Efficy, a European CRM specialist, has acquired webCRM, a Danish solution for small- and mid-sized customers. With this acquisition, the Belgian company enters the Scandinavian market in pursuit of its goal to capture 5 percent of the European CRM market by 2024. Founded back in 2005, Efficy has now bought six companies over the last […]
OGOship, a Helsinki-based e-commerce logistics startup, has raised a €1.5 million seed round from Finnish investor Maki.vc to help fuel the company’s global ambitions. The third party logistics (3PL) company allows small to medium e-retailers to store their products closer to consumers in a network of warehouses. Local storage means shorter delivery times. The service […]
Editor’s note: This interview has been recorded and published as part of a content project in collaboration with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). With €100 million raised for its first fund, byFounders bills itself as a VC firm created by founders and for founders. We sat down with Tommy Andersen at the TechBBQ conference last […]
Qover, a Belgian insurtech startup providing coverage for gig workers, is expanding into the Nordics through a partnership with Wolt, the Helsinki-based food delivery company, offering an on-demand insurance package for couriers in Finland, Norway and Denmark. The Belgian company already covers all Deliveroo riders in Europe and the UK. When riders log into the […]
Helsinki-based Sparkmind.vc is launching a €40 million edtech venture capital fund, claiming the first of its kind in the Nordics. The firm hopes to reach a €60 million final close by the end of 2020. With its first fund, Sparkmind.vc will invest anywhere from seed to Series B stage in businesses across various educational sectors, […]
Two Nordics-based public companies working on digital services and software, EVRY and Tieto, has announced a merger into a new company, TietoEVRY. The new entity will have combined revenue of some €3 billion and a team of 24,000 people. Both EVRY and Tieto serve customers across the world but have the strongest presence in the […]
New Finland-headquartered VC firm Voima Ventures has announced a multi-stage fund to invest in deep-tech startups across the Nordics and Baltics. The founders, Inka Mero and Mikko Kumpulainen, say that the fund has €40 million committed and target a final closing of €50 million. Voima Ventures plans to make 25 to 30 investments from the […]