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FVCA welcomes new event intern – Welcome to the team Elsi!

Spring is right around the corner, and the FVCA team is growing with Elsi Rapeli joining as our new event intern. Elsi's tasks include assisting in event planning and...

Innovestor Life Science fund invests in Tribune Therapeutics

Tribune Therapeutics AB, a biotechnology company dedicated to treating the root causes of fibrotic diseases, has raised EUR 37 million in seed and Series A funding to advance a portfolio of...

Capalo AI Raises €3.8M to Advance Green Transition with AI-Powered Energy Storage Optimization

Helsinki, FINLAND – March 19, 2025 – Finnish energy technology company Capalo AI announces today a €3.8 million seed funding round to maximize the value of energy storage systems...

Gorilla Capital Fund III has made its 25th investment in Waytobill

Gorilla Capital Fund III has made its 25th investment in Waytobill – a leading innovator in digital recurring payment solutions across the Nordic region, streamlining transactions and enhancing customer lifetime value....

Zenniz raises €2M in latest funding round led by Butterfly Ventures and Superhero Capital

Zenniz, the world's leading provider of smart tennis solutions, successfully completed a new €2 million funding round at the end of 2024. The round was led by Butterfly Ventures...

OpenOcean targets €130M final close for its fourth fund to back Europe’s early-stage AI, data, and software development startups

The VC firm, established by founders of MySQL and MariaDB, has secured a €100M first close with increased support from Isomer Capital and KRR Fund of Funds OpenOcean, a...

Adelis Equity Partners Closes EUR 1.6 billion Fourth Fund

Adelis Equity Partners Fund IV has held a final close. The Fund will continue its predecessor funds’ focus on growth-oriented investments in the Nordic and DACH regions. Adelis Equity...

Gorilla Capital Fund III 24th investment is Snower

Gorilla Capital Fund III has made its 24th investment in Snower – a provider of real-time, easy-to-use snow condition data that helps the public, maintenance teams, and experts enhance...

Trind Invests in the Most Boring Business of 2025, SparkReceipt

SparkReceipt, a Tampere-based pre-accounting software provider, raised a funding round from Trind Ventures with support from the European Union under the InvestEU Fund and Business Finland to accelerate their...

Gorilla Capital Fund III 23rd investment is DataFarm

In today's business landscape, SMEs are caught in a challenging position. While demands for ESG transparency are rapidly increasing from all directions, these companies simply don't have the extensive...

Solid IO raises 800 000 € – Funding round led by Nordic Science Investment

Funding to Support Next-Generation Tumor Modeling for Precision Oncology & Immunotherapy Advancements Solid IO, a pioneering medtech company specializing in patient-specific organ-on-chip technology, has successfully closed its first funding...

MB Funds to support the development and growth of StaffPoint

MB Funds becomes the majority owner of StaffPoint, the leading digitally enabled personnel services provider in Finland, in a transaction which was signed on 10 February 2025. Varma Mutual...