Investments

Monday, November 15

Architects in Odesa have presented a new concept for the bridge on the Dniester estuary. “The bridge will pass in the narrowest part of the estuary. The construction of one running kilometer of an overpass bridge averages from $20 to $30 mln, reported odessajournal.

Ukrposhta is entering the retail banking market with the purchase of a bank valued at UAH 260 mln. Ukrposhta purchased Alpari Bank for UAH 260 mln ($9.9 mln). The Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Infrastructure, the owner of Ukrposhta, gave a green light for the agreement. Now the National ...

The Electronmash plant was sold at auction for UAH 970 mln, according to Prozorro.sales. The winner of the Auction paid UAH 970 mln ($37 mln) with a starting price of UAH 66.7 mln ($2.5 mln). According to the results of the third round, the participant who offered UAH 970 mln for the prop...

Friday, November 12

The port of Kherson is preparing for a concession. The Ministry of Infrastructure plans to complete the process of transferring the property complex of the Kherson Sea trade port to the concessionaire by the end of this year. Now, for the concession t...

Dragon Capital plans to complete the construction of a dry warehouse complex. The first stage of M10 Lviv Industrial Park in Lviv will be completed in the third quarter of 2022, reported the company’s press office The total area of the warehouse complex on a 2.7-hectare s...

Thursday, November 11

The Ministry of Finance sold government bonds valued at ₴11.7 bln. The Ministry of Finance raised the equivalent of $446.6 mln for the budget when it auctioned domestic government bonds (IGLBs). Investors were offered seven issues of securities in national currency a...

Ukrainian-based startup Matter Labs raised $ 50 mln. Founded by Ukrainian Oleksiy Hlukhivsky, startup Matter Labs is developing an Ethereum blockchain scaling protocol that reduces traffic in the main chain of Ethereum blocks. This solution allows devel...

Wednesday, November 10

UZ has commenced its most extensive infrastructure modernization program. “By 2028, Ukraine will implement a program to build tens of thousands of freight cars with a total cost of ₴100 bln ($3.8 bln)”, announced President Zelensky. “We are starting the construction and mod...

The level of localization of production of freight cars purchased by UZ will exceed 95%. This will include a total of 45,000 new grain trucks and gondola cars are planned to be purchased with the assistance of the Ministry of Infrastructure, which will launch a state leasing program in 20...

Tuesday, November 9

Ukraine has attracted a record amount of international investment since the beginning of 2021, said the Prime Minister, Denys Shmygal, on Facebook. Ukraine has attracted $ 4.8 bln in foreign direct investment (FDI) in three quarters of 2021. In the first half of the...

Monday, November 8

The Ukrainian government is looking for international investors for its military production firm, Motor Sich, said Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba. Commenting on the possibility of Chinese investments in Motor Sich, Kuleba said that Ukraine would focus on Western partners in the field of military sensitive te...

Centrenergo is ready to invest ₴450 mln in four coal faces. Centrenergo is ready to finance the commissioning of four coal longwalls to the value of ₴450 mln ($17.1 mln), said First Deputy Chairman of the State Property Fund, Denis Kudin. “We are ready to lend...

Friday, November 5

The National Commission on Securities and Stock Market has admitted to circulation in Ukraine new securities of blue-chip companies including Nike, PepsiCo, Pfizer, and PayPal. The announcement was made by the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market of Ukraine. Ukrainian investors can take the opportunity to i...

Thursday, November 4

Ministry of Finance to invest ₴124.1 bln ($4.72 bln) in the development of road networks in 2022. The announcement was subject to receiving syndicated finance from the EBRD to: reconstruct the Kyiv Odesa highway (M-05); construction of the northern bypass of Lviv and Ternopil; reconstruction of a ...

EBRD to invest $75 million in a sustainability-linked Eurobond issued by Ukrenergo. In a bid to resolve the payments crisis gripping the country’s renewable energy sector, the proceeds will cover all payment arrears owed to renewable energy producers. The investment will help to rest...

Wednesday, November 3

Trostyanets distillery privatized for ₴44 mln ($1.67 mln) , announced the State Property Fund (SPFU). The auction had a starting price of ₴44,012,959. The asset included 49 hectares of land with 67 buildings, including industrial stock for production and war...

Monday, November 1

The National Investment Fund will place shares valued at ₴100 mln ($3.8 mln). The first issue of shares valued at ₴100 mln was registered on October 28, 2021, and the placement of shares is scheduled for the period November 5 to 12, 2021.

Friday, October 29

Ukrainian IT company Depositphotos was sold for $85 mln. The US firm, VistaPrint, announced the purchase of the Ukrainian company that develops photo stock Depositphotos and the online editor Crello. VistaPrint purchased 100% of the company’s stock fo...

Borshchiv distillery to be privatized and sold for a starting price of ₴21 mln ($795,000) . The State Property Fund (SPFU) will put the Lipnytsia distillery in the Zhytomyr region up for an online auction to take place on November 19, 2021. The asset is being sold along with real estate in...

Ukrainian investors will be able to buy stocks in Google, Amazon, Intel, and other US blue-chip companies. The National Securities and Stock Market Commission has admitted to trading 15 more international companies, including Bank of America, Google, Amazon, and others. In total, Ukrainian investors can cu...

Thursday, October 28

The Bolshevik plant was sold at auction for ₴1.4 bln ($53 mln). The State Property Fund (SPFU) sold the Kyiv plant “Bolshevik” to the company “General Commerce” at an auction of “large-scale privatization” for ₴1.429 bln. The st...

Other enterprises to be auctioned in the large-scale privatization in the remainder of 2021 include: the United Mining and Chemical Company (OGHC), the President Hotel in Kyiv, Electronmash, and the port of Ust-Dunaisk. The Head of the SPF, Dmitry Sennichenko, announced that on November 12 Electronma...

Wednesday, October 27

The Ministry of Finance has sold government bonds valued at ₴17.2 bln ($653 mln). Investors were offered six bond issues in national currency and one issue in foreign currency reported the Ministry of Finance on the Facebook page. The terms of government bonds in hryvnia were: 3 mo...

The Investment Promotion and Support Office (UkraineInvest) received 27 applications for state support , reported Interfax. The requests came from potential investors and were approximately $2 bln under the adopted law on investments, said UkraineInvest Executive Director Serhiy Tsivkach. “As of ...

Tuesday, October 26

Oschadbank made the first step toward Privatization, said the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in a recent press release. The EBRD and Oschadbank, Ukraine’s state savings bank, today agreed today to work together towards a pre-pri...

Ukrposhta and eBay have launched a campaign in support of Ukrainian SMEs. Entrepreneurs registered on the platform by the end of the year will be offered special conditions such as 0% commission on sales for the first three months, 200 free advertisements, and special suppo...

Trostyanets distillery to be privatized. The state-owned enterprise in the Vinnytsia region has been put up for privatization with a starting price of ₴ 44 million UAH 44 mln ($1.67 mln). The distillery lists its assets as 67 plots of land a...

Monday, October 25

Privatization of salt-mining enterprise in the Kherson region. During the online auction, the bidding’s value increased 7.3 times from the starting price of UAH 6.13 mln ($233,000). The auction had 9 registered participants and the as...

Friday, October 22

Ukrzaliznytsia tender for the purchase of 80 new trains. The national rail operator has extended the tender period by a month, until December 1st, for the submission of bids for the purchase of 80 new suburban and regional trains. It is noted that the compa...

Thursday, October 21

The Ministry of Finance sold UAH 2.1 bln ($80 mln) on the domestic bond market , reported the Ministry of Finance. On October 19, the agency offered investors two issues of securities in national currency and one in foreign currency. The government bonds in hryvnia had maturity ...

Tuesday, October 19

NEQSOL Holding to become a shareholder in the leading Ukrainian cement producer, Ivano-Frankivskcement PJSC. The cross-border investor, NEQSOL Holding, has announced its interest in expanding its investment portfolio in Ukraine by entering the construction materials market. The company is in the final stage ...

Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) plans to create a technopark with an investment of UAH 50 mln ($1.88 mln) . NaUKMA together with the Bureau of Investment Programs (BIP) plans to create a technopark with the participation of an investor. After the completion of construction, the area will be able to accomm...

Monday, October 18

Lidl comes to Ukraine. The Schwarz Group is planning to enter the Ukrainian market and become a direct competitor to the local discounter ATB. ATB one of the largest private companies in Ukraine already has a branch network...

Ukrainian startup Party.Space has attracted $ 1 million in investment, reported ain.ua. Party.Space is a virtual platform for corporate parties, themed holidays, seminars, and afterparty with the simulation of live presence in 3D and game activities. Party.space allows y...

Friday, October 15

Naftogaz attracts investors to the development of the Ukrainian gas market. On October 20-21, the Ukrainian Gas Investment Congress will take place in Kyiv at the initiative of Naftogaz Ukraine and with the support of the Ministry of Energy.

Shmyhal invites Swedish companies to invest in Ukraine. “Diversification of sources of nuclear fuel supply is one of our priorities in the context of energy security for our country. In addition, Ukraine has fulfilled all the technical conditions to ensure...

Good Wine to build EUR 100-mln food town project in Kyiv. Good Wine (Wine Bureau LLC) purchased a land plot in Kyiv to build an urban area with parks and a retail outlet with specialized shops, cafes, and restaurants under one roof,” said the owner of ...

Nova Poshta invests UAH 1 bln ($38 mln) in the construction of a sorting terminal near Boryspil airport. Speaking with Interfax-Ukraine, Oleksandr Bulba, the company’s CEO, said that “The new terminal will include the most advanced technologies of world postal logistics and will be able to sort up ...

Thursday, October 14

H&M will open its first store in Lviv on October 28, 2021, the retailer’s press service has reported. The H&M store will be located at Victoria Gardens shopping mall with a total area of 1,900 square meters. Lviv will become the fourth city in Ukrai...

Construction of an industrial park has commenced in Lviv. Sparrow Capital Investment has laid the foundation of the park. “The project, which aims to build 100,000 square meters will be a boost to the local economy, employment in the region, the investors in...

Tuesday, October 12

€6.5 bln EU investment program for Ukraine. At the EU-Ukraine summit, there will also be announcements of EU support which should attract several billion in investments to Ukraine. “An investment package of 6.5 billion euros will be launc...

Kovalevsky distillery was privatized for UAH 23.2 mln ($880,000). Three participants registered to participate in the auction. The price of the distillery during the auction increased two-fold against the starting price. “The new owner will receive 33 properties wit...

Friday, October 8

The auction for the sale of frequencies for 5G communication will be held in Ukraine in 2022, said the Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. “Next year we plan to put up frequencies [for 5G communication] at tenders for the operators,” said Fedor...

Five projects for the construction of highways attract the interest of investors. Ukraine is actively looking for ways of effective cooperation between business and the state. Speaking at the Kyiv International Economic Forum, the Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, said, “Next year, I ...

Boeing maintenance hangars to be built at Kharkiv airport. At the International Conference in Kharkiv: “Development and Investment”, Kharkiv City Council and Avia Solutions Group signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The parties agreed to build hangars fo...

The first land auction in the Prozorro.Sales system has been announced. The first auction for the lease of communal agricultural land has been announced in the state electronic trading system Prozorro.Sales on November 9, 2021. A 2.1-hectare plot of land was put up for au...

Ukrainians purchased UAH 2 bln ($75.5) in Government bonds from PrivatBank. Since the beginning of 2021, Ukrainians have purchased more than UAH 2 bln worth of domestic government bonds through Privatbank, of which 65% (almost UAH 1.3 billion) are online through Privat24. At ...

Thursday, October 7

The investment firm, Dragon Capital, has entered the banking sector. They will develop Unex-Bank as a separate business, as an independent universal bank, which will service both retail clients, and those in the corporate sector, namely SMEs, said the founder of Dragon...

Ukrzaliznytsia sells non-core assets. UZ will sell real estate on October 19 and November 4 on Prozorro.Sales platform. The company plans to sell 9 lots of real estate and another 7 assets which were not sold in the last auction. These as...

The US firm, Virtuozzo, has purchased the Ukrainian developer of cloud services Jelastic. Virtuozzo is a company that specializes in virtualization software has bought the Ukrainian IT developer of cloud services Jelastic. The transaction was announced by the CEO of Jelastic, Ruslan Sinits...