SUMMER SCHOOL KIEF ACADEMY X Activitis Education X UGF "Business Reboot: Strategy, Finance, and Competitive Advantage"
KIEF Academy in partnership with Activitis Education is launching an online summer school "Second Breath of Business: Strategy, Finance, Competitive Advantages" on the Ukrainian Global Faculty (UGF) platform. This is a four-month development program for entrepreneurs, top managers, and investors that will help rethink the company's finances and find new opportunities, improve the business model, sharpen the strategy, and gain sustainable competitive advantages.
The program consists of three sections
SECTION 01
Macro, trends, strategies
SECTION 02
Financial architecture of business
SECTION 03
Tools for raising capital
Program start
May 27
2026
Application deadline
May 21
2026
Training sessions
15 sessions
May — August 2026
Participation
Free
thanks to Activitis support
We strive to help Ukrainian businesses survive, adapt and scale. Apply and become part of the community of entrepreneurs and leaders who are shaping the new economy of Ukraine.
Apply nowSection 1. Macro, trends, strategies
Global trends. New niches and opportunities in the face of turbulence
Viktor Halasiuk
President of the Ukrainian Association of the Club of Rome, member of the KIEF Supervisory Board, Adjunct Professor at kmbs, PhD in Economics
Financial landscape: international market and opportunities in Ukraine
Ivan Kompan
Founder of First Kyiv Investment Club, PhD
Business models. Business strategy. Competitive advantages
Oleksiy Tymofieiev
Member of the Board of Directors of BGV Group Management, Member of The Strategic Management Society (USA)
Section 2. Financial architecture of business
The structure and logic of financial statements as a common business language. How to read financial statements. Key financial indicators and their practical application
Oleksiy Herashchenko
Economist, entrepreneur, business consultant, kmbs lecturer, author of the book "Finance for Owners and Managers"
Financial model of business. Tools of a manager in financial management
Oleksiy Herashchenko
Economist, entrepreneur, business consultant, kmbs lecturer
Organisation of management accounting and budgeting systems. Financial responsibility centres and unit economics
Oleksiy Herashchenko
Economist, entrepreneur, business consultant, kmbs lecturer
Business value. Key approaches to valuation
Oleksiy Herashchenko
Economist, entrepreneur, business consultant, kmbs lecturer
Section 3. Tools for raising capital
Business capital map: objectives, scale, cost, sources, and tools
Kyrylo Bondar
Partner and CFO of UNIT.City and UDP Renewables, Partner at Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund, PhD
International financial institutions and project finance
Kyrylo Bondar
Partner and CFO of UNIT.City and UDP Renewables, PhD
Private Equity
Roman Cherepakha
Investment Director at Horizon Capital
Bank financing and loans 5-7-9
Andrii Hapon
Chairman of the Board of the National Development Institution
Embedded finance
Illia Koshelev · Dmytro Silkin
Head of Projects and Programmes / Head of Activitis Development and Innovation Centre
Grants and donor programmes for business
Olga Slavina
Advisor to the Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine on International Cooperation and Donor Coordination
Corporate bonds
Taras Kozak
Founder and President of UNIVER Investment Group, PhD in Public Administration
Venture capital investments for start-ups
Rick Rasmussen
Industry expert and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley; Director of Entrepreneurship Programmes at the Sutardja Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology