Can education save humankind?

We believe that many of humanity's problems today come from poor education.

Good news:
Every crises is an opportunity for an evolution.

from Ukraine to the rest of the world

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

To promote life contentment by revolutionising education
SKILLS FOR WORK AND LIFE
We aim to create a free educational tool that focuses on student's personal wellbeing skills first, then equips them with the hard and soft skills needed for their careers.
job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Goal: to help people turn crises into life upgrade through education
Our contentment with work and life starts from our relationship with ourselves.

HOW IT WORKS
At regular schools you learn theory, at universities - theory and practice. At Grains you first learn navigating your life and only then: theory, practice, soft skills and get a job.

A course on life navigation before admission
Completion of the course at Grains App is the admission requirement. It is the way to check students’ commitment and open the door to personal development.

Theory and soft skills training in Grains App
Grains App is a learning companion which helps to personalise the educational process and make it accessible anytime.

Hard skills practice at Grains School
Grains school is a physical space located in the tranquil nature, 30 min away from Kyiv city center.

Work with our partners
Students are contractually guaranteed to get a work placement upon the successful completion of studies.
job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Why a hospitality school in the war-zone?

By establishing a blueprint in the war-zone, we will be better prepared for helping other countries with high migration rates.

The Ukrainian hospitality industry is growing 15% YoY
The war stimulates concentration of people in the most protected cities and increases the demand.

The industry severely needs skilled labor
Due to the pandemics, the war and the lack of expertise amongst the Internally Displaced Persons.

73% of Internally Displaced People lost their jobs
They need to find new career paths to provide for themselves and their families.

Hospitality is the most accessible industries worldwide
The knowledge one gets in hospitality is universal and applicable for any other industry.
Grains is meant to become the feeder school for the Ukrainian hospitality industry
As we are backed by the key hospitality leaders, we have a power of uniting the whole industry for the collective improvement.
We want to make Grains available worldwide digitally and physically as a college alternative which teaches people of migrant background skills for navigating life and career
>1 BILLION

people are at threat of being displaced by 2050 due to climate change, conflict and civil unrest.

What

KPIs

How

Create an MVP and launch it as an admission requirement
Establish a blueprint and start expanding the course with mental health experts in Ukraine and the EU

Big vision: a practical course that helps you become your own therapist and turn crises into a life upgrade
MVP: a course that helps you navigate your life during crisis and answer the “what’s next?” questions

Working with the Ukrainian Ministry of Integration of Internally Displaced Persons to understand the needs
Working with the experts of “How are you?”, the biggest mental health program, initiated by the first lady of Ukraine
Online learning is coupled by in person group meetings

Test the App MVP on 2 cohorts
Release the app as a free tool for internally displaced by Q1 2026
Make the app available in Europe by Q3 2026

simulation-based learning
courses theory
soft skills training
learning personalisation

Own machine-learning algorithm: Together with data scientists from MI4People NGO, we are developing an algorithm that makes Grains courses always up-to-date, unbiased, personalised and faster to produce.
Backed by hospitality leaders of the EU & Ukraine
Backed by the product team of Trade Republic for the app development

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine
students are paid for the study period from week 2
leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Own physical school: Currently being built on the territory of SHELEST Hotel, where students can get hands-on experience of working in a hotel. Shelest is one of the market shapers of the Ukrainian hotel industry
2 study rooms, event hall, training kitchen, bomb-shelter, event hall, free transport from/to Kyiv city, inclusivity compliant

Behind Grains

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Madina Katter
Co-Founder, Managing Director Grains

When the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Madina quit her job of a venture developer in Berlin to start a non-profit bulletproof vests production for civilians in Ukraine. Since then, she is committed to use her skills for the creation of products that significantly help the wellbeing of others
Founder at Bulletproof Ukraine
Ex-venture developer at Founderslane
Leaders Europe nominee, Obama Foundation (2024)
Forbes 30 Under 30 Germany (2022)
Forbes 30 Under 30 Kazakhstan (2023)
Zeit Campus 30 Under 30 (2023)
100 Women for Diversity (2022) Germany

Elena Mouradian
CEO - Shelest Hotel
Operational Manager - Grains

Elena has fled the war in Georgia and the political repressions in Belarus before she settled in Ukraine. Despite the struggles, she has established the largest hospitality projects in Ukraine, making Shelest the trendsetter of the hospitality industry and the example for other players
CEO of SHELEST hotel
Managing Partner at Shelest Hutir
Managing Partner at Zori Hotel (launch in 2025)
launched 11 restaurants20 years of experience in hospitality
ex-managing partner of a boutique catering company WSET expert

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We are raising €280k in donations

To finance the first year of the school operations. This will enable us to provide free education to 350 students, create a blueprint, and launch the MVP of Grains App

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

We plan to launch additional features as a 360 employee educational product for hospitality businesses in the EU market to finance the operations of Grains School, Grains App and the free education for Displaced People.

The B2C courses will remain free.

As we are already building partner relationships with the leading hospitality institutions in Western Europe and Germany in particular, we believe it will give us an advantage in entering the market
job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

We will summon a Supervisory Board, appoint a person responsible for audit and make our financial spendings visible in open source through third party platforms and our own reports.
job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

As Grains will be registered as an e.V. (eingetragener Verein ) in Berlin, Germany, donations to Grains are tax deductible.

Visit Grains website
for more

We develop:

What?

Big vision: a practical course that helps you become your own therapist and turn crises into a life upgrade

MVP: a course that helps you navigate your life during crisis and answer the “what’s next?” questions

How?

Working with the Ukrainian Ministry of Integration of Internally Displaced Persons to understand the needs

Working with the experts of “How are you?”, the biggest mental health program, initiated by the first lady of Ukraine

Online learning is coupled by in person group meetings

KPIs

Create an MVP and launch it as an admission requirement

Establish a blueprint and start expanding the course with mental health experts in Ukraine and the EU

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers
What?

simulation-based learning

courses theory

soft skills training

learning personalisation

How?

Own machine-learning algorithm: Together with data scientists from MI4People NGO, we are developing an algorithm that makes Grains courses always up-to-date, unbiased, personalised and faster to produce.

Backed by hospitality leaders of the EU & Ukraine

Backed by the product team of Trade Republic for the app development

KPIs

Test the App MVP on 2 cohorts

Release the app as a free tool for internally displaced by Q1 2026

Make the app available in Europe by Q3 2026

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers
What?

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

How?

Own physical school: Currently being built on the territory of SHELEST Hotel, where students can get hands-on experience of working in a hotel. Shelest is one of the market shapers of the Ukrainian hotel industry

2 study rooms, event hall, training kitchen, bomb-shelter, event hall, free transport from/to Kyiv city, inclusivity compliant

KPIs

Provide free education and jobs to 3500 students over 5 years

Become the feeder school for the leading hospitality institutions of Ukraine

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Can education save humankind?

We believe that many of humanity's problems today come from poor education. Good news: Every crises is an opportunity for an evolution.

from Ukraine to the rest of the world

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

​students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

To promote life contentment by revolutionising education

SKILLS FOR WORK AND LIFE We aim to create a free educational tool that focuses on student's personal wellbeing skills first, then equips them with the hard and soft skills needed for their careers.

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

​students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Goal: to help people turn crises into life upgrade through education

Our contentment with work and life starts from our relationship with ourselves. ​

HOW IT WORKS

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

​students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Why a hospitality school in the war-zone?

By establishing a blueprint in the war-zone, we will be better prepared for helping other countries with high migration rates.

The Ukrainian hospitality industry is growing 15% YoY The war stimulates concentration of people in the most protected cities and increases the demand.

The industry severely needs skilled labor Due to the pandemics, the war and the lack of expertise amongst the Internally Displaced Persons.

73% of Internally Displaced People lost their jobs They need to find new career paths to provide for themselves and their families.

Hospitality is the most accessible industries worldwide The knowledge one gets in hospitality is universal and applicable for any other industry.

Grains is meant to become the feeder school for the Ukrainian hospitality industry

As we are backed by the key hospitality leaders, we have a power of uniting the whole industry for the collective improvement. ​

We want to make Grains available worldwide digitally and physically as a college alternative which teaches people of migrant background skills for navigating life and career

What

KPIs

How

​Create an MVP and launch it as an admission requirement

​Establish a blueprint and start expanding the course with mental health experts in Ukraine and the EU

Big vision: a practical course that helps you become your own therapist and turn crises into a life upgrade

MVP: a course that helps you navigate your life during crisis and answer the “what’s next?” questions

​Working with the Ukrainian Ministry of Integration of Internally Displaced Persons to understand the needs

Working with the experts of “How are you?”, the biggest mental health program, initiated by the first lady of Ukraine

Online learning is coupled by in person group meetings

Test the App MVP on 2 cohorts

Release the app as a free tool for internally displaced by Q1 2026

Make the app available in Europe by Q3 2026

​simulation-based learning

courses theory

soft skills training

learning personalisation

Own machine-learning algorithm: Together with data scientists from MI4People NGO, we are developing an algorithm that makes Grains courses always up-to-date, unbiased, personalised and faster to produce.

Backed by hospitality leaders of the EU & Ukraine

Backed by the product team of Trade Republic for the app development

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

​students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Own physical school: Currently being built on the territory of SHELEST Hotel, where students can get hands-on experience of working in a hotel. Shelest is one of the market shapers of the Ukrainian hotel industry

2 study rooms, event hall, training kitchen, bomb-shelter, event hall, free transport from/to Kyiv city, inclusivity compliant

Behind Grains

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

​students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

Madina Katter

Founder at Bulletproof Ukraine Ex-venture developer at Founderslane Leaders Europe nominee, Obama Foundation (2024) Forbes 30 Under 30 Germany (2022) Forbes 30 Under 30 Kazakhstan (2023) Zeit Campus 30 Under 30 (2023) 100 Women for Diversity (2022) Germany

Elena Mouradian

CEO of SHELEST hotel Managing Partner at Shelest Hutir Managing Partner at Zori Hotel (launch in 2025) launched 11 restaurants20 years of experience in hospitality ex-managing partner of a boutique catering company WSET expert

We are raising €280k in donations

To finance the first year of the school operations. This will enable us to provide free education to 350 students, create a blueprint, and launch the MVP of Grains App

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

​students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

​students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

We will summon a Supervisory Board, appoint a person responsible for audit and make our financial spendings visible in open source through third party platforms and our own reports.

job placements: Grains contractually guaranties job placements at the leading hospitality companies in Ukraine

​students are paid for the study period from week 2

leaders of the Ukrainian hospitality industry as teachers

As Grains will be registered as an e.V. (eingetragener Verein ) in Berlin, Germany, donations to Grains are tax deductible.

Visit Grains website for more

We develop:

What?

​Big vision: a practical course that helps you become your own therapist and turn crises into a life upgrade

MVP: a course that helps you navigate your life during crisis and answer the “what’s next?” questions

How?

​Working with the Ukrainian Ministry of Integration of Internally Displaced Persons to understand the needs

Working with the experts of “How are you?”, the biggest mental health program, initiated by the first lady of Ukraine

We believe that many of humanity's problems today come from poor education.

Good news:
Every crises is an opportunity for an evolution.

students are paid for the study period from week 2

SKILLS FOR WORK AND LIFE
We aim to create a free educational tool that focuses on student's personal wellbeing skills first, then equips them with the hard and soft skills needed for their careers.

students are paid for the study period from week 2

Our contentment with work and life starts from our relationship with ourselves.

students are paid for the study period from week 2

The Ukrainian hospitality industry is growing 15% YoY
The war stimulates concentration of people in the most protected cities and increases the demand.

The industry severely needs skilled labor
Due to the pandemics, the war and the lack of expertise amongst the Internally Displaced Persons.

73% of Internally Displaced People lost their jobs
They need to find new career paths to provide for themselves and their families.

Hospitality is the most accessible industries worldwide
The knowledge one gets in hospitality is universal and applicable for any other industry.

As we are backed by the key hospitality leaders, we have a power of uniting the whole industry for the collective improvement.

Create an MVP and launch it as an admission requirement

Establish a blueprint and start expanding the course with mental health experts in Ukraine and the EU

Working with the Ukrainian Ministry of Integration of Internally Displaced Persons to understand the needs

simulation-based learning

students are paid for the study period from week 2

students are paid for the study period from week 2

Founder at Bulletproof Ukraine
Ex-venture developer at Founderslane
Leaders Europe nominee, Obama Foundation (2024)
Forbes 30 Under 30 Germany (2022)
Forbes 30 Under 30 Kazakhstan (2023)
Zeit Campus 30 Under 30 (2023)
100 Women for Diversity (2022) Germany

CEO of SHELEST hotel
Managing Partner at Shelest Hutir
Managing Partner at Zori Hotel (launch in 2025)
launched 11 restaurants20 years of experience in hospitality
ex-managing partner of a boutique catering company WSET expert

students are paid for the study period from week 2

students are paid for the study period from week 2

students are paid for the study period from week 2

Visit Grains website
for more

Big vision: a practical course that helps you become your own therapist and turn crises into a life upgrade

Working with the Ukrainian Ministry of Integration of Internally Displaced Persons to understand the needs

Create an MVP and launch it as an admission requirement

Establish a blueprint and start expanding the course with mental health experts in Ukraine and the EU

students are paid for the study period from week 2

simulation-based learning

students are paid for the study period from week 2

students are paid for the study period from week 2

Become the feeder school for the leading hospitality institutions of Ukraine

students are paid for the study period from week 2