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FVCA’s Newsletter 5/2021 – Diversity, ESG & three new funds

From our latest newsletter, you can read more about Diversity: How many seats do women hold in the top management and boards of PE-backed-companies? Three new venture capital funds...

Voima Ventures investment: photodetector company Elfys raises €3M to ramp up the production for the growing wearable market

ElFys is tapping into a growing demand for photodetectors with people increasingly wanting to measure their health and wellbeing. Today’s announced €3M round is dedicated to ramping up the...

Vendep Capital launches third specialist fund to back B2B SaaS startups in the Nordics and Baltics

Vendep Capital, a specialist early stage B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) investor, has launched a third fund with the first close of 40 million euros. The firm previously...

StemSight cures blindness with stem cells

Over 12 million people suffer from corneal blindness but with StemSight’s innovation they can gain their sight back. This all female founded team just launched their company and announced...

Melt&Marble raises a €750K seed round to create fats that close the taste gap between animal and plant-based meats

Melt&Marble (formerly Biopetrolia), a company working on fermentation-based production of animal fats, has closed a seed round of €750K led by Nordic FoodTech VC. Other investors include Paulig’s venture...

Continuing to drive the change towards sustainability in the electronics markets – Refurbed raises its Series B

Evli Growth Partners leads the $54M Series B of Refurbed, one of the leading European marketplaces for refurbished electronics. When we initially invested in Refurbed back in early 2020, we were...

Estonian satellite operations and space cybersecurity startup Spaceit raises €1 million

Estonian spacetech startup Spaceit has raised €1 million in a pre-seed round led by Icebreaker.vc. The Tartu-based firm provides a Mission Control as a Service platform for satellite operations,...

Intera creates a new real estate management company by investing in Avara Isännöinti and Provia Isännöinti

As a result of Intera’s investment, Avara Isännöinti Oy and Provia Isännöinti Oy will join forces and create a new leading player in the Finnish real estate management market....

Metsä Spring invests in Innomost, a startup producing valuable bioactive products from birch bark

Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring Ltd has made an equity investment in Innomost Ltd, a startup converting forest industry side streams into high-value bioactive products. The financing round...

New funds, deals and exits

While our team was on a holiday, there was a lot happening in the investment scene. Here you can read a summary of what has been going on: Funds...