Ukraine witnessed over a hundred of investment deals in 2019, establishing promising foundation for growing interest in the market, unlocking its potential, and realising present and future opportunities. The closed transactions prevailed in online service and software segments, with top-5 venture capital (VC) deals valued almost half a billion US dollars and private equity (PE) deals valued almost half a hundred million US dollars, respectively. The majority portion of investments continue to be structured through the US entities, while using overseas crowdfunding vehicles becomes more commonplace, too. At the same time, artificial intelligence (AI), big data & analytics, health, virtual reality (VR), and fintech & blockchain keep being the top-5 prospective segments for VC and PE investments.

As the country retains leading positions for human talents and high-end expertise in most prospective industries, it has set itself on a global radar as an attractive destination for VC and PE investments.

The investment activity steadily grows enabling local ventures and teams to develop innovative solutions that disrupt conventional commerce and to expand their capabilities to optimise business deliverables locally and internationally.

Our lawyers have worked on some of the landmark deals in the CEE serving both PE funds and private investors, as well as ground-breaking start-ups, guiding clients throughout the course of investments and efficiently structuring transactions.

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