DFC at Work: Supporting Ukraine
We’re here
for Ukraine.
DFC is mobilizing private investment to address Ukraine’s urgent economic needs and help lay a foundation for the country’s long-term recovery. We are leveraging our unique tools, especially political risk insurance, along with loans, loan guaranties, and equity investments, to build investor confidence in Ukraine at this critical moment.
DFC was in Ukraine well before the war, with more than $800 million in investments across a range of sectors. Since 2022, DFC has surged its efforts to mobilize private capital and support Ukrainian businesses in agriculture, small business, energy, and health.
DFC will be in Ukraine in the future, for as long as it takes.
We’re investing in Ukraine.
DFC invests in private sector solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. Ukraine has long been a part of this commitment. DFC is using all of its tools, including political risk insurance, loans, equity investments, and technical assistance grants, to attract private investment to Ukraine.
SMALL BUSINESSES
Our Investments Support
FOOD SECURITY
MEDICAL CARE
We’re mobilizing capital.
DFC is playing a leading role in the U.S. Government’s efforts to harness the power of private capital to support Ukraine’s war-time economy and help lay a foundation for the country’s long-term recovery.
$1.6B
total portfolio in Ukraine
$848M
in new projects since 2022
*Portfolio data as of June 12, 2024
We’re providing Ukraine with the tools it needs.
DFC has approved a $50 million reinsurance facility, brokered by Aon and distributed by ARX, that will build a portfolio of war risk insurance policies for companies operating in Ukraine. It will also support ARX in expanding its war risk insurance offering in Ukraine.
The facility is one of four political risk insurance transactions, valued at $357 million total, that DFC announced in June 2024.
DFC is advancing a $28 million loan portfolio guaranty to ProCredit Ukraine. The transaction, co-sponsored by USAID, will support lending to Ukrainian small businesses.
The guaranty will catalyze investment in Ukrainian businesses, particularly in the agricultural sector working to strengthen food security in Ukraine.
DFC has signed a memorandum of understanding with Citi and the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy to expand cooperation opportunities in support of mortgage financing in Ukraine.
The collaboration will support mortgage lending in Ukraine – a critical step for reconstruction and ensuring housing for dislocated families.
DFC committed $25 million in political risk insurance to the Superhumans Center, a Ukrainian non-profit that provides needed medical care, free of charge, to those injured as a result of Russia’s unprovoked invasion.
DFC’s political risk insurance will play a critical role in building investor confidence and reducing investment risk in Ukraine amid the conflict.
DFC is providing a $250 million loan, and with additional support from the IFC and EBRD, is contributing to a $480 million financing package to leading Ukrainian agribusiness group MHP to strengthen food security amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
DFC’s funding will support the company’s ability to increase food production and storage and support its export capacity, while mitigating the devastating effects of food insecurity exacerbated by the war.
DFC provided two loan portfolio guaranties worth a total of $35 million to Bank Lviv – a major commercial bank in Western Ukraine – to deliver immediate support to Ukrainian small businesses, including women-owned businesses and smallholder farmers.
DFC-guaranteed loans will help small businesses remain open, providing employment, maintaining trade linkages, and supporting the economy.
Political Risk Insurance
Several additional DFC transactions must remain anonymous due to the threat of military retaliation against companies working to help the Ukrainian people.
Building the future starts today.
The time is now.
In spite of the war, Ukraine’s people and economy have shown their resilience, and some sectors of the economy are still growing. Private investors can participate in that growth right now, and DFC stands ready to support.
