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An active year for angel investors in Finland despite the global pandemic – 36M€ investments into 321 startup companies – a record year for exits: In total 171 exits, up 68 %
Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN) and The Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) have published their annual statistics of investments into Finnish startups and early-stage growth companies in 2020.
A Record Year for Finnish Startups: The Amount of Funding Raised Nearly Doubled In a Year and Is Already Approaching the Billion-Euro Mark
Domestic startups have raised a record amount of growth funding. The half-billion mark, which was reached in the two prior years, was already a record, but now the total has...
New handbook on VC investments offers valuable insights for business angels – walks through usual market practices
The new handbook for venture capital funding rounds (Venture Capital -sijoitukset - Käsikirja rahoituskierroksille), released this year, is beneficial for anyone willing to understand VC investments thoroughly yet in a...
Cambri secures €3.6M series A funding round with its SaaS solution revolutionizing product and concept testing
Cambri, a Nordic-based market research automation and SaaS startup announced a €3.6M series A funding round jointly led by OpenOcean and Spintop Ventures with participation from angel investors, René Kromhof...
FiBAN Monthly: News and views from FiBAN Chair of the Board
The Steering Group for Domestic Ownership issued its report a couple of weeks ago containing several proposals that could positively affect the angel investment landscape in Finland. Especially one proposal...
Business angel’s co-investment fund: FiBAN’s thoughts on goals and guiding principles
The Steering Group for Domestic Ownership, set by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, released its report on March 24th. As a basis for future work, FiBAN has set...
Juha Kurkisen opit enkelikuorolle
Juha Kurkisella oli merkittävä rooli Suomen bisnesenkelitoiminnan kehittäjänä ja sijoitustoiminnan profiilin nostamisessa merkittäväksi osaksi kansallista talouskeskustelua. Vuonna 2010 Talouselämä otsikoi uutisen, “Bisnesenkeli, liity kuoroon”, jossa “varakkaita ja viisaita” kannustettiin kokoamaan...
Introducing New Nordic Leads Batch 2 – Take a look at the numbers behind the startups!
The second startup batch of New Nordic Leads has kicked off with 34 innovative startups chosen from over 110 competitive applicants! The selected startups will go through a tailored 8-week...