{"id":32376,"date":"2025-12-23T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scroll.media\/2025\/12\/23\/zas-ventures-invests-in-upwood\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T01:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:33:40","slug":"zas-ventures-invests-in-upwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scroll.media\/en\/2025\/12\/23\/zas-ventures-invests-in-upwood\/","title":{"rendered":"ZAS Ventures Invests \u20ac50,000 in Upwood to Accelerate Sustainable Forest Investment Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ZAS Ventures, a venture capital firm founded by Ukrainian entrepreneurs, has invested \u20ac50,000 at the pre-seed stage in Upwood, an ESG-focused fintech startup building a platform for regulated financial instruments backed by forest assets. The firm shared the news with Scroll.media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deal Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwood.io\/\">Upwood<\/a> is developing an equity and debt crowdfunding platform that connects forest owners with individual and institutional investors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The startup\u2019s team includes Ukrainians Volodymyr Havrylyuk-Yensen (Chief Legal Officer) and Maksym Semak (Chief Sustainability Officer), as well as Latvians Lauris Borodovskis (CEO) and Armands Rudzitis (CFO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-images-slider has-arrows-inside has-dots-inside has-images-center has-cropped-images\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-images-slider__wrapper\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-slides-show=\"1\" data-slides-show-laptop=\"1\" data-slides-show-tablet=\"1\" data-slides-show-mobile=\"1\" data-slides-scroll=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-pause-hover=\"false\" data-autoplay-speed=\"6000\" data-infinite=\"true\" data-animation-speed=\"800\" data-center-mode=\"false\" data-variable-width=\"false\" data-arrows=\"inside\" data-dots=\"inside\" data-spacing=\"none\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-images-slider__item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.11-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"32281\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-images-slider__image wp-image-32281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.11-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.11-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.11-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.11-1536x1126.png 1536w, https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.11-2048x1501.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-images-slider__item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.19-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"32283\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-images-slider__image wp-image-32283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.19-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.19-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.19-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.19-1536x1126.png 1536w, https:\/\/scroll.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/screenshot-2025-12-23-at-07.57.19-2048x1501.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>According to ZAS Ventures, Upwood has already validated its legal framework with a financial regulator, received industry awards, and built a waitlist of future investors and partners. The company is currently preparing for a broader platform rollout and obtaining regulatory approvals in the EU.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The investment from ZAS Ventures will be used to support product development, the regulatory roadmap, and go-to-market activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abHaving ZAS Ventures onboard is an important validation for our vision,\u00bb commented Volodymyr Havrylyuk-Yensen, Co-Founder of Upwood. \u00abTheir experience in scaling early-stage platforms and navigating regulated environments will be highly valuable as we move toward launch.\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Upwood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Upwood operates in the ESG investment market, which, according to the firm, is expected to grow at an average annual rate of around 19% (CAGR) through 2030. This growth is driven by rising demand for transparent, impact-driven investment opportunities in real assets, particularly in forestry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The platform lowers entry barriers to sustainable forestry assets while enabling transparent, technology-driven capital formation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upwood combines geospatial verification, tokenization, and EU Taxonomy\u2013aligned green financial instruments, including plans for tokenized green bonds backed by forest assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abUpwood is tackling a real inefficiency at the intersection of ESG, real assets, and modern capital markets,\u00bb said Andrew Zinchuk, Founder & Managing Partner at ZAS Ventures. \u00abTheir approach to tokenized, regulated forest investments aligns strongly with our thesis around capital-efficient platforms that unlock new asset classes for global investors.\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZAS Ventures, a venture capital firm founded by Ukrainian entrepreneurs, has invested \u20ac50,000 at the pre-seed stage in Upwood, an ESG-focused fintech startup building a platform for regulated financial instruments backed by forest assets. 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