Nordic Option

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Oulu, Finland

Total investments

22

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

20

Rounds per year

0.73

Lead investments

4

Follow on index

0.09

Exits

4

Areas of investment
SoftwareInformation TechnologyMobileManufacturingHardwareElectronicsIndustrialAndroidLinuxWeb Development

Summary

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The important activity for fund was in 2017. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Image Recognition, Manufacturing. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight FocalSpec.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are VTT Ventures.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistAI/Big DataB2B/EnterpriseCloud/InfrastructureConsumer/Retail Show 6 more
Geo focus
Finland, Lapland
Check size
539K — 3M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
22
Lead investments
4
Exits
4
Rounds per year
0.73
Follow on index
0.09
Investments by industry
  • Manufacturing (8)
  • Software (7)
  • Hardware (5)
  • Electronics (4)
  • Information Technology (3)
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Investments by region
  • Finland (21)
  • Sweden (1)
Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Group Appearance index
0.23
Avg. company exit year
5

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
SensorFu 11 Nov 2021 Enterprise Software, Cyber Security, Network Security, Security, Cloud Security, Network Hardware, Penetration Testing Seed 719K Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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