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

• Sille Pettai, CEO of SmartCap, discussed on Bloomberg's The Opening Trade how the €800 billion European rearmament plan is boosting European defense stocks and how Estonia's tech sector can innovate in defense.

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👔 SmartCap CEO, Management and Leadership Team

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⚔️ SmartCap Alternatives and Competitors

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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

• Erik Punger has joined SmartCap as the new Head of Compliance and Risk, bringing extensive experience from regulated sectors.
• 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).

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🤖 SmartCap Developer, Integration and Automation News

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📈 SmartCap Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News

• SmartCap Green Fund participated in Stargate Hydrogen's €11 million Series A funding round to support the development of affordable green hydrogen.
• 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.

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