Entrepreneurship and early career Tigipko began her entrepreneurial career in the early 1990s as a solo founder, independently building and operating multiple offline businesses in industrial distribution, manufacturing, and services. She personally founded, managed, and scaled these companies without co-founders. She represented and distributed international industrial brands in
Ukraine, including
KÄRCHER, Schlick, Primus, LAVAMAC working with professional equipment, industrial systems, and commercial solutions. This stage of her career formed her operational expertise in business execution, cross-border partnerships, and long-term company building.
Venture investing and TA Ventures In 2010, Tigipko founded TA Ventures as a venture-building platform. Over time, it evolved into a single family office focused on technology investments and later into a global early-stage venture capital fund. As of 2026, TA Ventures Fund III operates as a global early-stage VC fund with investments across Europe, the United States, the MENA region, and Southeast Asia. The fund focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A stages, with an investment strategy emphasizing early liquidity oriented portfolio construction. By early 2026, TA Ventures had completed over 270 investments, with a portfolio including 17 unicorn companies and 8 public listings (IPOs).
Ukrainian Startup Fund From 2019 to 2025, Tigipko served as Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF), from the fund’s inception. In this role, she participated in shaping the fund’s strategy, governance framework, and evaluation processes for early-stage Ukrainian startups. The Ukrainian Startup Fund operates as a state-backed institution supporting innovation, grants, and early-stage technology companies in Ukraine.
ICLUB and angel investing In 2019, Tigipko founded
ICLUB, an international angel investment syndicate enabling private investors to co-invest alongside TA Ventures. Initially launched in Kyiv, ICLUB expanded to multiple regions across Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it transitioned into a fully digital investment platform, ICLUB.VC. As of 2026, ICLUB includes more than 7,000 investors across 42 countries. The organization’s long-term mission is to support the education and development of up to 100,000 angel investors by 2037, particularly among Ukrainian and European investor communities.
Conferences, education and technology initiatives From 2010 to 2015, Tigipko founded and organized IDCEE (Investor Day Central and Eastern Europe) in Kyiv. The conference became one of the largest startup and investment events in Central and Eastern Europe, hosting more than 2,000 participants annually from over 25 countries. In 2013, she initiated Code Club UA ., the Ukrainian chapter of the global Code Club movement, providing free programming education for children aged 8–14. In 2018, Tigipko co-founded Wtech, an international community of women leaders in technology and digital business, which grew to more than 10,000 members worldwide by 2026.
Film industry and cultural activity In 2010, Tigipko founded the
Odesa International Film Festival, which developed into one of the largest audience-focused film festivals in Eastern Europe. Since 2017, she has served as Chair of the Supervisory Board of the
Ukrainian Film Academy, which organizes the national film award
Golden Dzyga and supports the international presence of Ukrainian cinema. == Distinctions ==