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SMART HOLDING IS A LEADING INDUSTRIAL AND INVESTMENT GROUP IN UKRAINE
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About Smart Holding Group

Smart Holding Group combines assets in strategic sectors, focusing on sustainable development, investment attractiveness and effective management. The activities of Smart Holding companies are aimed at creating long-term value for partners, investors and society.

Smart Holding Group's businesses are concentrated in the holding companies Smart Holding (Cyprus) Ltd and Smart Investments (Cyprus) Ltd.
The beneficial owners of Smart Holding (Cyprus) Ltd and Smart Investments (Cyprus) Ltd businesses are trustees - representatives of the Smart Trust and Step Trust trusts, which exercise full ownership, control and management of the Group's assets.

Smart Holding (Cyprus) Ltd is a leading holding company of one of the largest investment groups in Ukraine. We invest in strategically important sectors that form the basis of the national economy: mining and metallurgical and oil and gas complexes, agriculture, shipbuilding, logistics, infrastructure and real estate.

The main goal of Smart Investments (Cyprus) Ltd is to work with distressed assets, develop companies with growth potential, as well as create and scale promising business areas.
Responsibility and sustainability

Companies of the Smart Holding Group play an active role in resisting Russian aggression. We make every effort to preserve production facilities, support the stable operation of enterprises and provide assistance to fellow citizens affected by the war. Charity is an integral part of our responsibility to society.

We believe in the future of Ukraine and are preparing to actively participate in its restoration after regaining control over the temporarily occupied territories. Smart Holding is considering new investment projects aimed at reviving production and developing the regions of presence.


Asset management

The assets of Smart Holding (Cyprus) Ltd and Smart Investments (Cyprus) Ltd are managed by the Board of Directors of Smart Holding (Cyprus) Ltd with the involvement of an experienced team of experts from Smart Holding LLC, which guarantees the effective functioning of the business and sustainable development of the Group's companies.
Investment Strategy
Investment Strategy

Smart Holding implements an investment strategy focused on finding the best investment opportunities, ensuring sustainable development, and increasing the value of current assets. These goals are achieved through effective investment portfolio management and high standards of corporate governance.

The Group’s strategic goal is to increase the capitalization of portfolio companies by improving their management efficiency, as well as increasing the share of investments that have a positive social impact along with a significant financial result.

While maintaining the priority of investing in Ukraine, Smart Holding is preparing to restore assets after the end of hostilities, while expanding the geography of investments.

Portfolio diversification through international projects allows us to create a basis for accessing global capital and attracting it to the Ukrainian economy, as well as ensuring an optimal risk/return ratio within the entire Group.

The key criteria for such investments are:
  • achievement of an internal rate of return;
  • the presence of business scaling potential through entry into the Ukrainian market.
12.01.26
Why Cyprus' EU presidency is important for Ukraine's future
Andreas Sophocleus, trust manager of Smart Holding and founder of the Kepaky charitable foundation, emphasizes that investors are ready to work in Ukraine, invest and create jobs even during the war. But they need something that no company can provide on its own — political and regulatory stability. And this must be implemented already, and not wait for better times.
18.12.25
The State Budget of Ukraine Received 41% Less Taxes from Smart Holding in the First 9 Months of 2025
As of January–September 2025, the Group’s companies paid 543 million UAH in taxes, which is 41% less than in the same period last year (915 million UAH). This reduction occurred, among other reasons, due to increased government pressure and the blocking of gas production assets of the publicly listed British company Enwell Energy.
17.11.25
Ukraine imports gas, while blocking its own fields
Ukraine has gas, but cannot produce it. Not because of the war. Not because of missiles. Due to the decisions of state bodies.
07.11.25
We need to distinguish sanctions against individuals and the work of enterprises operating in Ukraine, paying taxes and supporting energy independence
Today, the Ukrainian energy sector lives between two realities: On the one hand, there is an urgent need for its own gas, on the other hand, there are legal norms that actually stop those who can provide this resource.
27.10.25
We're fighting for every asset
Ivan Gerasymovych, CEO of Smart-Holding, frankly told delo.ua about how the Group functions in unprecedented crisis caused by the war and the blocking of key businesses due to personal legal conflicts.
22.10.25
We are ready to launch gas production within 48 hours and give the country up to 20 million cubic meters of gas/month - Ivan Gerasimovich, CEO Smart-Holding
Another difficult night of attack on energy. The enemy is purposefully destroying Ukraine's gas infrastructure and the country is forced to buy gas abroad to pass the heating season. The difference in value between the foreign and domestic markets hits the economy. And Ukrainian gas remains in the bowels when Ukraine and Ukrainians desperately need it on the eve of winter.
21.09.25
Smart Granit: working to build
Loading crushed stone is the final stage of a big job that begins in the quarry. And the need for high-quality material, both for civilian and defense needs, is growing every day.
12.09.25
Explosion for the future
Another rock explosion took place at the Smart Granit enterprise
08.09.25
Enemy attacks + mining blocking = double blow to energy situation in Ukraine
04.09.25
"Every million cubic meters of our own gas is a contribution to the energy independence of the state" - Ivan Gerasymovych, CEO of Smart-Holding
"Every million cubic meters of our own gas is a contribution to the energy independence of the state" - Ivan Gerasymovych, CEO of Smart-Holding