Yale Ventures’ Josh Geballe and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment’s Stu DeCew joined the Ukraine Green Chemistry Accelerator for a one-hour interactive discussion on early-stage commercialization challenges within Ukraine’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The session was moderated by Matthew Moroney, Director of Startups & Mentors for the Global GreenChem Accelerator.
After a brief welcome, Accelerator Director Olena Tabachuk outlined the key challenges, prompting discussion around three core questions:
- How pre-seed teams can design proof-of-concept milestones to qualify for scale-up funding.
- How founders can secure conditional corporate offtake agreements to attract future financing.
- Which elements of Yale’s research-to-venture model can be adapted for a conflict-affected, resource-limited environment.
Josh Geballe, Yale’s Senior Associate Provost for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, leads Yale Ventures in translating research into startups and strengthening New Haven’s tech ecosystem. A former Connecticut COO and Core Informatics CEO (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), he holds a BA and MBA from Yale.
Stuart DeCew, Executive Director of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, oversees research, education, and outreach, co-founded ClimateHaven, and supports campus climate-tech ventures through Yale Ventures. He holds a joint MBA/MEM from Yale.
Olena Tabachuk, Director of Ukraine’s Greenchem Business Accelerator at the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre, supports startups applying green chemistry to agriculture, materials, and energy, providing mentoring, industry connections, and pilot funding. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
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