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Finnish Venture Capital Association: builders of sustainable growth and competitiveness in 2024
The year 2024 for the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) was marked by significant research initiatives, events, and efforts to enhance the visibility of the industry. Our primary focus...
Leading data analytics and AI firm Yellow Elk and Intera enter partnership for growth
Yellow Elk and Intera Partners (“Intera”) team up to build a leading Nordic analytics powerhouse together. The partnership follows Yellow Elk’s impressive growth in recent years and looks to...
Scaling Science and Sustainability: Voima Ventures Finalises Fund III, north from €100M
Voima Ventures has announced the final closing of its €100M+ Fund III, an Article 8 compliant deep tech fund. Based in both Helsinki and Stockholm, the fund has already...
1.7M EUR Funding for CooliBlade to Boost Market Expansion
Oulu, Finland – CooliBlade, a leader in innovative thermal management technology, has secured 1.7 million EUR in funding through new investments from Innovestor and the Business Finland Deep Tech...
Emilia Närhi joins Finnish Venture Capital Association’s communications team
December marks a new chapter for the Finnish Venture Capital Association’s communications as Emilia Närhi steps into the role of Head of Communications. She will be covering for the...
Clean growth domestically and internationally – Juuri Partners invests in 24 Pesula
Juuri Partners has made a significant investment in Finland’s largest self-service laundry chain, 24 Pesula. The family business, originating from Kokkola, has already expanded into the UK, and the...
Member blog: Gender diversity advances in Finnish VC & PE industry, but challenges remain
Over the past five years, the Finnish venture capital and private equity industry has seen good progress in gender diversity. The proportion of women in the industry has grown...
Aisti Completes €29 Million in Series A Funding to Revolutionize Acoustic Solutions with New Factory in Finland
Finnish technology company Aisti, renowned for its innovative acoustic tiles made of renewable wood fibres, has successfully closed its Series A funding round, raising €29 million. This funding will...
Member blog: Is your sustainability work still focused on managing surveys? Time to adopt data models in sustainability
Language models and scientific knowledge create new efficient opportunities to manage the impact of investments and comply with changing regulation – and Finland is at the forefront of this...
Quiet M&A market reflected in H1 2024 private equity investments in Finnish SMEs – Optimism on the rise
The slow merger and acquisition (M&A) market has been evident in the low volume of private equity investments in Finnish SMEs during the first half of 2024. However, private...
Juuri Fund I has successfully exited Profinder
Ilkka Oyj has acquired all outstanding shares of Rootfon Oy (“Profinder”), a portfolio company of Juuri Fund I, in a transaction closed on 29 November 2024. SaaS company Profinder...
Finnish startups raise half a billion in funding in first half of 2024
Funding for Finnish startups remained steady in the first half of 2024, matching levels seen last year. Domestic venture capital (VC) investors were highly active in both investments and...