Ukrainian PE & VC Summit 2025: Meet the M&A Panel

The third panel of the anticipated Ukrainian PE & VC Summit features a traditional M&A part with a summary of current achievements in the Ukrainian market and open calls. The discussion will include tendencies, forecasts, and a Q&A with the audience. We are happy to present you with the following speakers.

• Brian Best. Managing Director of Investment Banking Department at Dragon Capital.

One of the most influential Ukrainian group of companies in the field of investment and financial services since 2001. It offers a comprehensive range of products in private equity and asset management, investment banking, equities and fixed-income sales, trading, and research.

• Nadiia Kaznacheieva. Chief Investment Officer at umgi.

An investment company that launches and develops businesses with high growth potential. With the total market value of the portfolio companies of over $500 mln, umgi's investment focus includes mining, recycling solutions, and the production of commodity goods and services.

• Leonid Kyrian. Partner at FinPoint.

An investment-banking firm providing M&A and debt advisory services in Ukraine and the wider CEE, CIS region.

• Roman Nikitov. Partner at ICU Ventures, Founder of United Heritage.

ICU Ventures is a venture capital arm of ICU group, an independent multi-strategy investment firm specialising in emerging and frontier markets.

United Heritage is a Polish-Ukrainian private equity firm investing in special situations assets across Poland, Ukraine, and the broader CEE region. Expertise includes logistics, agriculture, real estate, energy, and tech.

• John C. Patton. Founding Partner and Head of EMEA & Asia at Argentem Creek Partners.

An SEC-registered investment fund focused on special situations in emerging markets. Since 2015, one of its markets has been Ukraine, where the team invested more than $600 mln in a range of transactions focused on real economy investments, including agriculture, logistics, metals, and mining.

• Denis Sychkov. Principal at Horizon Capital.

A leading private equity firm in Emerging Europe, backed by over 40 institutional investors with a combined capital base of over $700 bln. With a tenure of over 30 years in the region, the firm operates six funds with assets under management of over $1.6 billion.

Interested in attending? Here are our contacts

The official website of the Summit can be found at this link.

The event is free of charge, however, all the applications will be rigorously reviewed for approval. After registering, please wait for confirmation from our side, as the meeting is mostly invitation-only.

Have additional questions yet to be listed anywhere? Send a letter to ceo@uvca.eu or p.relations@uvca.eu

April 9, 2025, at Google for Startups Campus in Warsaw, Poland.

Organised by UVCA in joint efforts with the Polish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (PSIK), ICU Ventures, Google for Startups Warsaw and Rymarz Zdort Maruta. Technical partner — DreamX.