Partnership with banks:
how SMEs can attract financing

Presentations
More Than Financing: Partnership for the Growth of Your Business
Volodymyr Vovk

Head of Small and Medium Business Department, Bank Lviv

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Presentations
Financing SMEs from OTP Bank: Tools, Requirements, Opportunities
Maryna Prudnykova

Leading Expert, Corporate Sales Department, Eastern Ukrainian Regional Directorate, JSC "OTP Bank"

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Presentations
Behind the Scenes of Bank Financing: Decision-Making Logic and Evaluation Criteria
Artem Shevchyk

Head of Credit Analysis Department, Corporate Risk Department, Raiffeisen Bank

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Presentations
Bank Financing for SMEs: Programs, Case Studies, and How Banks Make Decisions
Denys Mazurevskyi

Head of Corporate Business, Raiffeisen Bank

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Presentations
Business creditworthiness
Ruslan Kyselov

Head of Small Business Department, PrivatBank

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Presentations
Risk management: which clients are banks fiercely competing for?
Iryna Famera

Director of the Corporate Business Center of the Central Region, Raiffeisen Bank

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Presentations
Pledge as a tool to cover risks on business loans
Natalia Zgoba

Director of Business Development and International Partnership Department, Kredobank

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Alternative financial instruments: practical applications for SMEs

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What Business Gains in an Industrial Park: Access to Infrastructure, Lower Costs and Reduced Risks
Pavlo Kravets

Developer of the “Formatsiya” Industrial Park Network in Lviv and Vinnytsia, Head of Sales Department

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Presentations
Supporting the Financing of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Ukraine in Wartime Conditions
Yevhen Glaus

Head of the Public Budget Program Management Division, Entrepreneurship Development Fund

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Financing Tools and Risk Mitigation for Ukrainian Businesses
Olha Slyvynska

Director of International Relations, KSE Institute

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Presentations
Business Insurance: Risk Mapping and Individual Assessment
Andrii Semchenko

Chairman of the Board, INGO Insurance Company

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Presentations
Financial Instruments to Support Exporters from the State: Opportunities with ECA
Vitaliy Kazymyr

Head of Sales, Export Credit Agency (ECA)

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Presentations
The role of insurance in ensuring business sustainability
Andrіі Semchenko

Corporate Business Director at INGO

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Presentations
Financial leasing: opportunities, conditions, examples for business
Yurii Kucherenko

SME business Director at OTP Leasing

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Presentations
Factoring for SMEs: how the tool works and what it brings to business
Liudmyla Beldynska

Head of Factoring Department at Groupe Crédit Agricole

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Case studies

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SME Private Investment Outlook for the Next Three Years
Ruslan Zemlianyi

Partner at Crowe Mikhailenko, Head of Investment Practice

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Secured Financing: How to Turn Money into Business Growth
Oleh Zubchenok

Business Development Consultant, Lecturer at KSE Graduate Business School

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Where to Find Money for Starting and Financing a Business? Tools and Strategies for Every Stage of Growth
Yaroslav Lysak

Founder & CEO, Neverdark

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Presentations
Challenges That Inspire Solutions: How “Tekhnopak” Attracts Grants to Grow Ukrainian Business in Difficult Times
Oleksandra Shymborska

Director, LLC "VP Tekhnopak", Attorney

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Presentations
Creativity Without Borders: The Story of “Ideyka” and Financing Tools for International Growth
Yuliia Rushchak

Director, PE "Kiddy-Co" (TM "Ideyka")

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Presentations
“Amadeus Marine”: Securing Financing, European Grants, and Collaboration with Ukrainian Banks for Logistics Development
Ksenia Tolstova

CBDO, Amadeus Marine

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Presentations
From idea to global market: the story of Goodevas
Oleksandr Vitko

Deputy Director

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Financing a startup from a garage to an international business
Yaroslav Lysak

CEO & Founder of Neverdark

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Training course “Business investment readiness: financing strategy, investment efficiency, and company transformation”
Kyiv, September 11, 2025

SME Private Investment Outlook for the Next Three Years
Ruslan Zemlianyi

Partner at Crowe Mikhailenko, Head of Investment Practice

Where to Find Money for Starting and Financing a Business? Tools and Strategies for Every Stage of Growth
Yaroslav Lysak

Founder & CEO, Neverdark

Secured Financing: How to Turn Money into Business Growth
Oleh Zubchenok

Business Development Consultant, Lecturer at KSE Graduate Business School

Training Course: “Financing for SMEs: Solutions, Tools, Case Studies”
Lviv, August 27, 2025

Challenges That Inspire Solutions: How “Tekhnopak” Attracts Grants to Grow Ukrainian Business in Difficult Times
Oleksandra Shymborska

Director, LLC "VP Tekhnopak", Attorney

What Business Gains in an Industrial Park: Access to Infrastructure, Lower Costs and Reduced Risks
Pavlo Kravets

Developer of the “Formatsiya” Industrial Park Network in Lviv and Vinnytsia, Head of Sales Department

Bank financing for SMEs
Volodymyr Vovk

Head of Small and Medium Business Department, Bank Lviv

Business Insurance: Risk Mapping and Individual Assessment
Andrii Semchenko

Chairman of the Board, INGO Insurance Company

Financing Tools and Risk Mitigation for Ukrainian Businesses
Olha Slyvynska

Director of International Relations, KSE Institute

Training course: “Financing for SMEs: solutions, tools, case studies”
Dnipro, August 21, 2025

Financing SMEs from OTP Bank: Tools, Requirements, Opportunities
Maryna Prudnykova

Leading Expert, Corporate Sales Department, Eastern Ukrainian Regional Directorate, JSC "OTP Bank"

Creativity Without Borders: The Story of “Ideyka” and Financing Tools for International Growth
Yuliia Rushchak

Director, PE "Kiddy-Co" (TM "Ideyka")

Training course: “Financing for SMEs: solutions, tools, case studies”
Odesa, August 19, 2025

Bank Financing for SMEs: Programs, Case Studies, and How Banks Make Decisions
Denys Mazurevskyi

Head of Corporate Business, Raiffeisen Bank

Behind the Scenes of Bank Financing: Decision-Making Logic and Evaluation Criteria
Artem Shevchyk

Head of Credit Analysis Department, Corporate Risk Department, Raiffeisen Bank

“Amadeus Marine”: Securing Financing, European Grants, and Collaboration with Ukrainian Banks for Logistics Development
Ksenia Tolstova

CBDO, Amadeus Marine

Financial Instruments to Support Exporters from the State: Opportunities with ECA
Vitaliy Kazymyr

Head of Sales, Export Credit Agency (ECA)

Investment readiness of SMEs:
challenges, expectations, and role in post-war reconstruction

Panel discussion
Investment readiness of SMEs

Challenges, expectations, and role in post-war reconstruction

Partnership with banks:
how SMEs can secure financing

Business creditworthiness
Ruslan Kyselov

Head of Small Business Department, PrivatBank

Risk management: what kind of customer banks are fiercely competing for
Iryna Famera

Director of the Corporate Business Center of the Central Region, Raiffeisen Bank

Pledge as a tool to cover risks on business loans
Natalia Zgoba

Director of Business Development and International Partnership Department, Kredobank

Investment lending and support for relocated businesses
Yuliya Zhulanova

Head of Credit and Support MSME Department, JSC Oschadbank

Alternative financial instruments:
practical application for SMEs

Role of insurance in ensuring business sustainability
Andrіі Semchenko

Corporate Business Director at INGO

Financial leasing: opportunities, conditions, examples for business
Yurii Kucherenko

SME business Director at OTP Leasing

Factoring for SMEs: how the tool works and what it brings to business
Liudmyla Beldynska

Head of Factoring Department at Groupe Crédit Agricole

Company cases

From idea to global market: the story of Goodevas
Oleksandr Vitko

Deputy Financial Director at Goodevas LLC

Financing a startup from garage to international business
Yaroslav Lysak

CEO & Founder of Neverdark

Additional materials

Read guides, templates, research, and additional literature from the conference speakers.
  • Handbooks
    A guide to raising funds from the KSE Institute
    PDF
  • Analytics
    Macroeconomic handbook from the KSE Institute
    PDF

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