dassier

The leading US-based VC in Ukraine’s dual-use, defense, AI, and cyber early-stage product startups with global market potential. Ukraine’s tech trajectory today parallels Israel circa 1991. Under‑priced, de‑risked by front‑line NATO contracts, sitting at the nexus of security demand and commercial scale, and poised for rapid mark‑ups as Western primes scramble for replenishment tech. Six investments to date, many in the pipe. Elite team, first-mover & proprietary pipeline advantages.

Himera creates tactical communication systems for global defense forces, utilizing our unique access to an active modern battlefield. Our products were developed to meet the Ukrainian defense forces’ need for scalable and secure communication solutions for the most complex electronic environment. Thousands of our handsets are already being used with almost every type of combat unit. Because of this, we can receive active feedback on various use cases for our system and make rapid iterations to our product.

Founded in 2021 by Andrew Zinchuk, ZAS Ventures is a venture capital firm in San Francisco and Kyiv that boosts outstanding Ukrainian entrepreneurs building SaaS, AI, and cloud startups. We invest in early-stage startups that target the U.S. and the E.U. markets. We aim to help founders with four key elements on their path of building the next unicorns from the Central and Eastern European region. 1. Tune product & revise strategy 2. Engage advisors and first U.S. execs 3. Grow sales to $MM ARR 4. Attract Series A lead investor We are a founder-friendly, “hands-on,” and mentor-driven venture fund. Ex-Founders, Marketing Leaders, and Executives at Top Tech companies in the U.S. are mentoring our startups to accelerate their path to unicorn status.

Skfly Technologies designs, builds and sells electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (E-VTOL) which, initially, will be targeting the general aviation market (GA).

Nfinite is a leading e-merchandising platform that empowers retailers to grow their business and deliver better customer experiences through powerful, customizable visual content. Customers no longer depend on costly, logistical, and carbon-heavy photoshoots. The Nfinite Platform makes it easy to create, display, and manage unlimited product visuals using cutting-edge 3D CGI technology, making high-quality visual content more affordable, adaptable, and faster to create. With Nfinite, companies can deliver endless visual combinations, interactive experiences, and real-time personalized content to their customers worldwide. ∞ Infinite visuals: Unlimited visual product experiences, right at your fingertips. ∞ Infinite creativity: Anything is possible with CGI and your 3D product models. ∞ Infinite scalability: Unleash your true visual production capabilities. ∞ Infinite control: Empower your teams to collaborate across borders, and iterate content as often as you want or need. Follow for the latest product news, visuals trends, and inspirational stories from the Nfinite team.

The #1 AI platform for influencer marketing. Discover creators, run campaigns, and prove ROI, all in one place.

DRONIVKA delivers full-spectrum drone services — battle-tested in Ukraine, tailored for nations and industries worldwide. Conceived at the end of 2022 and refined through silent developments in 2023–2024, DRONIVKA is now public with a clear mission: to help governments, armed forces, international organizations, companies and strategic infrastructures seize the drone revolution. From doctrine and rules of engagement, to tailor-made tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), to the creation of national drone schools (offensive and defensive), we provide end-to-end solutions. Our expertise also covers brokering, red-teaming & pentesting of strategic or sensitive sites, advanced anti-drone consulting, and the design of complete national drone ecosystems. Our team unites Ukrainian and European experts with first-hand battlefield experience, ensuring that everything we deliver is not only innovative but also proven in real-life conditions.

The leading US-based VC in Ukraine’s dual-use, defense, AI, and cyber early-stage product startups with global market potential. Ukraine’s tech trajectory today parallels Israel circa 1991. Under‑priced, de‑risked by front‑line NATO contracts, sitting at the nexus of security demand and commercial scale, and poised for rapid mark‑ups as Western primes scramble for replenishment tech. Six investments to date, many in the pipe. Elite team, first-mover & proprietary pipeline advantages.

Himera creates tactical communication systems for global defense forces, utilizing our unique access to an active modern battlefield. Our products were developed to meet the Ukrainian defense forces’ need for scalable and secure communication solutions for the most complex electronic environment. Thousands of our handsets are already being used with almost every type of combat unit. Because of this, we can receive active feedback on various use cases for our system and make rapid iterations to our product.

Founded in 2021 by Andrew Zinchuk, ZAS Ventures is a venture capital firm in San Francisco and Kyiv that boosts outstanding Ukrainian entrepreneurs building SaaS, AI, and cloud startups. We invest in early-stage startups that target the U.S. and the E.U. markets. We aim to help founders with four key elements on their path of building the next unicorns from the Central and Eastern European region. 1. Tune product & revise strategy 2. Engage advisors and first U.S. execs 3. Grow sales to $MM ARR 4. Attract Series A lead investor We are a founder-friendly, “hands-on,” and mentor-driven venture fund. Ex-Founders, Marketing Leaders, and Executives at Top Tech companies in the U.S. are mentoring our startups to accelerate their path to unicorn status.

Kóryos is a cyber, defense and security tech fund that invests in Ukraine and everywhere Ukrainian talents are innovating. Ukraine is the next Israel. The context created by the war is pushing the many Ukrainian technological talents to create and test on the front new technologies at full speed. Ukraine was already a brain basket and the 1st IT outsourcing services provider of Europe. It is quickly becoming the main innovation hub and testing ground for Cybersecurity, Defense and Security technologies. We wish to help the Ukrainian entrepreneurs and engineers to bring their skills and technology to the world and, doing so, contribute to rebuild Ukraine and defend the free world.