Yurij Riphyak

Areas of expertise: Business development, startups, product management, international marketing, economics, UX/UI.

Starting his career as a designer in 2000, Yura has been building user interfaces for web and stand-alone digital products before the UX/UI acronym was invented. He collaborated with an advisory to Ukraine’s President Yushchenko between 2005 and 2010. On 24 February 2010, he has been awarded with the Ukrainian national “Order of Merit Class III”. In 2009, he founded “Chumak Way” – a startup-focused business development consultancy.

In 2012, Yura co-founded Hubbub.fm- a “Twitter for Voice”. Raising a Series A round for this startup brought him back in London, where he met Anton Mishchenko and Andri Grushetsky.

They have founded YouTeam in March 2014, with a vision of a new type of product development agency - focused on the specific needs and dynamics of innovation-based products. In 2016 YouTeam pivoted to become world's first b2b marketplace for engineering talent. In 2017 YouTeam joined the W18 batch of Y Combinator.

Besides YouTeam work, Yura also mentors several startups, lectures at Lviv Startup School and teaches business development crash course at two universities.

Yurij Riphyak is the CEO at YouTeam (YC W18), based in United States, North America. With a background in SaaS, Yurij Riphyak has a rich history of leadership and innovation.Yurij Riphyak studied Certificate Economics at London School of Economics and Political Science. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.