Finnish startup investments break new record €383M in 2016 – Growth 42%

March 13, 2017

FiBAN published together with Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) the yearly Finnish startup investment results from year 2016. ​The total amount invested in Finnish early stage companies in 2016 was 383 million euros made in over 400 startups.

The Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN) and Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) have released their statistics on private investments and venture capital investments in Finnish companies in 2016.

 The statistics include Finnish venture capital investments (80 M€), direct foreign investments (216 M€), business angel investments (53 M€) and other sources of finance including crowdfunding (34 M€). In total over 400 startup received investments.

Investments in Finnish early stage companies reached a new record high in 2016. Investments in Finnish early stage companies have grown 42 % in 2016. Records were also broken in business angel investments, crowdfunding and foreign direct investments. The doubling of foreign direct investments in a year speaks volumes of the quality of Finnish growth companies and startup ecosystem. Additionally, Finnish venture capital expertise is in growing demand internationally as investments by Finnish venture capital firms to foreign companies tripled to 40 million Euros.

​Finnish Business Angel Investments 2016

Business angels invested in median 20.000 euros per company, per round giving an individual angel a 2% median ownership in the company. The median for the total investment round was 218.500 euros with a 1 million startup valuation. ​

Summary – Finnish startup and high-growth investments

Value20122013201420152016
Finnish angel investments total€24M€24M€33M€37M€53M
Startup investedn.100n.200238322324
Average investment (€)€60.000€49.000€68.000€54.200€72.600
Median investment (€)€30.000€25.000€25.000€20.000€20.000

Largest funding rounds in Finnish companies 2016

CompanyFunding round €M
M-Files32
AlphaSense24
Swap.com Services19
Verto Analytics14,2
Visedo13,5
Wolt Enterprises11
Jolla10,4
Canatu10
KNL Networks9
MariaDB Corporation8,3

Finnish Venture Capital Investments

Finnish Venture Capital Investments

​Additional information to be published: http://fvca.fi/stats

Contact

Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA)
Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) promotes the interests of venture capital and private equity investors and their positive impact on growth companies and wider national economy. Majority of Finnish private equity investors are members of the association. Private equity investors – Building growth.

Pia Santavirta
FVCA, managing director     
pia.santavirta@fvca.fi
More information: www.fvca.fi/en

Finnish Business Angels Network (FIBAN)
FiBAN is a Finnish, national, non-profit association of private investors inspiring private startup investments The FiBAN network is one of the largest and most active business angel networks in Europe representing over 500 approved members. FiBAN is a member of the European Business Angels Network (EBAN).

Jan Oker-Blom                     
FiBAN, managing director           
jan@fiban.org     
More information: www.fiban.org/about