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Icebreaker.vc said it completed the final closing of its second fund at 100 million euros and also raised a separate 20 million fund that will be used to continue investing in its Fund 1 portfolio companies.
The teams backed in Icebreaker’s first fund over 2017-2019 have so far turned 6 million euros of initial investment tickets into 63 million in follow-on funding led by later-stage investors, with the latest highlights including n Flowhavenraising $16M from Sapphire Sport and GFC, Sellforteraising $4.8M from Sonae IM and Bonnier Ventures and Osgenic raising €5M with Springvest.
“With the new €100M fund we continue with the same focus; no stage is too early for us to invest and we want to support founders from the day they start thinking about founding a company”
Icebreaker.vc, a Helsinki, Finland-based venture capital firm, closed its second fund, at €100M, and raised a separate €20M Opportunity Fund.
The firm’s second fund invests €150–800k in startups in Estonia, Finland and Sweden at their angel and pre-seed stage while the opportunity fund will be used to continue investing in their Fund 1 portfolio companies.
Led by Riku Seppälä, Icebreaker has broad investment scope, focusing on strong domain-expert founding teams with complementary skills (or helping build those), strong technology and global markets.
The firm has created a portfolio development practice for Founder Development, Hiring, Growth Program and support companies in planning and strategy. Icebreaker collaborates internally, sharing knowledge and learning from mistakes and successes. In addition to the investment team Icebreaker has a core operational growth team, and they aim to connect with the best external parties for specific topics in hiring, branding,