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Meet our member Almaral: “We are active and hands-on mentors to our portfolio companies”
Almaral is a family-owned venture capital firm investing in early-stage biotechnology and life sciences startups. The firm was founded in 2022 after CEO Maria Severina had sold her biotechnology...
Welcoming our new analyst intern Johannes Lehtimäki
Hi! I’m Johannes Lehtimäki, a second-year student at Aalto University School of Business, majoring in finance. I started as an Analyst Intern at the Finnish Venture Capital Association at...
How does venture capital presence affect the management control systems (MCS) formulation at small and middle-size enterprises?
With the sudden emergence of company giants, the market focus shifts from well-established companies to early-stage companies. This shift is accompanied by the rapidly growing venture capital industry and...
Exploring the performance and value creation of consecutive buyouts
The increasing importance of consecutive buyouts The net asset value of global private equity has risen nearly tenfold since 2000, outpacing the growth in public equities market capitalization by...
Introducing our new member Serafim Finans: “We can add value to a client segment that is often overlooked by traditional financing partners”
Serafim Finans is a credit market company and alternative lender that provides financial services for corporates, financial sponsors and real estate companies in the small to mid-cap segment as...
Introducing our new member Trill Impact: “All companies can have good ESG performance but not all can deliver positive impact”
Trill Impact is a pioneering impact house, with the core purpose of implementing and furthering impact investing, that is, investing in goods or services that in addition to financial...
Meet Our Member Axcel: A concise strategy Is the key to success
Axcel is an international private equity firm with offices in Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden. For almost 30 years, Axcel has operated in the mid-market, targeting leading businesses with...
The building blocks for growth
Growth-minded entrepreneurs, a diverse talent pool, and innovations form the building blocks for growth. When these foundations have been laid, sustainable growth can be achieved. In the spring of...
Sustainable growth for all company stages and types
Our aim is to have more fast-growing technology companies as well as a vast and competitive pool of midcap companies in Finland. We want Finland to be the best...
Private equity and venture capital investments accelerate the green transition
Achieving economic growth and hindering climate change are not mutually exclusive. In fact, promoting sustainable growth works as a competitive edge for companies. Growing and innovative companies are an...
FVCA’s Master’s Thesis Competition is open again!
For the fourth year in a row, Finnish Venture Capital Association is looking for the best graduate degree thesis, which looks at PE & VC industry from an innovative...
Cooperation with private equity investors was crucial for the Climate Fund’s first investments
The Climate Fund launched its investment operations in April 2021, and the growth of our investments has been helped along by a number of Finnish private equity investors. Growth...