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Turning ideas into action: first steps in driving DEI in private equity and venture capital together with Inklusiiv
Despite the progress made in recent years, there is still a stark lack of diversity in the private equity and venture capital industry. Recognising the need for concrete action,...
New Additions to the FVCA Team
As we enter the summer season, we are happy to announce two new additions to our team. Eveliina will take on a new role as Events and Communications Coordinator...
Greencode Ventures, the first green transition fund in Finland
Greencode Ventures is the Venture Capital (VC) investor focused on accelerating the green transition. As the first green transition fund in Finland, Greencode Ventures specializes in rapidly scaling digital...
Finnish growth engine Lifeline Ventures closes a €150 million early-stage fund to continue supporting next-generation companies
Finnish early-stage investor Lifeline Ventures, known for its unique track record in producing unicorns, announces today its new €150 million fund. The new fund lists as one of the...
Member Blog: Balancing between Articles 8, 8+ and 9 of the SFDR regulation
Fund managers and financial advisors struggle with the SFDR regulation (the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, 2019/2088) when trying to interpret the rules and finding concrete procedures to tackle...
Boosting the growth of Finnish SMEs – Finnish buyout and growth investors invested half a billion in growth-oriented companies once again
Despite the general economic uncertainty, Finnish buyout and growth investors have continued to invest in growing SMEs at the same pace as in previous years – in 2022, the...
Meet the Finnish Venture Capital Association’s new members of the board
At the annual meeting of the Finnish Venture Capital Association, one new member and two new deputy members were appointed to the Board. They are Juho Frilander, Juhani Kalliovaara,...
IoT company Haltian raises 22M€ to help building owners hit their ESG goals
Finnish Internet of Things (IoT) company Haltian announced today their new growth funding of 22 million euros. The round was led by Mandatum Asset Management Growth Equity II fund ...
Introducing Juhana Kallio, Finnish Venture Capital Association’s New Chairperson of the Board
Juhana Kallio, who was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Board at the association's annual meeting, has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years. Working with...
Quanscient raises 3.9 million euros to accelerate hardware innovation with fast simulations
Quanscient, founded in 2021, is the first provider of cloud and quantum computing-powered multiphysics simulation technology. Quanscient offers fully digital R&D processes with its unique combination of native multiphysics...
eniferBio raises €11M to make planet-friendly fungal protein from the by-products of food and agricultural processes
The successful A-round was led by Aqua-Spark and joined by Tesi, Valio, Voima Ventures, and Nordic Foodtech VC. With the investment, eniferBio will begin to scale the production of...
Finnish startups raised a record amount of funding once again – Total amount reached € 1.8 billion in 2022
The amount of capital raised by Finnish startups reached a new record last year. Of the total amount invested in Finnish startups, almost 60 per cent came from venture...