Tesi’s new Venture Bridge investment programme offers financing to Finland’s innovative early-stage companies that are aiming for international expansion and a larger financing round. Companies must have completed a first financing round with professional investors. “We hope some of these companies will become global leaders in their field,” says Tesi’s Juha Lehtola, Director, Venture Capital.
The latest Market Pulse survey by Tesi, Business Finland Venture Capital and the Finnish Venture Capital Association shows that a smaller proportion of companies in VC & PE portfolios currently face immediate difficulties. “Now we should ensure that financing is sufficient also over a longer period of time,” says Matias Kaila, Tesi’s Director, Funds.
The KRR funds-of-funds offer large Finnish institutional investors the opportunity to become involved in the flurry of activity exhibited by Finland’s VC and PE market. Keva’s KRR veteran Henri Ågren and Veritas’s first-time investor in KRR Laura Wickström evaluate Finland’s VC and PE market and express their views on the fourth KRR, now closed at €175 million.
Verso Capital, a Helsinki-based buyout investor, has raised a new €100 million private equity fund that seeks to invest in spinoffs and other businesses not living up to their full potential in their current ownership. Founder Anssi Kariola explains how Verso helps former spin-offs on the road to success. Read how Cumulocity, Everon and Ginolis benefitted from Verso’s helping hand.
There is a lot of discussion about the impact of Covid19 on our VC ecosystem…
IQM develops quantum computing solutions to tackle previously unsolvable problems in many different fields. Its world-class team has won the trust of several investors both locally in Finland and internationally.
Atomico has been following the Finnish tech scene for a long time, which has led to some of Atomico’s most successful partnerships. One of the ways Atomico discovers new and innovative companies is through its Angel Programme, which was created to activate a new generation of angel investors in Europe.