Investors in Ukraine

Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund is a venture capital firm specializing early stage, pre-seed, seed/startup, growth capital and series-A investments. The firm seeks to invest in tech companies including software and hardware. The firm seeks to invest in Ukraine. It seeks to make investments in companies with revenue between €0.25 million ($0.29 million) and €1 million ($1.17 million). Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund was founded in 2024 and is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Dragon Capital is one of Ukraine’s leading groups of companies working in the field of investment and financial services, offering a comprehensive range of services in equities and fixed income sales, trading and research, investment banking, private equity and asset management to institutional, corporate and private clients. Established in 2000, the company was minority-owned from 2007-2017 by Goldman Sachs, one of the largest global banks. Dragon Capital accounts for the largest share of turnover on the Ukrainian stock market carrying out approximately a third of reported transactions. The company also dominates the Ukrainian debt market, with Dragon Capital’s DCM team advising leading corporates and banks on raising debt through local bonds, Eurobonds, structured finance and bilateral debt. The company’s fixed-income sales and trading business acts as a market maker in both domestic and international debt instruments, trading actively with international and domestic investors. The company has completed more than 100 fundraising, advisory and M&A deals since inception and has raised more than $5bn in new capital. Our core investment banking products are domestic and cross border M&A transactions, IPOs, private placements, debt financing including issuance of local bonds and Eurobonds. In November 2015, Dragon Capital announced the launch of The New Ukraine Fund, a private equity investment fund focusing on growth-capital investments in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Redevelopment Fund LP (URF), a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) for Soros family clients is one of the first investors in the new Ukraine-focused fund.

We are a venture capital firm based in Kyiv that invests in technology companies with Eastern European DNA. This means that the founders are from Eastern Europe or the engineering & software development is done in the region. We believe Eastern Europe can be globally competitive in technology and that tech companies are going to account for an increasing amount of global GDP going forward. We are a Ukrainian company so it makes sense that we would jump in the pool and make a significant allocation of capital to this new economy. We focus on late seed and series A investments across the tech spectrum. We avoid gaming and gambling. Otherwise, the door is open. We work hard to keep our minds flexible and remain curious. We invest more than capital. We provide our founders with strategic support and a network of contacts in the United States and Europe to expand their companies internationally and accelerate growth. Even when we source opportunities from other geographies – especially the U.S. – we help our portfolio companies link up with talented engineers from Ukraine’s massive and growing IT sector. The access we offer to high-quality, low-cost Ukrainian engineering talent is the key reason established venture capital and technology firms in the United States invite us to join their cap tables.

D3 VC is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage, pre-seed, seed, growth capital and startup investments. The firm typically invests in disruptive technologies or deep tech for national security like drones, electronic warfare, autonomy, sensors, AI, demining and cyber sectors. The firm seeks to invest in Ukraine and its Allies. The firm seeks to invest $0.125 million in startups as an initial check. The firm has the capacity to invest up to $1 million at the next financing round. The firm offers follow-on investments to companies that find a lead investor on their next round of financing. D3 VC was founded in 2023 and is based in Kiev, Ukraine.

Eksim was established in Istanbul as a foreign trade company in 1986. In a short time period, the company succeeded to become one of the important player in the market by trading grain (wheat, barley, oat, etc.), oilseeds (soybean, sunflower, corn, etc. ). In the following years, Eksim has started to invest such as Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Romania. Especially in food sector, the group has succeeded to establish a continuous supply chain from the producer to the end user in the agricultural products through its own companies and its local contacts. In the year of 2000s, Eksim decided to make investments in different sectors, according the changing dynamics in the world. And today, Eksim has become one of leading groups in Turkey, in the energy, food and real estate sectors. Especially, Eksim has a wide portfolio of projects in the field of renewable energy. With the 464 MW wind farm license, Eksim is one of the pilot companies in Turkey in the wind energy field. In the sector of hydroelectric energy which is another section of renewable energy, Eksim holds over 874 MW capacity project portfolio. Eksim’s first HPP, 63 MW Uzundere – I HPP which was built on the İncesu creek, has already been commissioned on May 2010. Eksim has intensive interest in the Real Estate sector and is implementing many prestigious projects which have their own special concepts. The Aquacity 2010 project in Sancaktepe region, the Ak-Asya project in Acıbadem region, the Ottomare project in Zeytinburnu region, the KAT project in Ataköy region are being developed by Eksim and strategic partner SİNPAŞ company. Sinangil which is the first packaged flour supplier company in the Turkish market, and Eksun Food and Altınapa Milling Company which are in the list of top 500 Turkish Industrial Enterprises, are being operating under the Eksim umbrella in the food sector.

FISON means projects with an innovative idea, which are financed by involving venture capital, and which include two main areas: - Portfolio investments with the lowest risk; - Investments in the start-up projects. If you do not have any experience in investing, or you do not want to run a risk, but want to get a reliable instrument and a guaranteed source of income, entrust it to professionals. Our specialists have all the resources for achieving this goal. The FISON Project in its activities on attracting venture capital investment is cooperating with the Investment Fund managed by the Company “Pioglobal Asset Management”, which is registered by the NKTSBFR in accordance with the legislation. Everyone who wants can invest monetary funds in FISON projects through purchasing shares of the venture Investment Fund managed by the Company “Pioglobal Asset Management”. All operations of the FISON projects are carried out due to the investors’ assets. An investor may be an individual or a legal entity by purchasing shares of the Investment Fund. The estimated yield of the FISON projects is 20%* per annum (*estimated, but not guaranteed). FISON team works in two directions: portfolio investments, where the lowest risk and stable income are supposed, and investments in startups - projects with an innovative idea. Our team consists of experienced professionals. They collect information about the Ukrainian markets and analyze the exchange markets of startups. You can see the result of their work and a full analysis in the section News or on the home page in the block “Invested projects”. On the basis of this analysis, you can take decisions on the purchase or sale of assets and securities. This information is available to everybody. To control your finances, you will also get acquainted with such a term as the budget. Subscribing to our e-mail newsletter, you will be able to learn in details and to start applying our four rules of personal finance. If you get a question, you can always call our hotline, and operators will gladly help you! If everything is ok with your budget - just be our investor. Sincerely, the FISON team!

Fison is an investment company and venture capital fund that invests in startups and stock markets, offering portfolio investments for private individuals with a focus on Ukrainian and international projects.

ICLUB Global is a network of investment clubs where private investors can co-invest with venture fund TA Ventures in fast-growing startups in EU and US. Our main distinction: ICLUB members invest only in startups funded by TA Ventures. We find the startup, conduct due-diligence, make an investment decision, present the startup to you — and you make the decision yourself. ICLUB currently operates in London, Kyiv, Dubai, Almaty, Minsk and Monaco. Our format is monthly events in each location where we present new startups from TA Ventures deal flow.

We are one of the largest national employers, uniting more than 28,000 employees at more than 40 companies in 17 regions of Ukraine and about 4,000 employees at companies abroad. The holding is a multiple winner of prestigious national rankings of the best employers in various categories, as well as one of the largest providers of corporate social responsibility projects. You will definitely recognize us by such brands as: "Nasha Ryaba", "Nasha Ryaba Appetitna", "Bashchynsky", "Easy!", Kurator, "Chef's Secrets", Qualiko, Ukrainian Chicken, Sultanah, Assilah. FACTS ABOUT MHP: Our products are located on store shelves in more than 85 countries; More than 10 own trademarks; We supply meat products to KFC and McDonalds; MHP shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange; As of the end of 2021, we have more than 180 Myasomarket stores in 97 settlements in 23 regions of Ukraine; We have two own biogas complexes. VICTORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS: Our holding received the BusinessHero 2021 award from the European Business Association (EVA); Perutnina Ptuj from MHP was included in the TOP-10 largest business groups in Slovenia; The MHP Leaders Hub project won the nomination "Best Leadership Development Program" at the HR-Brand 2021 Award organized by grc.ua; Our company is included in the rating of TOP-5 companies of Ukraine that implement "green" technologies, according to the publication Ecopolitics; We are ranked in the TOP-25 innovative companies of Ukraine; MHP is among the best employers in Ukraine according to the magazine "TOP 100. Ratings of the largest".

Solid5 is a topnotch private equity venture fund with an exceptional track record of nurturing pre/seed-stage companies to success. Our goal is to introduce a novel, yet proven approach to growing startups, which will pave the way to a better, social driven future of startup arena. Our strategy is inspired by entrepreneurial spirit and based on creating strong partnerships with leading VC and tech players in order to bring original solutions to the marketplace. We believe that joining forces with leading players is the key ingredient of our unique business strategy.

KM Core is an international investment and technology holding that represents a new stage in the development of Kvazar-Micro (originally established in 1990). KM Core's portfolio companies focus on information and communication technology, microelectronics as well as green energy. The group is represented in the CIS, USA, Germany, Israel and Canada. It helps companies to capitalize the historically strong base of intellectual capital found in Ukraine and the CIS countries. KM Core localizes and implements globally competitive innovative technologies.

JSC Rietumu Banka is one of the largest banks in the Baltics States, specialized in corporate banking and affluent individuals. Headquartered in Riga, Latvia, the Bank is well represented in the global market, providing services to customers all over Europe, the Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Romania, Armenia, and other regions.

Sector X is an accelerator and venture capital firm specializing in business to business, business to consumer startups. The firm takes 5-9% equity stake and provide an initial grant of $20 thousand in cash upto a maximum of $100 thousand. They offer 1+2,5-month deep dive program. Sector X is headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine.

ARALON AG is a private equity firm specializing in middle market buyout transactions including management buyouts and buy-ins, growth financing, succession solutions and spin-offs, shareholder replacement, platform strategies for market consolidation over buy and build, cross-border expansion in small and medium sized companies. The firm prefers to invest in mid-cap companies. It makes investments in healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing especially with strong aftersales element, industrial technologies and products and services, business services including logistics, consumer goods and retail, and clean technologies including environment and energy. The firm targets investments in companies based in Eastern Europe, Middle Eastern Europe, Central Eastern Europe, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, bordering the Black Sea Region including Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, Baltics, Hungary; South East Europe including the countries of the former Yugoslavia, Russia, and Belarus; and the Caucasian Region and selected countries of the former Soviet Union (Commonwealth of Independent States). It makes investments between €3 million ($4.36 million) and €20 million ($29.04 million) in companies with turnover of up to €100 million ($145.19 million). The firm seeks to acquire majority ownership equity up to 100 percent. However, it may also acquire an influential minority stake. The firm prefers to be a lead investor or co-investor with others, especially if equity commitment is more than €20 million ($29.04 million). It typically, invests for a period between three and six years, though sometimes longer. It targets to achieve an annual gross IRR of more than 30 percent. The firm does not invest through third parties and does not pay dividends. ARALON AG was founded in 2005 and is based in Pfäffikon, Switzerland with an additional office in Bucharest, Romania and Egg, Switzerland.

GR Capital is a pan-European venture fund that backs fast-growth tech companies with proven teams, business models, and scaling capacities, focusing on sectors like health, wealth, housing, and mobility.

The mission of Q Partners is to expand Ukrainian economyAs a multidisciplinary investment group, the Company has been established in 1992. Our background involves successful fulfillment of major transactions on equity raising, selling of businesses to strategic investors in the field of metallurgy, energy, utilities, real estate, FMCG and agriculture for a total amount of over $ 5 billions.Return on InvestmentsAnnual interest rate of return (IRR) — starting from 25%Project ExitClear understanding of the needs of a project’s final buyer — strategic investorCompetitive AdvantagesAvailability of licenses, patents and trademarks. Cost assessment of technologiesTeamLeading subject matter experts with sufficient competencies to launch a project, or an option to recruit a required teamIndustryBusiness of a project corresponds to industries invested by the FundMarketPotential growth of a project to a market leader position

With more than two decades of successful experience investing in small and medium-sized companies in Ukraine and Moldova, Western NIS Enterprise Fund established u.ventures to invest in early stage technology startups with world-class teams and a global potential for growth. We back local entrepreneurs who dare to build exciting global ventures. We invest in early stage startups from Ukraine and Moldova, emerging leaders in their segments, quickly expanding into global markets. Our initial investment can range from 100,000 to 500,000 USD.

TA Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm primarily focusing on Mobility and Digital Health. We are based in Kiev, Frankfurt, Boston and invest in teams across Europe & the US. We co-invest with leading investors and have been privileged to back companies such as Wunder Mobility, Caroobi, Klara, Sense.ly and 100+ others including Azimo, SumUp, Dreamlines, Marley Spoon. We offer proactive support and a broad international network to our portfolio companies. By supporting with the set-up of R&D centers in Ukraineand Europe, we help our portfolio companies grow and stay competitive

ZBS Capital is a VC fund focused on the Web 3.0 revolution, investing in crypto startups and providing advisory services. Founded by the creators of CryptoDiffer, the firm leverages media expertise and technical connections to support blockchain-based projects from early stages.

BRAVE FRANCE is a joint defencetech initiative between Ukraine and France. It aims to accelerate battlefield innovation by providing grants to Ukrainian and French companies developing advanced military solutions.

SMRK is a Ukrainian fund specialized in venture capital investment. We help startups on various stages of maturity. The company was founded in Autumn, 2013 and its main focus is on IT-products on seed and Round A. We work with those ideas which are oriented to the global market and are useful for the consumer. We’re seeking ideas that can run the world.SMRK team knows everything about IT-startups because we were on your side and went through a tough way: once we were beginners but now we’re major experts in investing. We’ve already helped a lot of projects to grow and expand by investing from $100k up to $1M at one check.

Founded in 2021, ZAS Ventures is a Seed fund in Ukraine to invest in SaaS and cloud infrastructure startups in Central and Eastern Europe that target the U.S. market, leveraging partners’ startup founder background and first-hand experience scaling sales in cloud-based products.ZAS Ventures is supported by a fund-building accelerator called VC Lab run by the Founder Institute in the Bay Area. Investment Strategy:Our strategy is to help founders with four key elements on their path of building the next unicorns from the CEE region.Tune product & revise strategyEngage advisors and first U.S. execsGrow sales to $MM ARRAttract Series A lead investorWe are a founder-friendly, “hands-on,” and mentor-driven fund. Ex-Founders, Marketing Leaders, and Executives at Top Tech companies in the U.S. will be mentoring our startups to accelerate their path to unicorn status.

BRISE is a family office specialized in MarTech and E-commerce domains. Currently, we operate in Ukraine and scout teams from CEE. We are targeted on startups who build companies in our verticals or use SaaS and Marketplace business models. Our goal is to add 5-7 new companies annually. Nowadays, we invested in 8 portfolio companies among which are Finmap, VOCHI, OVO, Getpin, Disqover and others. Also, we actively contribute to the ecosystem by taking part in industry development inside Ukrainian Startup Fund and Ukrainian Internet Association. We are a team of professionals and enthusiasts who believe in the potential of tech product companies and at the same time specialize in scouting of perspective and ambitious startups that strive to become the best in their niches. Usually we practice hands-on approach in the beginning of cooperation with teams when one of the partners can be deeply involved in operations of a portfolio company.

Geek Ventures is venture capital firm specializing in startup, early venture, pre-seed/ seed and growth capital investments. The firm is sector-agnostic within tech and prefers to invest in B2B SaaS, B2C software, hardware, deeptech, information technology and immigrant founders. The firm typically invests in the United States. The firm prefers to invest between $0.05 million and $1 million and follow-on investments up to $3 million. Geek Ventures was founded in 2021 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Austin, Texas, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel Aviv, Israel.

АBOUT USSmart-Holding is one of the largest investment groups in UkraineSmart-Holding is one of the largest investment groups in Ukraine, comprised of companies that share common strategic goals and business principles. Smart-Holding focuses on the industries that are the key sectors of the country’s economy. Smart-Holding invests in enterprises in such areas as metals and mining, oil and gas, agriculture, shipbuilding and real estate. Smart-Holding also participates in other projects as a portfolio investor.Smart-Holding’s strategy aims to deliver the effective management of a diversified portfolio of investments, ensuring long term growth in its value. Smart-Holding’s enterprises are continuously looking for new business lines that could become development drivers both for the enterprises and the economy of Ukraine.