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FinanceKey Secures €3M to Eliminate Manual Work in Corporate Finance Teams

Helsinki, FINLAND – June 10, 2025 – Finnish fintech company FinanceKey announces a new €3 million seed funding round to scale its client base, expand into new markets, and...

Gorilla Capital Fund III’s 29th Investment is Agenton.Ai

Gorilla Capital Fund III has made its 29th investment in Agenton Ai.  Agenton  creates AI-powered voice agents that automate business phone calls, handling tasks like answering inquiries, booking appointments, and...

Agile Accounting Tech Rocket Lemon Tree Targets New Scale with Backing from Private Equity Owner

Vaaka Partners acquires a majority stake in Lemon Tree, which focuses on accounting services and proprietary software solutions for entrepreneurs. Accounting firm Lemon Tree has succeeded where many industry...

Gorilla Capital Fund III has made its 28th investment in eWatt Smart Power Systems

Gorilla Capital Fund III has made its 28th investment in eWatt Smart Power Systems – a service that provides accurate data on electricity consumption, enabling reduced usage, easier property management, and...

Nordic Foodtech VC hits €40M first close on €80M fund to invest in new technologies for food and agriculture industries

Nordic Foodtech VC announces the first closing of its second fund, which continues to invest in the vast range of business opportunities arising from the need for resource-efficiency, resilience,...

Samphire Neuroscience Raises $5 Million Seed Round to Advance Breakthrough Neurotechnology for Women’s Health

Samphire Neuroscience, a pioneering neurotechnology company dedicated to transforming women's health, today announces the successful closure of a $5 million seed funding round. The round was co-led by Fortify...

Unlocking the power of science to give women the clarity they’ve always deserved around hormones: Voima Ventures Leads $6.7M Seed Round in Hormona

Hormona is more than a product — it’s a movement and a direct answer to the decades-long silence and stigma surrounding women’s hormonal health. Founded by women, for women,...

CapMan Special Situations invests in assisted residential care

The CapMan Special Situations I -fund invests in two providers of assisted residential care for the elderly, Nonna Group Oy and Aurahovi Oy, with the aim of building a...

Europe’s Largest Gen Z-Led VC, Wave Ventures, Launches €7M Third Fund – Doubling Down on the Nordics’ Most Exceptional Gen Z Founders

Helsinki, May 15, 2025 – Wave Ventures, Europe’s largest Gen Z-run venture capital firm, announces its third fund at €7 million, tripling the size of its previous fund and...

Gorilla Capital Fund II has completed an exit from Axitare

Gorilla Capital Fund II has completed an exit from Axitare — a company they have supported for 3.5 years. The outcome? A remarkable 12x return on their investment (net...

Evli Private Capital Makes a Significant Investment in Finnish Calefa

Evli Private Capital, a part of Evli Group and specializing in private equity, has made a significant investment of EUR 7 million in the Finnish growth company Calefa Oy...

Vaaka Partners to Invest in Axitare – Target to Accelerate International Growth of Finnish Innovation

Vaaka Partners, a leading private equity firm based in Finland and Sweden, has acquired a majority stake in Axitare, a pioneering medical device company specializing in easy-to-use medicine dispensing...