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The M&A market in Ukraine is still suffering from a "mismatch" in expectations between foreign investors and local business owners but some deals are starting to move through the pipeline, says Zoriana Podilchuk, a director of FinPoint. "Somewhere like six months ago we noticed a
Reuters highlighted the work of Swarmer as one of "a handful of startups in Ukraine" searching for ways to better control large groups of drones for use in the war against Russia. In an 800-word soft news piece, the news agency wrote that Ukraine hopes research into artificial
Swedfund, Sweden's development finance institution, is opening an office in Kyiv to support the reconstruction and economic development of Ukraine. The fund, which currently invests in "small and medium-sized enterprises in the IT/technology sector, promoting job creation and export earnings," is now looking for opportunities
The government-run Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) has invested €4.5 million in Bank Lviv, marking the first foreign investment in a Ukrainian bank since the full-scale Russian invasion of 2022. The bank’s largest current shareholder, impact asset manager responsAbility Participations, based in Switzerland, added a €1 million investment,
Investment in Ukrainian tech companies may have started a turnaround in the first half of this year after dropping 11 percent in 2023, said AVentures Capital, an early-stage venture firm based in Ukraine. Ukrainians in the tech sector raised $283 million in the first six months of this year, more
Kyiv-based Arricano Real Estate, which develops shopping and entertainment properties, will buy back its own shares, totaling a 12.51% stake, from Ukrainian investment firm Dragon Capital so it can introduce an investor from the US. Arricano, which says it has the biggest portfolio of completed shopping malls in Ukraine,
The US Department of State and the US-based think tank German Marshall Fund (GMF) will collaborate to help redesign and rebuild up to three war-ravaged Ukrainian cities, the State Department announced. The program, to be called Ukraine Cities Partnership (UCP) for Sustainable Urban Recovery, will take the form of a
David Malpass, who served as president of the World Bank until last year, has become senior adviser to investment management group Chicago Atlantic for its Trident impact investing strategy for Ukraine. Malpass, who has worked with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other senior officials repeatedly during his four-year tenure at
Ukrainian investment firm Dragon Capital has leased out all of the newly built warehouse space in its industrial park in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv as prospective tenants lined up to compete for space despite the ongoing war, a company official said. Days after announcing the availability of 14,
Ukrainian investment firm Dragon Capital has commissioned the first phase of the industrial park it is developing in the western city of Lviv, with a 14,400 square-meter warehouse complex now in operation. "This project will strengthen the infrastructural capacity of Ukraine and the economic landscape of the Lviv
Sumitomo Corporation has agreed to carry out a feasibility study on modernizing heat supply systems for Ukraine and Japanese manufacturer Komaihaltec has agreed to install 1 MW of wind turbines in the country. Both agreements were signed in Tokyo this week with Ukrainian state oil and gas company Naftogaz at
Nasdaq has signed an agreement with the Economy Ministry of Ukraine to help the country's reconstruction by waiving fees for Ukrainian companies that list on Nasdaq markets and offering advice on capital raising. Under the agreement, Nasdaq will also offer technical assistance on the future International Finance Center
The UK has agreed to extend a tariff-free trading period with Ukraine to 2029, meaning businesses from neither country will pay import duties on almost all products, Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svydydenko said. The agreement adds five years to the existing tariff-free agreement, which the countries signed shortly after Russia&
Turkish drone maker Baykar is building a factory near Kyiv where it will employ some 500 people to manufacture drones, Reuters reported from an impromptu interview with the company's CEO. "We need about 12 months to finish construction and then we will move on to internal machinery,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with executives from JP Morgan, BlackRock, the Carlyle Group, Blackstone and others in Davos as he seeks to shore up Western commitment to investing in his country's fight against Russia and its eventual reconstruction. At the meeting, hosted by JPMorgan, Zelenksy stressed the
Private equity group Horizon Capital has invested in Viseven, a global pharma marketing technology provider founded in Ukraine, through the $328 million Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV. Horizon didn't say how much it invested in Viseven, which was founded in Ukraine in 2009 and has since grown to
