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Three new cleantech investment funds were established in Finland in 2010
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Capital investments into Nordic cleantech companies increased by 10% in 2010 to a total of EUR 505.7 million, according to the report Nordic Cleantech Dealflow 2010 published by Cleantech Scandinavia, an investor membership network organisation covering the Nordic and Baltic countries. In 2010 public funding directed to seed stage companies tripled and private financing increased by 80% compared to 2009.
According to the report, Finland performed especially well in terms of establishing new investment funds specializing in the cleantech industry, and in increasing seed funding. Three of the five new funds established in the Nordic countries in 2010 were in Finland. They were set up by Ahlström Capital, Cleantech Invest and Conor Venture Partners. In Finland 7 of the 18 companies that received a capital injection were on the verge commercialization, according to Mika Sulkinoja, Development Manager at the Lahti Science and Business Park.
Lassi Noponen, early stage investor at Cleantech Invest Oy, believes that the growing investment in cleantech tells first of all about the increasing demand for clean technology and innovation in industry. “It also shows that our research and product development is starting to bear fruit. This can be seen in the higher quality of the technology know-how and business plans of the young companies that are looking for funding. That’s why they are becoming more interesting to investors,” he says.
According to the report by Cleantech Scandinavia, the technology areas which attracted the most investor attention in 2010 were solar and wind energy, electric vehicles, biofuels and biogas, as well as cleantech enablers such as manufacturers of sensors, transistors and transformers, developers of monitoring systems and specific software solutions, all targeting the growing cleantech industry as their main customer.
Lahti Science and Business Park is the leading Cleantech technology centre of the Nordic countries and is developing the Lahti region into a world-class centre for environmental business and research. It coordinates the cleantech cluster in Finland and works closely with Cleantech Invest and Cleantech Scandinavia. The next Cleantech Venture Day that presents the most promising companies in the sector, investor viewpoints and new technologies will be held in Lahti in April 2012.
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