WE INVEST IN UKRAINE! UVCA shapes the future direction of the private equity industry by promoting investment opportunities of Ukraine, representing interests of private equity investors to policymakers and improving investment and business climate of Ukraine.
ABOUT Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA) was established TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT UKRAINE’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES and to support investors in every aspect, from providing reliable information to establishing international connections at the industry and government levels. The blossoming local technology sector has triggered the emergence of new local investors, who certainly benefit from their western peers sharing expertise and the best practices. BY BUILDING A BRIDGE BETWEEN UKRAINIAN AND GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS, UVCA FACILITATES THE MOTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND CAPITAL IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
WHAT DO WE DO? PROMOTING NETWORKING LOBBYING = amending legislation to improve the business and ● being a gateway to Ukraine for foreign private ● investment climate investors ● lobbying for the creation of new investment ● promoting Ukrainian investment opportunities at methods and schemes to expand investment industry events and one-on-one meetings opportunities organizing roadshows for international investors ● providing international support in lobbying (EBAN, ● in Ukraine as well as for Ukrainian investors EVCA etc) abroad protecting the rights of private equity investors ● promoting IT success stories of Ukraine ● providing “credibility confirmation“ for investors ● encouraging syndicated Investments ● RESEARCH EVENTS, TRAINING, EDUCATION being the resource center of publications from ● gathering and analyzing private equity and ● around the world venture capital activity data in Ukraine and conducting weekly newsletter sharing news, ● compiling industry overviews trends and best practices providing international associations, research ● organizing events with inspiring guests and up- ● institutions and investors with the overview of to-date topics Ukrainian investment market and its players spreading European private equity research and ● news
WHY BECOME A MEMBER? ● The diversity, scale and the significant impact of UVCA membership gives a strong and credible voice with our stakeholders, in particular, regulators and legislators. ● One of our key goals is to ensure that Ukrainian legislators and regulators have a clear understanding of our industry and the beneficial impact it has on the economy. UVCA activity (in particular the activity of UVCA Legal Committee) is focused on shaping the legislation on both the pan-industry and sector-specific scales affecting UVCA members represent the full LPs. breadth of LPs and GPs, including ● UVCA matches its members with leading global institutional investors, family investors. offices, fund managers ● We provide verifiable industry data and analysis. Due to our reputation and non-for-profit status our LP members see UVCA as the ideal organization to collect GP’s performance data and publish robust reports.
WHY BECOME A MEMBER? ● We connect our members with the main players of the global investment market as a member of InvestEurope (former EVCA). UVCA plays the role of a bridge between Ukrainian and foreign PE ecosystems. ● UVCA links its members with companies and startups while conducting pro bono initiatives with startup oriented Ukrainian and global investors, and industry professionals. We organize workshops, startup contests and business lunches “Investor & Founders”. ● For our members we organize exclusive closed events (investment breakfasts & networking events) with high profile guests such as ambassadors, members of Parliament and ministers of related ministries. ● In order to support and promote our members we use a range of instruments, including hosting leading industry conferences, managing daily social media, public relations activity.
WHO ARE OUR MEMBERS?
WHO ARE OUR MEMBERS? Who are our members?
WHO ARE OUR MEMBERS? Who are our members?
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
UVCA SUPERVISORY BOARD 2019 STRATEGIC PARTNERS ANDREY KOLODYUK DENIS GURSKY ANDRIY DOVZHENKO OLEKSANDR SOROKA VITALY M. GOLOMB Co-Founder, Managing Partner CEO Managing Partner Founder & Head of Board Co-founder and Managing Partner SMRK VC Fund Startup Network Social Boost AVentures Capital GS Capital DANIEL KIM ALEXANDER GALITSKY VASILE TOFAN ALEXANDER ROMANISHYN Partner Partner Co-Founder Co-founder, Managing Orrick’s Technology Companies Horizon Capital Reactor Partner Almaz Capital Group
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PARTNERS OLGA AFANASYEVA Executive Director of UVCA, PhD in Finance “THE MISSION OF UVCA IS TO BUILD THE BRIDGE BETWEEN UKRAINIAN AND GLOBAL INVESTMENT and startup ecosystems, match investors with Ukrainian entrepreneurs. However, we cannot foster the growth of Ukrainian investment market without supporting Ukrainian startups. With this idea, we are initiating and implementing a lot of projects which provide young entrepreneurs with opportunities to present their products on the global market, learn practical things from leading experts and investors”
UVCA COMMITTEES STRATEGIC PARTNERS The committees of the Ukrainian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (UVCA) are set up to work on the most important aspects of the development of Ukrainian investment market, deepen the cooperation with state authorities and foreign partners, and create the environment with fair rules for all the participants of the innovation and investment ecosystems.
UVCA COMMITTEES STRATEGIC PARTNERS Research Legal The Research Committee initiates and The Legal Committee is created to maintain conducts the analysis of the venture capital the proper working conditions for the and private equity market and reports on participants of the investment environment active participants in the investment market in the legislative field of Ukraine. The Legal of Ukraine. The regular annual reports of the Committee takes part in the development and Committee are “Ukrainian Venture Capital lobbying for the draft laws, legislative acts and Private Equity Overview” and the and promptly reacts to changes in Ukraine’s “Investors Book”. legislative field of the investment sector. Research Committee Chair: Legal Committee Co-chairs: Vladimir Yumashev, Partner, Tax & Legal, Anna Zorya, Partner at Arzinger Deloitte. Taras Dumych, Partner at Wolf Theiss. Energy Blockchain The Energy Committee promotes the use of The Blockchain Committee was created to energy efficient technologies, renewable promote the technology of distributed energy sources and stimulates the registry to the business environment of development of innovative companies in the Ukraine, popularize the modern way of green energy sector. attracting investment through ICO and create fair legal conditions for the use of Energy Committee Chair: cryptocurrency in the economy of our Roman Zinchenko, co-founder of country. Greencubator. Blockchain Committee Chair: Kateryna Oliinyk, Partner at Arzinger
UVCA COMMITTEES STRATEGIC PARTNERS Invest in Ukraine ICT The Invest in Ukraine Committee was set up to promote The ICT Committee is created to develop the Ukraine’s investment opportunities abroad, and create innovative ecosystem of Ukraine through the image of our country as a country where modern innovative products are created according to the promoting startups, attracting investment to international standards. The Invest in Ukraine this sector and promoting Ukrainian Committee conducts investment activities both in innovative products overseas. Ukraine and abroad in order to establish contact with international partners and attract investment to ICT Committee Chair: Ukraine. Andriy Dovzhenko, Founder and Managing Partner, SMRK VC Fund Invest in Ukraine Committee Chair: Olga Afanasyeva, Executive Director at UVCA
LOBBYING STRATEGIC PARTNERS OUR PROJECTS LOBBYING Corporate Governance in LLC State Investment Projects Financing Ukrainian Parliament passed the law The Law simplifies the procedure of on LLC’s Corporate Governance in obtaining state support for investment projects by changing the role of the February 2018. State Register of Investment Projects The Law implements international from permissive to informative. It practices in corporate regulation allows projects that have been of private companies, sets rules for a granted state support, as well as state pledge for corporation rights, investment projects, to be put in the introduces shareholder agreements, State Register of Investment Projects in protects minority shareholders’ rights order to monitor their implementation. as well as allows flexibility of regulation for private company Simplification of Employment of High shareholders. Quality Foreign Specialists The Law will also increase Ukraine’s Doing Business ranking. The Law allows highly skilled foreigners, including those in the IT sector, to obtain the work permit easier.
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