In a column also published by the Polish daily Gazeta Prawna, Roman Matys compares Ukraine to a startup. The country is looking for its own business model, and its ambitions rest on defence, the path to EU and NATO membership, and the OECD accession process.
He calls military aid, budget support from partners, infrastructure repair and post-war recovery roadmaps political investments. For private capital, they signal that big players already share the country’s risks.
The column lists those who, at the time of writing, were already counting on Ukrainian opportunities:
- BlackRock and about USD 25 billion for the recovery of agriculture, energy, industry, IT and infrastructure;
- Horizon Capital, with funds of about USD 1.4 billion focused on technology and export companies;
- ffVC, an American-Polish venture firm with a USD 50 million fund for early-stage Ukrainian startups;
- the European Investment Bank and its memorandum with the Ukrainian government on EUR 840 million for infrastructure recovery;
- the International Investment Office, with projects in industrial sites, logistics, energy and recreation.
The conclusion is practical. A large inflow of money will need people, so the workforce has to be prepared now, with specialists from abroad brought in where needed. Assets in Ukraine are at their cheapest today, so investment projects should be prepared today rather than after the war.
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Original (in Ukrainian): matys.com.ua