Foreign direct investment in Ukraine in 2025 amounts to just over $1 billion — a decline compared to 2023 and 2024, said Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy, from the stage of the Kyiv International Economic Forum on October 16. "We are very concerned about these figures, despite doing a lot to improve the situation," Hetmantsev added.

Sitting alongside Hetmantsev on the KIEF panel were representatives of three foreign investors: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which has invested €22.6 bln in Ukraine since 1992; Azerbaijan’s NEQSOL, which has invested over $1 bln in Ukraine over the past five years; and the American fund Atlantic Bridge Capital — a newcomer entering the Ukrainian market.

Why Atlantic Bridge Capital decided to invest in Ukraine, which project will be the first, and what challenges the fund is currently facing — all this was shared in a short interview for LIGA.net by Edward Mermelstein, Managing Partner at Atlantic Bridge Capital.

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