I’m happy to announce that I have joined the Finnish Industry Investment Investment Council. Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is a government-owned investment company. It invests the proceeds accrued from the privatisation of state-owned companies in stimulating the growth and internationalization of Finnish businesses. Finnish Industry Investment invests in venture capital funds and …
Category Archives: venture capital
November 28
2009
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Thomas Friendman thinks like Finland. Both should think again
Thomas Friedman, a New York Times reporter and an author, writes how US should invest in and bet on potential the future successes instead of bailing out the dying Detroit car manufacturers. You don’t need to be rocket scientist to come to this conclusion, even though nationalistic feelings can make …
It might all be Nordic to you but there is more to Finland than pine furniture and Marimekko stripes
Antonia Nyberg, a Finnish fashion designer and a graduate from Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, is looking for investors to invest in a fair trade/organic clothing company that she is setting up for her designs. She is looking into raising anything between 10K and 30K euro (part investment, part …
A UK feaure film seeking finance. Anyone?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYvboCH50uk&hl=en] Monshur Alam, a 25-year-old young gun making waves in the film industry, is developing a High Definition feature film to be shot in the UK which has secured £50K from The London Rebuilding society and is looking to raise a further £225K. The film has secured distribution with a …
"Web 2.0 is so 1.5…"
Tom Foremski reports (here) that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silicon Valley’s leading VC firm, has stopped investing in Web 2.0 startups, or at least those named as such. Even if we’re not (quite yet) in the forefront of the creative destruction, Helsinki start-ups seeking funding should take notice! Finnish …
"…Building a credible venture capital ecosystem in Finland"
Disclosure: I am working with YL Ventures to identify promising Finnish start-ups. For more information, or to put your company forward, contact me at villevesterinen@gmail.com. Start-ups seem to be all the rage nowadays in Helsinki. Jaiku’s recent acquisition by Google surely hasn’t hurt. There are few things that cause more …
