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Yevhenii Kostenetskyi and the arithmetic of play
He arrived at Genesis with a finance background and launched Impulse in 2018. Seven years later, its team reported 100 million downloads - built one small game, and one business experiment, at a time.
The Small Agency That Chose the Hard Stories
Most agencies sell attention to whoever can buy it. Kyiv's linza agency made a narrower bet: difficult public-interest stories deserve the sharpest strategy in the room.
At SET University, the final assignment can be a company
The Kyiv university puts entrepreneurship inside the technical degree. Born just before Russia’s full-scale invasion, it is teaching Ukrainians to turn engineering expertise into products of their own.
Empat
Empat is a Ukrainian custom software and product development company headquartered in Kyiv. Operating since 2013, it delivers full-cycle software development - system architecture, engineering, UI/UX design and go-to-market - to startups, scaleups and enterprises. Over 10+ years it has shipped 300+ digital products across 17 countries for clients including Porsche, Panasonic, Heinemann, CBRE and Transparency International, with a growing focus on AI, cloud and enterprise systems.
Igor Repeta
Igor Repeta is the CEO of Empat Tech, a Kyiv-based software development and outsourcing firm with nearly 200 engineers serving clients across 17 countries. He rose from Project Manager to Chief Executive Officer in four years, formally taking the helm in February 2026 after co-authoring the company's operational playbook as COO. Empat ranked #5 globally on the Clutch 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list in 2026 and holds back-to-back #1 Best IT Employer rankings in Ukraine (DOU 2024 and 2025). Beyond commercial growth, Repeta launched two civic tech projects during Russia's invasion of Ukraine: RevengeFor, a military fundraising platform channeling funds to ComeBackAlive, and HealUA, a peer-to-peer medical consultation platform for Ukrainian doctors.