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Bocap invests into Good Sign, a leading provider of smart pricing and billing automation software

Bocap’s third consecutive fund (Bocap SME Achievers Fund III) has completed its first investment into Good Sign Oy, a Finnish forerunner in subscription management and recurring billing cloud service...

Nordic FoodTech VC closes a €42M fund

We are excited to announce a closing of our first fund at €42M, exceeding the €40M target size! We launched the fund in April 2020 as the first early-stage...

CapMan Buyout exits Bright Group to global event technology provider NEP Group

Funds managed by CapMan Buyout have entered into a definitive agreement to sell the subsidiaries of Bright Group Oy, a 360 supplier of live events services in Northern Europe...

Kuva Space to provide real time precision agriculture and global carbon sequestration from space

Climate change is already strongly changing our environment and the global food security is beginning to halter. With their space-borne services Kuva Space helps farmers in precision farming as...

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....