Links

National VC funds around the world

• Nesta (UK) www.nesta.org.uk/investments

• Scottish Enterprise (Scotland) www.scottish-enterprise.com

• Industrifonden (Sweden) www.industrifonden.se

• Sitra (Finland) www.sitra.fi

• Finnish Industry Investment (Finland) www.teollisuussijoitus.fi

European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA): www.evca.eu

Estonian VC funds:

• Askembla Asset Management www.askembla.se

• Alta Capital www.altacapital.ee

• Ambient Sound Investments www.asi.ee

• BaltCap www.baltcap.com

• Baltic Small Equity Fund www.bsef.ee

• Cresco www.cresco.ee

• East Capital www.eastcapital.com

• Hanseatic Capital www.hanseaticcapital.net

• Martinson Trigon Venture Partners www.martinsontrigon.com

• Redgate Capital www.redgatecapital.eu

• WNB Project www.wnb.ee

Useful reading:

• Paul Graham essays: www.paulgraham.com/articles.html 

• Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: ross.typepad.com/blog/2004/09/venture_capital.html

• TigerPrises: Business & IT innovations from the Baltics http://www.tigerprises.com/

• Sten Tamkivi blog sten.tamkivi.com

• Tallinn Business Incubators Foundation 

• RedHerring.com - The Business of Technology www.redherring.com

• Nelson Gray: Valuation and other deal killers (pdf):
http://login.favius.com/f_dl.php?f_id=132&kas=28

• Entrepreneur magazine: How Do Investors Get Paid?