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Smart Gardens Grow - Plantui Raises Funding of €1.4M

6/14/2018

Plantui, a Finnish developer of smart gardens, has successfully completed a funding round. Existing shareholders participated in the round, as did notable private investors such as Supercell co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, metal industry professional and Leino Group CEO Liisa Leino, CEO of Harvia Tapio Pajuharju and Anne and Jukka Laiterä and their family.

Amel Gaily Starting as FiBAN's New Deal Flow Manager

6/6/2018

The FiBAN office is happy to welcome Amel Gaily as the new Deal Flow Manager! Amel will join the team on the 1st of August 2018.

Nordic Angel Program Syndicate Invests €115k into Screenful

5/31/2018

After months of screening, valuating, sparring and discussing, a Nordic syndicate of 14 angels decided to invest into Screenful - a project management tool which provides project management teams visual dashboards and automated team status reports.
The deal was finalized on the stage of Arctic15 during Day 2 of the conference.

European Investment Fund Selects First Business Angels for EUR 30M EAF Finland

5/30/2018

Janne Jormalainen, Chair of the FiBAN Board, has been selected under the EAF Finland.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has selected the first two Business Angels under the Finnish European Angels Fund (EAF Finland): Leena Niemistö and Janne Jormalainen. These active FiBAN members will support Finnish early stage companies through co-investments.

TOP3 Startups Ready for Syndication - Nordic Angel Program by FiBAN

5/22/2018

Nordic Angel Program (NAP) is a training and investment program for startup investors. This spring NAP culminates to an investment during Arctic15. Already more than 270 companies have been screened together with Arctic15 - see which of them are the TOP3 & Runner Startups.

How to Invest in an Estonian Startup? Cross-border Experiences by Nils Lagerström

5/4/2018

What should you do consider when investing abroad? Read business angel experiences from Nils Lagerström, who shares his experiences on something that many Finnish private investors tend to steer away from - cross-border investing.

How to Choose the Best Startup with the Most International Potential - Kim Väisänen’s Angel Investment Criteria

5/2/2018

Kim Väisänen explaining what we can learn from Finnish basketball players

Good and relevant due diligence, efficient tax planning in internationalization and mapping your own investment criteria are key points when you are planning your strategy as a professional angel investor. Together with FiBAN partner KPMG, Nordic Angel Program brought Kim Väisänen, The Finnish Business Angel of the Year 2017, to shed light on his successful strategy.

How to Build a Personal Brand as an Angel Investor?

4/25/2018

Rolf Garde, Christian Jantzen, and Esben Gadsbøll

What’s your unfair advantage as an angel? This is a very important question to ask yourself if you are an angel investor who is planning to be active and successful in the startup community. When a delegation of Finnish Business Angels visited Copenhagen we had the chance to discuss angel branding with DanBAN members Esben Gadsboell, Rolf Garde, and Christian Jantzen.

Enkeli, näin autat sijoituskohdettasi saamaan julkisuutta talousmediassa

4/23/2018

Talouselämä-lehden ja Alma Talent -medioiden toimittaja Elina Lappalainen kertoo FiBANille, miksi enkelisijoittajan kannattaa miettiä sijoituskohteensa viestintää. Hän paljastaa, kuinka ylitetään uutiskynnys ja saadaan julkisuutta. Katso napakka video ja lue lisää siitä, kuinka sijoituskohde voi hyötyä viestinnästä ja näkyvyydestä talousmediassa.

Investments into Finnish Startups Hit a New Record High at 349M€ – Foreign Investors Increasingly Attracted to the Maturing Startup Ecosystem

4/5/2018

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 growth companies in 2017. The most significant change occurred in the number of foreign investors setting their sights on the region, as foreign investments surged to 208M€, resulting in a yearly increase of 33%.

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