About
In 2022, what it meant to be a Ukrainian living and working abroad changed. Suddenly hundreds of thousands of us needed each other — fast, and across every kind of question. UA Tech London is our answer.
Our story
There were Ukrainian diaspora organisations, but most were designed for a different generation and a different era. We wanted something that matched the people we knew — engineers at the world’s best companies, founders building global products from London, designers, scientists, operators — and reflected how that generation actually connects.
So Uliana Avtonomova and Margo Sivakova started a group chat. Five friends from Kyiv-to-London became eighty. Eighty became three hundred. Three hundred became five hundred — and counting. Invite-only, reputation-led, and warm enough that you actually know who’s in the room.
The shape of it
Five values
Every member agrees to them. Every referral is reviewed against them.
01
Time together is better when we share at least three things to talk about — and tech gives us thirty. Non-tech friends are welcome as guests at events.
02
Before anyone joins, we check they’ve had no affiliation with Russia in the last five years and no involvement in dubious activity. Non-negotiable. The full process is on our Code of Conduct.
03
We’re not chasing 1,000+ members. We’re building a warm, considered group of people who actually want to spend time with each other.
04
No ageism, no sexism, no toxic communication, no discrimination of any kind. Disagreement is welcome — argued well. People who don’t follow this are removed, quickly and without a fuss.
05
Members share events, opportunities and recommendations. The chat isn’t a platform for political dispute or self-promotion.
In a year
8–10 monthly meetupsNetworking mixers, themed evenings, AI and coding sessions, and partnership events.
2 festive gatheringsChristmas brunch in December, Independence Day dinner in August.
Trips & getawaysHiking weekends, Whitstable, ad-hoc community projects.
SpotlightsLinkedIn deep dives and Instagram features for two members each month.
The wikiPractical, members-only resources for life and work in London.
Coffee matchmakingMonthly one-to-one introductions between members across the community.
Founders
Co-founder, UA Tech London
Founder, Apex Talent Foundation, Investment Committee Member of the €50M Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund — a pre-seed to Series B fund for Ukrainian founders.
Co-founder, UA Tech London
Co-founder, Legal Nodes, Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe & Ukraine, European Women of Legal Tech Award winner, and a Techstars alum.
Join
Know a member? Ask them to introduce you — it’s the only way in. Or get in touch and we’ll point you in the right direction.