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Viangoo , a Latvian digitization and bulk delivery platform, has received €550K from Swedbank . The company received part of the funds from the Latvian development finance institution ALTUM . Viangoo will use the funds to provide working capital, fund development and expand the functionality of the app.

Latvian company Aerones , a provider of robots for wind turbine maintenance and diagnostics, has raised $62M in investment. The round was led by venture funds Activate Capital and S2G , with participation from Carbon Equity and Overlap Holdings . Aerones' existing investors also participated in the investment round.

Exonicus , a Latvian company developing augmented reality trauma training for defense and emergency medical services, has raised an investment of €85K from the Latvian Business Angels Network ( LatBAN ). This is LatBAN's first investment in a dual-use company.

Fintech startup POSfinance has raised €140K in an expanded pre-investment round from Latvian business angel network LatBAN .

Latvian construction technology startup Adventum Tech , will receive an investment of €250K from the Latvian Business Angels Network ( LatBAN ) and angel investors. Lithuanian defense technology company Luna Robotics will receive up to €250K from the Lithuanian Business Angel Network ( LitBAN ), Estonian developer of green energy solutions MarkeDroid will receive €175K from the Estonian Business Angel Network ( EstBAN ).

According the annual survey of Baltic Private Equity and Venture Capital Market Overview 2024 from KPMG , fundraising activity decreased to €265M (down 67% year-on-year). This is after two outstanding fundraising years in 2022 and 2023, when Baltic fund managers raised more than €1.5B. 

Latvian company Digmatix (formerly Digital Mind) has signed an agreement with Estonian technology company BCS Itera to acquire 100% of its shares. The deal will bring together two regional Microsoft solutions partners, helping to increase Digmatix's competitiveness in the region, as well as expand its solution offerings in the manufacturing, retail, financial and human resources sectors.

Baltic companies that have contributed to the development of financial technology in the region have been honored at the Baltic Fintech Awards 2025.

NRG Solutions, a company specializing in space technologies, has become a participant in the support program of the European Space Agency Business Incubation Center ESA BIC Latvia . It is the first company accepted into the incubation program, which plans to support at least 12 startups over five years.

Latvian fund LongeVC has invested in Cambridge-based biotech startup Constructive Bio . 

Details of the deal in the course of which Estonian fund Change Ventures acquired  7.4% of Latvian energy startup Engycell have become known. The startup has raised €420K, consisting of an initial investment of €250K from Change Ventures and €170K from European Union funds.

Latvian venture fund LongeVC  has invested in US medical startup SiPhox Health , which produces home blood test kits.

In the annual PitchBook 2024 Global League Tables ranking, Baltic venture funds FIRSTPICK , Coinvest Capital and Startup Wise Guys ranked  among the top three most active venture capital investors in CEE taking second and third place.

Estonian fund Change Ventures has acquired a 7.47% stake in an energy storage solution provider Engycell . Change Ventures has not responded to BalticVC's editorial request for details of the deal.

Riga-based theIntelligent VC has invested in American AI developer cloud Lambda . The fund participated in the Series D round of $480M, co-led by American company Andra Capital and SGW with participation from new investors internationally Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, and NVIDIA, among others, as well as strategic investment from Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron and Wiwynn.

Riga-based venture capital BADideas.fund said it has exited Swiss startup RoomPriceGenie , in which it invested €170K in 2023. This is the first exit for the Latvian fund, which came as a result of the startup raising $75M from an American company Five Elms Capital.

  As of today, bonds of Mapon , the largest provider of fleet management solutions in the Baltic States, are listed on the Baltic First North market on Nasdaq Riga .

Latvian company Mapon , part of the Draugiem Group, is expanding its Scandinavian business by acquiring 100% of shares in Interkom AB . 

  In the TechChill  startup and technology competition, Latvian startups received  investment offers for €610K.

Latvian AI startup Trace.Space has raised $4M in seed funding. German company Cherry Ventures led the round, joined by Riga-based Outlast Fund , as well as previous investors American Nebular, Austrian Fiedler and Estonian Change Ventures .