When aiming to accelerate growth, entrepreneurial technology companies require not only funding, but also experience, vision and both strategic and operational support. This is where the fastest-growing form of venture capital investment, growth investing, comes in. Investing for growth is not only a financial investment, but also a catalyst to increase the value of the company by improving, developing and growing it in a versatile way.
Veera analyzes why the chairman of the board matters and how the choice is linked to the company's strategy.
It is said that expert organisations in Finland are "overmanaged but underled". We know how to manage with engineering-like precision, but when it comes to managing people, we scrabble around. However, in growth companies, inspiring people to grow and implement a shared vision is a key cornerstone of success.
20 years ago, the United Nations and the World Bank's financial institution IFC (International Finance Corporation) published systematic guidance on ESG matters. Veera writes about the topic from Voland's point of view.
According to the Diversity Review recently published by TESI (Finnish Industry Investment), a fifth of the venture capital team in Finland today are women. The trend is much better: the number of women in the sector has doubled in recent years and even the number of young people has grown steadily.
The task of a limited liability firm is to generate value for its owners, and the task of a managing director and Board of Directors is to ensure that this actually happens.