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Hope to know something about adventure investment in Finland

Post by WantKnow » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:49 am

Hello,

I have some ideas in IT, I made some demo software also. I hope to find some investments to start a small company. But how can I apply for adventure investments in Finland?

Thank you in advance


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Post by raamv » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:20 am

Where are you located?
Why Finland?
and what do you mean by "adventure" investments?
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Post by WantKnow » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:33 am

Yes, I live in Finland. I hope to find some investing orgnization who can invest some startup money to me
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Post by raamv » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:34 am

if you are unemployed..contact "uusyritys" who helps with startups..
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Post by raamv » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:35 am

Here is the link:
http://www.infopankki.fi/en-GB/Enterprise/
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Post by WantKnow » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:16 am

I am employed. I mean whom I can show my demos and where I can find the interested ones.
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Post by Mark I. » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:17 am

At least at Helsinki School of Economics facilities have some venture capital -events (though I could not find info on HSE pages in 5 minutes).

Perhaps you should go to tv-program Leijonan kita :wink:
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Post by Mark I. » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:34 am

INTRO by Sitra seems to be the biggest in Finland.
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Post by Rosamunda » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:57 am

This one was interviewed in the FT survey of Finland.

http://www.eqvitec.fi/
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Post by raamv » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:07 pm

penelope wrote:This one was interviewed in the FT survey of Finland.

http://www.eqvitec.fi/
But they are not "adventure" investors or angel investors!! They are VCs..


Eqvitec Partners Oy is a privately owned and independent Nordic technology venture capital firm advising Eqvitec funds. Eqvitec funds have in five different funds a capital base of € 440 million which they invest in early and growth stage technology-intensive companies in the Nordic area and support them in their development and expansion.
They dont invest in Seed-funding!!
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Post by Mook » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:27 pm

raamv wrote:
penelope wrote:This one was interviewed in the FT survey of Finland.

http://www.eqvitec.fi/
But they are not "adventure" investors or angel investors!! They are VCs..


Eqvitec Partners Oy is a privately owned and independent Nordic technology venture capital firm advising Eqvitec funds. Eqvitec funds have in five different funds a capital base of € 440 million which they invest in early and growth stage technology-intensive companies in the Nordic area and support them in their development and expansion.
They dont invest in Seed-funding!!
They certainly invested in my company, back in 2000.

There's also atine group and conor ventures who both give seed money. Another option is Tekes.
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Post by raamv » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:36 pm

Mook wrote:
They certainly invested in my company, back in 2000.

There's also atine group and conor ventures who both give seed money. Another option is Tekes.
Atine has a specific niche..So it depends on this person's IT Business plan fiting with Atine's interests.
and Conor has interests in Seed as well as Early-Stage companies...
But Equitec seems to go after Earl-stage and above..Not seed.
and investing has changed a lot from 2000! :wink:
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Post by raamv » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:43 pm

But then again..it all boils down to the actual investment manager that decides..
If you know one, then its easier...if you dont but knows someone who knows someone,... then it could be easy!!
BTW, see is looking for a money to create a startup ( Business plan ready to be executed, Prorotype being created)
Early-Stage is one which is already established company with additional requirements for funding ( At least prototype developed, Business plan being executed).
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Post by WantKnow » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:25 am

Thanks for your replies!

At moment, I just hope to get some seed money. Normally, how much can I get?
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Post by Keke » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:20 am

If you're considering developing it into a business, this place might be a good starting point:

http://www.technopolisventures.fi/index.php?562

They will be able to assess the feasibility of your idea and point you in the direction of financing where appropriate.
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