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Finland’s Voima Ventures launches €1M science challenge Velocity

Voima Ventures, Helsinki and Stockholm-based early-stage investor, has announced a launching of Velocity, its new challenge for pre-seed and seed stage science-based startups in the Nordic and Baltic regions. The winner will receive a €1 million convertible note and one year

Estonian startup Binalyze raises $19M in Series A funding

Tallinn-based digital forensics startup Binalyze has raised $19 million during its Series A investment round. This round was led by Molten Ventures with participation from Earlybird Digital East, OpenOcean, Cisco Investments, Citi Ventures, and Deutsche Bank Corporate Venture Capital. “Investigation speed post-incident is crucial,

Startup of the Day: Bayoo, Polish AI-creator of fairytales

Bayoo was founded by Jan Molski and Wojciech Mroczyńskiin in September 2023. The startup develops an AI app designed for parents for creating personalized stories from a wide array of sources, including photos and text descriptions. Currently, it is available

Finnish-Japanese NordicNinja VC launches new €200M Fund II

Finnish-Japanese VC firm NordicNinja has announced the launch of a new €200 million Fund II, aimed at helping Northern European climate, deep tech, and digital society startups to tackle global challenges. “At NordicNinja, we’re looking for founding teams creating companies

Finnish re-commerce shop Mjuk receives €2.5M from Trind Ventures

Estonian Trind Ventures led the €2.5 million round for Mjuk, Helsinki-based marketplace for buying and reselling used furniture. The round saw participation from Alliance VC, Superhero Capital, Lifeline Ventures, and aims to accelerate Mjuk’s growth. About Mjuk The list of investors “The

Founders of Ukrainian legal-tech Axdraft start a new generative AI service — AiSDR

The brothers Yuriy and Oleg Zaremba, who founded the legal-tech startup Axdraft in 2017, have announced that they are leaving the company and launching a new project, AiSDR. As Yuriy Zaremba said in his post, AISDR is a service for sales automation

Latvian Merito launches a €30M real estate Merito Self Storage Fund

Riga-based investment company Merito Partners has announced the launching of a new €30 million real estate Merito Self Storage Fund to develop pan-Baltic network of self storage facilities. The company also aims to secure around €50 million in bank co-financing.

Finnish e-comerce SaaShop raises €1.2M in a seed round

Espoo-based subscription software marketplace SaaShop has raised €1.2 million in a seed investment round. Business Finland is one of the investors, along with current owners and board members. “This round of funding will enable us to accelerate our go to

Black Pearls VC announces exit from Solwit with 3.16x return on investment

Polish early-stage venture capital firm Black Pearls VC has achieved another successful exit with Solwit’s acquisition by ALTEN Group. The firm saw a 3.16x cash-on-cash return on investment, Black Pearls VC told AIN.Capital. “We are incredibly proud to have facilitated

Estonian space tech KappaZeta receives €480k of additional funding

Tartu-based space technology startup KappaZeta has received €480,000 in funding from a group of investors. KappaZeta aims to create a global and frequently updated dataset regarding forest biomass and carbon stock.