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Siena Secondary Fund acquires a stake in Polish Booksy

Estonian Siena Secondary Fund has acquired a stake in Booksy, a Polish beauty services marketplace powered by a category-specific mobile SaaS platform for beauty providers. The amount of the deal is undisclosed. “We are thrilled to have our 1st investment in Poland

Record €298M raised by Baltic PE/VC funds — 2022 market overview

Despite being a relatively young market, the Baltic PE/VC industry has shown substantialgrowth. In 2022, capital raised by Baltic funds reached €298 million, a year-over-year increase in capital raised is over 130%. Baltic funds completed over 220 transactions, investing a

NATO to launch €1B Innovation Fund for deeptech startups in July. How it will work

NATO Innovation Unit is launching the world’s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund — NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), which will unite 23 allied-countries in order to drive innovation within their markets. This number also includes Finland that has recently announced to

Finland’s Lifeline Ventures raises €150M for its fifth fund

Helsinki-based early-stage VC firm Lifeline Ventures has raised €150 million for the fifth fund — its biggest one to date. Several pension funds backed the firm to allow Lifeline Ventures to continue investing in Finnish startups, Sifted reports.

Latvian Merito Partners acquires majority stake in AIOO, mobile device accessory retailer 

The Riga-based Merito Partners’ private equity fund has acquired a majority stake in AIOO, retailer of mobile device accessories and used smartphones. The amount of the deal is €3 million.

8 Ukrainian startups join London Tech Week 2023. Who are they?

8 Ukrainian technology startups will represent Ukraine in London, according to the Ministry of Digital Transformation. What is London Tech Week 2023? Who will participate? The companies from Ukraine were selected by the competition committee during the project pitching process.

Nova Post launches in Czechia: two new branches are set to open in June

The Ukrainian delivery company Nova Post is entering another foreign market. The Czech Republic is the next on the line, Babel reports.

Finnish Doublepoint raises €3M for its gesture recognition technology 

The Helsinki-based company Doublepoint that offers the technology for detecting touch-based microgestures, surface interactions and more, has raised €3 million round. The funding came from FOV Ventures, Superangel VC, Superhero Capital, Business Finland, and angels. 

Finnish company Aibidia raises €13M in Series A to upgrade global transfer pricing

Helsinki-based company Aibidia has raised €13 million Series A funding round. DN Capital and FPV Ventures co-led the round, with existing investors Icebreaker.vc and Global Founders Capital also participating. “The diligent and steady way Hannu-Tapani and his team have approached the growth of Aibidia,

Ukrainian Nova Post launches new office in Kaunas, the second one in Lithuania 

Nova Post has launched its second post office in Lithuania, Kaunas, as the company informed AIN.Capital. The first one appeared in March in Vilnius.