Oct 29, 20263 minS2
Warfare evolves in months. Defense procurement can take years. That gap is a security risk. Ukraine’s experience on the frontline has produced something rare: a working model for how defense innovation can actually move...
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FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan
Hosted by Valeriya Ionan · business · EN
About this Podcast:
FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan is a platform for conversations with investors, entrepreneurs, government officials, and global leaders about investment, partnerships, innovation, and scaling. Valeriya explores how and why international capital enters Ukraine and other emerging markets, and how Ukrainian companies expand globally. Practical dialogue for decision-makers and builders.🎥 Watch on YouTube — FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan. 📲 Follow on Instagram — @valeriya_ionan
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What is FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan about?
FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan is a platform for conversations with investors, entrepreneurs, government officials, and global leaders about investment, partnerships, innovation, and scaling. Valeriya explores how and why international capital enters Ukraine and other emerging markets, and how Ukrainian companies expand globally. Practical dialogue for decision-makers and builders.🎥 Watch on YouTube, FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan. 📲 Follow on Instagram, @valeriya_ionan
Who hosts FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan?
FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan is hosted by Valeriya Ionan. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
What has FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The New Defense Economy: Why Bureaucracy Is a Security Risk" (29 October 2026, 3 minutes), "Nobody Knows What’s Next. How Do You Lead Anyway?" (14 October 2026, 3 minutes), and "russia’s War Against Ukraine: Why “As Long As It Takes” Is a Losing Strategy | Perry Boyle" (10 October 2026, 48 minutes).
How often does FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan publish?
FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 13 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan?
Booking probability for FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan are Investment Banking & Trading and Business & Management Consulting. FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan has a business audience.
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Valeriya Ionan hosts FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan, a business podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Oct 14, 20263 minS2Leading through uncertainty is the only kind of leadership that matters now. AI is rewriting the rules, crises keep coming, and your next move cannot depend on knowing what happens next. When Valeriya Ionan was building...
Episode #3
russia’s War Against Ukraine: Why “As Long As It Takes” Is a Losing Strategy | Perry Boyle
Oct 10, 202648 minS2What is the world still getting wrong about Russia’s war against Ukraine and what would a strategy for victory actually look like? Perry Boyle spent 35 years on Wall Street before February 2022 changed everything. Now...
Oct 3, 20265 minS2I spent six years as Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, helping build Diia, the state super-app used by more than 24 million people, and moving Ukraine from 102nd to global top 5 in digital public...
FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan
Why Every Country Needs a Robotization Strategy
Sep 11, 20268 minS2Robots are no longer a futuristic story. They are becoming a national economic strategy. In this episode, Valeriya Ionan explores what serious national robotization strategies look like, why human plus robot is the...
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Sep 3, 202617 minS2Viktoriia Yaremchuk, Co-Founder & CEO of Farsight Vision, joins Valeriya Ionan to talk about how Ukraine is redefining situational awareness on the battlefield, why Western partners still underestimate digital...
Episode #1
Inside Ukraine's Defense Tech Boom: Investment, Drones and What's Next | Artem Moroz, Brave1
Aug 7, 202637 minS2FORWARD is back and Valeriya Ionan returns with a new episode and a new season, starting with Artem Moroz, investment lead at Brave1, the defense tech cluster that helped reshape Ukraine's entire defense industry since...
Apr 21, 202651 minS1<p>In this new episode with Acting Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Olexander Bornyakov, we dive into:How Ukraine is moving from “country in a smartphone” to an agentic state, where government services are...
Apr 20, 202615 minS1<p>In this episode, I speak with Taras Ostapchuk, founder of Ratel, one of the largest UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) producers in Ukraine. What started as a response to real battlefield needs has rapidly scaled into a...
Apr 19, 202648 minS1<p>What is an agentic state and why is it a bigger shift for governments than the last 20 years of digital transformation? In this episode, Luukas Ilves, former CIO of Estonia and advisor to Ukraine’s Minister of...
Apr 15, 20261h 1mS1<p>Oksana Markarova, former Finance Minister, architect of UkraineInvest and Ukrainian Startup Fund, former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States of America, now Presidential Advisor on Reconstruction and...
Episode #2
Wild Freedom, Venture as Adventure and Why Ukraine Feels Like “The Real America” with Andriy Fedoriv
Apr 15, 202658 minS1<p>In this episode, we dive into “wild freedom”, venture as adventure, Ukraine as “the real America in the center of Europe”, and why Kyiv today feels like New York in the late ’80s. If you are an investor, founder...
Apr 15, 202652 minS1<p>In this episode of FORWARD with Valeriya Ionan, American entrepreneur and investor Dave Morgan shares why, after successful adtech exits in the United States, he chose to open core operational teams in Ukraine during...
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