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.

1. WE INVEST IN UKRAINE!

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Introduction
Who we are
What we do
Lobbying and Protecting
Educating
Conducting Research
Promoting and Networking
UVCA events
Partnered initiatives
UVCA & Media
Digital Communications
Our Partners
Why Become a Member?
Special Events for Members
Internal Communications
UVCA Anniversaries
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3. Introduction
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Who We Are
What We Do
Our Partners
5 Why Become a Member?
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4. WORD
FROM CEO
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 from leading experts and investors”
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5. INTRODUCTORY
WORD
As the world comes together in the crisis, UVCA is continuing to work hard to bring investors
and startups together. We provide a strong connection to international institutions, conduct
research on the most relevant topics, and organize networking events to make our members feel
the support everyone needs now.
The world is coming to a new era, that provides us with opportunities we never had before. We
can connect more easily with colleagues abroad and organize joint activities to promote
businesses worldwide.
This report provides detailed information on activities we conduct at the moment, the results of
our work, and ideas for future improvement of the investment climate.
In the last five years, we have:
- conducted dozens of networking events,
- represented Ukraine at the World Economic Forum in Davos for 4 years in a row,
- brought Ukrainian startups to Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas 3 times,
- lobbied a number of laws,
- and presented annual reports on the investment market in Ukraine with a coverage of more than
56K+ views.
We believe that together we can create a better future, and we do everything in our power to
make it happen sooner.
Join us in our mission to drive the world to success!
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6. Introduction
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Who We Are
What We Do
Our Partners
5 Why Become a Member?
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7. ABOUT US
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.
BY BUILDING A BRIDGE BETWEEN
UKRAINIAN AND GLOBAL
ECOSYSTEMS, UVCA FACILITATES
THE MOTION OF KNOWLEDGE
AND CAPITAL IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS.
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8. GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
SUPERVISORY BOARD UVCA
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
UP TO 9 MEMBERS
CHAIRMAN OF
THE BOARD
COMMITTEES
LEGAL
RESEARCH
AND
OUTLOOK
ENERGY BLOCKCHAIN ICT INVEST IN UKRAINE
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9. UVCA
SUPERVISORY
BOARD 2021
ANDREY KOLODYUK
Managing Partner,
AVentures Capital,
Chairman of UVCA
Supervisory Board
ALEXANDER GALITSKY
Co-founder, Managing
Partner,
Almaz Capital
DENIS GURSKY
Co-Founder,
1991 Open Data
Incubator
DANIEL KIM
Partner,
Orrick’s Technology
Companies Group
YEVGEN SARANTSOV
Founder,
RE:ACTOR
OLEKSANDR
SOROKA
CEO,
Startup Network
ROMAN
NIKITOV
Co-head,
ICU Ventures
VITALY M.
GOLOMB
Co-founder and
Partner,
Drake Star
Partners
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DMYTRO BORODAY
Principal,
Horizon Capital

10. UVCA COMMITTEES
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,
- create the environment with fair
rules for all the participants of the
innovation and investment
ecosystems.
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11. LEGAL
Committee Chair:
Taras Dumych, Partner at Wolf Theiss
The Legal Committee has been created to
maintain the proper working conditions for
the participants of the investment
environment in the legislative field of Ukraine.
The Committee takes part in the development
and lobbying for the draft laws, legislative acts
and promptly reacts to changes in Ukraine’s
legislative field of the investment sector.
Office of the National Investment
Council
Round table “100 days of the Law
“Stop Masks-Show”
UVCA
COMMITTEES
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12. UVCA
COMMITTEES
INVEST IN UKRAINE
Committee Chair:
Olga Afanasyeva, Executive Director at
UVCA
The Invest in Ukraine Committee was set up
to promote Ukraine’s investment
opportunities abroad, and create the image
of our country as one where modern
innovative products are created according to
the international standards.
The Committee conducts investment activities
both in Ukraine and abroad in order to
establish contact with international partners
and attract investment to Ukraine.
RESEARCH AND
OUTLOOK
Co-Chairs:
Sergey Atamas, Managing partner at Kreston
GCG Тechnology
Olga Afanasyeva, Executive Director at UVCA
The Research Committee initiates and
conducts the analysis of the venture capital
and private equity market and reports on
active participants in the investment market of
Ukraine.
The regular annual reports of the Committee
are “Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private
Equity Overview” and the “Investors Book”.
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13. UVCA
COMMITTEES
BLOCKCHAIN
Committee Chair:
Kateryna Oliinyk, Partner at Arzinger
The Blockchain Committee was created to
promote the technology of distributed
registry to the business environment of
Ukraine, popularize the modern way of
attracting investment through ICO and create
fair legal conditions for the use of
cryptocurrency in the economy of our country.
National Bank of Ukraine
UA Blockchain Policy Paper
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14. ENERGY ICT
Committee Chair:
Roman Zinchenko, co-founder of
Greencubator
Committee Chair:
Andriy Dovzhenko, Founder and Managing
Partner, SMRK VC Fund
The Energy Committee promotes the use of
energy efficient technologies, renewable
energy sources and stimulates the
development of innovative companies in the
green energy sector.
The ICT Committee was created to develop
the innovative ecosystem of Ukraine through
promoting startups, attracting investment and
promoting Ukrainian innovative products
overseas.
UVCA
COMMITTEES
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15. UVCA
IN NUMBERS
49
150+
>$10B
25
6YEARS ON THE
MARKET
MEMBERS
INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS
CAPITAL UNDER
MANAGEMENT
VENTURE CAPITAL
AND PRIVATE
EQUITY FUNDS
$510M+
92K+
140M+
$50,5M+
$13M+
VIEWS ON THE
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
VIEWS OF UVCA
RESEARCH REPORTS
INVESTED IN UKRAINIAN
STARTUPS IN 7 YEARS
VC INVESTMENTS IN
UKRAINIAN STARTUPS
TILL JULY 20
PE INVESTMENTS
TILL JULY 20
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16. OUR MEMBERS 16
Mykhail Novinsky Ruslan Savchyshyn

17. OUR
MEMBERS
Members by Type Members by Country
Funds by type
Type of Institutions
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18. Introduction
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2
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4
What We Do
Our Partners
5 Why Become a Member?
Who We Are
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19. WHAT
WE DO
LOBBYING AND PROTECTING
- protecting investors’ rights
- lobbying legislation amendment to create better investment
climate
- providing international support in lobbying (EBAN, Invest Europe
etc.)
EDUCATING
- collecting and spreading the most relevant data on industry
- holding events with inspiring guests on up-to-date topics
- supporting Ukrainian initiative
CONDUCTING RESEARCH
- compiling industry overviews
- providing information on the market and its participants
- spreading European private equity research
PROMOTING AND NETWORKING
- promoting Ukraine’s investment opportunities and attracting
foreign investors
- organizing roadshows in Ukraine and abroad
- “confirming credibility” of investors
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20. DEFEND AND IMPROVE
CONDITIONS FOR INVESTORS
Meeting with Petro Poroshenko, the
President of Ukraine. UVCA Members
suggested six specific proposals needed
for the development of IT in Ukraine.
PROTECTING PRIVATE EQUITY
INVESTORS RIGHTS
UVCA prepared a number of appeals, association's
positions on illegal actions by law enforcement agencies,
as well as innovations that threaten investment activities
and development of the IT industry in Ukraine
LOBBYING
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21. -State Investment Projects Financing,
- Law of Ukraine “On Limited and Additional Liability
Companies",
- Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain
Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding Elimination of
Barriers to Attraction of Foreign Investments",
- Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of
Ukraine to Increase the Level of Corporate
Governance in Joint-Stock Companies,
- Laws that will increase Ukraine’s Doing Business
ranking.
"Often, making things happen in business is
dependent on making things happen in law. This
is the role of the UVCA Legal Committee, and we
are proud that we have been able to successfully
influence the lawmaking process thus improving
and facilitating a business environment in Ukraine
and helping venture capital and private equity
investors to make the right business decisions"
Taras Dumych, Chair of the UVCA Legal
Committee, Partner at WOLF THEISS
AMENDING LEGISLATION ON IMPROVING
BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LOBBYING
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22. Meeting with the Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman in order to support UVCA
Fund-of-funds initiative in terms of public-private partnership
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Goncharuk on the creation of Fund of
Funds, as a tool to attract $500 million in investments
Meeting with the Deputy Ministry of Digital Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov and the
main Ukrainian Venture and Private Equity Funds in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in
order to create conditions for the Fund-of-funds in Ukraine and the working groups by the
Ministry for developing further road map
LOBBYING FOR CREATING NEW INVESTMENT VEHICLES
AND SCHEMES TO EXPAND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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23. - Members of Parliament and Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, profile
Сommittees and Ministries,
- The World Bank teams: Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation GP`s
team; entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem team, etc.,
- Export Strategy team for Information Technology Sector 2019-2023,
became part of the working groups, having worked out the final document
and submitting it to the ministries for consideration,
- National Investment Council - UVCA members became the part of it
UVCA Conducted A Lot of IN-PERSON AND ADVOCACY
MEETINGS With The Aim To Introduce Our Own Industrial
Policy With:
LOBBYING
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24. EDUCATING
EUROPEAN UNION PROGRAMME “EU4DIGITAL
FACILITY”
Participate in the writing the industrial hi-tech policy to support the
development of ICT research, startups & innovation ecosystem in
Ukraine drawing from the EU and local stakeholders experience, best
practices.
DEALROOM UKRAINE
UVCA together with Dealroom.co and partners successfully launched
the most extensive startup and venture capital ecosystem platform
dedicated to the Ukrainian tech scene to date which will help accurately
track any changes on the market.
PUBLIC COUNCIL AT THE MINISTRY OF DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION
UVCA applied for the public council so to develop the IT ecosystem in
Ukraine, represent the experience and expertise of investors, startups.
CIVIC TECH SISTERS
Mentoring at the program for young female leaders from Ukraine and
Germany. The aim is to equip young aspiring female leaders with the
knowledge of successful female leaders in the Civic Tech sphere and
empower them to shape their own leadership role.
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25. EU initiative ESIL - Empowering early stage investors
UVCA represents Ukraine within the ESIL network,
connecting the leading investors across Europe.
Together with Brigitte Baumann - the Founder of an
investment company operating in France, UK, USA and
Switzerland, European Angel Investor of the Year with
20+ years of experience in bringing new technologies to
market in the US and Europe, we held:
- Angel investing day for ukrainian investors,
elaborated on the current state of the Early
Stage Investment in Europe and Ukraine, key
elements of building the angel ecosystem, some
figures on EU and US.
- Meeting with Claude Wild - Ambassador of
Switzerland in Ukraine;
- Meeting with Alexander Bornyakov - Deputy
Minister of Digital Transformation.
UVCA gather up to 40 Business Angel and persons
who are interested in investment.
INDUSTRY
EXCELLENCE
& TRAINING
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26. EU initiative ESIL - Empowering
early stage investors
UVCA held the Second Angel investing day together with
- Luigi Amati - founding member of Italian Angels for Growth, the
largest angel group in Italy, and the Chairman of Business Angels
Europe and
- Bas Godska, Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor, active in
Tech worldwide since 2000, who knows everything about the way from
Business Angel to Venture Fund who shared the expertise with the
guests.
Registered up to 100 potential investors and interested parties.
INDUSTRY
EXCELLENCE
& TRAINING
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27. WORKSHOPS:
Andrey Dovzhenko
"Startup mistakes on the way to success"
Vitaly Golomb
“Transport of the future - mobility industry,
development, investments.
“How to beat Silicon Valley”
Kazuhiro Obara
“VR/AR and AI. New era: New rules”
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28. RESEARCH
'Who is who on the Ukrainian Investment
Market' 2017 was the first guide to the
Ukrainian investment market with the goal to:
- promote local investors’ opportunities
- support financing of Ukrainian startups
- improve the investment attractiveness of Ukraine
INVESTORS’ BOOK
Investors’ Book advantages for:
Investors
International promotion, networking and co-investing opportunities
Startups
Simplifying process of finding an investor
Foreign Profile Institutions
Thorough information on investment opportunities in Ukraine
Local Government
Better understanding of IT market and development possibilities
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29. 43.7K+
1000+
100+
150+
100+
Coverage Of The First Investors’ Book:
VIEWS
NEWSLETTER CONTACTS
PUBLICATIONS IN MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
INTERVIEWS ON UVCA ACTIVITY
Geography Of Views:
Ukraine USA Germany France
United
Kingdom
Poland Netherlands Others
“The Investors Book was created with Ukraine at
heart. We want our readers at home and abroad to
know about the country investment potential.
More importantly, we want to create a positive image
for Ukraine in the international capital arena.
It is our hope that through this work we can build
stronger relationships with our foreign partners and
foster investment in Ukraine”.
Marianna Yarosh
Noosphere Ventures, Co-Head of UVCA Research
Committee
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30. UVCA AND DELOITTE UKRAINE
ANNUAL MARKET OVERVIEW
The goal of the Overview is to show the potential of
Ukraine, its success, the volume and dynamics of the market,
improve the investment attractiveness of Ukraine.
The comprehensive report contains up-to-date information
from the leaders of the investment industry of Ukraine.
RESEARCH
reports
released
5
56K+ views of
the reports
views of
media articles
55K+
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31. Embassies in Ukraine and abroad,
Ministries of Finance, Economic Development
and Trade, Prime-Minister's Office,
President’s Office,
Participants of IT ecosystem of Ukraine, local
conferences and forums in the industry,
Invest Europe,
on industry events abroad, in particular the
Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, in
Ukraine House Davos alongside World
economic Forum.
COPIES OF THE REPORT ARE
DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN MORE THAN
1000 INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING:
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32. downloads
1200+
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33. ANNUAL MARKET OVERVIEW MEDIA COVERAGE
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34. CROWDFUNDING REPORT
Ukrainian startups are increasingly coming out on
crowdfunding platforms, including the world's
largest ones: Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
Released in 2017, Crowdfunding report quickly
became one of the "richest" for successful
crowdfunding campaigns in the history of Ukrainian
start-ups.
According to the Research committee of the
Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity
Association (UVCA), 35 campaigns have been
launched at Kickstarter and Indiegogo, the most
popular global crowdfunding platforms, since the
beginning of 2017.
700+ views
Coverage:
RESEARCH
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35. CONTRIBUTED TO THIRD-PARTY REPORTS
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36. UA TECH
For 4 years UVCA has been organizing the
Ukrainian pavilion during the CES, which has
been the world's proving ground for innovators for
50 years.
Startups apply for a spot with help from UVCA and a
team of Ukrainian and foreign investors selects
startups to represent Ukraine at CES.
30+
4
11+
total Ukrainian startups
at CES
years of participation
industry leaders visited
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37. In 2020, young
entrepreneurs visited:
Google
Venture Funds
Law firms
Universities
Every year UVCA organizes trips to Silicon Valley for startups.
They can meet potential investors, learn and get the experience of
a lifetime.
In January 2020, 10 selected startups had the opportunity to go
through a two-day bootcamp organized by CRDF Global and UVCA
in Las Vegas - two days of intense work with the best mentors and
helpful tips.
SILICON VALLEY TOURS
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38. UKRAINE HOUSE DAVOS
From world-renowned speakers, such as Amy
Bernstein of Harvard Business Review and Daniel
Gilbert, Professor of Psychology at Harvard
University, to thousands of international guests,
potential investors, the House is now a well-known
brand in Davos.
Ukraine House Davos 2020 surpassed the
success of the last years’ events.
It hosted 16 engaging panels on investment,
infrastructure, IT and education, as well as
evening receptions and diplomacy events.
СO-ORGANIZERS:
Olga Afanasyeva, Executive
Director of Ukrainian Venture
Capital and Private Equity
Association (UVCA);
Jaroslawa Johnson, President
and CEO of Western NIS
Enterprise Fund (WNISEF);
Svitlana Grytsenko of Victor
Pinchuk Foundation;
Lenna Koszarny, Founding
Partner and CEO of Horizon
Capital;
Alexa Chopivsky, Executive
Director of Ukraine House
Davos
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39. “For 3rd year in a row, The House is an
outstanding opportunity to showcase to global
business leaders that Ukraine is a hub for IT,
infrastructure, and agriculture.
Today, the Ukrainian tech sector boasts the
largest financial round in Ukraine’s history
(Gitlab), topped by the emergence of a new
unicorn (Grammarly), and the advances of other
innovative startups and established product
platforms, including Petcube, BetterMe and Ajax
Systems.
All that said, the best time to invest in Ukraine
is Now.”
Olga Afanasyeva
Executive Director of UVCA
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40. 16
8K+
2.2M+
400K+
94
people
visited
impressions
of posts
views of
livestream
hours of
livestream
panel
discussions
Notable guests:
- Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine
- Oleksii Honcharuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Sir Suma Chakrabani, President of the EBRD
- John Herbst, Director, Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center
- Shannon Kalayanamitr, Venture Partner of Gobi Partners
- Tristan Harris, Co-Founder & Executive Director,
Center for Humane Technology
UKRAINE HOUSE DAVOS 2020 HIGHLIGHTS
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41. HOT SUMMER EVENTS
UVCA&KPMG Ukraine on the Law #466 - June
2020
On June 22nd, 2020, UVCA and KPMG Ukraine had
a discussion on the Law #466 that regulates work of
companies with foreign capital in Ukraine.
Among the speakers were:
- Oleksandr Boboshko, Director, Tax&Legal
consulting, KPMG Ukraine
- Andrii Dovzhenko, Co-founder, Managing Partner
SMRK
- Svitlana Malovana, Co-founder, CEO, Racoon World
Coverage: 8000+ views on Facebook
Due Diligence - How to choose a reliable
business partner? How to invest money so
as not to lose it? - July 2020
On July 1, 2020, UVCA and KPMG Ukraine
discussed the due diligence of startups in
the early stages, successful and not
examples, investors and experts experience,
recommendation: ICU Venture, GS Capital,
Startup Network, KPMG.
Coverage: 6000 views on Facebook
PROMOTING
AND
NETWORKING
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42. Together with the representatives of Parliament,
CYFRD, Delfast, Go to-U discussed the
development of Electric mobility in the world and
Ukraine, innovations and investments in this sphere,
ecological and energy independence aspects.
Coverage: 2000 views on Facebook
UVCA together with the experts considered fintech
in the context of different countries as the
alternative instrument of the classical bank:
representatives of Mobino and Elliott Capital, Wirex
and NBU from Switzerland, UK, Ukraine.
Coverage: 900+ views on Facebook
Public Meeting of UVCA Energy Committee - July 2020
Fintech As A Disruptive Technology For Financial Institutions - July 2020
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43. CEO night, June 2020
PAYRIS App Presentation, June, 2020
To unlock potential for disruption of business
strategies, three CEOs of international tech
companies met at the "CEO Night" online event
powered by Innovecs. The new world order gives
opportunities to benefit from vanished borders,
especially for those in tech.
Participants:
- Olga Afanasyeva (UVCA), moderator,
- Oleksandr Konotopskyi (Ajax Systems),
- Dmitri Lisitski (Influ2),
- Alex Lutskiy (Innovecs)
A follow up event of “Repairing the Great Injustice:
Future of Big Data” in October 2019, by UVCA and
CEO Club Ukraine.
PAYRIS, a mobile app that streamlines the process
of local discovery, enabling local businesses to
connect directly with customers searching for food,
experiences, products, and services.
Speakers:
- Michael Babyak (PAYRIS.app),
- Alex Glotov (PAYRIS.app)
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44. COMMUNICATIONS
World Economic Forum Financial Health Forum 2018
Financial Health Forum 2018 Ukraine House Davos
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45. World Economic Forum (Davos)
UA TECH Technovator challenge 2017
EU PowerUp competition finale (Praha)
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46. Global Venture Capital Congress (GVCC) 2018
Ukraine House Davos
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47. Prague European Summit 2017
Ukraine-Poland Business and Legal Seminar
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48. Organisers of Ukraine House Davos, from left to
right: Svitlana Grytsenko, Jaroslawa Johnson, Alexa
Chopivsky, Olga Afanasyeva, Lenna Koszarny
Post-press Conferences on Ukraine House Davos (2019-2020)
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49. Ukraine Discovery Tours
"Ukraine Discovery Tour" is a project created
with the support of World Economic Forum
initiatives - international youth organization
Global Shapers Kyiv Hub, Young Global
Leaders and in partnership with Ukrainian
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Association.
The project is aimed at opening Ukraine for
the international community with its success
stories and developments, break the
stereotypes on its internal transformation and
improve the investment climate.
We want to show Ukraine as it is - modern and
progressive united with Europe, with its potential
and progress, as well as to show what "doing
business" and "living" in Ukraine looks like.
How does it go?
Usually, the agenda of the privately organized tours
includes meetings with the business leaders, social activists
and entrepreneurs, media, IT gurus and other extraordinary
and unique people working in different areas and industries
for around 3-4 days.
We are willing to show the private side of the country
ordinarily missed by visiting delegations as well as to create
a network of contacts in Ukraine.
UVCA
EVENTS
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51. UVCA together with partners has launched one of
the most extensive startup and venture capital
ecosystem platform dedicated to the Ukrainian
tech scene to date on March 13, 2020.
The platform shows all insights about Ukrainian
startups, scaleups, corporates, investment by
industry and helps international and local investors
and other main IT market players to find more about
IT ecosystem.
UVCA is working with Dealroom.co on the first online
map of Ukraine’s IT ecosystem players, which will help
accurately track any changes on the market.
Now anyone can contribute to the development of the
online platform by entering or updating data on startups
and technology companies. Together with partners we
will be able to build a holistic picture of the Ukrainian
ecosystem to serve and inform all local and international
players.
UVCA&DEALROOM ECOSYSTEM PLATFORM
PARTNERED
INITIATIVES
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52. UVCA&KPMG COOPERATION
Arzinger
Blockchain Association of Ukraine
Future Communications Lab
Kuna Exchange
NBU
National securities and stock market commission
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of
Ukraine
Parliament of Ukraine
DMarket
EasyPay
Moneyveo
TaaS
UAPAY
UVCA
Alfa-Group
in Ukraine
KPMG
Kyivstar
OTP Bank
Privat Bank
Visa
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53. FINANCIAL HEALTH FORUM IN KYIV
Village Capital and MetLife Foundation
hosted the financial health forum for
early-stage fintech entrepreneurs in
Ukraine in 2018.
The initiative was focused on identifying
fintech startups working to improve
financial health for low to moderate
income people and small- and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Village Capital has partnered with UNIT.City
and Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private
Equity Association (UVCA) to convene top
fintech stakeholders and recruit eligible
startups.
10 startups pitched in a Startup Showcase with 2 of them
winning grants totaling USD $10,000 each.
PARTNERED
INITIATIVES
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54. Investment roadshow in
London
UVCA panel during LVIV IT JAZZ CONFERENCE:
Investment & M&A in Ukrainian tech world
Ukrainian-Norwegian cooperation in ICT
Wearable Tchnology
Show
The Wearable Technology Show
Ukrainian Financial Forum in Odessa
Reloading Innovations. From System to Ecosystem
Qazaqstan Technology Forum
Hardware Day
UA TECH at Consumer
Electronic Show
Ukraine
House
Davos
EVENTS
GEOGRAPHY
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55. UVCA
&
MEDIA
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56. 100+ interviews on
UVCA activity
10K+publications in
media
x4.6 followers increase
in 3 years
7K+ followers on social
media
DIGITAL
COMMUNICATIONS
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57. Introduction
1
2
3
4 Our Partners
5 Why Become a Member?
Who We Are
What We Do
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58. *there are also a few other partners of UVCA
OUR
PARTNERS
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59. OUR
PARTNERS
VC ChatrOOm is real-time vlogs with global VC
industry leaders.
The blog aims to help the market to get insights
first-hand on how the capital markets and
innovations will develop during and after the
outbreak.
Powered by Olga Afanasyeva & Olha Stoliarchuk.
VC ChatrOOm covers many topics, including:
- The future of mobility
- Will consumer behaviour change after the
pandemic
- How to raise funds from the largest VC in CEE
- How to get into a U.S. top accelerator
- Fundraising in South Asia during the Q-time
And many more
VC CHATROOM
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60. EUROPEAN WOMEN IN VC
European Women in VC is the community of senior
women investors (Managing Partners and founders of
VC funds and Business Angels)
● 350+ women from all over Europe
● Joint initiative of women from 7 countries
(Poland, Czechia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Estonia,
Slovenia, Hungary)
● 19 ambassadors (Europe and Israel)
Meetups and investment
tours so far were in:
● Warsaw
● Berlin
● Tel-Aviv
● Tallinn
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61. Introduction
1
2
3
4
5 Why Become a Member?
Who We Are
What We Do
Our Partners
61

62. WHY
BECOME
A MEMBER?
We organize exclusive closed events with high profile guests
We connect our members with the main players of the global investment
market as a member of Invest Europe (former EVCA)
UVCA links its members with companies and startups while conducting
pro bono initiatives with participation of Ukrainian and global investors,
and industry professionals
UVCA activity is focused on shaping legislation on both pan-industry and
sector-specific scale that affect LPs
The diversity, scale and significant impact of UVCA membership gives
a strong and credible voice with our stakeholders, in particular regulators
and legislators.
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63. SPECIAL
EVENTS
FOR UVCA
MEMBERS
Fintech development - UVCA & Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine cooperation
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64. INVESTOR INSIGHTS
‘International Trade Regulation: Getting
Cross-Border Deals Done in an
Increasingly Challenging Environment’
with Dan Kim
Investor Insights with Vasile Tofan,
Partner at Horizon Capital
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FOR UVCA
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65. INVESTORS DAY
UVCA Investors Day in Odesa by OIFF (Odesa Film
Festival) and TA Ventures was a closed event, only
for industry leaders, members of UVCA and TA
Ventures guests.
The event started with a public talk by José Marin
(IG Expansion, FJ Labs, Super Angel investor) and
Andriy Kolodyuk (AVentures Capital), followed by a
panel discussion with Mikhail Merkulov (Arricano
Real Estate; and angel investor), Andriy Kolodyuk
and Konstantin Magaletskiy (Horizon Capital),
moderated by Viktoriya Tigipko (TA Ventures).
“With this event, we are starting a new tradition of the
annual gathering of world investors in Odessa. Such
communication will promote the investment climate which
will be resulted in the growth of investment deals number”
Andriy Kolodyuk
Chairman of UVCA Supervisory Board
“Investing in Ukrainian startups is primarily private
capital, which is why it is important to meet
investors and share experiences”.
Viktoriya Tigipko
Founding partner of TA Ventures,
President of OIFF
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EVENTS
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66. UVCA
Investment
Breakfasts
General Manager at LG America R&D Center
Active angel investor from the Bay Area, occasionally
consults The White House
CEO of Coin Japan
Ambassador of Canada in Ukraine
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67. Blockchain Investment Breakfast
Ukrainian Association of Venture and Private Capital (UVCA)
together with Hacken was held the Investment breakfast in
the framework of the annual international cybersecurity forum
- HackIT 4.0: Exploit Blockchain, which this year was devoted
to the blockade of technology in information security.
Among the guests were the representatives
of Ukrainian
venture funds and investment companies:
- Andrii Dovzhenko (SMRK VC Fund),
- Oleksandr Soroka (Startup Network),
- Yuri Filipchuk (CYFRD),
- Andriy Kolodyuk (AVentures Capital),
foreign delegates:
- Julian Zegelman (TMT) Crypto),
- Remington Ong (Fenbushi),
- Renqi Shen (Fenbushi),
- Bruce Lee (BN Capital),
- Ole Dubnob (Hacken-Asia),
- Vincent Danos (Smfordab),
- Brian Cheong (TTs),
- Hideo Ohashi (Mitsubishi),
- Muuto Morikawa (Ginco) and others.
SPECIAL
EVENTS
FOR UVCA
MEMBERS
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68. Networking meetup for Members
with the invited guest Kazuhiro Obara,
Japan national AI research center
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EVENTS
FOR UVCA
MEMBERS
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69. INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
Telegram channel for members only
Exclusive Facebook group
Regular newsletter with updates on
the market, reports, and information on
upcoming events
see all membership benefits here
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70. UVCA
ANNUAL
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71. JOIN US!
office@uvca.eu
To apply, fill in the membership application
and send it to membership@uvca.eu
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