Baltic VC Pulse | February 20 - February 27, 2025
Using RivalSense we this week generated insights on over 40 Baltic venture capital funds. We recorded multiple transactions, event participation announcements, and other news.
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💸 Fundraising News
Plural co-led a $20 million Seed round investment in Karman+, a startup developing autonomous mining stations for asteroid resource extraction
byFounders has co-led a $10M seed round for Arsenale Bioyards to advance scalable and cost-competitive biomanufacturing using AI and automation
Vendep Capital co-led a $2.5M seed round investment in Behavix to enhance AI, machine learning, and US market presence
Startup Wise Guys participated in a $1.9 million follow-on investment round for Pointship, focusing on digital asset management and in-game asset trading
BSV Ventures, Nordic Science Investments, and University of Helsinki funds have invested €800K in Finnish medical startup Solid IO, a developer of organ-on-chip technology
Nordic Secondary Fund exited its investment in Fiizy following the acquisition of the fintech startup by Sweden's Clar
BADideas.fund celebrated its first exit with RoomPriceGenie, a revenue management system designed to optimize room pricing for independent hoteliers
🚀 Lithuanian bank ILTE will launch a new €18.6 million venture fund ‘‘Accelerator 3’’ and is now looking for Fund Managers with applications open until April 11th
🎟️ Event Participation
Vendep Capital is co-hosting a hybrid meetup on March 4 with Softlandia and Software Finland to explore AI-native SaaS products, featuring speakers Sasa Moilanen, CEO of Zoined, and Sami Kallio, CEO of HappySignals
On March 6, 2025, FIRSTPICK will co-host the SHIP IT. THURSDAY CHALLENGE KICKOFF with a €2,500 prize pool and a pre-accelerator spot for the top startup
Taavet Hinrikus, Partner at Plural, will be speaking at Bits & Pretzels 2025 in Munich in September
💡 Other News
Plural's portfolio company Proxima Fusion has published their first peer-reviewed fusion power plant concept
Tomas Okmanas discussed on the Sifted podcast why Tesonet owns a basketball club in London
Andra Bagdonaite from FIRSTPICK was featured in Vestbee's article discussing AI investments and VC strategies in 2025
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