Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund
umaef.org Direct + LP
UMAEF is a U.S. government-backed regional fund investing in Ukraine and Moldova since 1994. It provides direct investments to SMEs, supports early-stage tech startups through u.ventures, and runs impact investing and development programs.
Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund is a private equity firm headquartered in United States, founded in 1994. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from Series A to growth, in SMEs, technology startups and social enterprises. Its stated cheque size is $2 million and $5 million. 202 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“UMAEF is funding innovative, high-impact, reform focused programs and aims to support Ukraine and Moldova at this critical period by developing sound economic policy and leadership.”
— Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Private equity
- Headquarters
- United States
- Invests in
- Ukraine, Moldova
- Sectors
- SMEs, technology startups, social enterprises
- Cheque size
- $2 million and $5 million
- Founded
- 1994
- Portfolio
- 202 companies
Team, as Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund publishes it
- Dennis A. Johnson Chairman of the Board
- Jaroslawa Z. Johnson President and CEO
- Margot Ellis Board member
- Marta Farion Board member
- John E. Herbst Board member
- Jeffrey C. Neal Board member
- Daniel F. Runde Board member
- David Cowles Director-elect
- Betsy Atkins Director-Elect
- Alex Baron Director-Elect
- Scott S. Nyquist Director-Elect
- Rob Strayer Director-Elect
Names and roles exactly as listed on umaef.org. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://umaef.org/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://umaef.org/programs/sme-direct-investment-program/stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size
- https://umaef.org/team/people
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Record 7483 · added 2026-09-06 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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