Octava Capital is a Ukrainian assets management company.[1] The Octava Capital includes Octava Defence, Nota Group,[2] Megatrade,[3] Compass FM,[4] Avtor,[5] Accord Group,[6] MegaPlant, Compass Engineering,[7] WM Group, etc.[8][9]
Octava Capital was founded on April 7, 2009, as a group of key Ukrainian companies in military, telecommunications, hi-tech and cyber industries working since the collapse of the Soviet Union.[10][11][12][13][14] In May 2009, a share transfer operation was conducted between minority and majority shareholders in Inkom and Megatrade.[15] As of September 2019, Octava Capital owns 97.26% of Inkom and 100% of Megatrade shares. In the summer of 2009, Octava Capital launched a new direction of activity, which involves investments in rapidly developing industries.[16] At the end of the 2010 financial year, the assets of the Octava Capital group of companies were valued at 2.5 billion UAH.[17] The revenue of the group's enterprises in the 2010 financial year exceeded 2 billion UAH. In May 2011, Octava Capital started operating in the construction and real estate management sector.[18][19][20][21][22]
Since 2014, due to changes in the political situation in Ukraine and the occupation of parts of its territory, Octava Capital led a large-scale reorganization of group companies and restructuring its credit portfolio.[23][24]
At the end of 2017, the company launched the first cybersecurity service operator in Ukraine, Octava Defence.[25][26][27] In the summer of 2018, a Security Operation Center for cybersecurity management was opened based on the company.[28][29][30][31]
The group primarily focuses on the IT sector, including distribution, cryptography, system integration, and related services. Additionally, the portfolio encompasses companies engaged in consulting, real estate management, and business tourism.[32][33][34][35] Octava Capital is a member and cooperates with the European Business Association (EBA)[36] and the Digital Association (DA).[37]