Well, it has been a long journey to get here. I am proud to announce the launch of Handstree — a platform for transparent and decentralized charity. ❤️‍🔥

This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without my amazing co-founders: Lia Ivolhina, Yanina Shabanova, and Ruslan Karandeyev.

We are also deeply grateful to the programs and incubators that supported us throughout this journey:

The LHoFT - Luxembourg House of Financial Technology and especially Nasir Zubairi, Annabelle Albert-Fonteneau, Alex Panican, and Maribel P.V., for the wonderful Catapult Ukraine program and the 1st prize that empowered us on our impact journey.

Startup Incubator Berlin, which supported us with business networking in Berlin and the Berlin Startup Stipendium. Thank you to Nora Revermann, Marvin Göldner, Sandra Thumm, Katrin Jahnke, Ayham Deeb, Julian Doms, Stephan Meyer-Brehm, Nina Urbanowitsch, and Alexander Eck.

PHINEO Startups, who literally opened the gates to the Berlin startup impact ecosystem for us. Without Sebastian Neumann, Franka Ismer, Jonas Wegener, Viviana Köhrbrück, and Netsai Ndaza, this wouldn’t have been possible.

1991 Accelerator, which planted the seeds of Handstree in their Mariupol hub and continues to support us through the Open Data Accelerator. Thank you, Ksenia Izakova, Jane Klepa, Sergey Kudryashov ✈️, Pavlo Poluliakh, Maryna Mykhailova, Viktor Gurskyi and Denis Gursky.

Additionally, I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the incredible individuals who have provided advice and support with kindness and passion:

Louis de Muyser, Olena MALCHYK, Norbert Herrmann, Ludwig Lindermayer, Hanna Montavon, LL.M., Natalie Nikolenko, Vladimir Loginov, Carolin Kröger, Vadim Kaduchenko, Aleksandra Yamschikova, David Wybranietz, Visar Ferizi, Vasili Shewelow, Don Ludwig, Madlen Dietrich, Markus Pins, Stefan Lilischkis, Martin Fielko, Rene Wienholtz, Caspar von Wrede, Sabir Naghiyev, Laurent Martin, Micha Schildmann, Pavlo Kutana, Saskia Howe, Maia Iva, Kai Malkwitz, Marian Neulant, Valeriia Kotsur, Rostislav Dyuk, Arnaud Lumet, and others.

And finally, my favorite tagline of all time:

Handstree — a community for those who care. Proudly designed in Mariupol 🇺🇦