Dec 29, 20211 minPortfolio Review Q3 20212021 continued as an active year for the portfolio companies, with two companies announcing their funding rounds. Investment Activity One...
Dec 12, 20211 min#StartupTipOfTheDay the Book Out Now#StartupTipOfTheDay, a book containing 365 tips to boost a startup, has been published and is available as a Kindle e-book and a...
Nov 15, 20211 minHeeros to acquire TaimerHeeros Plc and Taimer Ltd have signed a share purchase agreement on 15th of November 2021 for Heeros to acquire 100% of the shares of...
Sep 2, 20212 minPortfolio Review Q2 2021As with the first quarter of the year, also the second quarter was active for RFA with three new investments and one follow-on rounds....
Apr 12, 20211 minPortfolio Review Q1 2021The first quarter of the year was one of our most active in the history of the company. The period saw two exits, six funding rounds in...
Feb 28, 20211 minKahoot! Acquires Whiteboard.fiKahoot!, the global learning platform company, today announced the acquisition of Whiteboard.fi, an online whiteboard tool for teachers...
Jan 18, 20211 minPortfolio Review Q4 2020Investment Activity One new investment was made with an investment into Whiteboard.fi (Digital Teaching Tools Finland Ltd). (Read more...
Dec 14, 20202 minFirst EdTech Investment into Whiteboard.fiReadyFireAim invested in Digital Teaching Tools Finland, a startup behind Whiteboard.fi online whiteboard tool for teachers and...
Oct 14, 20201 minPortfolio Insight: Revenue Grew to 22.4 Meur and Number of Employees to 2112019 financials are out, at it is time to take a look at how the portfolio companies have developed. The total revenue of the portfolio...
Oct 7, 20201 minPortfolio Review Q3 2020Investment Activity No investments were made in Q3. Portfolio Highlights Cambri expands into the Netherlands PromoRepublic closed a...
Jul 13, 20201 minPortfolio Review Q2 2020Investment Activity Three follow-up investments were made: 360Visualizer, PromoRepublic and Witview. Portfolio Highlights Fercliff TIH...
Apr 15, 20201 minPortfolio Review Q1 2020Investment Activity Two new investments were made during Q1: into Taimer and into Jeff App. Taimer is an all-in-one business management...
Mar 20, 20203 minTaking Care of Your Startup in and after the PandemicOver the last week, I have been in discussions with many founders figuring out how we should prepare for the changing environment. In...
Mar 2, 20203 minWhich Is Harder: Being an Investor or Being a Founder? And Why?A while ago I was speaking at the iNOVUSS tech event in Riga. After my presentation, I did an interview with one of the organizers....
Feb 18, 20205 minIncentivizing Deal Leading - Lead Investor CompensationLeading an investor syndicate requires a lot of work and expertise. And quite often the syndicates are struggling to find a volunteer to...
Feb 4, 20205 minInvestment Documents - Syndication AgreementIn the final part of my investment documents -series, we take a look at the syndication agreement. While this is an agreement between the...
Jan 27, 20204 minInvestment Documents - Investment AgreementWhile the term sheet and the shareholders’ agreement are quite familiar documents to the founders already in the early stages of the...
Jan 20, 202011 minInvestment Documents - Shareholders' AgreementA key document in investing in a startup is the shareholders' agreement. Known also as the SHA this document governs the roles and...
Jan 14, 20204 minInvestment Documents - Term SheetA term sheet is typically the first document to be signed between the investors and the startup. In this article we take a look at some...
Jan 13, 20202 minIntroduction to Investment DocumentsAs a lawyer by training (but not by heart), I often end up working with the investment documents. As it sometimes causes confusion what...