The past year has been difficult for startups everywhere, but running a company in Ukraine during the Russian invasion comes with a whole different set of challenges. His is one of a dozen Ukrainian startups backed by a government fund that are at CES this year to show their technology to the world. Karina Kudriavtseva of the government-backed Ukrainian Startup Fund, says that, like Knopka, all of the country’s startups have kept going since Russia’s invasion almost a year ago. The invasion forced Valentyn Frechka to relocate to France, but he says his Releaf paper company has never stopped production. “So it really makes us more open for the world.”___For more coverage of the Consumer Electronics show, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/technology

Source: Forbes January 08, 2023 04:34 UTC