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Nordic and Baltic investments show progressive trend towards sustainability in 2021

According to reports from, European Capital,  Danske Bank and i5invest, European VC and PE funds have been substantially gaining ground despite Covid-19, and a substantial margin in the Nordics are focusing on investments in energy and sustainability. Norway, Denmark, and Lithuania have a particularly strong focus on investments in these areas in 2021 compared to the rest of Europe, and …

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Latvia’s Nordigen raises €2 million to expand free open banking API

Latvia’s Nordigen has announced a new €2.1 million investment to expand their freemium model after growing to support more than 1000 European bank APIs.  Investors include Black Pearls VC, Inventure, Highgoal Capital, ID4 Ventures, Calchas Holding and angel investors from across the Baltics including Artis Kehris, Henry Nilert, Gerri Kodres and Riivo Anton. The startup is challenging Tink and other …

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Estonia’s UP Catalyst receives funding to produce oxygen on Mars

The technology startup UP Catalyst, founded in 2019, received €50 000 of seed money from the 2021 ESA BIC (Business Incubation Centre) programme for business and product development to boost their novel way of oxygen production on Mars. In addition to the funding UP Catalyst receives technical support from the European Space Agency and hands on mentoring from the field …

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