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From used alkaline batteries to organic certified fertilizers – Tracegrow Oy is scaling up with a new investment from Nordic Foodtech VC
Tracegrow Oy, Finnish circular economy company, produces organic certified fertilizers from used alkaline batteries. The company´s patented process is based on the separation of micronutrients from recycled alkaline batteries...
Maki.vc appoints Pauliina Martikainen as Partner
Helsinki-based seed-stage venture capital firm Maki.vc has appointed Pauliina Martikainen as their new Partner. Pauliina Martikainen joined Maki.vc in 2019 and since then has been working with the firm’s...
The first Finnish growth investor for technology companies, Voland Partners, adds value as a co-entrepreneur
Voland Partners’ goal is to help ambitious technology company entrepreneurs to succeed and grow into world class. The first fund issued, the Voland Technology Growth Fund I, concentrates on...
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...
ESG toolbox to help with corporate responsibility work
Responsibility and assessing its opportunities and risks have become a part of the daily business in the private equity and venture capital industry. For ESG value creation to be...
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...
Private equity and venture capital investors help companies from all around Finland grow
Between 2017 and 2021 private equity and venture capital investors invested a total of €6.8bn in Finnish companies. Companies that grow both domestically and internationally and create jobs all...
FVCA’s Master’s Thesis Competition is open again!
For the fourth year in a row, Finnish Venture Capital Association is looking for the best graduate degree thesis, which looks at PE & VC industry from an innovative...
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...
Cooperation with private equity investors was crucial for the Climate Fund’s first investments
The Climate Fund launched its investment operations in April 2021, and the growth of our investments has been helped along by a number of Finnish private equity investors. Growth...