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Verdane launches Europe’s largest growth impact fund

Verdane, the European specialist growth equity investor, has announced that it has held a final close on Verdane Idun I (“Idun” or “the Fund”), an impact focused fund investing...

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Verdane launches Europe’s largest growth impact fund

Verdane, the European specialist growth equity investor, has announced that it has held a final close on Verdane Idun I (“Idun” or “the Fund”), an impact focused fund investing...

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Assessing venture capital investor performance drivers with machine learning

Data-driven decision making is a theme that is growing probably faster than ever. Venture Capital funds can already use machine learning as an investment evaluation tool to predict factors...

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Vaaka Partners raised EUR 250 million for its new fund very quickly, bringing in new international investors

The private equity firm Vaaka Partners has raised a new EUR 250 million fund, Vaaka Partners Buyout Fund IV Ky. The fund attracted strong interest from both existing and...

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Sparkmind.vc and Founders lead a $2.5m round into corporate learning startup Wonderwerk

Sparkmind.vc and Founders lead a $2.5m round into corporate learning startup Wonderwerk Round is led by Sparkmind.vc together with existing investor, startup studio Founders Black Pearls VC and Spring...

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Helen Ventures invests in Enspired GmbH, an energy trading company that boosts grid flexibility across Europe

Helen Ventures has closed an investment into Vienna-based startup enspired GmbH. Energy trading-as-a-service company enspired has closed a new landmark fundraising round that will accelerate the start-up's expansion across...

Blogs

Emerging trends: ESG, mega rounds, and tech investments 

FVCA’s Managing Director Pia Santavirta and the association’s Chairperson Janne Holmia, partner at the international private equity firm Verdane, list five directions in which they believe the Finnish private...

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MB Funds has sold Debora to Mehiläinen

MB Funds has sold Debora, a Finnish home care service provider, to Mehiläinen in a transaction signed on 7th December 2021. Debora's child welfare services businesses are not included...

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FVCA Newsletter – Slush edition

With the biggest startup event in the Nordics just about to start, we decided to summarize this year's highlights of the Finnish venture capital and startup scene. You can...

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Intera to exit Renta

Intera Fund II Ky and Intera Fund III Ky to exit Renta Group. The new owner will be IK Partners, a European private equity firm. Renta Group is a...

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OGOship raises €4M to continue growth

OGOship raises €4M to Build a Sustainable E-commerce Platform – Cross continental customers have already been onboarded. OGOship, a scalable 3PL service provider helping e-commerce businesses to streamline their...

Press releases

A record-breaking start to the year: nearly one billion euro invested in Finnish companies by private equity investors in the first half of the year

Finnish companies received €929 million in private equity investments in the first half of the year, an all-time high in a six-month period. The record €1.5 billion that was...