Finnish Voland Partners opens €80M fund for local tech companies

Voland Partners, the first Finnish growth investor for technology companies, announced the launch of its first fund — the Voland Technology Growth Fund I with a target size of €80 million.

• Voland Partners is a Finnish private equity firm focusing on growth investments in the technology sector.
• The new fund will concentrate on minority investments in growing technology companies with a proven business model, turnover of €5–€25 million, and positive cashflows.

“Our value adding approach is differentiating us from other companies. We develop top companies by utilizing our technology sector experience and our responsibility policies – creating an entity benefitting the whole society. Promising growth companies persuade more capital to Finland, create employment, and as follows support the economic growth,”

says Veera Sylvius, CEO of Voland Partners.

• Investors in the fund include Tesi and KRR Funds together with top names from the Finish technology scene, such as Timur Kärki from Gofore and Antti Pelkonen from Bitfactor.