Davos Ukrainian Breakfast Discussion on May 25, is the traditional private event hosted by Victor Pinchuk Foundation and international investment advisory group EastOne at the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the WEF. Where is the war going, and how will the future of Ukraine and the world look like after the war? Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, will moderate a conversation with Timothy Snyder, the Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist, Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, members of the Ukrainian parliament and other participants. For additional information, please follow our announcements.

Partners of the Davos Ukrainian Breakfast 2022

Horizon Capital is a leading private equity firm in Emerging Europe, backed by over 40 institutional investors with a capital base of over $570 billion, and managing funds with over $1.1 billion in assets under management and a tenure of 28 years in the region. In March 2022, Horizon Capital was honored as 2021 Firm of the Year for Central and Eastern Europe, by Private Equity International. The firm is a growth equity investor, backing visionary entrepreneurs leading transformational businesses in Ukraine and the near region. Horizon Capital is known for its strong team, high governance standards, hands-on value creation, and successful track record.

Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) is a $150 million regional fund, a pioneer in Ukraine and Moldova with over 25 years of successful experience in investing in small and medium-sized companies. WNISEF was funded by the U.S. government via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since its inception, WNISEF’s cumulative investments total over $186 million to 130 companies employing 26,000 people and made it possible to unlock $2.2 billion for companies in Ukraine and Moldova.

In 2015 WNISEF has launched a $35 million legacy program focused on export promotion, local economic development, impact investing and economic leadership. WNISEF is funding innovative, high-impact, reform focused programs and aims to support Ukraine and Moldova at this critical period by developing sound economic policy and leadership.

Kyivstar – the biggest Ukrainian telecom operator serves over 26 million subscribers, providing communications and data services based on mobile and fixed-line technologies, including LTE. The Company innovates new services, such as FinTech, IoT, Smart Solutions, Big Data and Clouds. Kyivstar is devoting significant resources to supporting Ukraine’s defence capabilities and implementing humanitarian projects in the country. Its priority is maintaining stable communication to ensure that people can remain in connection with relatives and work despite the difficulties of living under martial law. Since the beginning of 2022 Kyivstar has supported its subscribers by providing free-of-charge services, and provided Charitable Funds with humanitarian aid at 33 mln UAH. The Company also has connected to free wi-fi more than 1000 bomb shelters and provide medical personnel working in high-risk-areas with free mobile services. During 24 years of its work in Ukraine Kyivstar invested more than 5 billion USD in connectivity and new mobile technologies development.

Kyivstar is a business-unit of VEON - one of the world’s largest telecommunications Company, headquartered in Netherlands, with the shares quoted on NASDAQ and Euronext.