Voland Partners, which invests in technology growth companies, was interested in a company offering corporate financial management services, which is rare in Finland.
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.
Leadership, as well as sales situations and various negotiation situations, eventually become condensed into people-to-people encounters. Success depends on the parties being able to put themselves in each other's shoes and understand what is important to the other party and why. In an interactive situation, different emotions also come and go, and understanding them helps in managing the situation.
An important tool for good leadership is the leader's own personality and self-awareness: a good leader is able to call on the different facets of their personality when confronted with different people, situations and motives. The hidden, unconscious emotions of a good leader don't get in the way of an interactive situation.
Income financing, public financing, debt or venture capital? There are many options for the growth of a technology company. All of them have both advantages and disadvantages. This article will give you a comprehensive understanding of the different financial elements.
In 2004, the United Nations and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) launched a pamphlet called "Who cares, wins" to provide systematic guidance for financial players on how to better integrate ESG, for example, environmental, population and governance issues, into their decision-making processes. The underlying idea was that the most effective way to improve the world is to require that regulated financial players are made accountable, rather than requiring it from companies without any legal or regulatory constraints.
Seppo Kuula has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Cloud1, a Finnish company specializing in data and cloud solutions.
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 most straightforward indicator of a company’s success is the value it generates to its shareholders. The value of an unlisted company is always uncertain until selling: according to the laws of the market economy, the true value of a company is the ultimate exit value.
We are happy to announce, that Sofia Kirjonen and Max Lehojärvi have started as Associates at Voland Partners.
Voland Partners will accelerate the growth of Cloud1, a cloud consulting company offering data-driven business development solutions
The economy is currently in a weak state, and the so-called listing booth is closed, for now at least. The current situation provides an excellent opportunity for growth companies to develop their stock market eligibility.