Investor Relations & Capital Introduction Services in Ukraine

Ukrainian technology companies raised approximately US$498 million in venture and grant funding during 2025, an increase of around 8% and a second consecutive year of recovery following the downturn of 2022 and 2023.

Within that, defence technology has grown roughly nineteen-fold over two years, reaching approximately US$129 million in 2025. It is now the fastest-growing sector in the Ukrainian technology economy, and it operates under conditions no other market covered by this network faces.

Global Capital Network provides investor relations and capital introduction services for companies raising in Ukraine, and for allocators seeking structured access to Ukrainian dealflow. Our work here is conducted with the discretion that circumstances require.

Capital Raising & Investor Introductions in Ukraine

One characteristic of this market has to be stated before any figure is interpreted. A significant share of Ukrainian investment activity, particularly in defence technology, is deliberately not disclosed. Manufacturers have legitimate reasons for not drawing attention to production facilities, and reported totals therefore understate actual activity. Any allocator approaching this market should understand that published data represents a floor rather than a full picture.

What the published data does show is a structural shift. Late-stage rounds at Series D and growth accounted for approximately half of total 2025 investment volume, indicating that international investors are scaling exposure to companies with proven traction rather than testing the market. Series A funding nearly doubled, reaching around 20.5% of total volume, which points to a cohort of companies now reaching that stage in numbers.

In defence technology specifically, deal count fell approximately 22% while average ticket size rose roughly fivefold. Fewer, larger, more considered transactions. Several companies in the sector have reached profitability, which is unusual for a category this young anywhere.

Foreign capital dominates that sector. Around 49% of capital raised by Ukrainian defence startups in 2025 came wholly from foreign investors, with a further 25% from transactions involving both international and Ukrainian funds. Roughly three quarters of the sector's capital involved participants from outside Ukraine.

Grant funding remains structurally important, reaching approximately US$78 million in 2025, up around 56%. It supports companies at stages where venture capital is not yet prepared to commit, and it is a genuine component of the Ukrainian capital stack rather than a marginal one.

GCN supports Ukrainian companies across seed, growth and later stages, with attention to the confidentiality requirements that apply in this market.

Pitch Deck Design & Fundraising Preparation

Ukrainian founders raising internationally face a specific and unavoidable set of questions about continuity, jurisdiction and operational resilience. Those questions are reasonable, and companies that address them directly perform substantially better than those that avoid them.

GCN works with founders on answering them properly: how operations are distributed, what continuity arrangements exist, where the company is domiciled and why, and how it would function under a range of scenarios. An investor who receives clear answers can price the risk. One who receives evasion assumes the worst.

Ukraine has also built a legal and tax regime specifically for technology companies, and it is increasingly viable to close pre-seed and seed rounds under Ukrainian law rather than through foreign structures. For founders, that decision now warrants genuine consideration rather than a default to offshore incorporation.

For defence and dual-use companies, preparation carries additional dimensions: export procedures, end-user considerations, and the specific confidentiality requirements that apply. These are not obstacles to raising, but they shape how a process is run and who it is run with.

Investor Events, Dinners & Networking in Ukraine

Ukraine's investor community centres on Kyiv, with substantial activity conducted remotely and across the Ukrainian diaspora in Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom and North America.

GCN convenes private investor sessions matched by sector and stage, with mandates verified in advance and with discretion appropriate to the participants. For defence and dual-use companies, we structure sessions to respect confidentiality requirements rather than treating publicity as a benefit.

Our programming addresses where Ukrainian capability is genuinely concentrated: defence and dual-use technology, enterprise and business software, applied artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and agricultural technology. Sessions are scheduled around the established European calendar and around the security realities that determine where Ukrainian founders can travel.

Investor Webinars & Digital Capital Access

Digital engagement is not a convenience in this market. It is frequently the only practical route, and Ukrainian companies have become unusually effective at operating and raising remotely.

GCN runs online investor sessions connecting Ukrainian founders with allocators across Europe and North America. These are structured for assessment rather than exposure, with short presentations, protected question time, and follow-up routed only to investors who signal genuine interest.

Hybrid formats pair gatherings in Kyiv, Warsaw or other accessible locations with remote attendance, extending reach to Berlin, London, Stockholm, Copenhagen and New York. Investor interest from Nordic, German, Polish, Czech, Dutch and British funds and angel networks has grown substantially, and reaching it is straightforward once the introduction is made properly.

Services for Investors in Ukraine

For allocators, Ukraine offers something that exists nowhere else: technology developed and validated under genuine operational conditions, built by engineers with a deep technical base, at valuations that reflect the risk environment rather than the quality of the companies.

The defence technology sector is the clearest example. Nineteen-fold growth in two years, average ticket sizes rising fivefold, and several companies already profitable describes a category maturing at unusual speed. Roughly three quarters of its capital already involves foreign participants, so an entering investor is joining an established international cohort rather than pioneering.

The broader technology sector is recovering steadily, with late-stage rounds taking around half of 2025 volume and Series A activity nearly doubling. That combination, growth at both ends, is what a genuine recovery looks like rather than a single-segment rebound.

The risks require no elaboration. They are real, they are ongoing, and they should be assessed directly rather than discounted. What is worth stating is that a substantial number of international investors have assessed them and proceeded, and that reported figures understate actual activity because much of it is deliberately not published.

GCN provides curated dealflow filtered against stated criteria rather than general distribution, and remains involved through diligence rather than stepping back at introduction.

GCN Deal Flow Platform & Investor Matching

Our platform organises Ukrainian opportunities by sector, stage, geography and thesis, with appropriate handling for companies whose activities warrant confidentiality.

Matching operates on cheque size, stage preference, sector mandate and geographic scope, with particular attention to whether an allocator's mandate accommodates defence and dual-use categories, which many explicitly do not.

Why Ukraine Is Attractive for Investors

The recovery is sustained rather than momentary. Ukrainian technology companies raised approximately US$498 million in 2025, up around 8%, following a second consecutive year of growth.

Defence technology is compounding rapidly. Investment has grown roughly nineteen-fold over two years to around US$129 million, with average ticket sizes rising fivefold and several companies reaching profitability.

International capital is already committed. Around 49% of defence sector capital came wholly from foreign investors in 2025, with a further 25% from co-invested transactions.

The stage distribution is healthy. Late-stage rounds took approximately half of total volume while Series A activity nearly doubled, indicating growth across the funding ladder rather than in one segment.

Partner with Global Capital Network in Ukraine

For founders raising in Ukraine, GCN provides investor relations infrastructure connecting Ukrainian companies with European and international capital, conducted with the discretion the circumstances require. Our approach is relationship-led, and we judge our work by whether an introduction still matters two funding rounds later.

For investors seeking Ukrainian exposure, we deliver curated dealflow, diligence support and relationship facilitation across the sectors where Ukrainian companies are strongest. Whether you allocate as a fund, a family office, or a strategic acquirer, our role is to shorten the distance between your mandate and the companies that match it.

To discuss your objectives in Ukraine, whether you are based in Kyiv, elsewhere in the country, or engaging from international markets, our team is available to talk through how we can help.