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The Beginning of Blancco: How Kim Väisänen started Blancco for real

By Evli Growth Partners
Kim Väisänen
Growth Partner

Startups are usually built around solving specific problems. For Kim Väisänen, the problem was that he wanted to get out of university.

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Founder Files

The Founder Files

By Evli Growth Partners
Jere Blomqvist
Investment Manager

Let us introduce a new blog series - The Founder Files, a series of blog posts exploring the human side of entrepreneurship, where the distinction between success and failure is often a fine line. From founding and scaling, all the way to the exit, we reveal the unfiltered, authentic stories behind entrepreneurial journeys. Ready to hear the truth?

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Investments

refurbed's rapid rise: one billion in total sales and a $57M Series C

By Evli Growth Partners
Jere Blomqvist
Investment Manager

Evli Growth Partners proudly leads the $57M Series C funding for refurbed, a marketplace for refurbished electronics, alongside C4 Ventures. The round also saw significant participation from Speedinvest, All Iron, and other investors.

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Trainee Blog

Thoughts on the turbulent venture capital environment

By Evli Growth Partners

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Trainee Blog

Shifting Lenses: changing the perspective on growth companies

By Evli Growth Partners

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Investments

Making sense of the internal information chaos

By Evli Growth Partners
Juuso Koskinen
Associate Partner

We are excited to announce Happeo as the latest addition to our portfolio!

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Trainee Blog

Redefining the ‘S’ in ESG

By Evli Growth Partners

Our trainees traditionally write a blog post and this time is no different! Our most recent trainee Ellen Järnefelt writes about the S in ESG and how to lead the way in social impact.

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Investments

On a journey to digitize a big industry - announcing our newest investment Laserhub

By Evli Growth Partners

Evli Growth Partners leads Laserhub’s Series B with participation from existing investors Acton Capital, Project A and Point Nine and new investors FJ Labs, Fuse Venture Partners and Schenker Ventures.

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Investments

Partnering with Perlego – the leading academic e-book subscription service

By Evli Growth Partners

Evli Growth Partners participate in Perlego’s $50M Series B together with Mediahuis Ventures and Raine Ventures

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Team

Finnish start-up ecosystem: Free work spaces at Maria01 for our Ukrainian friends

By Evli Growth Partners
Riku Asikainen
Managing Partner

An open letter to our Ukrainian friends.

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