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Finland’s NordicNinja co-leads $24M round for Griffin, UK’s banking platform

Griffin, a London-based full-stack Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform, has announced a $24 million Series A investment round led by Finnish VC firm NordicNinja, MassMutual Ventures, and Breega. The capital will help scale the bank and enhance its infrastructure for

Latitude59 tech conference announces Pitch Competition 2024 with €1M prize fund

Latitude59, the Estonian flagship startup and technology conference, has once again put €1 million investment for its Pitch Competition of 2024. The prize fund makes it the largest competition of its kind in the Nordic countries and the Baltics. This year,

Rockstar Games is looking for Russian localization testers — Why is it wrong?

Rockstar Games, a US-based publisher of such renowned video game series as Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is apparently looking to improve the experience for its Russian fans, announcing a new job opening for Russian Localization Tester. Before

Estonian car rental startup Beast is entering the Polish market

Beast, a Tallinn-based Tesla electric cars rental, has informed AIN.Capital on starting its operations in Poland with plans for further market expansion. Currently, the company is present in 7 markets, including Estonia, Finland, Austria, and Lithuania. The creation of Beast

Finland’s Kvanted leads €2M investment in Danish SynergyXR

Danish startup SynergyXR has secured a €2 million investment from the newly launched Finnish investor Kvanted. The capital injection will support the development of the the startup’s XR-driven industrial transformation solution. In today’s dynamic digital landscape, transformation is not just about

Nordic Science Investments launches university-focused €60M fund

Finland’s Nordic Science Investments (NSI) has announced the first closing round for its €60 million fund. The fund will be used to provide growth capital and support to the deeptech spin-out startups from universities across the Nordics. Nordic universities constantly

Lithuanian unicorn Vinted acquires Trendsales, a Danish second-hand marketplace

Vilnius-based C2C marketplace for second-hand goods Vinted has acquired the Danish marketplace Trendsales to expand its presence in the Nordic region. The deal amount is undisclosed. The Danish appetite for second-hand clothing continues to grow, and Trendsales has played a

Startup of the Day: 1.security, a Polish cybertech startup

Launched by Adam Żaczek and Mateusz Olek, 1.security offers a SaaS product that addresses the challenges in permission management. The product was developed in partnership with German cybersecurity firm CISOCON.

Estonian CognitiweAI OÜ secures $1.05M to expand its retail solutions

The Tallinn-based CognitiweAI OÜ has secured $1.05 million funding round led by TechOne VC, Eleven Ventures, Flat6Labs, Domino VC, and Caucasus VC. The investment will accelerate the global expansion of its AI-driven retail solutions. Throughout our journey, while perfecting our product, we have also focused

EIC Accelerator invests €285M in deeptech startups — several are from CEE

European Innovation Council has selected 42 companies to receive funding following the final 2023 EIC Accelerator cut-off in November. Among selected startups are Bulgarian Smart Farm Robotix, Finnish IQM Finland, Slovakian Powerful medical, and more. About the fresh EIC Accelerator program 242