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A team for founders with global ambition

We help turn consumer businesses into category leaders across global markets.
Community

Experience and knowledge

Experience and knowledge. Experience compounds here. No one has to solve hard problems alone. Founders and teams have direct access to businesses that have already faced – and solved – similar challenges. Shared knowledge, a strong network, and internal learning help teams move faster and execute better.
Capital

Funding

Funding. We finance the company from day one to sustained profitability. When the strategy calls for outside capital, we help make that happen.
Efficiency

Platform

Platform. Founders stay focused on product and strategy. We handle the operational side to help them get from 0 to 1 faster.

The employer of choice for A-players

Ranked #1 in 2024 and #2 in 2025 in DOU’s employer rankings.
We bring together high performers and give them the ownership and environment to perform at their best. Join SKELAR to raise your game.

Co-Founder & CMO Liven

Lera Synenko
Lera Synenko

Lera is the first female co-founder at SKELAR and the CMO at Liven. She began her journey within the company as Head of Operations.

Head of Planning & Reporting at SKELAR

Artem Sarnatskyi
Artem Sarnatskyi

With experience in the Big Four and commodity trading, Artem and his team build SKELAR's financial infrastructure — from reporting and budgeting to process automation.

Treasury Business Partner Lead

Yulia Rats
Yulia Rats

Yulia joined SKELAR from a global FMCG company as a Middle Treasury Partner. In just one year, she became the lead of the function, and together with her team, she ensures treasury support for our businesses.

Co-Founder & CPO Leaply

Dima Chornyi
Dima Chornyi

Four years ago, Dima joined SKELAR as an analyst. Today, he is the co-founder of Leaply — a business that achieved unit economic viability in just two weeks and has already scaled 10x.

CTO Storyby

Vova Boyko
Vova Boyko

Vova joined as an iOS engineer, launched the mobile apps vertical alongside the CEO, and over the next five years grew into the Chief Technology Officer role at Storyby.

Head of Communications at SKELAR

Ira Franchuk
Ira Franchuk

Coming from the biopharmaceutical industry, Ira became the company’s first communications specialist. In just a year and a half, she led her team to establish SKELAR as the #1 employer brand in the tech industry.

Co-Founder & CEO RiseGuide

Sasha Matsiuk
Sasha Matsiuk

As Head of Growth at SKELAR, Sasha headhunted several co-founders for venture builder. Two years later, he became a co-founder himself and is now the CEO of RiseGuide.

Co-Founder & CMO Leaply

Lena Paiuk
Lena Paiuk

In 3.5 years, Lena progressed from her first steps in performance marketing to becoming a Head of Marketing, leading a team of 15+ specialists.

Co-Founder & CMO Dressly

Lena Povietkina
Lena Povietkina

Lena started her career at the Big Four firm and joined SKELAR as a Junior User Acquisition Manager. Today, she is building a fast-growing fashion-tech business that grew 20x in the last year alone.

Expansion Lead at SKELAR

Vika Dudnyk
Vika Dudnyk

She started as an HR Generalist and, within just one year, rose to lead the Polish office. She launched three offices in Poland and took full responsibility for operations in the new region.

Lead Product Analyst at Howly

Bohdan Perepelytsia
Bohdan Perepelytsia

Bohdan joined as a Junior Analyst and became a team lead within two years. Along the way, he built the analytics function from scratch, helping Howly grow more than 10x.

Head of Talent Acquisition at SKELAR

Olesia Dzoba
Olesia Dzoba

Olesia joined as a recruiter, led a six-person team within six months, and now heads Talent Acquisition at SKELAR, overseeing a 60+ person department.

Head of Engineering at MaxBeauty

Dima Kharchenko
Dima Kharchenko

Seeking ambitious challenges, Dima transitioned from outsourcing to product development and rose to the position of Head of Engineering. Together with his team, he developed the MaxBeauty iOS app in just 40 days, achieving a 4.4 rating on Trustpilot.

Meetups
Conferences

Education. More than 5,000 professionals have gone through SKELAR Intensives – from starting a new career track to leveling up as Senior+ talent. We train product managers, software engineers, analysts, and marketers.

Meetups
Conferences

Events

We host meetups and conferences that bring professionals together to share insights and move Ukraine’s tech industry forward.
AI
Kyiv
Online
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June 6
Analytics
Kyiv
Online
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May 30

Analytics Saturday: AI, Automation & Product

Mobile
Lviv
Online
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April 23

Mobile stack insights

Marketing
Lviv
Online
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March 17

Creative Marketing Meetup

Product
Kyiv
Warsaw
Online
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March 13–14
Recruiting
Kyiv
Online
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March 12

Behind the hiring

Product
Lviv
Online
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February 12

Product Talks

Analytics
Warsaw
Online
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February 3

Analytics Meetup

HR
Kyiv
Online
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January 29

«За чи проти»: просмажка міфів у HR-автоматизації

Leadership
Warsaw
Online
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December 22

SKELAR X Wtech: Warsaw NY Meetup

SKELAR Values

Act fast & furious

Ideas are everywhere. Few people act on them. We move fast and with conviction to be first.

Be a builder

We work with a lot of freedom and ownership. We take initiative, act on it, and stay on top of our own work.

Stop at never

We take on challenges others see as impossible. We set a high bar for ourselves and go all in to get the result.

Assemble talents

What we build matters. So does who we build it with. Bringing strong people onto the team is everyone’s job.

Grab opportunities

People here don’t wait around – they take initiative. We give teams the resources and freedom to move without waiting for permission.

In data we trust

We make decisions based on data, not gut feel. We value unconventional ideas, but they need to be grounded in facts and analysis.

With SKELAR, you build what others think is impossible