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Introducing our new board members
The board of directors of the Finnish Venture Capital Association elected one new board member and three new deputy board members at the association's annual meeting. Maria Wasastjerna from...
Alvar Pet acquires Kivuton and joins forces with Juuri Partners in building the largest online store in the Nordics focusing on pet health
Alvar Pet, a leading Finnish direct-to-consumer pet food brand, announces today the acquisition of Verkkokauppa Kivuton, a Finnish online store focusing on pet health. The acquisition follows the announcement...
CapMan Growth invests in environmental technology company Tana
CapMan Growth Equity Fund III makes its first investment in the environmental technology company Tana. In recent years, Tana has grown significantly and become a global market leader in...
Berlin’s ai-coustics raises $1.6M, with participation from Finnish FOV Ventures, to pioneer studio-quality speech in real-time
So far, Voice AI has mainly focused on automatic speech recognition, voice cloning and speech synthesis companies. Now, Berlin-based startup ai-coustics is developing a new category in the field...
Swedish startup Ironic Biotech raises €1M to help 2 billion people suffering from iron deficiency and anemia
Up to 25% of the world’s population, mostly women, suffer from different levels of iron deficiency or anemia. Ironic Biotech’s proprietary heme iron ingredient brings a scalable solution to...
NordicNinja leads new $40m investment in Onego to scale up animal-free egg production
Onego Bio has completed their $40 million Series A funding round to drive commercialisation and manufacturing of egg protein via precision fermentation – a relatively new food technology rapidly...
Perfat Techologies closed €1m seed round led by Nordic Science Investments
Perfat Technologies ("Perfat"), a Helsinki, Finland -based food deep-technology company is thrilled to announce the successful closure of its €1 million seed funding round, led by Nordic Science Investments...
Fredman Group has a new majority owner – Korona Invest will accelerate the company’s growth
The Finnish company Fredman Group Oy is seeking growth with the support of a new majority owner, private equity investor Korona Invest. Fredman will focus on its product and packaging operations, transferring...
Nordic Science Investments, a newly launched venture capital fund, drives spinout success in the Nordics through expertise in research commercialisation
Nordic Science Investments is the first Nordic VC fund dedicated to university spinouts and is led by experts in technology transfer from top universities. It aims to unlock the...
MB Funds to support the development and growth of Spider Med
MB Funds invests in a Finnish dental care company Spider Med to support the growth story of the company. The founding entrepreneurs of Spider Med continue developing the company...
CapMan Growth establishes its third fund: first closing at €110 million, surpassing target size
The CapMan Growth Equity III fund initiates operations and makes its first closing at €110 million, surpassing its target size. The strong interest towards the fund is a testament to the successful...
Investment strategy and VC fund returns: Three-way interaction between a fund’s industry scope, geographic scope, and size
The benefits from geographically or industry-wise specialised VC fund investment strategies are dependent on the VC firm characteristics and context Specialisation in industries or geographies increases the capabilities and...