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Conor Venture Partners
100 MUSD Under Management from Institutional Investors
Focused Investment Strategy
Early stage only
Core technology and IPR pool relevant for value creation
Finland, Nordics, Baltics
Investment size: 0,5 - 8M€ per company, milestone based
Conor Concept
Silicon Valley operating model – speed, up rounds, cycles
Actively involved with portfolio companies
Active syndication with leading international VCs
Experienced Partners
Relevant industry experience
Significant VC experience
Solid Track of Conor Technology Fund I Ky and II Ky
Conor Team
Jari Mieskonen, 53, Managing Partner Founder of Eqvitec Partners Oy
Head of seed and early stage investments at Sitra
IPR management Finntech Oy
Manu Mäkelä, 42, Partner, founder Investment Director at Holtron Ventures
Investment Director at Eqvitec Partners
Investment banker, Robertson & Stephens
Jarkko Penttilä, 43, Partner Partner at Eqvitec Partners
Manager, Ericsson Business Innovation
Operational industry experience from Ericsson
Chris Barchak, 42, Partner Principal at Fidelity Growth Partners Europe in London
Associate at Index Ventures in London
10+ years operational software industry experience
MIT CS Masters and Bachelors, INSEAD MBA
Sami Ahvenniemi, 42, Senior Advisor, Investment Director at Holtron Ventures
CEO of SSH USA
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Conor Investment Areas – Focus on Core Technology and Globally Scalable business
Consumerization
of Enterprise
Software
Smart Sensors
and Internet of
Things
Data Analytics
Mobile and
Related
Services
Enabling Digital
Services
Enabling Software
Development
The Nordic model: an environment where innovation flourishes
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Sources: The Economist
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
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Representing a disproportionately large part of Europe in terms of performance
Sources: Venturesource Liquidity Data (2012), EVCA
4% population
15% VC investment
20%+ VC returns
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
Segmented market: Equity Based Technology Growth Financing
Seed Start-up Early Stage Spin-out/
Buyout
BB
Expansion
Investment
Size
Investment
Stage
Conor
Nexit, Baltcap, 3TS,
Inventure, VNT, Martinson,
Creandum, ASI, Verso, Troika
Northzone, SunStone, VIA, TeSi,
Bankinvest, Index, EarlyBird, DFJ,
Accell, Sentica, NGP, SEB, ETF,
Dawn, RISE,+ corporations
CapMan, MB, EQT, Trigon, IK, Intera, Vaaka
Avera, Vigos, Smartcap,
angels, Crowd, Butterfly 0,5
3,0
5,0
+10
LifeLine, Open Ocean, More&More,
Vision+, Butterfly, Regional.
European tech companies surpassing ~ USD 1 bn valuations – Unicorns are here as well
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Source: Holtzbrinck Ventures, EIF
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Conor Technology Fund I Ky – Portfolio maturing
Company Business Co-investors
Aito Technologies Business management tool for
mobile operators Exit to EXFO
Crystalsol New photovoltaic material for
solar panels ConCap, ARAX
Eniram Energy efficiency systems for
vessels based on trim control
Ferd Venture, Finnish Industry
Invest
Imbera Electronics Advanced packaging technology
for the electronics industry
Exit to GE, Global market
leader
Networks Engine for
Objects in Lund Database for ’networked’ data
structures
Sunstone Capital, Fidelity,
angels
PlexPress High throughput gene
expression process
Vera Venture, VTT Venture,
HUR
Supponor Systems Real-time live sports TV digital
billboard replacement
Norhtzone Ventures, Sports
Investment Partners
Conor Technology Fund II Ky – Portfolio build up phase 1/2
Company Business Co-investors
Sensinode / FIN Software and radio protocols and
platforms for ’internet of things’
Exit to ARM, Global market
leader.
Scint-X / SWE Scintillators for next generation digital
X-rays
Praktiker Invest, STING Capital,
Vinnova
Behaviosec / SWE Behavior-based identity theft prevention
solutions to address online fraud
problems
Northzone, Octopus Investments
AnaCatum / SWE High performance mixed signal
conversion semiconductor IP Exit to Fingerprint Cards
TactoTek / FIN
3D structural electronics by integrating
printed circuitry and discrete electronic
components into injection-molded
plastics
VTT Ventures, RISE
Conor Technology Fund II Ky – Portfolio build up phase 2/2
Company Business Co-investors
Omegawave / FIN Training optimization service for
professional and recreational
athletes
Sitra, angels
Sticky / SWE On-line visual effectiveness
analytics for brand display ads Northzone
FitsMe / EST Fitting solutiosn for clothing on-line
retail
Smartcap, Entrepreneurs Fund,
exit to Rakuten
Scoopshot / FIN Crowed sourced images for actual
and relevant content FII, angels
Verto Analytics / FIN Cloud-based measurement
services across the digital world Open Ocean Capital
Zervant Online invoicing solution for SMEs Angels
Blackwood Seven Unified software platform to plan,
optimize, execute, and evaluate
campaigns across all media
Sunstone, Vaekstfonden, SEED