Ukraine leads a 20-founder wave of ex-USSR emigrant entrepreneurs now selling B2B services abroad
Asked (summary):
A list of immigrants from ex-USSR countries who moved to other countries in the past 4 years and own a business providing services to B2B companies.
This public-web scan surfaced 20 usable leads who relocated internationally between 11 October 2022 and 11 October 2026, originate in a former Soviet republic, are publicly identified as founders, co-founders or owners, and run companies offering B2B services, SaaS or enterprise technology. It is researched lead material drawn from 19 public pages across 7 hosts — not a census, and not a claim of completeness: 13 of 20 rows rest on self-reported LinkedIn profiles.
Where they came from, and where they went
Flow width = number of founders. Hover a country or ribbon for the people behind it. Counts cover all 20 leads.
Ukraine is the largest origin with 10 of 20 founders, and 5 of them chose the United States — the single busiest corridor in the set. easternbrief.substack.com
2023 was the peak relocation year with 11 of 20 moves; no qualified 2024 lead survived the final quality filter. embed-v2.testimonial.to
Kazakhstan is the second origin with 4 founders, including the two Introdex co-founders who both landed in Singapore. linkedin.com
Seven of 20 rows carry editorial or third-party coverage — awards press, startup programs, interviews — while the other 13 rely on the founders' own public profiles; re-verify timing and ownership before outreach. freepressseries.co.uk
Moves by relocation year
Dates given only as a year keep year precision.
Evidence mix
Self-reported profile evidence vs editorial or third-party coverage.
All 20 leads
Click a column header to sort. Evidence: profile = self-reported; editorial = third-party coverage.
Person
Origin
Destination
Moved
Company
Role
B2B offering
Evidence · source
Method: researched lead list of 20 public-web rows (final shortlist after quality filtering), one per founder/company, gathered as of 11 October 2026. "Past 4 years" = 2022-10-11 to 2026-10-11. Counts come from precomputed summary rows. Evidence spans 19 distinct URLs on 7 hosts; 13 rows are self-reported LinkedIn profiles, 7 editorial/third-party. Relocation dates stated only as a year are kept at year precision; "U.S." normalized to "United States" for the flow. Re-verify relocation timing, current ownership and business activity before outreach. Not personal contact data.