The article discusses the development of venture financing in Ukraine, its features and prospects in the context of economic restructuring based on innovation. Compared to developed countries, where venture financing has been operating for over 70 years, this type of investment has only been around for a few decades in Ukraine. Therefore, Ukraine does not yet have as much positive experience in implementing venture programs as the US and Europe.
In the article it is established that today in Ukraine the development of venture investment of innovative enterprises is at an early stage and is characterized by a number of problems. The dynamics of venture capital in Ukraine shows that their number and capitalization have been growing rapidly during the research period 2011-2019, and this growth continued even after the crisis. It is worth noting that venture investments in Ukraine are made in points, in particular they are more concentrated in Kyiv and Lviv. The largest share of venture capital is international capital.