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07.09.2022

SmartCap announced a Call to invest € 20 million in two greentech funds

SmartCap announced on September 6th a Call for Expressions of Interest (Call) to find up to two private fund managers, who would establish green technology investment funds to which SmartCap Green Fund will make a cornerstone investment of 20 million euros each.

26.08.2022

StartupDay seminar presentation

On August 25, SmartCap together with PwC Estonia held a seminar at StartupDay 2022 on EU Taxonomy regulation vis-á-vis green investments.

SmartCap Green Fund
19.08.2022

Greentech Fund Market Consultation recording and Q&A document

On August 15, 2022, SmartCap held a Market Consultation for the upcoming call for establishing two greentech funds. Below is the video recording of the event as well as the Questions & Answers document.

01.08.2022

SmartCap Green Fund is bringing 40 million euros to the market

SmartCap Green Fund seeks to invest 40 million euros in total in two private capital funds to accelerate the launch of innovative products, services and technologies supporting the green transition.

Tallinn, Estonia
22.07.2022

2021 was an active year in the fund investment market, with SmartCap launching its new €100 million Green Fund

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the past year was a successful one for SmartCap, which invests in Estonian start-ups – through funds and direct investments, the investments of SmartCap Venture Capital Fund reached more than one hundred companies with a total turnover of nearly €850 million by the end of 2021.

SmartCap deeptech fund
14.06.2022

SmartCap makes a cornerstone investment into Superangel fund

SmartCap has selected Superangel as the deep tech fund manager, which will be raising additional private capital to the state’s 15 million anchor investment in order to invest in the development of deep tech companies.

03.06.2022

SmartCap is looking for a lead to a science accelerator

SmartCap is organizing a public tender to find a lead to a science accelerator with the aim to stimulate innovation through a programme designed to guide participants and their ideas through developing protoypes and help commercialize an investable product in the fields of green technology and enhancement of natural resources.

Sille Pettai
27.05.2022

Opinion: There is money and ideas available for the green transition, but the market is not quite ready yet

Despite the increasingly devastating natural disasters and new crises that are shaking societies, we need to talk about the “green transition”, and talk loudly, writes SmartCap Fund Manager and Member of Board Sille Pettai.

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.

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