Polish investment in Ukraine decreased by 10% last year. Why? According to Gremi Personal analysts, in 2024 the volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Poland to Ukraine amounted to $172.5M, which is 10% less than in 2023, when the figure reached $191.6M.... #ConcordeCapital #FDI #GremiPersonal #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #Poland
Ukraine has finalized all of the steps that are necessary to establish the US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. Recently, the Ukrainian Agency for Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) signed two more agreements related to the fund’s launch. These... #DFC #investments #MineralAgreement #MiningUkraine #UkraineRecovery #YuliyaSvyridenko
The IFC is set to invest $3B in Ukraine within the next 18 months. According to regional manager Alfonso Garcia Mora, since the full-scale Russian invasion the IFC, part of the World Bank Group, has ramped up its investment in Ukraine by nearly 300%. To date, $2.2B h... #AlfonsoGarcíaMora #ifc #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #worldbank
Mining of minerals in Ukraine under the deal with the US won’t commence until after 2040. According to industry sources, the subsoil agreement forged by US President Donald Trump with Ukraine is unlikely to generate substantial returns for at least a decade, and it will necessitate conside... #investments #MineralAgreement #MIningMineralsUkraine #MiningUkraine
Global VC investment breaks records thanks to AI. In the first quarter of the year, global venture capital investment reached $126.3B, the highest in 11 quarters, according to the KPMG Q1’25 Venture Pulse Report. The main driver is artificial i... #ArtificialIntelligence #investments #Startups #VentureCapital #VentureInvestments
Only 25% of businesses in Ukraine plan for active growth in 2025. According to a study, 20% of companies plan to actively hire employees, while 39% will limit themselves to selective recruitment, and 34% will not change their personnel levels. At the same time, 7% o... #BusinessDevelopment #investments #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The NBU has eased currency restrictions to encourage foreign investment. The National Bank has launched a “stimulating currency liberalization” aimed at attracting foreign capital to Ukraine. Its essence is to create a mechanism that will encourage foreign inve... #CurrencyLiberalization #CurrencyRestrictions #financeUkraine #investments #nbu
Ukraine ratified the mineral agreement with the US: What do we need to know about the partnership? The first contribution will come from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). According to Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine has not yet signed two other agr... #DFC #investments #MineralAgreement #MIningMineralsUkraine #MiningUkraine #YuliyaSvyridenko
The reconstruction investment fund needs guarantees that will be ratified by the Ukrainian Parliament. Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Kachka explained that the mineral agreement with the US, which provides for the creation of a separate investment fund, will be ratified solely by the Ukrainian side. ... #investments #MineralAgreement #MIningMineralsUkraine #MiningUkraine #TarasKachka #UkraineReconstruction
A German drone manufacturer with assets in Ukraine raises €160M and becomes a unicorn. Autonomous UAV manufacturer Quantum Systems from Germany has secured €160M in Series C funding, led by the British venture capital firm Balderton Capital. The funds will be used for researching and de... #BaldertonCapital #DroneProduction #DroneTechnology #Germany #investments #MykhailoFedorov #QuantumSystems
On May 8, the Ukrainian Parliament plans to ratify the economic partnership agreement with the US regarding the establishment of a Reconstruction Investment Fund. The agreement with the US entails the establishment of the Reconstruction Investment Fund, which will be jointly managed by Kyiv and the Washington. The fund will be registered in the US, but the acco... #CriticalRawMaterial #DFC #investments #MineralAgreement #MIningMineralsUkraine #UkraineRecovery #WhiteHouse
The long game: Profits from the US mineral deal may not materialize for more than 10 years. The returns from the Ukraine-US mineral deal are likely to emerge in 10 years or more, because investors will encounter specific challenges in implementing projects connected with it. The development ... #CriticalRawMaterial #investments #MineralAgreement #MineralMining #MIningMineralsUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
How has the war impacted Ukraine’s venture capital market? With the onset of the Russian full-scale invasion, many foreign investors halted their funding of Ukrainian startups due to heightened risk and instability. Some companies relocated their operations a... #ForeignInvestor #investments #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP #VentureMarket
Investors are being sought in Ukraine across various industries. In the Chernihiv region, a newly built flour mill with a capacity of 130 tons per day and grain warehouses able to hold over 20,000 tons are on the market for $2.6M. The facility is situated 30 kilome... #Chernihiv #ForeignInvestor #investments #Transcarpathia #Vinnytsia
Billions in investment will be necessary to extract Ukraine’s various minerals. The US and Ukraine signed a subsoil agreement on April 30. However, the true value of Ukraine’s minerals remains uncertain. U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that the worth of Ukraine’s subsoi... #CriticalRawMaterial #DonaldTrump #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #MineralAgreement #MiningUkraine
Ukrainian companies’ debt reduction exceeded foreign direct investment by 200%. Ukrainian businesses reduced their net debt over 2022-2024 by increasing their liquid funds and deposits and reducing debt to Ukrainian banks by $21B, which is 200% more than foreign investment over t... #ConcordeCapital #investments #nbu #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The EBA reports that its member companies have announced over $3B in investment since 2022. These announcements include investments starting from $10M, with the total exceeding $3B. Specifically, $287M represents completed projects, $2.57B is currently being implemented, and $172M is planned... #ArcelorMittal #Bayer #CityOneDevelopment #DTEK #EBA #ElementumEnergy #investments #Knauf #KyivStar #NEQSOL
The Ukrainian government is seeking agribusinesses willing to attract $10M to scale their operations. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine has announced a call for investment projects from agricultural enterprises looking to modernize and expand into new markets. The goal is to create a consolid... #AgroInnovations #agroUkraine #CleanTechnology #GrantsForBusiness #investments
The inflow of foreign investment into Ukraine is slowing down. The investment climate in Ukraine has never been easy for investors but ongoing war has only worsened the situation. In 2024, the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ukraine decreased by $1... #ForeignInvestor #imf #InvestmentClimate #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineRecovery
South Korean ITOXI invests in two glass factories in Ukraine. The two glass factories will be developed by City One Development and located in the City of Glass industrial park in Berezan, Kyiv region, and the Galicia industrial park in Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk r... #CityOneDevelopment #GlassFactory #GlassProduction #investments #ITOXI #SouthKorea #UkraineEconomy
An industrial park in the Kyiv region plans to attract 30 residents and $250M in investment by 2030. The Bila Tserkva Industrial Park will not revise its strategic development plan, which aims to draw 30 resident companies and $250M in investment by 2030 while creating up to 4,000 jobs, said Andriy R... #BilaTserkva #IndustrialParksUkraine #investments #PeikkoGroup #Unilever #Virastar
The SPFU is selling a distillery in the Ternopil region for ₴162M and preparing new lots for investors. The State Property Fund (SPFU) has announced the second auction for the sale of a single property complex belonging to the Zarubynskyi Distillery state enterprise in the Ternopil region with a startin... #AuctionUkraine #DistilleryPrivatization #ForeignInvestor #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU
Ukraine introduces a concession project for the Chornomorsk seaport in Warsaw. During an investment conference in Warsaw, Ukraine highlighted key aspects of the concession project for the port of Chornomorsk in the Odesa region. These include the terminal’s potential, spec... #A.P.MoellerMaersk #ChornomorskSeaPort #investments #Poland #SeaPortConcession #UkrainianSeaPorts
Finnish Peikko will soon launch a €3M building materials production plant in the Kyiv region. On April 24, the Finnish company, Peikko Group Corporation, officially announced the commissioning of an industrial building for a future plant that will produce concrete compounds and composite struc... #BuildingMaterials #IndustrialPark #investments #MadeInUkraine #PeikkoGroup #UkraineReconstruction
A South Korean company is set to construct a $106M waste-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Odesa. Posco International, a South Korean corporation, plans to build a thermal power plant in Odesa that will utilize waste as fuel. This project aims to establish an RDF-fueled CHP plant as a modern, inte... #CHPukraine #energyukraine #investments #Odesa #PoscoInternational #SouthKorea
Ukraine seeks investors for several production facilities. In the Odesa region, a factory producing instant coffee and related products is up for sale in the city of Chornomorsk. This sale is part of enforcement proceedings. The facility features an eight-sto... #Chornomorsk #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #StatePropertyFund #Ukrgasbank #Vinnytsiapobuthim
This year, the number of hotel rooms in Ukraine will increase by 1,400 rooms. According to EY Ukraine, the largest hotels that are scheduled for commissioning in 2025 are located in the safer regions of western Ukraine. Specifically, the Ivano-Frankivsk region will see the most... #Ernst&Young #GOROMountainResort #HotelsConstruction #investments #Odesa #RealEstateUkraine #Буковель
One of Europe’s largest manufacturers of window and door hardware continues to invest in its Dnipro factory. AXOR Industry’s total investment in launching, expanding, and developing its factory that produces window and door hardware in Dnipro has reached €40M. According to Minister of Economy Yulia Svy... #AXOR #investments #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #YuliyaSvyridenko
Tens of millions of euros are necessary to modernize Ukraine’s port infrastructure. According to Oleksandr Semyrga, head of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration, prior to the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion 13 seaports were operational in Ukraine, but only six are currentl... #ChornomorskSeaPort #investments #ModernizationUkraine #PortInfrastructureUkraine #UkrainianSeaPorts #Ventspils
Ukraine and the US are nearing the completion of a mineral deal. On April 17, the two parties signed a memorandum affirming their intention to finalize an agreement that will benefit both nations and establish the Investment Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine. ... #DFC #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #MineralAgreement #MineralMininginUkraine #TarasKachka
Business expectations improved in the first quarter of the year, with more than a third of companies ready to invest. In the first quarter of 2025, the Business Expectations Index (BEI) for Enterprises rose to 108.2%, up from 101.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024. The NBU noted that hostilities and their consequences ... #investments #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The Ministry of Economy clarifies the details of the mineral agreement with the US. This agreement does not outline specific amounts or debts, but it emphasizes establishing a framework for joint investment and mutual benefit, noted Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Kachka. “Cur... #DonaldTrump #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #MineralAgreement #MIningMineralsUkraine #TarasKachka
Ukrainian investors are interested in acquiring a Polish meat processing plant with €25M in annual turnover. According to Retail & Development Advisor, which is serving as the authorized representative for this asset’s sale, negotiations are underway with several investors. Since the onset of full-... #AgroProduction #ForeignInvestor #investments #MeatProcessingPlant #Poland
What can drive the development of Ukraine’s construction industry? The introduction of project financing based on the European model, where the bank serves as a partner, controller, and guarantor for investors, could be a catalyst for the sector’s growth, accor... #ConstructionUkraine #DigitalizationOfUkraine #IntergalBud #investments #UkraineDevelopers
Another bank in Ukraine has received an EBRD guarantee to support €100M in energy investment. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) continues its backing of Ukraine’s energy security by providing Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine with an unfunded portfolio risk-sharing guarantee, f... #BankLoans #CreditRisk #ebrd #EnergySecurity #investments #RaiffeisenBankUkraine #UkrainianBanks
The Epicentr hypermarket chain is planning to expand its grocery division. Currently, the Food Market chain within the Epicentr group of companies operates 26 retail outlets. “Unfortunately, part of the Food Market network was lost in shopping centers that were destroy... #Epicentr #FoodMarket #FoodRetail #investments #retailUkraine
Ukrainian startup seeks $5M to establish the first factory for ecological battery production. SorbiForce, a Ukrainian startup, has developed a technology for producing ecological batteries with a lifespan of up to 6,000 cycles (approximately 30 years). Outside of agricultural waste, the Arizon... #EcologicalBattery #investments #SorbiForce #StartUp
A Ukrainian investment fund has acquired three more shopping malls in Poland. The Focus Estate Fund has invested in three shopping centers near Katowice, marking an important step in its expansion into the Polish market. These malls include Sosnowiec Plaza, Ruda Śląska Plaza, a... #FocusEstateFund #investments #Poland #ShoppingCenters
The EC has announced the launch of the second phase of a competition to attract European businesses to Ukrainian recovery projects. At the EU-Ukraine Business Summit, the European Commission revealed the initiation of the second round of the Call for Expressions of Interest under the Ukraine Investment Framework. This competition ... #EuropeanBusiness #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineInvestmentFramework #UkraineRecovery
Ukrainians are investing in bank deposits and dollar-denominated government bonds. According to the first quarter’s results, the volume of hryvnia funds in individuals’ accounts increased by 0.6%. The NBU reports that this positive trend has continued for the seventh con... #BankDeposits #financeUkraine #investments #nbu #OVDP #UkraineBond
Kovalska will become one of Ukraine’s largest producers of aerated concrete after completing the launch of a new €100M plant. The Kovalska Industrial and Construction Group is finalizing preparations for the initial phase of a modern autoclaved aerated concrete facility with an annual production capacity of nearly 600,000 cu... #AeratedConcreteBlocks #BuildingMaterials #IndustrialPark #IndustryUkraine #investments #KovalskaGroup
Kingspan will begin construction of a €280M plant, while a large textile manufacturer is establishing a new factory in Ukraine. The State Inspectorate for Architecture and Urban Planning of Ukraine has issued a permit for the construction of a building materials plant in the Lviv region to Kingspan Property, a subsidiary of Ir... #BuildingMaterials #Chernihiv #IndustryUkraine #investments #Kingspan #LvivRegion #TextileContact
The largest private railway freight operator in Ukraine plans to build a modern container terminal in Fastiv. Last year, Lemtrans transported 15.9 million tons of cargo and aims to establish a container terminal in Fastiv (Kyiv region) that will serve as a strategic logistics hub for both the region and the c... #Cargotransportation #ContainerTerminal #Fastiv #investments #Lemtrans #Ukrainianlogistics
Ukraine is seeking an investor for oil and gas fields in western Ukraine, while Ukrnafta will develop a hydrocarbon field previously claimed by Chevron. The government has approved two competition proposals for two areas in western Ukrainian oil and gas fields in the area of Mezhyhirsk and Svichansk, located within the Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chern... #Chevron #ForeignInvestor #investments #NadraOleska #Oilmining #Ukrnafta
Ukrainian cement and concrete producers are poised to increase their capacity to meet reconstruction demands. According to CBR, even amidst high uncertainty with reduced international financing and severely limited Ukrainian budget resources, cement producers and consumers are ready to quickly restore and exp... #CementIndustryUkraine #CementPlantPushka #investments #KryvyiRihCement #UkraineCement #UkraineReconstruction
Two Ukrainian industrial enterprises are selling their production capacities. Where to invest? On April 11, the State Property Fund will hold an auction for the privatization of the state enterprise Zhytomyr Distillery, with a starting price that exceeds ₴101M. The enterprise is operational and... #AuctionUkraine #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU #Transcarpathia #ZhytomyrDistillery
Metallurgy’s contribution to Ukraine’s GDP increased to 7.2% last year. Industries in Ukraine’s mining and metallurgical complex (MMC) contributed 7.2% to Ukraine’s GDP in 2024, up from 5.7% in 2023. The increase in the MMC’s share resulted from a rise i... #GDPinUkraine #investments #MetallurgyUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UkrainianMetalExport
Despite the ongoing war, over 60% of international companies are ready to invest in Ukraine. According to a Business Ombudsman Council report, representatives from Ukrainian and foreign businesses in countries including Poland, Germany, Canada, the UK, Sweden, France, and Bulgaria indicate th... #CorruptionUkraine #ForeignCompanies #ForeignInvestor #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #RomanVashchuk #WarRisks
ATB plans to expand its network to 5,000 stores while investing in energy independence. ATB Corporation, Ukraine’s largest grocery retailer, aims to increase its footprint to 5,000 stores, which is 250% more than its current network of 1,300 stores. In 2025, the corporation intends... #ATBmarket #EnergyIndependence #GenadiyButkevych #investments #retailUkraine #SolarPanels
A ceramic tile manufacturer from the Epicentr group plans to increase its share of product exports to 30% after raising production to pre-war levels. Epicentr Ceramic Corporation is working to strengthen its position in the international market. In 2024, this ceramic tile manufacturer managed to boost its exports by over 100%. In 2021, exports acco... #BuildingMaterials #CeramicTile #Epicentr #investments #UkraineExport
