Soul Partners, has successfully delivered a training program to processing companies

Soul Partners, a Ukrainian investment banking boutique, has successfully delivered a training program and individual consultations to processing companies on preparing applications for a government grant program (with grant amounts up to 8 million UAH). The project was implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine.

We are excited to announce the outcomes of the project:
▪ 18 training sessions were conducted, including
▪ 9 online and 9 offline sessions;
▪ 12 training sessions for owners and managers of small and medium-sized processing enterprises, and 6 trainings for employees of economic departments, regional development agencies, regional military administrations, local authorities, municipalities, etc.

▪ Over 730 participants registered for our training sessions
▪ Offline events were held in various cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Rivne.
▪ Online events covered oblasts such as Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Chernivtsi, and Zakarpattia.
▪ Over 100 individual consultations were provided for small and medium-sized enterprises and potential grant recipients.

Iryna Dzhus, Director of Soul Partners, stated:

The bankability of investment projects for Ukrainian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including those seeking grant financing, remains an Achilles' heel for Ukrainian businesses. At Soul Partners, we are proud that the implementation of group training program and individual consultations on grant financing attraction and preparing of grant applications has significantly improved SMEs’ understanding of grant funding opportunities and enhanced the bankability of projects for over 100 SMEs who received individual consultations, as well as for hundreds of participants of the group trainings.

We are also grateful to the USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine for the initiative and productive collaboration in implementing training programs and providing individual consultations on applying for grant funding. We are proud that this partnership helps Ukrainian businesses secure financing for growth, create new jobs, and accelerate added value, which is essential for development, especially during wartime.

Background information

Soul Partners is an investment banking boutique that provides professional financial advisory services to businesses and investors. We specialize in financing attraction (both equity and debt), merger and acquisition transactions support, and debt restructuring services.

The USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine (USAID CEP) supports Ukrainian businesses aiming to provide support for competitive industries and firms on Ukrainian and international markets, foster a better business enabling environment, and enabling Ukrainian companies to benefit from international trade.