{"id":786686,"date":"2025-10-30T14:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:21:26","slug":"diligent-capital-partners-and-2ndaries-launch-food4impact-to-rapidly-revitalise-ukraine-s-agribusiness-and-food-backbone-via-a-eur-150-million-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/diligent-capital-partners-and-2ndaries-launch-food4impact-to-rapidly-revitalise-ukraine-s-agribusiness-and-food-backbone-via-a-eur-150-million-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Diligent Capital Partners and 2ndAries launch Food4Impact to rapidly revitalise Ukraine\u2019s agribusiness and food backbone via a EUR 150 million fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"img-with-caption img-with-caption--speaker img-left animate-block animate-block--before\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Food4Impact_30102025.png\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Agriculture in Ukraine is about to receive a large and swift boost to help it overcome the challenges of the war. Leading Ukrainian private equity firm, <strong>Diligent Capital Partners (DCP)<\/strong>, has joined forces with Dutch <strong>2ndAries <\/strong>to launch <strong>Food4Impact (F4i)<\/strong>. It is a pioneering private initiative designed to <strong>rapidly restore access to finance<\/strong> for Ukraine\u2019s agricultural value chain and keep the country\u2019s food exports flowing to global markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With Ukraine\u2019s agri-food sector under immense pressure from the ongoing war, <strong>speed is now essential<\/strong>. Countless agri-companies, from producers and processors to logistics and storage firms, have seen working capital vanish and investment pipelines stall. <strong>F4i is designed for swift, targeted deployment of funds<\/strong>, ensuring that viable agribusinesses get the financing they need within months, not years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The initiative will mobilize <strong>commercial funding<\/strong>, secured by a <strong>EUR 75 million guarantee from the Ukraine Investment Framework (UIF)<\/strong> via sub-delegation by <strong>Dutch Cardano Development<\/strong>. This innovative structure allows F4i to <strong>move quickly and efficiently<\/strong>, bridging the critical liquidity gap facing Ukraine\u2019s agricultural enterprises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>F4i complements DCP\u2019s long-term private equity strategy, serving as a rapid-response vehicle that provides flexible, fast-deploying growth capital to help companies operate and expand during war.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>\u201cFarmers and agri-entrepreneurs can\u2019t afford to wait, they need liquidity now to plant, process, and export,\u201d<\/em> said<strong> Dan Pasko, Co-Managing Partner at Diligent Capital Partners<\/strong>.<em> \u201cFood4Impact was built for rapid deployment. It\u2019s about turning commitment into capital, fast.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Leveraging its deep local network and long-standing relationships with agribusinesses, <strong>Diligent Capital Partners<\/strong> will ensure that funds flow swiftly and transparently to where they are most needed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">The funding will go directly to Ukrainian companies in the food &amp; agriculture value chain as private debt and mezzanine loans, giving them capital to sustain and scale operations.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">At least 20% of funding will go to green projects, in line with European Commission sustainability criteria, supporting climate-smart farming and low-carbon logistics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve designed Food4Impact for speed and scale,\u201d<\/em> added<strong> Mark Iwashko, Co-Managing Partner at Diligent Capital Partners<\/strong>. <em>\u201cOur goal is to get capital working in the field within months, supporting the companies that literally keep Ukraine and the world fed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Food4Impact<\/strong> is a 50\/50 joint venture between <strong>Diligent Capital Partners (DCP)<\/strong> and <strong>2ndAries Capital BV<\/strong>, combining <strong>DCP\u2019s on-the-ground execution and strong deal pipeline<\/strong> with <strong>2ndAries\u2019 international expertise in blended finance structuring<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>\u201cThis partnership demonstrates what\u2019s possible when local know-how meets global financial innovation,\u201d<\/em> said <strong>Dan Yakub, Partner at Diligent Capital Partners<\/strong>. <em>\u201cUkraine is not just the focus of Food4Impact, it\u2019s driving it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ukraine\u2019s agricultural sector is a cornerstone of global food security, especially for markets in <strong>MENA and Asia<\/strong>. The war has disrupted production and exports, with ripple effects worldwide. <strong>Food4Impact<\/strong> aims to <strong>reverse that trend quickly<\/strong>, delivering flexible financing to keep supply chains moving, farmers producing, and Ukraine exporting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Agriculture continues to be the backbone of Ukraine\u2019s economy. It contributes more than 10% of the country\u2019s GDP and accounts for 55% of all exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agriculture in Ukraine is about to receive a large and swift boost to help it overcome the challenges of the war. Leading Ukrainian private equity firm, Diligent Capital Partners (DCP), has joined forces with Dutch 2ndAries to launch Food4Impact (F4i). It is a pioneering private initiative designed to rapidly restore access to finance for Ukraine\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":684043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15576,15575],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-786686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-articles-en","category-news-and-articles-from-companies-en","company-21026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}