Domestic deals picked up and new foreign markets have been entered; here is what has taken place in the Ukrainian M&A market in the first half of the year. According to a KPMG study, Ukraine’s M&A market showed positive trends in the first half of the year. The revival of domestic deals and strategic acquisitions both domestically and abroad co... #investments #KyivStar #MergersAcquisitions #MHP #Uklon #UVESAgroup
A multimodal bulk carrier terminal, with a transshipment capacity of 300,000 tons per year, will be built in Western Ukraine. Plans also include constructing a multimodal terminal for bulk cargo and a base for petroleum products, featuring a mixing plant for adding bioethanol to gasoline in Transcarpathia. According to the p... #BulkCarrier #DryPort #investments #multimodalterminal #Poltava #Transcarpathia
An underground industrial park will be created in the Kharkiv region with the support of international investors. Entrepreneurs from the Kharkiv region announced during a telethon that after the massive shelling and loss of enterprises in the Kharkiv region, they plan to create the first underground industrial pa... #IndustrialPark #IndustryUkraine #investments #Kharkiv
Investment in maritime logistics: Ukraine plans to allocate $100M for port infrastructure repairs, and $200M for the Pivdenny terminal. Ukraine will also direct over $100M to implement other key port projects, said Oleksandr Semirga, head of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration. He explained that this funding will cover repairs of b... #infrastructureUkraine #investments #PivdennyiSeaPort #SCMgroup #SeaPortsUkraine
Ukraine has lowered the sale price of one of Europe’s largest engine component factories. Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers approved the terms for selling the government’s 100% stake in the Motordetal-Konotop enterprise’s authorized capital that was previously seized from a ... #investments #MotordetalKonotop #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU #Ukrrybproekt
Ukraine has approved a list of subsoil resources to be auctioned, enabling contributions to the joint investment fund with the US. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a list of critical and strategic minerals and identified more than 80 subsoil sites slated for auctions and competitions as part of the Ukrainian-Ameri... #CriticalRawMaterial #DFC #investments #MineralAgreement #MineralMining #MIningMineralsUkraine
The EBRD allocates $25M to Dragon Capital’s Fund and Horizon Capital raises funds for a new $300M Catalyst Fund. The EBRD has approved a $25M investment in the Rebuild Ukraine Fund, created by investment firm Dragon Capital. The fund aims to invest in equity and related investments in small, medium, and mid-cap ... #CatalystFund #DragonCapital #ebrd #HorizonCapital #investments #RebuildUkraineFund
Ukraine plans to attract over $2B in investment in critical materials production and green technologies within five years. The country has substantial reserves of titanium, graphite, manganese, lithium, uranium, and other vital materials and aims to develop production of components for batteries, solar panels, and defense... #CriticalRawMaterial #IndustryUkraine #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #Technology
The EIB will finance the overhaul and upgrade of Ukraine’s hydropower sector. At URC2025 in Rome, Ukraine signed several strategic hydropower agreements. The main partner is the European Investment Bank (EIB), which is providing a €200M loan. The first installment of €120 milli... #EIB #HydropowerEnergy #investments #Ukrhydroenergo #VoithHydro #Webuild
Ukraine and the EU have launched BraveTech EU, the first large-scale technology alliance between Ukraine and the EU focused on defense technologies. Brave1 will coordinate the project from Ukraine, while the EU will oversee the program through the European Defense Innovation Office (EUDIO). The alliance has allocated €100M for developing defense t... #Brave1 #BraveTechEU #DefenseInnovations #DefenseTechnology #investments #TencoreLLC
An Italian packaging manufacturer is investing €12M to build a new plant in the Kyiv region. Gualapack S.P.A. plans to develop a complex of industrial buildings covering approximately 10,000 square meters in the Bila Tserkva industrial park (Kyiv region). The plant, which previously operated ... #AutomagistralPivden #BilaTserkva #Gualapack #infrastructureUkraine #investments #KyivRegion #UkraineIndustry #Webuild
EFI Group has secured equipment suppliers for Ukraine’s first float glass plant. The investor has signed an agreement with European equipment providers for the construction of NovaSklo, Ukraine’s inaugural float glass facility, which is planned to start operations by 2028 with an ... #EFIgroup #FloatGlassUkraine #Germany #GlassProduction #investments #Italy #KyivRegion #NovaSklo
Housing construction costs in Ukraine have increased by 10-30% during the war, with end consumers comprising the majority of buyers. Arseniy Nasikovsky, a partner at the DIM group of companies, mentioned during a business summit in Lviv that in Kyiv investor interest in the primary housing market has declined. Before the full-scale... #ApartmentUkraine #HousingConstruction #HousingSales #investments #PrimaryHousing #RealEstateUkraine
A Ukrainian titanium company plans to invest nearly $600M in three mining projects. Ukrainian mining firm Velta Holding, which specializes in extracting and processing titanium ores, plans to invest $586M in three projects. The first project, CRM Cluster (Critical Raw Materials Clust... #investments #MiningMinerals #TitaniumMining #TitaniumUkraine #Velta
At URC2025, Ukraine will present defense projects for the first time and detail plans to secure funding. “We anticipate the signing of defense sector agreements with Ukrainian and international partners in production, innovation, and technology,” according to the Ministry of Economy. The team... #ebrd #investments #KfW #UIF #UkraineRecoveryConference #URC2025 #Zelenskyy
Nestlé has launched vermicelli production in Volyn with a $50M investment, with 75% of production planned for export to the EU. In the village of Smolyhiv, Volyn region, the Swiss multinational conglomerate has established a new factory, completing an investment project. The first production line became operational after two y... #FoodProcessingUkraine #investments #Nestle #Vermicelli #VolynRegion
BlackRock has halted the development of the Ukraine recovery fund after Trump’s election. BlackRock suspended work on establishing a multibillion-dollar fund for Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction after Donald Trump became the US President in November 2024. The pro bono advisory work ... #BlackRock #investments #NatalkaCmoc #UkraineDevelopmentFund #UkraineRecovery
South Korea is prepared to participate in the planning of industrial parks in Ukraine and is launching a new $10M partnership program. The South Korean state corporation Overseas Infrastructure and Urban Development (KIND) is ready to collaborate on master planning for Ukrainian industrial parks and work to reduce risks for investors... #IndustrialPark #infrastructureUkraine #investments #KIND #SouthKorea #UkraineRecovery
Over the coming year and a half, Ukraine aims to initiate at least three pilot projects under the subsoil agreement with the US. Following a meeting between President Zelenskyy and the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko mentioned that the Dobra lithium site in the Kirovohrad region might ... #DobraLithiumDeposit #investments #lithium #MineralAgreement #MiningUkraine #YuliaSvyrydenko #Zelenskyy
IMC invests $22M in a fleet of grain wagons and can now transport 80% of its grain. Oleksandr Verzhykhovsky, CEO of the Industrial Dairy Company agroholding (IMC), said that by March 2025 IMC had completed investment in its rolling stock. Since 2024, the company has spent about $22M ... #agroUkraine #GrainWagons #IMC #investments #Ukrainianlogistics
A Vinnytsia-based plant, confiscated from a Russian, will be auctioned alongside Europe’s oldest plumbing plants. An online auction to privatize the state-owned stake (100% of the authorized capital) of the Vinnytsia-based Vinnytsiapobuthim enterprise will take place on August 13. The starting bid is ₴301M ($7.1M... #Budfarfor #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU #Vinnytsiapobuthim
Kovalska will resume construction of a mixed-use business center in Kyiv that will include offices, apartments, and a hotel. A Ukrainian manufacturer and developer plans to restart building the NUVO complex on Zhylyanska Street next year, said company CEO Serhiy Pylypenko. He explained that before the war, Kovalska had been... #BusinessCenters #Construction #investments #Kovalska #kyiv #NUVO #UkraineDevelopers
Retail development: Zhytomyr’s shopping mall is expanding and will become the largest in the region, while Kyiv’s Ocean Plaza is working to bring back Polish brands. Zhytomyr’s Global UA shopping mall plans to add a second phase covering 19,590 square meters. With this expansion, the shopping center will become the largest in the area, totaling 142,000 squar... #GlobalUA #investments #OceanPlaza #Odesa #retailUkraine #ShoppingMallsUkraine #Silpostores #Zhytomyr
Finland’s largest fast-food chain invests €12M to open 10 restaurants in western Ukraine. Hesburger, the leading fast-food chain in Finland, plans to open at least 10 outlets in western Ukraine over the next five years. The total investment for the project will reach €12M. Founded in 1966,... #FastFoodMarket #Finland #Hesburger #investments #Restaurants
A company from Lutsk, with government support, invested €5.5M in producing frozen semi-finished products and animal feed. The Opos-Torg company, which is involved in wholesale trading of meat and fish, invested €5.5M, including €4M during the war, to build a new plant in the Volyn region. The plant will produce frozen se... #Cosset #FoodProcessingUkraine #investments #OposTorg #ukrainianbusiness #VolynRegion
The state-owned construction company Ukrbud will not be sold to a Georgian businessman due to sanctions. The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) refused to approve the results of an auction to sell a large privatization asset with 100% of the shares of the state joint-stock company Construction Company... #investments #PetroOilAndChemicals #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU #TechnoOnline #Ukrbud
One of Ukraine’s leading agricultural distributors has invested €20M in a dry port on the border with Poland to facilitate the efficient export of agricultural products. Agrosem, a prominent distributor of goods for farmers in Ukraine, has invested €20M into the technological and innovative aspects of the MOST Logistic Terminal project. Specifically, within the parame... #DryPort #investments #MOST #MostyskaDryPort #Ukrainianlogistics
A new marketplace is emerging in Ukraine, with the company already investing $20M annually in the Ukrainian market. Glovo is transforming its presence by increasing investment, expanding product categories, and shifting its focus from a food delivery service to a universal marketplace, said Glovo co-founder Sasha M... #DeliveryService #Glovo #investments #Marketplaces #SashaMisho
Investors put millions into Ukrainian breweries in the Khmelnytskyi and Ternopil regions. Businessman Dmytro Oliynyk and his partners acquired a controlling stake in the Khmelnytskyi Regional Brewery. “We bought 78% of the shares. The buyer was Kostopil Glassworks,” he said. Ac... #BreweryUkraine #investments #Khmelnytskyy #Khmelpyvo #Opillia #Ternopil
One of the largest private investments in livestock farming in a decade: An IT entrepreneur plans to build a $20M dairy farm. The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has approved several deals that will allow one of SoftServe’s founders, Taras Kytsmey, to enter the dairy industry. The deal involves acquiring contr... #AgroInvestments #agroUkraine #AMCU #DairyFarms #investments #SoftServe #TarasKytsmey
Payoneer and WIN-WIN EDIH join forces to support Ukrainian startups. Fintech company Payoneer, which serves businesses worldwide, and the European Digital Innovation Hub WIN-WIN EDIH, established in Ukraine under the EU’s Digital Europe program with a total budge... #BusinessDevelopment #investments #Payoneer #SupportBusiness #UkrainianStartUP #WIN-WIN EDIH
Ukraine continues its privatization process and replenishes its budget. The State Property Fund of Ukraine held nine successful privatization auctions from June 16-20, raising ₴837.9M for the state budget. On average, prices for assets put up for auction increased by 220%... #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #RivneRadioTechnicalPlant #SPFU #Ukrbud
An agricultural enterprise from the Ternopil region is investing over ₴82M in a grain elevator. A private company, Ivanivske, in Ternopil has started constructing a large-scale infrastructure project with a total cost exceeding ₴82M ($2M), including nearly ₴8M in state compensation for interest ... #agroUkraine #GrainElevator #investments #Ternopil #Ukrainianfarmers
Ukrainians have changed their approach to buying apartments – real estate investments have become a “safety cushion”. In the realities of the war, a new type of buyer has emerged in the real estate market: Ukrainians from the east are buying housing in western Ukraine and leaving the apartments empty, in the event it... #ApartmentUkraine #HousingSales #investments #LvivRegion #RealEstateUkraine
A European building materials manufacturer plans to establish a plant in Western Ukraine. Calmit GmbH from Austria, which specializes in lime and building materials, aims to construct a facility in the Batiovo community in Transcarpathia. Batiovo meets customer needs, such as its close pro... #BuildingMaterials #Calmit #investments #RivneFlex #Transcarpathia #ukrainianbusiness
Disregarding the war, ASVIO Investment Holding will acquire the Kraina insurance company. The ASVIO Investment Holding compay, which owns Asvio Bank, announced the acquisition of the Kraina insurance company. The deal occurs during the full-scale war, amid high competition in the insurance... #Asvio #InsuranceUkraine #investments #KrainaInsurance
In Ukraine, despite the ongoing war, the construction of elevators is on the rise. KMZ Industries, a company that produces elevator equipment, observes that in Ukraine, despite the challenging situation and general market pressures, the construction of new elevators and the expansio... #AgroBusinessUkraine #agroUkraine #GrainElevator #investments #KMZIndustries
Ukrbud, the state-owned construction company, was sold for ₴805M as part of a large-scale privatization. The auction winner was the Petro Oil and Chemicals company, owned by Georgian citizen David Bezhuashvili. He offered a price 200% higher than the starting price of ₴262.6M (excluding VAT). The Cabinet... #DavidBezhuashvili #investments #PetroOilAndChemicals #PrivatizationUkraine #Ukrbud
Ukraine opens a key lithium deposit to private investors under the mineral deal with the US. The Ukrainian government has taken the first practical step toward implementing agreements with the US on cooperation in critical raw materials. This entails preparations to open the Dobra lithium dep... #DobraLithiumDeposit #investments #LithiumUkraine #MineralAgreement #MineralMining #TechMet
Foreign direct investment has fallen to its lowest level since 2005. According to the World Bank, the flow of foreign direct investment to developing countries has decreased due to an increase in global trade barriers. “What we are seeing is the result of governm... #ForeignDirectInvestment #ForeignInvestor #GlobalEconomy #investments #worldbank
Some Ukrainian private equity firms have delivered better returns than anticipated. In 2024, UMGI’s portfolio companies demonstrated significant growth, generating $262.21M in gross revenue, nearly 1.5 times higher than the previous year. That year, the private equity firm focu... #ARNOX #Feednova #investments #UMGInvestments
The Ukrainian government gives its support to a €140M investment project for the construction of an all-season mountain resort in the Lviv region. On Thursday June 12, two special investment agreements were executed between the Cabinet of Ministers, the Slavske Village Council (Lviv region), and investors – the Slavsky and Rozhanka Park companie... #GOROMountainResort #investments #LvivRegion #RozhankaPark #Slavsky
A new chicken processing plant has been opened in the western portion of Ukraine. Ukrainian poultry company Avesterra Group has launched a new processing facility in the Volyn region. Approximately €60M has been invested in the enterprise’s construction, automation, and envir... #AgriculturalProcessing #AvesterraGroup #ChickenProduction #investments #PoultryUkraine #VolynRegion
Ukraine is seeking private investors for natural gas fracking on a revolutionary scale. The Ministry of Energy is leveraging Ukraine’s diplomatic ties to find private investment funds to finance drilling and attract technological partners. During an energy forum in Azerbaijan, gove... #GasMiningUkraine #HydraulicFracturing #investments #MiningUkraine #Naturalgas #Ukrgazvydobuvannya
The Ukrainian hotel market is undergoing significant transformation, impacting tourist flows and investment patterns as new hotels and operators enter the scene. A study indicates that while the industry’s recovery is uneven, it remains hopeful, with a focus on secure regions, domestic tourism, and flexible accommodation options. This trend signals potential f... #HotelBusinessinUkraine #HotelsUkraine #investments #TourismUkraine #UkraineEconomy
Ukraine’s largest fish factory aims to process local river fish and is currently seeking suppliers. The Klion Group, based in Zaporizhzhia, operates the largest fish processing plant in the country, producing Veladis-branded products across 250 different types, including canned goods, pastes, caviar... #FishProcessingPlant #investments #KlionGroup #ukrainianbusiness #Veladis #Zaporizhzhia
A wind power plant developer seeks to secure funding from small investors for project execution. Wind Parks of Ukraine intends to raise money from these investors to build wind power facilities, according to CEO Vladyslav Yeremenko. “Our group is actively pursuing this goal and we are worki... #investments #InzhurEnergy #PrivateInvestors #RESinvestments #WindEnergyUkraine #WindParksUkraine
Gold, building materials, energy: What investments does Turkish Onur Group have in Ukraine? Onur Group has halted gold mining at the Zhovtovodska gold-ore area in the Dnipropetrovsk region due to the deposit’s lack of prospects. The company anticipated extracting about 4.5 grams of gol... #GraphiteMining #investments #OnurGroup #RoadConstruction #Turkey #UkraineGold
Vitagro is investing in a new industrial park focused on agricultural processing. In the second half of 2025, the Vitagro group of companies will begin the first stage of construction work on the new ABC Hub industrial park in the Khmelnytskyi region, with the launch of production ... #ABC Hub #AgriculturalProcessing #IndustrialPark #investments #Khmelnytskyy #ProcessingIndustry #VitagroGroup
A new ₴8M metalworking plant has been launched in an industrial park in the Kyiv region. Located within the KYT industrial park (Bucha, Kyiv region), which officially opened on June 6, a new FRES Co plant that will produce metal booklet springs and fittings for printing products has begun... #Bucha #FRES Co #IndustrialPark #investments #KYT #Metalworking #UkraineEconomy
