We’re glad to announce our latest investment - and our first one in the Netherlands🇳🇱 - we led a new €6.5 million funding round into VSPARTICLE! 🎉 VSParticle is accelerating the development of advanced materials from years to weeks. VSP’s revolutionary technology enables materials to be broken down to the size of nanoparticles and produced at the push of a button, allowing university researchers and commercial R&D teams to experiment to create new materials that will power next-generation products. There is no greater impact that the discovery of new materials will have than in the race to net zero. 🌎🌱 The new funding round is joined by the existing investor Plural Platform and brings the total raised capital to $23.5 million. The investment will be used to scale up production and reach new markets, including Japan and industrial customers. Rainer Sternfeld, Partner at NordicNinja: “VSParticle’s technology is transforming material innovation and, combined with AI, this will be the basis of world-changing discovery and synthesis over the next few years and decades. We’re delighted to be supporting the impressive VSParticle's team to capitalise on the drive to scale the development of green hydrogen. We can’t wait to see what they achieve next.” Taiga Ueta, Senior Associate at NordicNinja: ‘VSParticle has tremendous potential to revolutionise the discovery and production of new high-performing materials. These new materials will help in solving the many challenges that people are facing across de-carbonization and the use of precious metals. NordicNinja, as the largest Japanese fund in Europe, believes that given Japan’s history in manufacturing, Japan represents a huge potential market for VSParticle.’ If you’re interested in learning our technology to supercharge material discovery or want to learn more, please get in touch.
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The biggest Japanese-backed VC in Europe, investing in companies building the world we want to live in.
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The largest Japanese VC in Europe backing companies tackling the world’s carbon footprint with a focus on climate tech, deeptech, and digital society. We are a team of founders and operators focusing on problem areas the world has to solve - from transportation to healthcare to a wide array of digital infrastructure – to decrease the vast carbon footprint. We serve founders with ambitious mission - investing in the future we want to live in.
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Great news from Griffin!! 👏 Announcement here: https://lnkd.in/dMRi6PDc w/ comments from our Jesse Saarela and Marek Kiisa.
📣 We are a certified B Corp! 📣 We're super excited to announce that we're now a certified B Corp, verifying our high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability! 🎉 From inception, our goal has been to build in purpose and be an enduring business of consequence, making sure that our customers and the wider community are positively impacted by our business. This certification, granted after a rigorous verification process by B Lab is in line with this vision. We were assessed across the impact areas of governance, workers, customers, environment, and community and achieved a score of 91.5, surpassing the benchmark for financial services firms and companies of a similar size. This is just the beginning of our sustainability journey! In the spirit of transparency, we have also made our internal sustainability policy publicly available on our website, so that all our stakeholders can understand our approach and keep us accountable. 🤝 🔗 You can read all about it here: https://lnkd.in/gF3iNxg5 B Lab UK | #Griffin | #Sustainability | #BCorp
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Earlier this week, we welcomed LiveEO, a Berlin-based Earth Observation company founded by Sven Przywarra and Daniel Seidel, to the NordicNinja VC family. In 2023, LiveEO tripled its growth by providing critical infrastrutcure operators: 🛰 AI-powered actionable insights using satellite data and proprietary algorithms 🤖 Automated task management for vegetation risk, fires, and supply chain risks 📊 World-class analytics and integrations with ERP & GIS systems Used by customers from Europe, US, Japan and Australia, to detect and respond to critical events in real-time, the platform also comes with predictive monitoring and environmental risk management capabilities. With this investment, LiveEO will be able to deliver products like TreeLine and SurfaceScout to more customers around the world and expand its offering to meet increasing customer demand. One such new product is TradeAware, delivering reliable deforestation risk assessment, seamless system integrations, and thorough legal verification. We at NordicNinja are looking forward to working with LiveEO’s world-class team to make sure critical infrastructure is safe and well maintained for all of our benefit. https://lnkd.in/e3SVfr8N
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We're excited to lead LiveEO’s €25M Series B funding round together with DTCF | DeepTech & Climate Fonds. The funds will be used to scale LiveEO AI-powered satellite data for actionable insights to help critical infrastructure operators manage climate risks. LiveEO is also our first investment in Germany. We are impressed with LiveEO founders Daniel Seidel and Sven Przywarra, who have built a world-class international team, and we look forward to working with other existing investors, including Matterwave Ventures, MMC Ventures and Greencode Ventures. LiveEO unlocks the full potential of satellite data to provide continuous asset monitoring, helping critical infrastructure operators and others to manage climate risks and third party interactions. The Berlin-based company has large customers from around the world, including North America, Europe, Japan and Australia. For example, LiveEO is trusted by Europe’s largest railway operator, Deutsche Bahn to safeguard its assets, helps a Nigerian pipeline operator tackle oil theft and reduce million-dollar losses and helps to curb illegal logging in Moldova. Other notable customers include E.ON, Iberdrola, and Network Rail, just to name a few. We see great potential in LiveEO becoming the leading automated platform for solving critical problems across industries, and driving a more sustainable future. Link to Axios exclusive coverage by Katie Fehrenbacher in the comments. #DeepTech #ClimateAction #Sustainability #SatelliteData #AI
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Tomorrow our Jesse Saarela will join the panel at the Global Tech Innovator event by KPMG Finland! We are looking forward to this sold out event and best of luck to all the teams pitching! https://lnkd.in/d42Rk5vM
Excited to join the KPMG Finland Tech Innovator finals tomorrow at Maria 01 together with Tiina Laisi-Puheloinen, Himadri Majumdar and Maria Wasastjerna on the judging panel. See you tomorrow and best of luck to all the finalists! Flow Computing Hycamite TCD Technologies MedicubeX Ltd The Warming Surfaces Company Skyfora Volare Solutions
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We're glad to see Pactum AI successfully enter the Japanese market! 👏🇯🇵
Business leaders in Japan expressed clear interest in autonomous negotiations - or 自律型交渉. So we've begun rolling it out with them. The concept is already closely aligned with Japan's wider strategy for improving efficiency across the economy through greater automation and the use of autonomous systems. Autonomous negotiations can significantly contribute to that goal by using AI to scale up procurement teams at Japan's largest companies, enabling them to achieve more and better deals for them and their suppliers. To serve Japanese companies with the technology, we made our own deal with the great team at Nice Eze in Japan. As a result, the first autonomous negotiations there are now underway so we'll have more to share in the near future about how Japanese companies are benefiting from autonomous negotiations. manabu Matsuura, CEO at Nice Eze, says this is a big opportunity to redefine human roles and spark a productivity revolution through the extensive use of cutting-edge technologies like AI. "At the heart of this transformation lies the strategic approach to focus and specialization on the essence of the business—called 'Warikiri' in Japanese," Manabu explains. "Pactum’s autonomous negotiations will enable Japanese companies to focus on strategic deals, leaving other tasks to AI. We believe that it will greatly contribute to improving the productivity of both suppliers and buyers.” While this is our first major step into Japan, we already have strong connections there - as well as Japanese-speaking team members Ohhoon (Max) Kwon and Jaimeson Bilodeau in the US too. In 2022, Pactum received investment from one of the largest Japanese-backed VC funds in Europe, NordicNinja VC. Tomosaku Sohara, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at NordicNinja VC, emphasizes that automation is vital for Japan’s future - and autonomous negotiations can be a big part of that. "Autonomous negotiation is a new concept, but its impact is clearly measurable and already far beyond expectations so we believe it has the potential to make Japanese companies significantly more competitive and raise Japan’s GDP," says Tomosaku. "We invested in Pactum because we understood from our own Japanese network that there was clear demand for this to work. That’s now beyond doubt. We are incredibly excited that Pactum is bringing the benefits of autonomous negotiations to Japan where there are both enormous potential and clear interest locally.” Martin Rand, CEO at Pactum AI, says the partnership with Nice Eze is a great deal for the whole Japanese economy. “While there’s currently a huge wave of interest in AI, autonomous negotiation is a field of AI that has been developed over the past half decade and is driven by longer term technology trends towards using automation and autonomy for improved efficiency," explains Martin. "Japan is already the leader in this so we’re excited to bring autonomous negotiations to benefit Japanese companies and the Japanese economy." Read more:
NEWS: Japan’s largest companies are embracing autonomous negotiations
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Proud to have led a $40M Series A round for Onego, who is revolutionizing $330 billion egg indsutry through animal-free alternative egg! Their product, Bioalbumen, is uniquely positioned to disrupt the market as the patentability of technology increases its protection and value. It is a no-brainer for us to back this exceptional team of a serial entrepreneur Maija Itkonen, a precision fermentation brain Christopher Landowski and an international business expert Paavo Salminen combined with manufacturing experience. Congrats to all Onego teams and also excited to work togerther with Keith Bonnici, Anthony Chow, CFA, Paavo Räisänen, Matthias de Kock, CFA, Claes Mikko Nilsen! https://lnkd.in/gEnVE-ph
Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is one step closer to cracking the traditional egg market | TechCrunch
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We're excited to lead Onego Bio's $40M funding round to manufacture egg protein entirely animal-free with a highly scalable precision fermentation process. Congrats CEO Maija Itkonen, Christopher Landowski, and the whole team for the great work!! 👏 Users of egg ingredients, as well as the egg industry itself, will greatly benefit from this bioidentical ingredient that offers price and performance parity while boasting a 90% lower environmental footprint and the capacity for large-scale production. Onego's product Bioalbumen® provides the nutritional and functional upsides of egg protein, without the environmental, ethical and safety-related drawbacks. Their manufacturing method stabilises the egg supply chain and increases food security. “Onego Bio is taking all the right steps to commercialize in record time. They are a next-generation precision fermentation company, with a clear path to industrialization, go-to-market, and profitability. With technology that is designed to scale and such a strong team, they really stand out.” says Tomosaku Sohara, Managing Partner, NordicNinja. “In less than two years, Onego is already working with major global food companies and is staged to disrupt the $330 billion egg market and create system level change, accelerating the green transition.” NordicNinja’s Principal Claes Mikko Nilsen adds: Onego is well placed to scale successfully, due to its highly experienced team who bring globally leading research expertise, and extensive experience in scaling companies from startups to large corporations, to this company. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be part of this journey.” Eggs are critically important in the global food system due to functional and nutritional properties; yet the egg market and supply chains are in crisis because of the cage-free requirements and avian flu. Onego Bio will manufacture egg protein entirely animal-free with our highly scalable precision fermentation process using the patented Trichoderma reesei platform. The funds will be allocated towards commercial manufacturing and introducing the product to food customers. The round is done together with Agronomics Limited, Maki.vc, Tesi, EIT Food, Business Finland among others. Read more from TechCrunch here: https://lnkd.in/dzSxQyVh #Investment #Startup #Onego #foodtech
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We're excited to lead Onego Bio's $40M funding round to manufacture egg protein entirely animal-free with a highly scalable precision fermentation process. Congrats CEO Maija Itkonen, Christopher Landowski, and the whole team for the great work!! 👏 Users of egg ingredients, as well as the egg industry itself, will greatly benefit from this bioidentical ingredient that offers price and performance parity while boasting a 90% lower environmental footprint and the capacity for large-scale production. Onego's product Bioalbumen® provides the nutritional and functional upsides of egg protein, without the environmental, ethical and safety-related drawbacks. Their manufacturing method stabilises the egg supply chain and increases food security. “Onego Bio is taking all the right steps to commercialize in record time. They are a next-generation precision fermentation company, with a clear path to industrialization, go-to-market, and profitability. With technology that is designed to scale and such a strong team, they really stand out.” says Tomosaku Sohara, Managing Partner, NordicNinja. “In less than two years, Onego is already working with major global food companies and is staged to disrupt the $330 billion egg market and create system level change, accelerating the green transition.” NordicNinja’s Principal Claes Mikko Nilsen adds: Onego is well placed to scale successfully, due to its highly experienced team who bring globally leading research expertise, and extensive experience in scaling companies from startups to large corporations, to this company. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be part of this journey.” Eggs are critically important in the global food system due to functional and nutritional properties; yet the egg market and supply chains are in crisis because of the cage-free requirements and avian flu. Onego Bio will manufacture egg protein entirely animal-free with our highly scalable precision fermentation process using the patented Trichoderma reesei platform. The funds will be allocated towards commercial manufacturing and introducing the product to food customers. The round is done together with Agronomics Limited, Maki.vc, Tesi, EIT Food, Business Finland among others. Read more from TechCrunch here: https://lnkd.in/dzSxQyVh #Investment #Startup #Onego #foodtech
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Join us for Investor Day at SusHi Tech Tokyo 🗼 - Asia's largest global innovation conference - May 2024. We're excited to be part of hosting the Investor Day associated with Tokyo's Sustainable High-Tech Conference – SusHi Tech. The Investor Day is an exclusive event gathering startup investors from around the world covering Angels, VCs, CVCs, Family Offices, and LPs - all ready to discuss new investment opportunities outside Japan, with a special focus on digital society and sustainability. The event is the perfect place to engage with the Japanese ambition to foster new innovation. As a partner of SusHi Tech, we're glad to share a limited amount of free-of-charge tickets to those attending the conference (offer until the end of March). Our team is happy to share closer details, so please reach out. ✳️ Time 14th May - Investor Day 15-16th May - Startup conference at Tokyo Big Sight ✳️ SusHi Tech's startup conference SusHi Tech’s two-day Global Startup Conference aims to develop new sustainable values to address global urban concerns and connect investors with entrepreneurs, domestic investors and enterprises developing innovative solutions. The conference is hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. ✳️ Key topics Infrastructure: Disaster Prediction/ Infrastructure maintenance/ Micro-mobility, etc. Living: Infectious disease control/digital local currency/ Generative AI, etc. Environment: Ethical consumption, alternative protein, etc. Culture: Metaverse/Digital Art/ NFT/WEB3 etc. Impact: Sustainable growth to deliver a positive impact on society. See you in Tokyo! 🇯🇵 #SusHiTech #InvestorDay #Tokyo #Investors #STT2024GSP SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Global Startup Program Official Account, Global Entrepreneurship Network, CIC Tokyo, Sumitomo Realty & Development, Kiraboshi Bank Co., Ltd., Startup Genome, Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
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