Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This episode of “Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others” features Deborah Fairlamb, a founding partner at Green Flag Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on tech products, founded in 2023. Deborah has extensive corporate, entrepreneurial, and government experience across different countries. She's been living in Ukraine since 2015, specialising in investments and business development.
In this interview, Deborah shares her expertise in financing Ukrainian startups, talks about promoting investments in Ukraine during the war, and reveals how Ukraine fosters the cooperation connection between the international tech ecosystem.
This publication has been produced with the support of the ”Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine”. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of Ukraїner and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Fund and/or of its financing partners.
Timecode titles
00:00:00 - Teaser
00:00:58 – Introduction
00:01:38 – Background
00:02:58 – Interest towards Ukraine
00:06:13 – Differences between Ukraine and Russia
00:08:12 – Georgia’s impact
00:11:38 – Private sector in Ukraine and Georgia
00:16:41 – Giving voice for Ukraine*
00:18:30 – Change of Foreign Investment Interest
00:26:40 – Ukrainian strengths
00:28:28 – Corruption risk
00:32:59 – Government’s business encouragement
00:36:32 – Startup ecosystem
00:42:46 – Tech development in Ukraine
00:44:50 – Importance of leadership
00:47:57 – Banking technology
00:50:30 – Ways to foster the technologies
00:53:45 – Fields for investment
00:59:43 – Defence tech
01:03:20 – Support of tech during the War
01:08:29 - Exit strategies
01:10:01 - Words to investors
Interviewer: Julia Tymoshenko (instagram.com/yulia_tymosha)
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This episode of “Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others” features Deborah Fairlamb, a founding partner at Green Flag Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on tech products, founded in 2023. Deborah has extensive corporate, entrepreneurial, and government experience across different countries. She's been living in Ukraine since 2015, specialising in investments and business development.
In this interview, Deborah shares her expertise in financing Ukrainian startups, talks about promoting investments in Ukraine during the war, and reveals how Ukraine fosters the cooperation connection between the international tech ecosystem.
This publication has been produced with the support of the ”Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine”. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of Ukraїner and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Fund and/or of its financing partners.
Timecode titles
00:00:00 - Teaser
00:00:58 – Introduction
00:01:38 – Background
00:02:58 – Interest towards Ukraine
00:06:13 – Differences between Ukraine and Russia
00:08:12 – Georgia’s impact
00:11:38 – Private sector in Ukraine and Georgia
00:16:41 – Giving voice for Ukraine*
00:18:30 – Change of Foreign Investment Interest
00:26:40 – Ukrainian strengths
00:28:28 – Corruption risk
00:32:59 – Government’s business encouragement
00:36:32 – Startup ecosystem
00:42:46 – Tech development in Ukraine
00:44:50 – Importance of leadership
00:47:57 – Banking technology
00:50:30 – Ways to foster the technologies
00:53:45 – Fields for investment
00:59:43 – Defence tech
01:03:20 – Support of tech during the War
01:08:29 - Exit strategies
01:10:01 - Words to investors
Interviewer: Julia Tymoshenko (instagram.com/yulia_tymosha)
Support us: ukrainer.net/donate-en
Ukrainer in English YouTube: youtube.com/c/UkrainerinEnglish/videos
Ukrainer in English Facebook:
facebook.com/ukrainer.eng
Ukrainer in English Instagram:
instagram.com/ukrainer_en
#ukraine #interview
