Investors Council

What Investors Council does

The Investors Council is an independent, non-profit public-private dialogue platform established in May 2015 under a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Georgia and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Headquartered in Tbilisi with a small Secretariat of approximately 5 staff, the Council is chaired by the Prime Minister of Georgia and convenes government ministries, international financial institutions (EBRD, World Bank, IFC), donor organizations (UK Government's Good Governance Fund, Swiss SECO, UN agencies), and a broad coalition of Georgian and international business associations. Its core function is to identify and resolve barriers faced by investors in Georgia and to facilitate structured dialogue on policy reforms affecting the business and investment climate.

The Council does not develop or sell technology products. Its deliverables consist of policy research, working group facilitation, workshops, roundtables, and published newsletters — services rather than goods. Operating working groups cover gender equality (established November 2021 and chaired by the Secretariat), commercial law reform, agricultural finance, currency risk management, and green economy transition. Recent activity includes a September 2025 multicurrency hedging workshop with TBC Chief Economist's Office and an October 2025 second-round agricultural finance discussion with IFC and the Georgian Farmers Association.

The Council's funding model is grant-based rather than commercial. Primary funding flows from the UK Government's Good Governance Fund (GGF) channeled through EBRD, with additional support from the Government of Georgia and, as of October 2025, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Revenue is not publicly disclosed and no products or services are sold; the organization is therefore evaluated on stakeholder reach, policy influence, and continuity of donor relationships rather than commercial metrics.

Name

Investors Council

Legal name

Investors Council

Website

https://investorscouncil.ge

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Investors Council is an independent non-profit platform, established in 2015, that convenes the Government of Georgia, business associations, and international financial institutions to improve the country's investment climate through structured public-private dialogue and policy working groups.

Ownership category

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Product category

Investment Climate Advisory Services

NAICS

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PRIMARYBPADABAM

Development Finance, Guarantees & Blended Finance Programs

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Bilateral Development Agencies & Aid Programs

SECONDARYBPADACAJ

Private Sector & Blended Finance Arms (IFC-type)

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Financial Institutions & Development Banks

Keywords

• Public-private dialogue
• Investment climate advisory
• Policy advocacy platform
• Business environment reform
• Stakeholder engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

Tbilisi

HQ country

Georgia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Investors Council is an independent public-private dialogue platform that facilitates structured engagement between the Government of Georgia, business associations, international financial institutions, and donor organizations to improve the country's business and investment climate. Its activities include convening working groups on gender equality, commercial law reform, agricultural finance, and green economy transition, producing research studies and policy recommendations, and organizing workshops, roundtables, and the Prime Minister-chaired IC meetings.

Product overview

Investors Council is a public-private dialogue platform in Georgia, not a technology product company. It facilitates dialogue between the business community, international financial institutions, donors, and the Government of Georgia to promote business and investment climate. The organization offers services including research studies, policy recommendations, working group facilitation (notably on gender equality and green economy), workshops, and newsletters. It does not offer technology products, SaaS platforms, or software solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Georgian Farmers AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 October 2025
• Government of GeorgiacoreOthers · 12 May 2015
• Business Association of Georgia (BAG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• EU-Georgia Business CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Banking Association of GeorgiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Business Ombudsman of GeorgiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• European Business Association (EBA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• German Business Association (DWV)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Turkish Businessmen Association in GeorgiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• UN WomencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• UN Global Compact Network GeorgiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• TBC BankminorStrategic or Co-development Partner
• CENN (Caucasus Environmental NGO Network)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner
• PwC GeorgiaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner
• PMCGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner
• German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (DSIK)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Foreign Investors Advisory Council (Ukraine): Ukrainian public-private dialogue platform that convenes investors, government, and IFIs to address investment-climate barriers. Closest functional analogue to the Georgian Investors Council in a neighboring transition economy.
• EBRD Business Advisory Council (various country platforms): EBRD-supported public-private dialogue platforms in other transition economies run under similar MoU-based mandates to advise on investment-climate reform. Directly comparable governance and funding model to the Investors Council of Georgia.
• International Business Council (Kazakhstan): Public-private dialogue body in Kazakhstan engaging government and foreign investors on regulatory and investment-climate issues. Comparable mandate and stakeholder mix to the Georgian Investors Council.

Emerging players

• Business Association of Georgia (BAG): Core IC partner representing the wider Georgian private sector. Plays a complementary advocacy and convening role on investment-climate issues but is member-driven rather than government-chaired.
• EU-Georgia Business Council (EUGBC): A strategic partner of the IC that conducts parallel public-private engagement with Georgian and EU stakeholders on investment-climate and trade issues. Comparable convening role with a narrower regional focus.
• American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia (AmCham Georgia): One of the IC's core strategic partners and a parallel business-association convening body in Georgia. Overlaps with the IC on advocacy and policy recommendations to government, though focused on US business interests rather than the broader investor base.

Broad incumbents

• International Finance Corporation (IFC): Strategic partner of the IC and a major IFI funder of investment-climate reform work in Georgia. Provides the broader private-sector development mandate within which the IC's convening work sits.
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): Founding MoU partner and conduit for UK GGF funding to the IC. Operates as a much larger incumbent in transition-economy investment-climate reform, with the IC serving as its country-level dialogue counterpart in Georgia.
• World Bank Investment Climate Advisory Services: A core partner of the IC and a global leader in advising governments on investment-climate reform. Operates as a broader incumbent funder/advisor while the IC acts as a country-level convening layer.

Regional players

• Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI): Established domestic chamber-of-commerce body also engaged as an IC strategic partner. Provides similar business-government dialogue services, though with a broader domestic SME focus and longer institutional history.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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