The National Bank explains why in 2023, real GDP grew by 5.3%. As reported by the NBU, public sector consumption increased by 9% over the year, and its share in GDP in 2023 reached almost 42% compared to about 18% in 2021. Private consumption grew by 6.1% thanks ... #GDPinUkraine #investments #nbu #UkraineEconomicActivity #UkraineEconomy
During the first quarter, 18 Ukrainian startups attracted at least $42M in venture investment. As noted, the quarterly figure may be higher, because not all deals were public. So, due to its non-public nature, the potentially largest investment on the list did not make it on the list. In Januar... #Carmoola #Himera #investments #OneNotary #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP #Viseven
Metinvest plans to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction, but there are obstacles. The general director of the Metinvest group, Yuriy Ryzhenkov, says the expansion of logistics capabilities, currency liberalization, and transparent rules for booking employees are important condition... #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #Metinvest #UkraineRecovery #YuriyRyzhenkov
A Ukrainian animal feed producer increased sales abroad and invested €6.55M to expand production in Ukraine and Lithuania. Kormotech, a pet food company, ended last year with a turnover of $152M, exceeding sales plans by $2M. Sales volume reached 77,400 tons, up 15.7% from 2022. The company’s sales grew most dynamic... #FeedProduction #investments #Kormotech
The EBRD plans to invest up to €10B in Ukraine over the next five years, said EBRD Vice President Jürgen Rigterink. He noted that the EBRD, responding to the crisis caused by the war, is focused on five main areas of Ukrainian support, spread between the private sector and... #ebrd #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #JürgenRigterink #SupportBusiness #SupportUkraine
Experts have named the most attractive industries for investment in Ukraine and identified the barriers that should be removed. As Andrii Dlygach, the Director of the Advanter Group of Companies, pointed out, given its present course of European integration, Ukraine has huge opportunities in everything related to the green tra... #energyukraine #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineDevelopment #UkraineEconomy #Ukrainianmetallurgy
The state property fund will again try to sell the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky seaport. What else is listed for privatization this week? During the current week, the State Property Fund (SPFU) plans to sell the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Sea trade port, the Rivne radio engineering plant, the Kamensk distillery, and the Kholminsky distillery.... #BilhorodDnistrovskyySeaPort #DistilleryPrivatization #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU
Ukraine is launching a mechanism to support large investors. The government has approved the latest regulatory document that is necessary to launch the state support mechanism for projects with significant investment. Investors will receive maximum assistance a... #ForeignInvestor #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #YuliyaSvyridenko
A significant part of Ukrainian businesses is considering investment despite the war, according to data from the Institute of Economic Research. In 2023, 45% of surveyed companies invested in their development or restoration, and 44% were ready to invest in 2024. These are some of the ... #BusinessInvestments #investments #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #бізнесвУкраїні
Bond Investors are Ready to Fund the War Against the Russian Federation. Bond investors are urging squabbling European Union leaders to get their act together on defense spending and make the bloc’s trillion-euro bond program permanent, reported Bloomberg. That means deman... #Bonds #investments #SupportUkraine
Analysts predict the creation of a record amount of Ukrainian warehouse space within two years. The warehouse market is experiencing difficult times due to a shortage of facilities. However, the problem could be solved by new projects announced in the next two years, particularly in the Kyiv reg... #CommercialRealEstate #investments #LogisticComplexUkraine #WarehousesKyiv
The national postal operator of Ukraine is ready for partial privatization and plans to increase operational efficiency and invest ₴1.3B in automation. Ukrposhta may become the first state-owned company to privatize a portion of its ownership shares, the company’s GM, Ihor Smilyanskyi, said. According to him, to begin with, the entity may sell ... #IhorSmilyansky #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #Ukrposhta
A Ukrainian start-up that extracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has attracted €1.5M in investment. The Ukrainian startup Carbominer, which captures carbon dioxide from the air, received a €1.5M grant from the EIC Accelerator Fund. Carbominer has already received a grant from the EBRD in 2022. In 20... #Carbominer #investments #NickOseyko #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUP
Since the beginning of the war, the BGV Group has invested almost ₴3B in Ukraine. Since February 24, 2022, BGV Group Management has invested almost ₴3B ($77M) in new projects and enterprises, as well as social and educational initiatives. The company’s main directions for investmen... #BGV #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #MiningUkraine #SportsInfrastructure #Zhytomyr
The UVCA has opened a hub in Brussels for business cooperation with the EU. The EU Business Hub, which includes an investment platform for promoting projects and cooperation between Ukrainian and European businesses, a business club, and the Seven Camp acceleration program, w... #AndriyKolodyuk #business #BusinessHub #investments #UVCA
Dragon Capital launched the first stage of an industrial park in the Lviv region – the World Bank has insured the investment. Investment company Dragon Capital put into operation the first phase of the M10 Lviv Industrial Park – a class A warehouse complex with an area of 14,400 square meters. The industrial park is lo... #DragonCapital #ebrd #IndustrialPark #investments #LvivIndustrialpark
Ukrainian farmers are increasing their orders for the construction of vegetable storage facilities by almost 100%. Most orders are private investments, as farming and agricultural companies have seen the prospect of developing the domestic market amid increasing domestic consumer spending. In part, the development... #AgroInvestments #agroukriane #FarmersUkraine #investments #VegetableStorageFacility
The Ukrainian business support fund attracted $350M and exceeded its initial target by 40%. Private Equity Fund Horizon Capital attracted $350M for investments in Ukrainian companies through its Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV fund. The fund, launched in 2022, reached this amount at the final... #BusinessSupport #HorizonCapital #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #TokyoConference
Ukrainian defense startups are eligible for $200,000 in development investments. Ukrainian and American companies in the field of leading defense technologies have launched a program to support Ukrainian technology startups in the defense field called MITS (“Power”). T... #DefenseInnovations #DefenseStartups #investments #MITS #UkrainianStartUP
A Ukrainian industrial waste processing company invested more than $300,000 to relocate its factory. Strategic by-product and waste management company Recycling Solutions has relocated its microsphere processing factory to Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region, from Druzhkivka, in the Donetsk region. The ... #BusinessRelocation #investments #Microsphere #RecyclingSolutions #WasteProcessingPlant
The Japanese government has invested $20M in a private venture fund focused on supporting Ukraine. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will invest $20M in the American venture fund Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV. This is a historic event, as it is the first investment Horizon Capital ... #HorizonCapital #investments #JICA
Here are the assets offered to investors in Ukraine in February-March. The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) plans to hold an auction on March 5 to privatize the Hannopil distillery in the Khmelnytskyi region. The property includes 62 buildings and structures with a ... #AuctionUkraine #HannopilDistillery #investments #LubnyWinery #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU
A Transcarpathian salt deposit needs investment in its logistics capabilities. Since the shutdown of industry giant Artemsil in Ukraine, the issue of developing new salt deposits has become acute. Instant, substantial results from salt extraction are available in Transcarpathia,... #Artemsil #investments #SaltMiningCOmpany #saltproductioninUkraine #UkraineSalt #Ukrainianlogistics
Ukraine’s largest private operator of railway transportation invested more than ₴160M in infrastructure and logistics but reduced transportation by 9% last year. According to the results of 2023, the Lemtrans company reduced the volume of transportation of various goods by 9.6% compared to 2022 – to 17 million tons. The main part of transported goods is ... #FreightContainerTrains #investments #Lemtrans #RailTransportation #Ukrainianlogistics
A chain of perfume and cosmetics stores increased its turnover by 40% and plans to invest about ₴1.5B in development. In 2023 EVA opened 59 new stores and increased its turnover by 40% compared to 2022. As of December 31, the network had 1,061 stores. In 2024, the company plans to open about 60 more stores. Planned i... #CosmeticsStoresUkraine #EVA #investments #retailUkraine
A newly launched dry port on the border with Poland increased transshipment last year; investment reached ₴100M. The Mostyska container terminal, which began operations in mid-2022, handled more than 72,400 TEU of containerized cargo in 2023, the Lemtrans logistics company reported. The total volume of freight w... #Cargotransportation #DryPort #investments #MostyskaDryPort #TrailerTransportation
A Chinese businessman is investing in amber extraction in the Rivne region. Chinese businessman Wang Zhikai will join investors in the Sonyachne Remeslo company, which will mine amber at the Tomashgorod deposit in the Rivne region. “Wang Zhikai becomes one of the few di... #AmberMining #IhorMazepa #investments #WangZhikai
An industrial park with ₴735M in investment will be built in the Kyiv region. The Cabinet of Ministers has added Universal Industry, located in the village of Rokytne, Kyiv region, to the Register of Industrial Parks. Total investment in the industrial park for the next three y... #IndustrialParksUkraine #investments #ProcessingPlantUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UniversalIndustry
A Ukrainian hotel operator plans to add 10 new development projects. The founder of Ribas Hotels Group, Artur Lupashko, said: “Ribas currently has 54 hotels under management and construction. Another six projects are at the signing stage. This is not only Bukovel... #ArturLupashko #HotelBusinessinUkraine #HotelsUkraine #investments #RibasHotelsGroup
A French billionaire will pay $500M for a Ukrainian mobile operator. The French investment company NJJ Capital agreed to pay $500M for the Ukrainian carrier Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS. Turkcell announced the sale of its Ukrainian business, including Lifecell, at t... #investments #LifeCell #NJJCapital #Turkcell #XavierNiel
An international hotel chain plans to open several establishments in the capital and western Ukraine. French Louvre Hotels Group is negotiating with a few Ukrainian developers to build hotels in Kyiv, Lviv, and Bukovel, said the company’s regional development manager, Philippe Campagno. In the s... #investments #LouvreHotelsGroup #NewHotelsUkraine #PhilippeCampagno
The EBRD invested €3.8B in Ukraine over two years, exceeding its target. In 2023, the EBRD directed a record amount of €2.1B to Ukraine, and in 2022 – €1.7B. The largest institutional investor in Ukraine, which significantly increased investment after the invasion of... #ebrd #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
Ukrainian Releaf Paper plans to invest €500,000 in production and attract €16M in investment. The Releaf Paper startup is investing €500,000 in a raw material production project in Ukraine, the company’s top manager, Oleksandr Sobolenko, said. He plans to start implementing the project i... #investments #OleksandrSobolenko #ReleafPaper
Retailers EVA and VARUS confirm their large-scale investment plans and are counting on state assistance with risk insurance. Ruslan Shostak, the owner of the EVA and VARUS networks, confirmed the previously announced large-scale investment plans. Last year, the businessman created the Tervin Corporation, which has 17 compan... #EVA #InsuranceUkraine #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #RuslanShostak #Varus
Russia threatens the West with $288B in losses for blocking its assets. Russian propaganda media have calculated that Western companies may lose $288B in response to the confiscation of Russian assets. The G7 leaders will agree to develop a stronger statement of intent to... #G7 #investments #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianEconomy
Dragon Capital continues its investment in Ukrainian commercial real estate this year. Dragon Capital Property Management invested about $10M in its real estate portfolio in 2023 and plans to do the same in 2024, the company’s top manager, Nataliya Kravets, said. In the fall of 20... #CommercialRealEstate #DragonCapital #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #NataliyaKravets
In one week, Ukraine made more than ₴346M from privatization. Where do businesses propose to invest in the near future? On January 15-19, the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) attracted ₴346.66M to the state budget in privatization auctions. The state held 1... #DistilleryPrivatization #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #ProzorroAuction #StatePropertyFund
Zelenskyy’s office announces a plan to stimulate private investment. The Deputy Head of the President’s Office, Rostyslav Shurma, noted: “We understand that today there is practically zero investment interest in Ukraine. The main obstacles that are holding us bac... #InsuranceUkraine #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #RostyslavShurma
A Ukrainian-British car loan optimization start-up attractes £15.5M. London-based startup Carmoola, whose founders include Ukrainians, has raised £15.5M to develop its online platform, which offers a “buy now, pay later” option for car purchases. The total ... #Carmoola #investments #StartUp #StartUpinvestments
The investment division of the World Bank has mobilized almost $1B to restore Ukraine’s private sector. According to the director of the International Financial Corporation (IFC), Makhtar Diop, $620M of the funds raised for Ukraine are part of the $2B package announced in December 2022. The funds are fr... #ifc #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #MakhtarDiop
Despite the war, the M&A market in 2023 reached $1.4B and significantly exceeded the previous year’s figure. The volume of M&A deals in Ukraine at the end of 2023 amounted to $1.2B, reported InVenture. Considering these deals’ low publicity and transparency, this figure could be slightly higher and... #investments #MergersAcquisitions #UkraineEconomy
Security investments are gaining momentum in Ukraine: the number of investors has increased by 34%. According to the Settlement Center for Servicing Contracts in Financial Markets, registered investors in securities in Ukraine increased by 34%, or by 46,000, in 2023. The volume of operations with hr... #financeUkraine #investments #OVDPselling #ukrainebonds #UkraineSecurities
The EBRD increases its capital by €4B to continue investment in Ukraine. The heads of the EBRD approved a resolution to increase the bank’s capital by €4B, bringing it to €34B. It is noted that the additional capital will be used to ensure stable investments in Ukrai... #ebrd #EBRDinvestments #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine
The EIB allocates more than €20B for investments in various sectors of Europe, including Ukraine’s logistics capabilities. The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide €20.4B in new funding for investments in energy, transport, business, education, water, and regional development in Europe and worldwide. This includ... #EIB #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #REPowerEU #RESinvestments #WindEnergy
The largest Ukrainian feed producer is investing €60M in a new factory in Lithuania. Animal feed manufacturer Kormotech plans to reach $150M in sales in 2023 and will strive to be among the 50 largest feed manufacturers in the world, company owner Rostyslav Vovk said. He said the shar... #FeedProduction #investments #Kormotech #RostyslavVovk
What economic and investment prospects will Ukraine receive from joining the Three Seas Initiative? The Three Seas Initiative’s (3SI) financial infrastructure, particularly the 3SI Investment Fund, can play an essential role in ensuring investment in long-term projects in Ukraine, said the Min... #investments #ThreeSeasInitiative #UkraineRecovery #YuliyaSvyridenko
Five waste recycling clusters are planned to be opened in the west of Ukraine. Experts from the international technical assistance project, APENA3, presented the project as part of the Transcarpathian regional waste management plan. Deputy Minister of Ecology Viktoriya Kireeva s... #investments #WasteProcessingPlant #WasteRecycling #WasteSorting
New Investments of $100M in the port of Chernomorsk. The Ministry of Infrastructure and the international grain trader Kernel have agreed to launch several projects to develop the infrastructure of the Black Sea port worth more than $100M, announced the... #ChornomorskSeaPort #investments
The capitalization of “Cyclone-4M” will increase to $530M. The Canadian company MaritimeLaunchServices (MLS), which is implementing a project to launch Ukrainian Cyclone-4M rockets, is in talks with CeresAcquisitionCorp to increase the project’s capital... #AerospaceTechnology #Cyclone4M #investments
The Lviv region will receive a $5B industrial project. This was announced following a meeting of Lviv regional state administration representatives with a delegation of investors from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and China reported the Lviv administration. The de... #investments #liquidfuelproduction #LvivIndustrialPlant
