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MEET THE UP COLLECTIVE

Over the last 5 years and counting, refugee and other newcomer entrepreneurs have used UP Collective as a springboard to develop and promote their business ideas.

Meet our members and read, watch and listen to their stories - highlighting their experience with UP Collective and their journeys after graduating.

PARTNER WITH UP COLLECTIVE

Join as an UP Collective partner to bring UP Collective to entrepreneurial newcomers in your city; become an entrepreneur employment partner and more.

VOLUNTEER WITH UP COLLECTIVE

Use your hard-won business skills to make a tangible impact in the life of an aspiring entrepreneur.

JOIN UP COLLECTIVE

Do you want to be an entrepreneur? Do you have a business idea? Do you want to build business skills?

Have you already had a successful business and want to start something fresh? 

 

Apply to join UP Collective in your city to bring your ideas to life! In the programme, you join an awesome community and together, you get to explore entrepreneurship, develop your product or service idea, and test it with potential customers!

After you graduate from the UP Collective programme, you’ll join our wonderful collective of hundreds of alumni. Check out stories from UP Collective alumni members here.

WHERE IS UP COLLECTIVE ACTIVE?

UP Collective runs in 3 countries and 4 cities. In each city, UP Collective is run by a local partner organisation. Check out our map to find out about the UP Collective in each city, the local partner organisations and the entrepreneurs they work with.

 

UP Collective will grow and get started in more cities and countries soon. We want to reach refugee and migrant entrepreneurs in places where entrepreneurship support  is still limited!  Maybe you could get involved to kickstart UP Collective for entrepreneurial newcomers in your city! 

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Up Collective is an

entrepreneurial community and

programme that helps refugee

and other newcomer entrepreneurs

take the first steps to turn their

awesome ideas into real

businesses and non-profits.

MEET THE UP COLLECTIVE

Over the last 5 years and counting, refugee and other newcomer entrepreneurs have used UP Collective as a springboard to develop and promote their business ideas.

Meet our members and read, watch and listen to their stories - highlighting their experience with UP Collective and their journeys after graduating.

UP COLLECTIVE

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USERS

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Even though she had to “start from scratch,” Alexandra – a trained architect – was eager and proactive in continuing her entrepreneurial journey. In previous years, she had an international career, working as an architect in places like Berlin and Tokyo. She then moved back to Ukraine, where she founded her own architecture and interior design studio Nikitenkoteam and worked as a tutor at the Kharkiv School of Architecture, Ukraine’s first and only private architecture school.

"If you want to be an entrepreneur, this is the place."

Ashen, UP Collective 2022 graduate

Even though she had to “start from scratch,” Alexandra – a trained architect – was eager and proactive in continuing her entrepreneurial journey. In previous years, she had an international career, working as an architect in places like Berlin and Tokyo. She then moved back to Ukraine, where she founded her own architecture and interior design studio Nikitenkoteam and worked as a tutor at the Kharkiv School of Architecture, Ukraine’s first and only private architecture school.

Even though she had to “start from scratch,” Alexandra – a trained architect – was eager and proactive in continuing her entrepreneurial journey. In previous years, she had an international career, working as an architect in places like Berlin and Tokyo. She then moved back to Ukraine, where she founded her own architecture and interior design studio Nikitenkoteam and worked as a tutor at the Kharkiv School of Architecture, Ukraine’s first and only private architecture school.

"This has been the greatest experience of my career and it couldn't have come at a better time."

Tahany, UP Collective 2022 graduate

Even though she had to “start from scratch,” Alexandra – a trained architect – was eager and proactive in continuing her entrepreneurial journey. In previous years, she had an international career, working as an architect in places like Berlin and Tokyo. She then moved back to Ukraine, where she founded her own architecture and interior design studio Nikitenkoteam and worked as a tutor at the Kharkiv School of Architecture, Ukraine’s first and only private architecture school.

"I really can’t understate
the huge impact joining has had on me."

Ruvi, UP Collective 2022 graduate