Invesdor
Acquisition in 2021
Invesdor is an online marketplace that facilitates crowd-lending and crowd-investing, primarily serving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany. The platform enables these companies to secure financing from private investors, offering a more streamlined and less bureaucratic alternative to traditional banking methods. To ensure the credibility of funding candidates, Invesdor conducts thorough credit checks, presenting vetted opportunities to potential investors. This approach allows investors to choose specific projects for their investments, aiming for attractive returns while achieving diversification of risk with relatively low capital commitments. Through its innovative digital platform, Invesdor combines various financial services, including subordinated capital and classic loans, to support the growth and funding needs of startups and SMEs.
Biogena
Venture Round in 2020
Biogena is a company that specializes in the development, production, and marketing of high-quality dietary supplements. Focused on promoting health and wellness, Biogena offers a diverse range of products designed to support various nutritional needs. The company emphasizes the use of premium ingredients and rigorous quality control in its manufacturing processes, ensuring that its supplements meet high standards for efficacy and safety. Through its commitment to research and innovation, Biogena aims to provide effective solutions for consumers seeking to enhance their overall well-being.
Invesdor Österreich (Finnest GmbH)
Acquisition in 2019
Finnest GmbH is an online crowdfunding platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The company focuses on providing established small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with alternative access to the capital market, enabling investors to participate in private placements of financially sound businesses. Finnest has developed a unique approach that combines corporate financing with crowd-investing, utilizing a reverse blind auction system where investors propose investment offers and set their own annual interest rates. This method incorporates elements from traditional book-building mechanisms used in corporate bonds, along with marketing and loyalty effects typical of crowd financing. Finnest primarily assists investors from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland in offering qualified subordinated loans to selected companies in Austria and Germany. In 2019, Finnest became a subsidiary of Invesdor Oy.
ThirdPresence
Seed Round in 2018
ThirdPresence is a company that specializes in creating optimized in-app brand environments and user experiences for video advertising. It operates a contextual buying intent data platform that enables agencies, demand-side platforms, ad networks, supply-side platforms, and publishers to host and deliver video ads across various placements on mobile devices. The platform effectively tracks video playback events and collects relevant data, which aids in reporting and analytics. ThirdPresence charges a monthly subscription fee based on the volume of content delivered, facilitating advertisers and publishers in reaching new customers, enhancing engagement, and driving revenue growth. With offices located in Helsinki, New York, and London, the company is supported by both institutional and angel investors.
Tellybean
Equity Crowdfunding in 2017
Tellybean Ltd. is a company specializing in video calling solutions, allowing users to transform their televisions into videophones. Founded in 2011 and based in Helsinki, Finland, Tellybean offers applications for both smart televisions and web platforms, enabling users to connect with family and friends through life-sized video calls. The company's technology facilitates face-to-face communication over distances, enhancing the video conferencing experience for its clients.
WordDive
Equity Crowdfunding in 2016
WordDive is an innovative company based in Tampere, specializing in language learning through its AI-powered mobile application. With a dedicated team of 30 professionals in digital marketing, education, and mobile product development, WordDive aims to enhance language acquisition. In February 2021, the company launched the Master English service, specifically designed to teach B2-level English to adults in Mexico and Spanish-speaking regions of the United States. The application employs a patented methodology that combines expert-created course material with artificial intelligence, which recognizes users' strengths and weaknesses, thereby optimizing their learning experience. The technology, known as Speak with AI®, offers personalized feedback akin to that of a private tutor, ensuring that users can effectively learn high-level English in a fully digital environment.
Winled
Equity Crowdfunding in 2016
Winled is a manufacturer specializing in LED luminaires and lighting solutions. The company designs and produces a range of LED lighting products, catering to various needs and applications. In addition to manufacturing, Winled offers lighting plans to assist clients in optimizing their lighting setups. Through its commitment to innovation and quality, Winled plays a significant role in the LED lighting industry.
Businessfellows.com
Acquisition in 2012
Businessfellows helps small business companies to acquire new customers and sales leads by delivering a comprehensive bundle of tools available on one platform within an affordable subscription package. Their tools cover the whole sales funnel starting from ads optimisation & distribution, through inbound marketing, marketing automation and the communication tools with customers.
They don't sell tools! They sell comprehensive solution to their everyday problems with their companies online presence.
They have already 1.000 customers paying monthly subscription fee and they grow by almost 150 new every month ... and this is only for one country (Poland). They’ve automated the whole process of building comprehensive online presence for a company and right now they are able to do it on a mass scale.
Their capacity for growth right now is 6.000 new customers every month. They can takeover all the customers who use to be present in yellow pages and web catalogues like Yelp because they offer independent online presence.