Max
Shtepa 
Co-founder,
CEO
Макс Штепа
  • Created a company, which is now building other companies, from scratch.
  • Started his career in investment banking and corporate finance. This experience helped him found SKELAR in 2015.
  • In 5 years, he plans to launch ten Ukrainian product companies.
  • Kicks off the day with morning HIIT workouts before work.
Valery
Gladky 
Co-founder, Head of Finance & Legal
Валерій Гладкий
  • Develops first-class infrastructure, services, and competitive benefits for SKELAR businesses.
  • Joined the team in 2018. Built financial and legal teams (with more than 30 specialists) in 3 different jurisdictions (USA, Cyprus, Ukraine).
  • Started his career in investment banking and raised more than $500 million in financing in Ukraine. Received an MBA from IE Business School. Advised banks in the CEE region as part of PwC. Created a B2B direction of agritech within a public company with a listing in Warsaw.
Kyrylo
Bondarev
Co-founder, Head of Strategy and Vision
Кирило Бондарєв
  • Joined SKELAR as a Junior Analyst in 2014 when it was a small startup.
  • Made his way from Junior analyst to Chief Product Officer. At that time, we were an IT company with one product, which Kyrylo helped to bring to life.
  • When SKELAR began its transformation into a Venture Builder, he decided to continue his career path in the role of Chief Vision Officer and is now engaged in strategic corporate management.
Vladyslav
Ivchenko
COO
Владислав Івченко
  • Helps service team leaders build an efficient infrastructure for the development of new unicorns.
  • Implements large-scale projects to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
  • Worked in the advertising business for 10 years, where he made his way from a PR trainee to the CEO of one of the largest performance marketing agencies in Ukraine.
Kateryna
Sergienko
Head
of Recruitment
Катерина Сергієнко
  • Strengthens the business by hiring cool professionals and manages a team of 21 recruiters and sourcers.
  • By education, she is a simultaneous translator.
  • She started her career as a Project Management Officer at Luxoft, and in 2017 she changed her field and started her journey in IT recruiting from scratch.
Slava
Matskov
Founder & CEO
of Howly
В'ячеслав Мацьков
  • Gathered a powerful team and together with it is building a global platform for online consultations.
  • Studied at Kyiv School of Economics, IE Business School, and CFA Institute. He started his career in finance and worked in such companies as KPMG, Concorde Capital, Horizon Capital. He also advised global companies in France, Germany, Nigeria, Kenya and Ukraine as part of the McKinsey team.
  • From consulting, he dove into the world of technology as the director of analytics and product at a Californian startup.
Artem
Kutukov
Founder & CEO
of StoryBy
Artem Kutukov
  • Built and continues to develop an ecosystem of modern publishing, where the popularity of a book is not determined by the publishing house, but by the readers only. Within a year, AlphaNovel was ranked among the top twenty apps in the Books category, beating out Amazon Kindle.
  • Studied at KPI and received an engineering education.
  • Joined the company as an Android Developer.
  • Launched more than 12 pet-related projects and one offline business. Knows exactly how to assemble an all-star team and create an MVP that is easy to scale.
Serhii
Bohoslovskyi 
Founder
of Trible
Сергій Богословський
  • Creates a platform for Knowledge Creators, which will help them to monetize their audience through the creation of their own application or site.
  • Started his career in analytics: financial, business, and sales.
  • He started entrepreneurship while still at school - at the age of 17, he opened a tire shop in Kyiv with a friend.
  • Before the creation of Trible, he managed to launch many projects and even made several successful exits. All this before turning 25!
Oleksandr
Matsiuk
Founder & CEO
RiseGuide
  • Launched new products at SKELAR in 2020 as Head of Growth. Understands how to research niches for new business, evaluate competitors and form a winning strategy in the chosen market.
  • Obtained Masters in Management in Switzerland, which is among the top educational business programs according to the Financial Times.
  • At the beginning of his professional career, he worked with the startup InflightVR in Barcelona, ​​venture investments at Motu Ventures in Berlin, and later at TA Ventures.
Serhii
Kapranov
Founder & CEO
Spirio
  • He has implemented dozens of IT products for both startups and international corporations for partners in the US, Europe, and Asia.
  • Launched his own startup studio for the development of mobile B2C applications in partnership with Spirio
  • Built the Delivery department to manage 150 tech specialists as Head of Delivery
  • Studied marketing at NaUKMA, started his career in marketing
Eugene
Kashuk
Founder & CEO
of Brighterly
Євген Кашук
  • Develops an EdTech start-up for learning mathematics and aims to make education for children aged 5 to 15 in the US market easier, more accessible, and more fun.
  • Studied Finance at KNEU. Made his way from the position of Customer Support and Marketer to Founding CEO.
  • Before SKELAR, he managed to launch and successfully sell two of his own IT businesses in EdTech and Digital Marketing.
Oleksandr
Barkar
Founder & CEO
of Relatio
  • Together with the team, he is building a relationship advice platform for maintaining harmonious relationships between people.
  • He started his career simultaneously in FMCG as an analyst and in the furniture business.
  • Before creating Relatio, he started 2 heavy-ops businesses and exited one of them. He has extensive experience building from scratch and managing complex B2B companies.
  • He studied systematic analysis of financial markets at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
Maksym
Shmalii
CEO at MaxBeauty by SKELAR
  • He moved to marketing after FMCG (Philip Morris), consulting (Deloitte), and private equity (Dragon Capital).
  • In 1 year, he was promoted to CMO at SKELAR, expanded the marketing team from 2 to 7 zones (50+ specialists).
Max
Shtepa 
Co-founder,
CEO
Макс Штепа
  • Created a company, which is now building other companies, from scratch.
  • Started his career in investment banking and corporate finance. This experience helped him found SKELAR in 2015.
  • In 5 years, he plans to launch ten Ukrainian product companies.
  • Kicks off the day with morning HIIT workouts before work.
Valery
Gladky
Co-founder, Head of Finance & Legal Department
Валерій Гладкий
  • Develops first-class infrastructure, services, and competitive benefits for SKELAR businesses.
  • Joined the team in 2018. Built financial and legal teams (with more than 30 specialists) in 3 different jurisdictions (USA, Cyprus, Ukraine).
  • Started his career in investment banking and raised more than $500 million in financing in Ukraine. Received an MBA from IE Business School. Advised banks in the CEE region as part of PwC. Created a B2B direction of agritech within a public company with a listing in Warsaw.
Kyrylo
Bondarev
Co-founder, Head of Strategy and Vision Department
Кирило Бондарєв
  • Joined SKELAR as a Junior Analyst in 2014 when it was a small startup.
  • Made his way from Junior analyst to Chief Product Officer. At that time, we were an IT company with one product, which Kyrylo helped to bring to life.
  • When SKELAR began its transformation into a Venture Builder, he decided to continue his career path in the role of Chief Vision Officer and is now engaged in strategic corporate management.
Vladyslav
Ivchenko
Director of Operations
Владислав Івченко
  • Helps service team leaders build an efficient infrastructure for the development of new unicorns.
  • Implements large-scale projects to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
  • Worked in the advertising business for 10 years, where he made his way from a PR trainee to the CEO of one of the largest performance marketing agencies in Ukraine.
Veronika
Kavka
People Operations Director
Вероніка Кавка
  • Built process for recruiting, HR, internal communications and business administration from scratch. Currently, 97% of candidates accept offers, and 94% successfully pass the first performance review.
  • Worked over 10 years in talent management.
  • She started her career by launching an outsourcing call center and was the first in Ukraine to introduce online MBA programs.
Kateryna
Sergienko
Head of
Recruitment
Катерина Сергієнко
  • Strengthens the business by hiring cool professionals and manages a team of 21 recruiters and sourcers.
  • By education, she is a simultaneous translator.
  • She started her career as a Project Management Officer at Luxoft, and in 2017 she changed her field and started her journey in IT recruiting from scratch.
Slava
Matskov
Founder & CEO Howly
В'ячеслав Мацьков
  • Gathered a powerful team and together with it is building a global platform for online consultations.
  • Studied at Kyiv School of Economics, IE Business School, and CFA Institute. He started his career in finance and worked in such companies as KPMG, Concorde Capital, Horizon Capital. He also advised global companies in France, Germany, Nigeria, Kenya and Ukraine as part of the McKinsey team.
  • From consulting, he dove into the world of technology as the director of analytics and product at a Californian startup.
Artem
Kutukov
Founder & CEO AlphaNovel
Artem Kutukov
  • Built and continues to develop an ecosystem of modern publishing, where the popularity of a book is not determined by the publishing house, but by the readers only. Within a year, AlphaNovel was ranked among the top twenty apps in the Books category, beating out Amazon Kindle.
  • Studied at KPI and received an engineering education.
  • Joined the company as an Android Developer.
  • Launched more than 12 pet-related projects and one offline business. Knows exactly how to assemble an all-star team and create an MVP that is easy to scale.
Serhii
Bohoslovskyi
Founder & CEO Trible
Сергій Богословський
  • Creates a platform for Knowledge Creators, which will help them to monetize their audience through the creation of their own application or site.
  • Started his career in analytics: financial, business, and sales.
  • He started entrepreneurship while still at school - at the age of 17, he opened a tire shop in Kyiv with a friend.
  • Before the creation of Trible, he managed to launch many projects and even made several successful exits. All this before turning 25!
Олександр
Мацюк
Co-founder & COO Trible
Олександр Мацюк
  • Будує напрями Sales, Support, Customer Success та Content.
  • Навчався у Швейцарії на програмі Masters in Management, яку 12 років поспіль видання Financial Times визнає найкращою у світі.
  • На початку кар’єри працював зі стартапом InflightVR у Барселоні, венчурними інвестиціями в Motu Ventures у Берліні, а згодом приєднався до TA Ventures в Україні.
Eugene
Kashuk
Founder & CEO Brighterly
Євген Кашук
  • Develops an EdTech start-up for learning mathematics and aims to make education for children aged 5 to 15 in the US market easier, more accessible, and more fun.
  • Studied Finance at KNEU. Made his way from the position of Customer Support and Marketer to Founding CEO.
  • Before SKELAR, he managed to launch and successfully sell two of his own IT businesses in EdTech and Digital Marketing.
Maksym
Shmalii
CEO at MaxBeauty by SKELAR
  • He moved to marketing after FMCG (Philip Morris), consulting (Deloitte), and private equity (Dragon Capital).
  • In 1 year, he was promoted to CMO at SKELAR, expanded the marketing team from 2 to 7 zones (50+ specialists).
Max
Shtepa
Co-founder,
CEO
Макс Штепа
  • Created a company, which is now building other companies, from scratch.
  • Started his career in investment banking and corporate finance. This experience helped him found SKELAR in 2015.
  • In 5 years, he plans to launch ten Ukrainian product companies.
  • Kicks off the day with morning HIIT workouts before work.
Valery
Gladky 
Co-founder,
CFO
Валерій Гладкий
  • Develops first-class infrastructure, services, and competitive benefits for SKELAR businesses.
  • Joined the team in 2018. Built financial and legal teams (with more than 30 specialists) in 3 different jurisdictions (USA, Cyprus, Ukraine).
  • Started his career in investment banking and raised more than $500 million in financing in Ukraine. Received an MBA from IE Business School. Advised banks in the CEE region as part of PwC. Created a B2B direction of agritech within a public company with a listing in Warsaw.
Kyrylo
Bondarev
Co-founder,
CVO
Кирило Бондарєв
  • Joined SKELAR as a Junior Analyst in 2014 when it was a small startup.
  • Made his way from Junior analyst to Chief Product Officer. At that time, we were an IT company with one product, which Kyrylo helped to bring to life.
  • When SKELAR began its transformation into a Venture Builder, he decided to continue his career path in the role of Chief Vision Officer and is now engaged in strategic corporate management.
Vladyslav
Ivchenko
COO
Владислав Івченко
  • Helps service team leaders build an efficient infrastructure for the development of new unicorns.
  • Implements large-scale projects to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
  • Worked in the advertising business for 10 years, where he made his way from a PR trainee to the CEO of one of the largest performance marketing agencies in Ukraine.
Slava
Matskov
Founder & CEO
Howly
В'ячеслав Мацьков
  • Gathered a powerful team and together with it is building a global platform for online consultations.
  • Studied at Kyiv School of Economics, IE Business School, and CFA Institute. He started his career in finance and worked in such companies as KPMG, Concorde Capital, Horizon Capital. He also advised global companies in France, Germany, Nigeria, Kenya and Ukraine as part of the McKinsey team.
  • From consulting, he dove into the world of technology as the director of analytics and product at a Californian startup.
Artem
Kutukov
Founder & CEO
Storyby
Artem Kutukov
  • Built and continues to develop an ecosystem of modern publishing, where the popularity of a book is not determined by the publishing house, but by the readers only. Within a year, AlphaNovel was ranked among the top twenty apps in the Books category, beating out Amazon Kindle.
  • Studied at KPI and received an engineering education.
  • Joined the company as an Android Developer.
  • Launched more than 12 pet-related projects and one offline business. Knows exactly how to assemble an all-star team and create an MVP that is easy to scale.
Serhii
Bohoslovskyi 
Founder
Trible
Сергій Богословський
  • Creates a platform for Knowledge Creators, which will help them to monetize their audience through the creation of their own application or site.
  • Started his career in analytics: financial, business, and sales.
  • He started entrepreneurship while still at school - at the age of 17, he opened a tire shop in Kyiv with a friend.
  • Before the creation of Trible, he managed to launch many projects and even made several successful exits. All this before turning 25!
Oleksandr
Matsiuk
Founder & CEO
RiseGuide
  • Launched new products at SKELAR in 2020 as Head of Growth. Understands how to research niches for new business, evaluate competitors and form a winning strategy in the chosen market.
  • Obtained Masters in Management in Switzerland, which is among the top educational business programs according to the Financial Times.
  • At the beginning of his professional career, he worked with the startup InflightVR in Barcelona, ​​venture investments at Motu Ventures in Berlin, and later at TA Ventures.
Serhii
Kapranov
Founder & CEO
Spirio
  • Implemented dozens of IT products for both startups and international corporations, serving partners from the US, Europe, and Asia.
  • Launched a startup studio focused on developing mobile B2C applications.
Eugene
Kashuk
Founder & CEO
Brighterly
Євген Кашук
  • Develops an EdTech start-up for learning mathematics and aims to make education for children aged 5 to 15 in the US market easier, more accessible, and more fun.
  • Studied Finance at KNEU. Made his way from the position of Customer Support and Marketer to Founding CEO.
  • Before SKELAR, he managed to launch and successfully sell two of his own IT businesses in EdTech and Digital Marketing.
Maksym
Shmalii
CEO at
MaxBeauty
by SKELAR
  • He moved to marketing after FMCG (Philip Morris), consulting (Deloitte), and private equity (Dragon Capital).
  • In 1 year, he was promoted to CMO at SKELAR, expanded the marketing team from 2 to 7 zones (50+ specialists).
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