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“We believe that the fund should provide, in addition to investments, a certain value and be a part of companies’ growth.” Interview with 1991 Ventures co-founders

The co-founders of the 1991 Ventures fund, headquartered in London and Kyiv, known for running incubation and accelerator programs inside Ukraine, recently, have launched a $18.8 million fund. Its main goal is to support over 40 companies from Ukraine and CEE.

“The Nordics are our home, but we take on a global front in spotting the unexpected.” Interview with Venla Väänänen, Maki.vc

Founded in 2018 by Ilkka Kivimaki and Pirkka Palomäki, Maki.vc is one of the most active Nordic seed-stage VC firms. The fund focuses mainly on deeptech, commercial products, commercial services, consumer food products, healthcare technology systems, AI, ML, and technology

Poland’s bValue closes its €90M Growth Fund

bValue, a Polish growth equity firm, has announced the closure of a new €90 million Growth Fund focused on investments in scaleups from Poland and the CEE region. bValue Growth Fund (BVG) was supported by the European Investment Fund (EIF). bValue’s

“Our great goal is 30 new unicorns.” ZAS Ventures to develop its own syndicate and defense tech investment platform. Interview with Andrew Zinchuk

ZAS Ventures increases its activity in Ukraine using its investment company and syndicate as core investment sources. The venture group has recently launched a new consulting service with paid deal flow access for subscribers and analytics for investors. Not long