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FVCA’s Master’s Thesis Competition is on again!
For the fifth year in a row, The Finnish Venture Capital Association is looking for the best Master’s thesis, which examines the private equity and venture capital industry from...
Member Blog: What can integrity due diligence reveal about management?
One in five of the managing directors and board members of Finnish publicly traded companies has a criminal conviction according to recent research. A positive correlation between a criminal...
Turning ideas into action: first steps in driving DEI in private equity and venture capital together with Inklusiiv
Despite the progress made in recent years, there is still a stark lack of diversity in the private equity and venture capital industry. Recognising the need for concrete action,...
New Additions to the FVCA Team
As we enter the summer season, we are happy to announce two new additions to our team. Eveliina will take on a new role as Events and Communications Coordinator...
Member Blog: Balancing between Articles 8, 8+ and 9 of the SFDR regulation
Fund managers and financial advisors struggle with the SFDR regulation (the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, 2019/2088) when trying to interpret the rules and finding concrete procedures to tackle...
Meet our member Almaral: “We are active and hands-on mentors to our portfolio companies”
Almaral is a family-owned venture capital firm investing in early-stage biotechnology and life sciences startups. The firm was founded in 2022 after CEO Maria Severina had sold her biotechnology...
Welcoming our new analyst intern Johannes Lehtimäki
Hi! I’m Johannes Lehtimäki, a second-year student at Aalto University School of Business, majoring in finance. I started as an Analyst Intern at the Finnish Venture Capital Association at...
How does venture capital presence affect the management control systems (MCS) formulation at small and middle-size enterprises?
With the sudden emergence of company giants, the market focus shifts from well-established companies to early-stage companies. This shift is accompanied by the rapidly growing venture capital industry and...
Exploring the performance and value creation of consecutive buyouts
The increasing importance of consecutive buyouts The net asset value of global private equity has risen nearly tenfold since 2000, outpacing the growth in public equities market capitalization by...
Introducing our new member Serafim Finans: “We can add value to a client segment that is often overlooked by traditional financing partners”
Serafim Finans is a credit market company and alternative lender that provides financial services for corporates, financial sponsors and real estate companies in the small to mid-cap segment as...
Introducing our new member Trill Impact: “All companies can have good ESG performance but not all can deliver positive impact”
Trill Impact is a pioneering impact house, with the core purpose of implementing and furthering impact investing, that is, investing in goods or services that in addition to financial...
Meet Our Member Axcel: A concise strategy Is the key to success
Axcel is an international private equity firm with offices in Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden. For almost 30 years, Axcel has operated in the mid-market, targeting leading businesses with...