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Gorilla Fund I starts generating carried interest following Duunitori exit
Duunitori Oy, the market leader in job search, has been acquired by the private equity firm Intera Partners. Duunitori is making recruiting and job search smarter and is a...
CapMan Buyout exits Fortaco Group to One Equity Partners
Funds managed by CapMan Buyout have agreed to sell their holdings in Fortaco Group, the leading strategic partner to the heavy off-highway equipment and marine industries offering technology, vehicle...
CapMan Growth exits semiconductor equipment company Picosun
Picosun Oy has been acquired by Applied Materials, Inc., a US-based leading semiconductor equipment company. This is the largest exit in CapMan’s operating history, measured by the portfolio company’s...
Taaleri’s first bioindustry fund announces its first closing at EUR 80 million – the Finnish Climate Fund becomes an anchor investor in the fund
Taaleri Bioindustry I fund reached its target size of EUR 80 million in the first round of funding and continues fundraising backed up by strong demand. The fund complies...
Evolver steps in as majority owner in Toyrock
Evolver Fund I has on 23 May 2022 acquired a controlling interest in Turku-based Toyrock Oy, a leading importer, marketer and distributor of toys, games and family leisure products...
European Women in VC publishes the inaugural analysis of gender diversity across European VC
The European venture capital scene experienced record-breaking growth in 2021, with over €100B invested in one single year in European startups. These investments created almost 100 unicorns in the...
Juuri Partners invests in geotechnical specialist Taratest Oy to support the company in its next growth phase
Juuri Partners acquires a minority stake in Taratest Oy, a family-owned business specializing in geotechnical services and environmental surveys for the construction sector. Driven by the size and complexity...
MB Funds to sell Raksystems to Trill Impact
Raksystems Group has grown rapidly in recent years and has become the leading property wellbeing expert in the Nordics. MB Funds, who became the owner of the company in...
Deep tech VC Voima Ventures bets on scaling solutions from science and diversity – and is now taking on the Nordics with two new female team members in Sweden
Women-led VC funds are still few and far between - especially in the male-dominated deep tech field. Voima Ventures continues to renew the Nordic tech investing scene as two...
Social shopping app Blidz raises €6m in Seed funding led by General Catalyst and Peak
Helsinki, Finland - March 23rd 2022 - Blidz, the leading social shopping app combining gamification and social group buying, has raised €6m in Seed funding led by General Catalyst...
Tesi’s Diversity Review: A small step in the right direction, plenty more to do on the path to diversity
Tesi’s (Finnish Industry Investment’s) Diversity Review shows that work to improve diversity must continue. There has been progress, though. The age structure of investment teams in private equity and...
Vendep Capital closes Fund III at EUR 70M target size
Helsinki, Finland — February 15, 2022 — European Investment Fund (EIF, www.eif.org) made a EUR 25M investment in this final close. In addition to EIF, Fund III investors include...