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How are you feeling, Feelingstream?

6/17/2019

Nordic Angel Program at Slush collaboration began in 2018. Angel syndicate, 19 angels strong, decided to invest into Feelingstream, an Estonian based startup with AI recognition speech-to-text tool. Now, almost a year later we ask them: how’s it going?

Duuers did it! 250 000€ investment by NAP by FiBAN

6/6/2019

The Nordic Angel Program by FiBAN collaborated with Arctic15 for the second time in the search of the best companies that the New Nordics have to offer. This year, a record number of investors went through almost 150 companies. Duuers came through as the winner, and now receives a 250 000 € angel investment from the syndicate.

Exceptional Business Angels awarded by FiBAN

6/4/2019

FiBAN's three annual awards for inspiring business angel activities and results during 2018 were announced and given on 3 June in Helsinki. This year, the setting was exceptionally festive. An international audience of business angels from 35 countries joined FiBAN in congratulating the winners at the Gala Dinner of EBAN Helsinki 2019 - the annual European business angel congress, hosted this year by FiBAN in Helsinki.

Angels gentle towards Rentle who raise pre-seed round of 250K to help create better rental experiences

5/8/2019

Rentle is on a mission to create better and more profitable rental experiences. Rentle has now raised 250K as part of their pre-seed investment round. The investors consist of reputable Finnish family offices and business angels Niko Fagernäs, Ali Omar, Jukka Hienonen ja Jussi Heinilä. Other early supporters also include Business Finland.

Feeling the vibe - Vibemetrics closes angel round

5/2/2019

Vibemetrics is on a mission to give work communities a stronger voice. The company just completed a pre-seed round with FiBAN angels Janne Jormalainen, Reima Linnanvirta, and Ali Omar. The round of 65k will be leveraged with a Business Finland Tempo grant and it will be used for preparing the company for scalable growth.

Finnish Business Angels fly to Maria 01

4/30/2019

Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN) has found a new home at startup campus Maria 01. Having one of Europe's biggest angel networks under the same roof of the largest startup cluster in the Nordics makes the community even stronger.

WITVIEW closes pre-seed funding round on their path to reveal “What the Internet Thinks”

4/25/2019

Witview helps consumers make better purchasing decisions by gathering “What the Internet Thinks” of products being purchased online. With the AI-powered software Witview aggregates product review data from all around the internet and creates easy-to-read summaries on how the product has been rated, what is good and what is lacking from the product in question.

15 top Nordic Angel Program cases out of a deal flow of 148

4/17/2019

For the second time, NAP by FiBAN joined forces with the Arctic15 Funding Program to find the best startups to invest in during spring 2019. From over 140 companies that applied to the program, an angel syndicate 24 investors strong has chosen the top 15 companies.

In Reima we trust - Introducing a FiBAN Follow active angel

4/15/2019

A few months ago we revealed that we have been working on something completely new: FiBAN Follow. The idea was to build a new model to enable FiBAN angels to make bigger, faster and more straightforward investments in growth companies together. One of our active angels, Reima Linnanvirta, reveals why he decided to sign up.

FiBAN’s proposal on tax incentives for business angels in 2019

4/3/2019

What does 12 other EU countries have, but Finland doesn’t? Better weather, for sure, but also Finland is lacking behind in tax incentives for early stage investors. FiBAN has put out its own proposal on how to increase business angel investing through tax incentives, which play a big role for individuals investing their own money into high-risk, early stage companies.

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How are you feeling, Feelingstream?

Duuers did it! 250 000€ investment by NAP by FiBAN

Exceptional Business Angels awarded by FiBAN

Angels gentle towards Rentle who raise pre-seed round of 250K to help create better rental experiences

Feeling the vibe - Vibemetrics closes angel round

Finnish Business Angels fly to Maria 01

WITVIEW closes pre-seed funding round on their path to reveal “What the Internet Thinks”

15 top Nordic Angel Program cases out of a deal flow of 148

In Reima we trust - Introducing a FiBAN Follow active angel

FiBAN’s proposal on tax incentives for business angels in 2019

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