Tagged: finland

August 11, 2015 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Debt and equity based crowdfunding platform Invesdor has closed its self crowdfunding round that was launched earlier this year.  The funding ended with 143 investors, from 16 different countries, owning 11.79% of the firm. Valuation was placed at just under € 6 million.  According to the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The inaugural Crowd Dialog Europe event is scheduled to take place next month in Helsinki, Finland. The conference is described as an “experts gathering” with participants from over 25 different countries who will meet to discuss the most recent developments in crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and crowd-innovation.  Crowd… Read More

July 2, 2015 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Cloud banking tech provider Mambu has forged an agreement with the Ferratum Group to power “Ferratum Business”.  This new subsidiary is a designed to provide SME financing and loan service. Mambu’s cloud based, SaaS, will help manage loan application, origination, credit scoring and loan disbursement… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 1:11 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cityvarasto, the largest self storage company in Finland, aims to broaden its shareholder base for future listing on the Nasdaq First North. The company launched its Invesdor equity crowdfunding campaign goal to raise what now seems to be a modest 100,000 – 300,000 € goal for 0.41 – 1.21 % equity… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 9:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In April, Invesdor, an investment crowdfunding platform based in Helsinki, claimed the first EU license MiFID licence by financial authorities, to expand debt and equity crowdfunding services across all 31 EU and EEA countries. This level of operational license is part of the European Commission’s drive to harmonize financial regulations… Read More

April 21, 2015 @ 7:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor intends to become the largest cross-border investment crowdfunding platform in Europe. Invesdor, an investment crowdfunding platform based in Helsinki, has claimed the first EU license MiFID licence by financial authorities, to expand debt and equity crowdfunding services across all 31 EU and EEA countries. This level of operational… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 9:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations in November. As readers may know, this is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Finnish investment and asset management company Trevian together with UK & German based Cording Real Estate Group announces a joint venture with H.I.G. Capital to purchase an app. €107 million retail portfolio in Finland from a fund managed by AXA Real Estate Investment Managers. The portfolio comprises 123 retail assets located across… Read More

November 21, 2014 @ 5:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just two days into its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, already famous, Jolla Tablet, has continued to be a huge success and has reached $1,089,378 from 6,848 backers. As previously reported, the Jolla Tablet’s Sailfish OS is declared as an operating system that no one has ever experienced. It… Read More

November 11, 2014 @ 9:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Join the Europe’s Number 1 Conference for Business Angels! FiBAN and its over 400 private investor members have the great honor to host this upcoming EBAN Winter University event. This is your opportunity to invest in your knowledge and essential networks. International startup investing superstars sharing business angels… Read More

August 20, 2014 @ 9:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Finland welcomed a new equity crowdfunding platform today. Innovestor, a company formed this past May, was launched by CEO Tommi Äijälä and Antti Parviainen to help cultivate and fund startups.  Recognizing a common theme around the world that one of the most challenging obstacles for… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

In a self-crowdfunding round, Finland based Invesdor raised €290,871 for the two year old equity crowdfunding platform.  The raised was just shy of the high end target.  The offer garnered 135 investors from 13 different countries and added 121 new shareholders  to their roster.  Pre-money valuation… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Finnish Ministry of Finance has published a report addressing the emerging crowdfunding industry and it’s impact on Finland. The document was authored by Aki Kallio and Vatteri Vento at the Ministry.  The report includes a small, high level survey from respondents involved in the… Read More

May 26, 2014 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

As government officials of Finland continue to evaluate rules and regulations for crowdfunding, Helsinki-based businesswoman YC Felina decided to organize and host the country’s first crowdfunding event called Crwdpuisto last Thursday (May 22). It featured more than a dozen speakers from Finland and also chair of… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In a little over a week since the launch of its crowdfunding campign on Indiegogo, organic meal-in-a-bag Ambronite has almost reached its $50k goal. Similar to Soylent but pushing their organic base, the Finish company wants to be known as the world’s first “Real Food Drinkable Supermeal”… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Iron Sky, the quirky sci-fi film about Nazi’s hiding out on the moon, has launched an equity crowdfunding offering on Invesdor seeking to raise up to €150,000 to help finance the film production.  Listed on May 9th, the offer quickly garnered over 120 investors raising over €78,000… Read More

March 30, 2014 @ 6:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sori Brewing, a Finish – Estonian startup craft brewery, is going the equity crowdfunding path to finance their small company.  Following the lead of pioneer trailblazer BrewDogs – who famously could not find money to expand their business,  the young company raised over €100,000 their first… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding site Invesdor  has shared that they have been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe award,  honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from… Read More

February 7, 2014 @ 10:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

International shipping issues. Functionality problems. Cross-compatibility problems. Taken at face value, comments on the Indiegogo campaign for the Beddit bed monitor don’t paint a very kind picture of the device. The following is an excerpt from a recent update posted by Beddit’s Lasse Leppäkorpi… We are… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 11:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In late 2013, Helsinki-based video game studio Bugbear launched a Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming title, the ambiguously-named Next Car Game. The campaign sought $350,000 in funding, but it became clear shortly after launch that the stated funding goal was going to be a reach. The… Read More