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Finny , the organic growth engine for financial advisors, led by Eden Ovadia, Victoria Toli, and Theodore Janson, has secured $17 million in Series A funding led by Venrock , with participation from Activant , Altruist’s Jason Wenk, and continued support from Y Combinator , Maple VC, and Crossbeam Ventures . Nick Beim from Venrock and Bill McNabb, the former Chairman and CEO of Vanguard, will join the Board. Financial advisors play a critical role in helping Americans navigat

Fortino Capital , a specialist European investor in B2B SaaS companies, led by Duco Sickinghe, Renaat Berckmoes, and others, has announced  the final close of its third private equity fund (“Fortino PE III”) at an extended hard cap of €700 million, surpassing its initial €600 million target, with strong support from both existing and new institutional investors across Europe and the US. Fortino PE III is around 85% larger than its predecessor and attracted a diverse base of i

AIO , an Estonian biotechnology company developing sustainable, non-animal fats and oils through innovative fermentation processes, led by Nemailla Bonturi, PhD, Petri-Jaan Lahtvee, PhD, Mary-Liis Kütt, PhD, and others, has been awarded  a €1.2 million grant from Enterprise Estonia  to advance its new project FERM-OIL. The total budget of the project is €2.3 million. Over three years, the project will scale ÄIO’s Flavoured Fat, a lipid-rich yeast ingredient with umami taste,