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Founders’ experiences on the New Nordic Leads program
In May, the top-10 startups of New Nordic Leads Batch 2 pitched in front of potential investors with some of the pitches resulting now in ongoing investor discussions. Before jumping...
FiBAN Monthly: Building an Attractive Angel Investment Landscape
On May 24, 2021, Finnish Venture Capital Association published news that the Finnish startups receive the most venture capital funding in Europe when the invested amount is examined in relation...
New Nordic Leads participant and eMobility software startup eMabler raises €630k in funding
Finnish API platform company eMabler gets backing from Sofokus Ventures and Nidoco AB to simplify and streamline fragmented electric vehicle charging ecosystems. The startup took part in the first batch...
7 steps to master tech recruiting – case aTalent & Kamu
Assembling a team that can turn a great idea into a scalable business is a major challenge for any startup. When it comes to tech recruiting the task can become...
Business angels asked #WhatsUpFounders 1501 times in 2020
At the beginning of 2020, we launched a campaign to initiate a minimum of 1000 conversations between investors and founders asking #WhatsUpFounder. The target was achieved with a surplus of...
Danske Bank: The share of impact startups is growing in the Nordics – the share of impact funding the smallest in Finland
Danske Bank has followed the development of Nordic impact startups since 2018 in their State of Nordic Impact Startups report. In only four years, the amount of impact startups has...
Guest blog: “Is record-breaking startup funding a silver lining to the corona cloud?”
Looking at Finnish startup successes in 2021, one easily forgets how quickly everything has changed. Our startup and funding environment is entirely different now from what it was 10 years...
Palava Global: Base your market selection on the right data, not gut instinct
Too many companies decide on their next market with their gut instinct instead of a strategic approach led by data, says Palava Global’s CEO Salla Hänninen. To tackle the problem,...