How do foreign investors assess the investment climate in Ukraine? Foreign investors have a restrained and negative assessment of the investment climate in Ukraine. Russia’s full-scale military aggression in Ukraine continues to lead the list of negative factor... #EBA #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentClimate #InvestmentsinUkraine
A Polish clothing retailer is intensifying its expansion into the Ukrainian market. In the first quarter of 2024, the turnover of the Polish fashion retailer LPP in Ukraine increased by 58.3%, compared to the same period in 2023, to ₴2B ($50M). The company’s brands include Rese... #ClothingRetailer #LPPgroup #Reserved #sinsay #UkrainianMarket
Ukraine seeks investors in the titanium industry, which could potentially provide up to 5% of the country’s GDP. Vitaliy Koval, the State Property Fund (SPFU) head, said: “We are among the five leading countries in titanium ore reserves. We will also be among the leading countries that produce products fro... #InvestmentsinUkraine #MiningIndustry #MiningTitaniumUkraine #SPFU #TitaniumUkraine #VitaliyKoval
Ukrainian defense startups will compete for €500,000 from a coalition of unicorn startup founders. Together with the DarkStar coalition, Estonian businessman Ragnar Sass has organized a five-day Extreme Bootcamp program for defense technology startups. The camp will cooperate with Ukrainian army un... #DarkStar #DefenseInnovations #DefenseStartups #GrantsForStartups #RagnarSass
How can investors use co-financing to support Ukraine’s private sector? Ukraine is coordinating with Development Finance Institutions (DFI) to find a way to support its private sector. A memorandum between the EBRD and DFIs on the Co-financing Platform allows long-term pr... #ebrd #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineEconomy #YuliyaSvyridenko
The Odesa region will build a multidisciplinary industrial park with 500 jobs. The Cabinet of Ministers included the R-33 industrial park in the Odesa region in the Register of Industrial Parks. The new industrial park was initiated by the Kuyalnyk Village Council and is the 79t... #IndustrialPark #Odesa #R33 #UkraineEconomy #UkraineIndustry
The US notes the positive economic impact of the reforms Ukraine has implemented; an influx of multibillion-dollar investment is expected. The US welcomes Ukraine’s adoption of a law to improve corporate governance, US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said at a conference on corporate reform. “Ukraine has successfully implemente... #BridgetBrink #InvestmentsinUkraine #OleksiySobolev #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineEconomy
Investors want to sell an aerospace company with Ukrainian roots for $1.5B. Investors in the Ukrainian-American manufacturer of rockets and lunar landing modules, Firefly Aerospace, are considering selling it for about $1.5B. Investors including the American private investmen... #AEIndustrialPartners #FireFlyAerospace #investments #NASA #SpaceIndustry
Despite the war, Canadian companies are investing tens of millions of dollars in new projects in Ukraine. Vice-President of the Canadian-Ukrainian Trade Association Yuriy Kryvoshey said, in 2023 Canada’s foreign direct investment in the Ukrainian economy amounted to $61.8M. Fairfax Financial Holding... #AgroholdingAstarta #BlackIron #CamecoCorporation #Fairfax #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #OvostarUnion #Roshel
Japan will help Mykolaiv process waste from the war’s destruction; the city is looking for investors to build an asphalt plant. Mykolaiv will cooperate with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to recycle construction debris that has resulted from shelling, said Mykolaiv’s mayor, Oleksandr Sienkevych. ... #asphaltplant #ConstructionWaste #Japan #Mykolaiv #OleksandrSienkevych #WasteFromTheWar
Ukraine will resume the search for investors for its port infrastructure. The State Property Fund (SPFU) plans to resume the privatization of the port infrastructure on the Danube and is preparing to put a facility currently used as a dry port up for sale, said the head of ... #BilhorodDnistrovskyySeaPort #DanubePorts #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU #UstDanube #VitaliyKoval
Ukrainian defense enterprises are eligible to receive up to ₴2M in grant funds for new military projects. Ukrainian military equipment and defense system developers can now apply for grants of ₴500,000, ₴1M, or even ₴2M to implement their initiatives. Funding will be provided through the Brave1 grant prog... #Brave1 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseStartups #GrantsForStartups #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine’s bond market: Investors focus on longer maturities. Last week, investors’ interest in UAH bonds with longer maturities sharply increased as they tried to lock in current YTMs for longer. Taking advantage of the high demand, the Ministry of Financ... #BondMarketUkraine #BondSalesUkraine #financeUkraine #investments #UkraineBond #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
The Brave1 defense cluster has united 1,600 developments from 1,000 Ukrainian manufacturers and provided $3M in grants. The Brave1 defense technology cluster, created a year ago, has significantly accelerated the appearance of new technology at the front, the Ministry of Digital Transformation reported. The clusterR... #Brave1 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #NatalyaKushnerska #WeaponsProduction
The Polish State Bank will finance investment projects in Ukraine. Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) plans to start providing loan guarantees for investment projects in Ukraine, said the Chairman of the Board of the Polish Investment Agency (PAIH) Andrzej Dycha. R... #AndrzejDycha #BankGospodarstwaKrajowego #investments #PAIH #UkraineFacility
A relocated enterprise begins production of wind turbines in Transcarpathia, and DTEK is preparing to construct the second stage of the Tyligulska wind farm. The Friendly Wind Technology company announced its readiness to start production line operation to manufacture wind turbines. The company plans to produce up to 20 wind turbines with a unit capacity o... #DTEK #FriendlyWindTechnology #RenewableEnergy #TyligulskaWindPowerPlant #WindPowerPlant
Piraeus Bank Executive: Ukraine’s banking system has shown outstanding resiliency, and international businesses should take note. The Ukrainian Banking Day in London gathered 150 finance executives from all over the world to listen to their colleagues who work in Ukraine and share their views on the financial sector’s cur... #financeUkraine #IoannisKyriakopoulos #nbu #PiraeusBank #UkraineBankingSystem #YannisKyriakopoulos
An American company seeks to invest in the Lviv region and build affordable housing. The American investment company Chicago Atlantic Trident will consider investing in the construction of affordable housing and industry in the Lviv region, said the head of the OVA, Maksym Kozytskyi. ... #ChicagoAtlanticTrident #Construction #HousingConstruction #investments #LvivRegion #MaksymKozytskyi #RealEstateUkraine
Over 2600 foreign businesses have opened in Ukraine since the start of the full scale war. Most often, citizens of Turkey, Uzbekistan, Poland, and the US have incorporated new businesses, Opendatabot notes. However, citizens from 100 countries have invested money in Ukraine during the war. ... #businessinukraine #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #TENS1MA #UkraineEconomy #YugenVenture
A company from the UAE is investing €130M in logistics infrastructure in Romania, which is crucial for Ukraine. Dubai-based port operator and logistics company DP World is investing €130M to connect Romania to the rest of Europe through sea and land trade routes and increasing cargo volumes by two million tons ... #ConstantaPort #DPWorld #investments #LogisticComplex #LogisticsInfrastructure #Romania
The US announces $2B in aid for investments in the Ukrainian defense industry and is preparing to sign a security agreement. The US will allocate an additional $2B in military funding to Ukraine, State Secretary Antony Blinken said at a briefing with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv. Blinken noted that suppo... #AnthonyBlinken #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DmytroKuleba #SecurityAgreement #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid
How will the EU’s Ukraine Investment Framework program work? The Ukraine Investment Framework (UIF) is an investment tool of the Ukraine Facility program, which is designed to mobilize investment for Ukraine’s recovery and development. Funding under this instru... #BusinessSupport #InsuranceUkraine #InvestmentsinUkraine #UIF #ukrainianbusiness
Tobacco company Philip Morris International has opened a new $30M factory in the Lviv region. The first production line at the new factory was launched in May, and four more will be put into operation by the end of the year, which will increase the factory’s production capacity to 10 billion c... #BusinessDevelopment #BusinessRelocation #investments #PhilipMorris #PhilipMorrisUkraine #TobaccoMarketUkraine #Львів
Metinvest is resuming investment and will focus on green metallurgy during Ukraine’s reconstruction. After the war, Metinvest will produce green steel at modernized production facilities that reduce the environmental burden, said the company’s top manager, Oleksandr Myronenko. With the start of... #GreenMetallurgy #investments #Metinvest #OleksandrMyronenko #UkraineDevelopment #UkraineReconstruction
Zelenskyy launches the biomethane market in Ukraine, which will help attract international investment. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed into law legislation regarding customs control and customs clearance of biomethane transported by pipeline across the customs border of Ukraine. The new law is exp... #alternativeenergy #BioGas #Biomethane #CustomsUkraine #energyukraine #Zelenskyy
A company from Kherson bought Dragon Capital’s largest warehouse for over $35M. Dragon Capital sold its Amtel warehouse complex in the Kyiv region. The buyer was Histion from Kherson, whose founders are entrepreneurs Oleg Lebedenko and Gennadiy Girin, who own the New Style door f... #Amtel #DragonCapital #Histion #investments #WarehousesKyiv
Kyiv real estate developer has kept every Ukrainian project alive and is investing hundreds of millions of dollars. Arricano Real Estate plc continues to invest in restoring the Sunny Gallery shopping center in Kryvyi Rih and constructing the Lukianivka shopping center in Kyiv, Arricano’s top manager Margus K... #ArricanoRealEstate #investments #MargusKurm #RealEstateDevelopersUkraine #RealEstateUkraine #SunnyGallery
How privatization drives investment into the economy: the government’s response. The privatization of state-owned enterprises allows the state not only to receive one-time income from sales but also acts to attract investment to develop these enterprises. Thus, for every ₴1 receiv... #HotelUkraina #InvestmentsinUkraine #OleksiySobolev #PrivatizationUkraine #UkraineEconomy
A new energy system architecture in Ukraine: 50 companies are ready to invest in distributed generation, and partners will provide €7.8B to cover risks. As noted, Ukrenergo, the National Commission for Energy Market Regulation, the Federation of Employers, the European Commission, and international donors are working together to transform Ukraine’s en... #DistributedGeneration #EnergyInvestments #energyukraine #GreenEnergyUkraine #Ukrenergo
The government calls on businesses to prepare investment projects to receive funding from the EU. Economy Minister Yuliya Svyrydenko called on Ukrainian businesses to prepare investment projects to use the Ukraine Investment Framework investment attraction tool. At the second International Summit ... #businessinukraine #BusinessSupport #InvestmentsinUkraine #KfW #UkraineFacility #YuliyaSvyridenko
Foreign investors in Ukraine are most interested in the defense sector, which has export potential. Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko said foreign investors are most interested in developing the Ukrainian defense industry. “Because everyone understands that Ukraine is a great field for test... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #InvestmentsinUkraine #RobertaMetsola #YuliyaSvyridenko
Five waste processing plants in Transcarpathia will attract €152M in investment and create 600 jobs. The large-scale project foresees building waste factories in Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Khust, Tyachiv-Rakhiv, and Berehove districts. The corresponding memorandum of cooperation was signed by the Minister ... #RuslanStrilets #Transcarpathia #ViktorMykyta #WasteProcessingPlant #WasteRecycling
A startup with Ukrainian roots plans to buy WeWork, which was once valued at $47B. Rentberry, a Ukrainian-founded startup developing a long-term housing rental platform, plans to buy the bankrupt company WeWork for $550-650M. The buyer will not assume any debt obligations as part of... #Coworkingspace #investments #RentalHousing #Rentberry #WeWork
Horizon Capital has raised $350M in investments for Ukrainian companies: Where and how much do they plan to invest? The Horizon Capital Fund has raised $350M and is ready to invest in new companies, said Lenna Koszarny, CEO of Horizon Capital. She expects the fund’s portfolio to grow to at least 8-10 companie... #BusinessDevelopment #HorizonCapital #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #LennaKoszarny #ukrainianbusiness
Germany considers Ukraine attractive for business despite the war, said the Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Svenja Schulze. She explained that production processes can still be carried out in a significant portion of the country, and the ... #GermanBusiness #InvestmentsinUkraine #SupportUkraine #SvenjaSchulze #UkraineRecoveryConference
The largest producer of building materials in North America and Europe has invested $80M in Ukraine during the war. The CRH group of companies, the largest producer of construction materials in North America and Europe, has invested $80M in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began, said the president of CRH in C... #BuildingMaterials #BuzziUnicem #CementProduction #CRH #GuillaumeCavalier #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
USAID is investing $250M in the Ukrainian agricultural sector, which will increase exports by $1.5B and attract $500M in private investment. Deputy Administrator of USAID Isobel Coleman said: “I am pleased to present the launch of the USAID Harvest program, which is directly aimed at investing in the future of the agricultural sector... #AgroInvestments #agroUkraine #InvestmentsinUkraine #IsobelColeman #USAID
The Ukrainian government has identified the most promising areas for investment and offers state support programs. Last year, despite the war, foreign investors invested $4.25B in Ukraine’s economy, said Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko. “The government, together with the private sector, has identi... #agroUkraine #InvestmentsinUkraine #ProcessingPlantUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UkraineFacility #YuliyaSvyridenko
The largest Ukrainian chicken producer has increased its market share and decided to acquire a meat processing company for €14M. MHP Agroholding will acquire 100% of corporate rights in a Ukrainian meat processing company for €14M and has already made an initial payment of €3.5M, entitling it to 24.9% of the relevant corporate ... #agroUkraine #BusinessInvestments #ChickenProduction #MHP #PerutninaPtuj #PoultryUkraine
Despite the war, Kyiv International Airport seeks to attract potential investors. What conditions are considered? According to Volodymyr Kudak, the general manager of Master-Avia, the Kyiv Airport’s operating company, “We are trying to attract potential investors to develop the airport and grow its potentia... #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #KyivAirport #MasterAvia #Ukraineairspace #UkraineReconstruction
Ukraine will auction its nationalized share of the Shell gas stations network. The Shell Oil Company is not the only potential buyer for the Shell-branded network of gas stations in Ukraine, which was recently nationalized. The State Property Fund of Ukraine announced that the n... #AllianceHolding #EduardKhudainatov #Nationalization #Shell #SPFU
A Ukrainian company will extract gas in Iraq, producing up to four billion cubic meters annually. A Ukrainian company, Ukrzemresurs, which specializes in natural gas extraction, received a contract to develop the Akkas gas field in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. According to the Minister of ... #AkkasGasField #GasProduction #HayyanAbdulGhani #IraqGas #Ukrzemresurs
Investment opportunities in Ukraine over the next 10 years will exceed $292B. The Ministry of Economy has identified sectors for investment that may interest foreign companies – energy, transport and logistics, agro-processing, critical materials, green steel, and digital... #InvestmentsinUkraine #MilitaryRiskInsurance #UkraineFacility #VilleTavio #YuliyaSvyridenko
Japan will expand its presence in the Ukrainian investment market and open an office in Kyiv. Japan plans to increase its presence in the Ukrainian investment market, in particular, the country intends to expand its business ties in the field of investment and trade; the country will open an o... #InvestmentsinUkraine #Japan #JETRO #UkraineRecovery
A Ukrainian agricultural holding will invest $15M into its modernization and plans to increase its agricultural land by 20%. Agroholding TAS Agro plans to invest $15M in the modernization of outdated equipment, the introduction of moisture-saving technologies, and the abandonment of inefficient soil plowing, said the head o... #AgroInnovations #AgroLand #agroUkraine #ModernizationUkraine #TASagro
Innovative Ukrainian startups will be able to compete for a €10,000 business development grant. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is launching a pre-acceleration program for start-up entrepreneurs from Ukraine — Rebuild Ukraine. The program teaches teams to form effective... #GrantsForBusiness #InnovateUkraine #RebuildUkraine #Startups #UkrainianStartUP
The EIB has developed a program for the green restoration of damaged buildings in Ukraine with a budget of €230M. “The program of energy-efficient restoration has been fully calculated, its budget is €230M, of which the pilot phase is €30M. We will work comprehensively with entire houses,” EIB representative Oksa... #EIB #EnergyEfficient #HousingDamagesUkraine #RebuildUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
The EIB will finance a €200M social housing pilot program in Ukraine for. The European Investment Bank will provide a loan to launch a social housing program in Ukraine, EIB representative Oksana Remiga said. This loan will be targeted and could find support from the EC thr... #EIB #HousingConstruction #InvestmentsinUkraine #RentingHousingUkraine #SocialHousing
Ukraine is preparing to launch its biomethane register and is discussing the attractiveness of investment in the industry. The head of the State Agency for Energy Efficiency, Hanna Zamazeyeva, said that the development of the biomethane register is currently underway. Once implemented, exporters can supply biomethane to E... #BioGas #Biomethane #BiomethaneTransportation #energyukraine #Naftogaz #RenewableEnergyUkraine #UkraineGTS
A German company will open a second defense plant in Ukraine, and the Netherlands is allocating €200M for air defense and artillery shells. German UAV manufacturer Quantum-Systems will open a second drone production facility in Ukraine with a capacity of up to 1,000 UAVs per year, including the production of spare parts. The manufacturer ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #MilitaryAidforUkraine #QuantumSystems #WarinUkraine
