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From used alkaline batteries to organic certified fertilizers – Tracegrow Oy is scaling up with a new investment from Nordic Foodtech VC

Tracegrow Oy, Finnish circular economy company, produces organic certified fertilizers from used alkaline batteries. The company´s patented process is based on the separation of micronutrients from recycled alkaline batteries...

Maki.vc appoints Pauliina Martikainen as Partner

Helsinki-based seed-stage venture capital firm Maki.vc has appointed Pauliina Martikainen as their new Partner. Pauliina Martikainen joined Maki.vc in 2019 and since then has been working with the firm’s...

The first Finnish growth investor for technology companies, Voland Partners, adds value as a co-entrepreneur  

Voland Partners’ goal is to help ambitious technology company entrepreneurs to succeed and grow into world class. The first fund issued, the Voland Technology Growth Fund I, concentrates on...

Gorilla Fund I starts generating carried interest following Duunitori exit

Duunitori Oy, the market leader in job search, has been acquired by the private equity firm Intera Partners. Duunitori is making recruiting and job search smarter and is a...

CapMan Buyout exits Fortaco Group to One Equity Partners

Funds managed by CapMan Buyout have agreed to sell their holdings in Fortaco Group, the leading strategic partner to the heavy off-highway equipment and marine industries offering technology, vehicle...

CapMan Growth exits semiconductor equipment company Picosun  

Picosun Oy has been acquired by Applied Materials, Inc., a US-based leading semiconductor equipment company. This is the largest exit in CapMan’s operating history, measured by the portfolio company’s...

Taaleri’s first bioindustry fund announces its first closing at EUR 80 million – the Finnish Climate Fund becomes an anchor investor in the fund

Taaleri Bioindustry I fund reached its target size of EUR 80 million in the first round of funding and continues fundraising backed up by strong demand. The fund complies...

Evolver steps in as majority owner in Toyrock

Evolver Fund I has on 23 May 2022 acquired a controlling interest in Turku-based Toyrock Oy, a leading importer, marketer and distributor of toys, games and family leisure products...

European Women in VC publishes the inaugural analysis of gender diversity across European VC

The European venture capital scene experienced record-breaking growth in 2021, with over €100B invested in one single year in European startups. These investments created almost 100 unicorns in the...

Juuri Partners invests in geotechnical specialist Taratest Oy to support the company in its next growth phase

Juuri Partners acquires a minority stake in Taratest Oy, a family-owned business specializing in geotechnical services and environmental surveys for the construction sector. Driven by the size and complexity...

MB Funds to sell Raksystems to Trill Impact

Raksystems Group has grown rapidly in recent years and has become the leading property wellbeing expert in the Nordics. MB Funds, who became the owner of the company in...

Deep tech VC Voima Ventures bets on scaling solutions from science and diversity – and is now taking on the Nordics with two new female team members in Sweden

Women-led VC funds are still few and far between - especially in the male-dominated deep tech field. Voima Ventures continues to renew the Nordic tech investing scene as two...