# YEP

> YEP is a VC fund in Kyiv backing SaaS, FinTech and Compliance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yepaccelerator
- Website: https://www.yepworld.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yepincubators

YEP is a company that offers an incubator and acceleration program, mentoring, and grants for early-stage startups.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for YEP. Shizune tracks 2 team members at YEP. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/yep-744b?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Compliance | 1 | 33% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 33% |
| Fraud Detection | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Grant | 1 | 33% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cyprus | 1 | 33% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andriy Zaikin | Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andriy-zaikin |
| Viorica Cerbusca | Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viorica-cerbusca |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uniot | Uniot is a low-code IoT platform for designing, testing, and deploying smart devices quickly and easily. | $25K | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| SpeedyDD | SpeedyDD is a cloud-based KYB (Know Your Business) compliance and due diligence platform that helps regulated businesses automate their entire client onboarding and compliance lifecycle. Built for Corporate Service Providers (CSPs), Payment Service Providers (PSPs), Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs), and iGaming operators, SpeedyDD replacesfragmented, manual compliance workflows with a single ISO 27001-certified environment. The platform covers automated client onboarding with white-label embeddable forms, centralized document management with expiry tracking and automated renewal workflows, real-time PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening, KYB verification against company registries, KYC person verification for directors and UBOs, risk profiling with customizable weighted questionnaires, immutable audit trails, and company structure visualization. SpeedyDD has onboarded 4,000+ clients, manages 130,000+ compliance documents, and has completed 1,500+ screening checks. Customers include Hero Gaming and Rhino Entertainment (Malta iGaming operators) and Paydirection (payments). The platform is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant, and includes a Chrome extension for automated form filling. SpeedyDD is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program, supporting AI-driven innovation in the RegTech space. | $1.5M | Seed | May 16, 2025 |  |
| Contera | Contera.ai is a SaaS platform that automates up to 60% of marketing tasks, converting data into actionable SEO & paid advertising solutions. | $25K | Grant | Feb 25, 2025 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cyprus Research Innovation Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyprus-research-innovation-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DIP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dip-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GEM Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gem-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Newchip Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newchip) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Play Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [u.ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/u-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does YEP invest in?

YEP invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Compliance startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Cyprus. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact YEP?

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### Who are the partners at YEP?

The team at YEP includes Andriy Zaikin (Founder & CEO) and Viorica Cerbusca (Founder & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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