Investments into venture capital funds to boost innovative Estonian companies

SmartCap aims to create a vital venture capital market and enable ambitious and innovative Estonian companies to emerge and grow globally

112

companies invested in

850M

euros of revenue created

2300

jobs resulted

40M

euros of tax income

Investment strategy

Why we invest?

We aim to be a committed partner for private fund managers to develop Estonian venture capital market and modernise Estonian economy.
Where we invest?

We invest into both generalist and industry specific venture capital funds with a strong focus towards Estonian innovative early-stage research and technology-intensive enterprises with strong international growth potential.
How we invest?

We make cornerstone investments into venture capital funds hand-in-hand and on equal terms with private investors.

1

SmartCap publishes a Call for Expressions of Interest. The Call offers investment solutions that are currently not available on the market or focusing on identified market deficiencies. As a cornerstone investor we lower the entry barrier to the venture capital market for private investors.
2

Private fund manager is selected at the Call to establish a new fund. Fund manager is selected based on their investment proposal, team profile and competences. Our investment decisions are made on market terms and based on market needs.
3

Newly established fund makes direct investments into underlying companies. The new fund will be making investment decisions independently based on the Call's objective and the fund's investment strategy.

05.05.2022

Study: GreenFund’s 100 MEUR could be directed first and foremost to hardware companies

According to a recent study conducted by EY among entrepreneurs and investors, GreenFund which was set up to accelerate the green transition, and which presently has 100 million euros available, should focus its investments primarily on hardware companies, whose solutions are more time-consuming and riskier compared to software.

13.04.2022

Investors see the greatest potential in the planet positive, deep tech, crypto, and health technologies

Venture capital investors and VC funds estimate that the start-up companies with the greatest potential in the coming years are those which focus on green solutions, deep tech, decentralised finance and crypto, as well as improving health systems.

18.03.2022

SmartCap is mapping the availability of capital for Estonian green technology companies

SmartCap is creating the 100-million-euro green technology oriented Green Fund using the funds of NextGenerationEU recovery plan, and is analysing the current state of the ecosystem of Estonian green technology companies, availability of capital, as well as market failures.

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Investments into venture capital funds to boost innovative Estonian companies

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Study: GreenFund’s 100 MEUR could be directed first and foremost to hardware companies

Investors see the greatest potential in the planet positive, deep tech, crypto, and health technologies

SmartCap is mapping the availability of capital for Estonian green technology companies

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