{"id":1039,"date":"2025-03-17T11:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:14:56","slug":"def-talks-unit-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/03\/def-talks-unit-city\/","title":{"rendered":"DEF.Talks, a series of events on investment in defence tech, launches in Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 19 March, <a href=\"https:\/\/bazait.com\/\">BazaIT<\/a>,\u00a0together with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unit.city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UNIT.City<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uadutcluster.tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UADUT Cluster<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/unbai-global\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UNBAI<\/a>\u00a0will hold an offline meeting titled \u2018DEF.Talks: Prospects and challenges of investing in the Ukrainian security sector\u2019. The event will open a series of DEF.Talks events to discuss the development of Ukrainian defence tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speakers of the first meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oles Khudoba, co-founder of Double Tap Investment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max Makarchuk, Head of AI\/ML products at Brave1;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serhiy Androshchuk, Director of Strategic Development at Promavtomatika;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dmytro Kuzmenko, CEO of UVCA, an association of venture capital investors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1921-1024x576.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1036\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1921-1024x576.avif 1024w, https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1921-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1921-768x432.avif 768w, https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1921-1536x864.avif 1536w, https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1921.avif 1904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will focus on investments in Ukrainian defence tech, key challenges and promising areas of its development, as well as mechanisms of state support and private capital attraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investors, entrepreneurs and experts involved in the development of defence technologies in Ukraine are invited to participate. 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