Kyivstar has been actively creating an M&A team. The company may not limit itself to buying Uklon and Tabletki.ua
Kyivstar was actively creating a team that would deal with M&A, with an emphasis on acquiring other technology businesses.
Kyivstar was actively creating a team that would deal with M&A, with an emphasis on acquiring other technology businesses.
«Through a large, well-known international recruiting company that is engaged, in particular, in the search for top-level candidates, namely Executive Search, Kyivstar was looking for a person to fill the position of Head of M&A,» Scroll writes in its material.
The media also emphasizes that under this «head» position, a small team of people was assembled who would deal with acquisitions, and some of these people started working for the company only in 2025.
One of the tasks of the Head of M&A, according to the publication, is to acquire companies that will increase the valuation of Kyivstar.
In addition, the tasks for this position include the following challenges:
- development of M&A strategy;
- full support of the acquisition process, financial, legal, organizational;
- further integration of new businesses into the current one;
- focus specifically on technological industries, experience working with them is desirable;
- market monitoring, searching for opportunities and the ability to quickly exploit them;
- the ability to calculate business valuations, as well as revenue forecasts.
It is noted that the full description of the tasks and required skills takes several pages, and the candidate is required to have 8-10 years of experience in this or related fields.
As dev.ua reported, Kyivstar is collecting valuable assets before entering Nasdaq. In particular, the company may buy the drug booking service Tabletki.ua. Back in November 2024, Kyivstar submitted an application to the Antimonopoly Service of Ukraine for the purchase of Tabletki.ua, but it was returned due to non-compliance with the requirements. Kyivstar may submit a repeated application in the near future.
On February 6, Kyivstar received permission to acquire control over the company UKLON LTD and LLC Tech Uklon, Uklon Corporate, and Uklon Ukraine.
Kyivstar President Oleksandr Komarov previously confirmed the deal in a comment to dev.ua. «Kyivstar continues to invest in innovative technologies and new services: the agreement with Uklon will be a logical step in building an integrated digital ecosystem, as well as an important stage in inorganic growth and business scaling,» he noted.
On the same day , the CEO of Kyivstar announced when the company would be listed on the American Nasdaq stock exchange.
«There is a common interest from both companies in this deal.» Uklon CEO commented on Kyivstar’s intention to acquire the company
«There is a common interest from both companies in this deal.» Uklon CEO commented on Kyivstar’s intention to acquire the company
Kyivstar is collecting valuable assets before entering Nasdaq. The company may buy the drug booking service Tabletki.ua
Kyivstar is collecting valuable assets before entering Nasdaq. The company may buy the drug booking service Tabletki.ua
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