SmartCap | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights

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SmartCap is a fund manager based in Estonia that provides cornerstone investments for private fund managers to develop the venture capital market in Estonia. The company aims to enable ambitious and innovative Estonian companies to grow globally by ensuring access to seed and growth financing opportunities through private sector venture capital funds. SmartCap is a subsidiary of the Estonian Business and Innovation Agency and is registered with the Estonian FSA.

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🛍️ SmartCap Product and Pricing News

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👔 SmartCap CEO, Management and Leadership Team

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⚔️ SmartCap Alternatives and Competitors

• Morningstar Direct
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• Morningstar Advisor Workstation
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• Nitrogen
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• Betterment at Work
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• Pershing Financial Services
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• Backstop Solutions Suite
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• Koyfin
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• Orion Risk Intelligence
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• Canaria Technologies
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• Backabl
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• fast funds
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• Jefferies Financial Group
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• Rebel Capital Partners
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• Optalert

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💼 SmartCap Hiring and Layoffs

• Markus Jakobsoo has left SmartCap as Head of Legal in the Tallinn Metropolitan Area to join Plural as Risk and Legal Counsel.
• SmartCap is hiring a Head of Risk and Compliance to lead compliance and risk workflows, including audits, AML, and KYC functions.
• Marili Merendi has joined SmartCap as an Investment Advisor, bringing her expertise in venture capital and experience with deep tech startups.
• SmartCap appointed Lauri Matias Kaila and Mari Kuhi as senior managing officials while removing Mari Vavulski and Mikko-Jussi Suonenlahti.
• SmartCap appointed Maido Lillemets as the new Head of Legal, bringing his expertise in cross-border legal structures and compliance from his previous roles in the Baltic financial sector.

• Matias Kaila has joined SmartCap as a Member of The Supervisory Board in Finland, previously serving as Director, Fund Investments at Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment).
• Kristjan-Mart Piirsalu has joined SmartCap as an Investment Manager in Estonia, previously serving as an Associate Director at BaltCap.

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🤖 SmartCap Developer, Integration and Automation News

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📈 SmartCap Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News

• SmartCap participated in the €2.4 million seed funding round for the Estonian smart charging software developer Gridio.
• SmartCap participated in a €2.6 million investment round for Estonian startup Fusebox to support its European expansion.
• SmartCap, an Estonian state-owned venture capital firm, invested £5 million in Elcogen PLC, a subsidiary of HydrogenOne Capital Growth PLC.
• SmartCap Venture Capital Fund recently invested in Antler's Nordic Fund II.
• SmartCap has extended the investment period for its Green Fund until June 30, 2026, to support green-tech start-ups with funding from the European Union’s NextGenerationEU recovery fund.

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