Beyond
the Great Vision
LET'S GET ACQUAINTED
- BGV Group Management was founded in 2015 to create innovative, advanced, high-performance businesses focused on creating products with high added value.
- The company’s investor is Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Gennadii Butkevych, who has built a large business in the country with a turnover of over $5 billion annually.
- The investment group has five business directions, within which it develops mining, processing, energy efficiency, retail, and development projects.
- Today, BGV has over 2,000 employees in nine regions of Ukraine, where the company’s facilities are located.
- Investments in extraction and further processing of raw materials are one of the group’s main focuses. The company has invested over $100 million in Ukrainian mining projects for eight years, potentially leading Ukraine to become one of the world’s leaders in certain raw material areas.
- BGV develops international partnerships and attracts foreign investments, working with partners worldwide, from Canada and the USA to Turkey, Egypt, the UAE, and the Indo-Pacific region.
- The company is a member of the U.S. —Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) and the European Business Association.
BGV holds licenses for the exploration and/or production of 9 types of resources
Strategic minerals and metals
graphite
beryllium
titanium
zirconium
rare earth elements
Traditional minerals
granite
sand
natural gas
oil
Our fields are located in the geographical center of Europe, which provides profitable logistics with low transport costs.
Our fields are located in the geographical center of Europe, which provides profitable logistics with low transport costs.
FOCUS ON GRAPHITE
BGV actively invests in and develops the graphite industry in Ukraine. This is a landmark project for the state because Ukraine will enter the list of countries capable of producing a high-tech product — spherical graphite — an anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Today, the company has started project work. After the construction and commissioning of capacities, the Ukrainian factory will become the largest in Europe.
≈ 700
jobs
44.2 mln tons
reserves of graphite ore in the Southern section of the Balakhiv deposit[1]
185 mlion tons
explored reserves of the Balakhivske deposit
Starting capacities of the enterprise:
50 thsnd tons
of graphite concentrate
19 thsnd tons
of spherical graphite
[1] according to the international standard NI43-101 within the license area
GRANITE FOR REBUILDING THE COUNTRY
Already during the full-scale war (in September 2022), the BGV Group Management team launched a new plant in the Zhytomyr region (Ukraine) — one of the most modern enterprises in Ukraine, specializing in producing crushed stone products.
$22 mln
of investments
≈ 300
jobs
46 mln m3
cubic meters of reserves within the Zherevsky deposit
› 1.5 mln tons/year
mining mass processing capacity
high-tech equipment SANDVIK (Sweden)
a completely new fleet of equipment from leading manufacturers — DOOSAN, LGMG (VOLVO GROUP), HBXG (SHEHWA)
own railway infrastructure with an automated wagon loading system
GRANITE FOR REBUILDING THE COUNTRY
Already during the full-scale war (in September 2022), the BGV Group Management team launched a new plant in the Zhytomyr region (Ukraine) — one of the most modern enterprises in Ukraine, specializing in producing crushed stone products.
$22 mln
of investments
≈ 300
jobs
46 mln m3
cubic meters of reserves within the Zherevsky deposit
› 1.5 mln tons/year
mining mass processing capacity
high-tech equipment SANDVIK (Sweden)
a completely new fleet of equipment from leading manufacturers — DOOSAN, LGMG (VOLVO GROUP), HBXG (SHEHWA)
own railway infrastructure with an automated wagon loading system
RETAIL: LEADERS IN THE FORMAT OF CONVENIENCE STORE
Since 2017, BGV has been investing in and developing the KOLO retail chain in Ukraine — these are small store formats or convenience stores. The company constantly launches new formats, own brands, experiments, and changes. The goals are to expand the network to 3,000 stores and enter new regions of the country.
The company is among the TOP-5 largest food retail chains in Ukraine[2]
It leads the rating of the best retailers of Ukraine in the category “convenience store”[3]
It is a member of the Association of Retailers of Ukraine
Acts as a member of the public union “Ukrainian Food Retail Alliance”
[2] According to GT Partners Ukraine within the report “Retail market of Ukraine: top-180 FMCG trade operators by number of stores, first half of 2023”, October, 2023.
[3] Rating of the leading Ukrainian media NV, October 2021.
SUPPORT OF PROFESSIONAL AND CHILDREN'S SPORTS
For three years, BGV Group Management has been the general and exclusive partner of the Ukrainian football club “Polissya” — men’s and women’s teams. During this time, the club managed to enter the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football division, for the first time in its entire existence.
The BGV company also invests significant funds in developing regional sports infrastructure — stadiums and training bases.
With the company’s support, the development of children’s and youth football increased.
DEVELOPMENT AND RECREATION FACILITIES
- Implementation of a complex project to create a cottage town near Kyiv with a total area of 36 hectares.
- Investment and development of an apartment building project in the Kyiv region — a micro-district of more than 100,000 square meters of apartment housing.
- The partner project in Zhytomyr (Ukraine) is a multi-apartment residential complex with an area of over 22,000 square meters.
- Investments and management of construction projects of commercial real estate objects (commercial objects).
- Implementation of a number of regional infrastructure projects — sports complex and training base.
EQUIDES CLUB
a unique suburban hotel and park complex with the concept of health and recreation located near Kyiv
16 hectares of space for rest and recovery
golf center
wellness center
modern infrastructure for equestrian sports and an equestrian sports academy
a large conference hall
shooting gallery
two restaurants
5-star hotel
children's club
bungalow on the shore of the lake
EQUIDES CLUB
a unique suburban hotel and park complex with the concept of health and recreation located near Kyiv
16 hectares of space for rest and recovery
golf center
modern infrastructure for equestrian sports and an equestrian sports academy
wellness center
a large conference hall
shooting gallery
two restaurants
5-star hotel
bungalow on the shore of the lake
children's club
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION — INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE
The BGV company acted as the first Ukrainian investor in American University Kyiv — a private university of the international level, created in partnership with Arizona State University recognized as the most innovative educational institution in the USA.
BET ON TECHNOLOGY
The company focuses on applying modern environmentally friendly technologies to protect the environment at all our enterprises.
BGV invested in a paper recycling and production plant. In 2022, the company’s products were certified according to the international FSC certificate. As a result, the company entered the European market. Significant investments in equipment made it possible to move to a full production cycle from ecologically renewable raw materials.
CHARITY AS MOTIVATION
In March 2022, the BGV investment group, with the support of the founder’s family, created the BGV Charity Fund to organize aid to Ukraine during the war and to rebuild the country after the victory. Among the achievements in just the first year of the fund’s work are:
₴583 million ($16 million) the total amount of aid for Ukraine that the BGV fund attracted (both in-kind and financial support)
315 trucks of assistance delivered from Europe to Ukraine — more than 6,000 tons of humanitarian cargo for Ukrainians
› 20 complex charity projects have been implemented
› 350 organizations in 24 regions of Ukraine received humanitarian cargo from the Fund
in December 2022, the BGV Foundation, together with the Government of Estonia, launched a program for free prosthetics and rehabilitation of Ukrainians