Tamara Tachynska
- CEO at Qela App
GetLatka interview
How Qela App Powered a Ukrainian Volunteer Movement to 12,000 App Users and Is Now Launching to Western Nonprofits (Interview with CEO Tamara Tachynska)
Tamara Tachynska (CEO of Qela App) spoke to Nathan Latka on September 20, 2023.
Qela App figures from the interview
- App Users (Prototype Customer) (2023)
- 12,000
- Angel Investment
- $50,000
- Loan from Friend
- $50,000
- Grant Received (2023)
- €10,000
- Equity Sold
- 5%
“Actually, the story of qela app began before full Russian invasion in Ukraine. And before that, it was just standalone solution for one Ukrainian liberal movement. And it was like our prototype. And just before the invasion, we decided to turn this standalone solution into SaaS solution for every democratic community in the world.”
“It was €10,000. And after that we raised some like friends and family investment. It was about $100,000 So it allowed us to develop the solution.”
“$50,000 was sold for 5%.”
Bio
Tamara Tachynska is a communications strategist and manager from Kyiv. Ukraine. In the recent decade, she has been working on various projects from health care and politics to education and culture. This experience brought her to the idea that it is crucial to have tech solutions for community building that that We originated in Kyiv, Ukraine. The full-scale Russian invasion of our country further strengthened our belief that communities worldwide need tech tools not only to counter autocracies or having fun. But to involve people in civic activities to keep all that democratic society has achieved so far – and still have fun.