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Tesi’s survey of investment returns: Finnish VC & PE funds top European league
Tesi’s (Finnish Industry Investment) survey of investment returns reveals year-on-year improved performance by Finnish venture capital and private equity funds. The venture capital funds established since the financial crisis,...
Finnish Startups Smashed Investment Record
Once again, Finnish startups are breaking records: a total of 1,2 billion euros has been raised during 2021, making it the highest yearly amount so far. Especially foreign venture...
Private equity and Venture capital Market Pulse Survey: No Significant Affiliations with Russia for Finnish Startups and Growth Companies
Finnish private equity and venture capital investors have good outlook of the impact the Ukraine crisis has had on their target companies. Startups and growth companies possess good conditions...
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...
A record-breaking amount of venture capital funding to Finnish startups – previous years’ records broken already in the first half of the year
Finnish startups raised a record-breaking amount of venture capital investments from domestic and foreign investors in the first half of 2021 – the total amount of last year’s investments...
Finnish venture capital investors increasingly making international investments, indicating internationalisation of the industry
Finnish venture capital investors are increasingly investing in companies outside Finland. Although investments are made in many different sectors, ICT companies have raised the most funding. Finnish investors participate...
Companies owned by private equity investors grew clearly faster than peer companies, even during the pandemic
A recent study by the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) and KPMG shows that private-equity-backed companies are once again the fastest-growing companies in Finland: their growth in terms of...
Fewer women in the private equity and venture capital industry in Finland than elsewhere in Europe
The private equity and venture capital industry in Finland has seen rapid growth in recent years. In the past two years, the number of employees in the industry has...
The wide gender gap in startup & growth company leadership in Finland persists: more women in top management positions than before, less on boards
According to a diversity study conducted by the Finnish Venture Capital Association and KPMG now for the second time, the share of women on the boards of companies owned...