Coronavirus: Should the Finnish Casino Industry Fear Extinction?
Like many sectors – airline, chemical, tourism, hotels, motels, and retail, the igaming industry is taking a dive during the times of Coronavirus.
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The QL Gaming Group Raises $1.1M; Acquires Finnish Accuscore
The QL Gaming Group (formerly known as RotoQL), a NYC-based direct to consumer sports data and iGaming affiliate platform, raised $1.1m in funding.
AppGyver Raises Additional €2M in Funding
AppGyver, a Helsinki, Finland-based providing visual programming tools for professional app development, raised €2M in funding.
Reworks Raises €4M in Funding
Reworks, a Helsinki, Finland-based mobile games studio, raised €4m in funding.
Superplus Games Secures $4.7M in Funding
Superplus Games, a Helsing, Finland-based mobile gaming studio, raised $4.7m in funding.
Mainframe Raises €7.6M in Series A Funding
Mainframe, a Finnish-Icelandic gaming studio, raised €7.6m in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Riot Games, Maki.vc, Play Ventures, Sisu Game Ventures, and Crowberry Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Ilkka Kivimäki joined Mainframe’s board as chairman. The company intends to use the funds to continue to […]
Oura Raises $28M in Series B Funding
Oura Health, an Oulu, Finland-based provider of wellness ring and app, raised $28M in Series B funding.
ePassi Acquires ActiWay
Finnish ePassi Payments Oy, a mobile payment solution for employee benefits, acquired ActiWay Ab, a market leader for wellness allowance systems in Sweden.
Innovestor Holds First Close of New Fund, at €30M
Innovestor, a Helsinki, Finland-based venture capital firm, held the first close of its new B2B Industrial Technology Fund, at €30M.
Everi Acquires Micro Gaming Technologies, for $25M
Everi Payments Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Everi Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EVRI), a Las Vegas, NV-based provider of gaming products, fintech and player loyalty solutions in the gaming industry, recently bought some strategic assets of Micro Gaming Technologies, a provider of self-service casino loyalty and marketing products and promotional tools and apps.
Betsson Buys Gaming Innovation Group’s BC2 Operations
Betsson, a Swedish holding company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Large Cap (BETS) investing in and managing online gaming companies, acquired the business to consumer (B2C) operations of Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), for approximately €31m.
Valo Therapeutics Raises EUR1.1M in Funding
Valo Therapeutics Limited, an Oxford, UK and Helsinki, Finland-based immuno-oncology company developing tumour antigen-coated oncolytic viruses as therapeutic vaccines, received EUR1.1m in additional funding.
Aiven Raises $40M in Series B Funding
Aiven, a Helsinki, Finland-based startup that combines open source technologies with cloud infrastructure, raised $40m in Series B funding.
Verto Analytics Raises $16M in Third Funding
Verto Analytics Inc., a Helsinki, Finland- and New York City-based behavioral analytics platform provider, raised a $16m third funding round.
Mobidiag Raises EUR 1.5M In Additional Funding
Mobidiag Ltd., an Espoo, Finland-based revenue generating, molecular diagnostics company with complementary platforms that address antimicrobial resistance and other areas of unmet diagnostic need, received a EUR 1.5 million (~$1.65m) additional funding.