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Investments into Finnish startups hit a new record high at 349€M – foreign investors increasingly attracted to the maturing startup ecosystem
Statistics collected by Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN) and Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) show Finland blasting to another all-time high on investments made into Finnish startups and early stage...
Suomalaiset aikaisen vaiheen kasvuyritykst kesäivät 349 miljoonan euron ennätysmäisen rahoituspotin – Rahoitus
Finnish Business Angels Network ry (FiBAN) ja Pääomasijoittajat ry ovat keränneet vuoden 2017 tilastot sijoituksista startup- ja kasvuyrityksiin Suomessa. Suomalaisiin startupeihin ja aikaisen vaiheen kasvuyrityksiin tehtyjen sijoitusten kokonaissumma nousi uusiin...
Startup-oleskelulupa astui voimaan 2.4.2018 – Helpottaa osaajien ranautumista Suomeen
Startup-oleskelulupa Euroopan Unionin ulkopuolelta tuleville kasvuyrittäjille astui voimaan 2.4.2018. Suomi halutaan nähdä yhä houkuttelevampana kohdemaana kansainvälisille osaajille ja luvan tarkoituksena on helpottaa heidän pääsyään Suomeen. Oleskeluluvan odotetaan tuovan Suomeen uudenlaista...
The Finnish medical association helps startups get in touch with doctors
The Finnish Medical Association (FMA) has in cooperation with the Young Doctors Association (NLY), FiBAN, and Vertical created a service to engage medical doctors in the startup ecosystem. The service...
Business Angel Exit of The Year awarded to a seven-angel strong syndicate
The Finnish Business Angel Exit of the Year 2017 has been given to a business angel syndicate including seven business angels: Toni Mattila, Tom Lindgren, Anna-Kaarina Lipsanen, Maarit Gockel, Jussi...
Baltic & Nordic business angel network is growing – Welcome LitBAN!
A warm welcome to the family of business angel networks, Lithuanian Business Angels Network (LitBAN)! The founding of LitBAN is a positive development for the regional and European investors’...
Herding cats and building trust – FiBAN syndication process
In Finland, investing in a group is more popular than investing alone. Why? It makes the risk of investment more manageable and it's easier to cover bigger rounds. It's also...
Are you a dynamically active angel or a passive lottery investor?
The Nordic Angel Program started with its first training session on March 7th. Participants heard a presentation on portfolio building by the FiBAN Chairman of the Board Janne Jormalainen. How...