Bionto – EUR 4 million seed equity funding

Bionto – EUR 4 million seed equity funding

When a startup is growing into a scaleup and seeks to enter the international market, the strong growth phase will bring new challenges: how to ensure personnel resources, protect IP rights and ensure proper corporate governance and sufficient financing and cash flow.

We speak your language. We have a long-standing experience in working with founder-led and venture-backed companies and continuously support growth and technology companies in reaching their goals. We offer comprehensive legal advice for growth companies from seed-stage startups to mature scaleups and act as their strategic partner in fundraisings, M&A transactions and exit scenarios.

We walk with you as you grow and scale up our offering to meet your own growth path and the resources of your team. You will find just the right legal experts at our firm to meet your evolving legal needs. We advise on issues related to venture and growth capital, corporate governance, incentive plans, employment law, technology law and IP protection as well as tax and related structuring. Our clients include numerous startups and scaleups across different industries, and we have a particularly strong track record of assisting growth companies in the technology, energy, food, health technology and life science sector.

No matter how big or small, together with our international network we are able to quickly set up a cross-border deal team for any corporate transaction requiring legal support in multiple jurisdictions. Our international experience makes us a perfect partner for companies raising capital from international investors or aspiring to execute a cross-border M&A transaction or IPO. We have established long-term partnerships with Finnish and international investors, and collaborate with international law firms, financial advisors, and investment banks on an ongoing basis.

Our services include

  • Financing rounds
  • Corporate governance
  • Option programmes and share-based incentive schemes
  • IP protection
  • Tax
  • Employment law advice
  • M&A
  • Exit strategies and IPOs

Latest references

We advised CapMan Buyout in the exit of Renoa Group. Renoa Group management together with Korpi Capital and other investors have acquired the group. Renoa Group is a Finnish established expert in the building technology sector specializing in detached houses in Finland and Sweden. Renoa is a major provider of turnkey domestic water & heating, sewer system and electricity network renovations, with significant operations also in Sweden. The Group reported sales of €35 million and employed c. 300 personnel across its 10 offices in Finland and 6 in Sweden. Korpi Capital is a Finnish investment company with holdings in 29 companies. 
Case published 14.1.2025
We advised 24 Pesula group in a transaction where Juuri Partners made an investment in Finland’s largest self-service laundry chain, 24 Pesula. Juuri Partners’ investment supports 24 Pesula’s strategy of strengthening its domestic market leadership, developing digital services, and expanding internationally. 24 Pesula, founded in 1999, has established a strong market position in the self-service laundry market with over 50 locations in Finland. The company has its own production facilities in Nokia, Finland. In the UK, 24 Pesula currently operates in four locations, and the company plans to expand into other international markets in the coming years. Juuri Partners is a Finnish private equity company, which invests in Finnish growth focused SMEs and offers financing to established and profitable SMEs in Finland.
Case published 20.12.2024
We represented Voima Ventures in the Series A funding round of Aisti Corporation. Aisti’s EUR 29 million funding round will support the construction of its first commercial factory in Kitee, Finland, enabling the company to scale production. Other investors include Maki.vc and Valve Ventures Consortium among others. Voima Ventures is a venture capital fund investing in top scientific deep tech ventures in the Nordics and Baltics. Aisti Corporation is an acoustic tiles manufacturer with sustainability and functionality at heart. Aisti’s acoustic tiles are made from highly renewable wood fibres. With the factory in Kitee, the company plans to achieve a production capacity of 2.5 million square meters annually.
Case published 13.12.2024
We advised Omya as a local counsel in its acquisition of Distrupol, a thermoplastics distributor and subsidiary of GPD Companies, Inc. (GPD). The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals. Omya is a leading global producer of industrial minerals – mainly fillers and pigments derived from calcium carbonate and dolomite – and a worldwide distributor of specialty chemicals. Omya has 9,000 people employed across more than 50 countries. Distrupol is a European leader in the sales, marketing, distribution and application development of an extensive range of thermoplastic polymers and elastomers.
Case published 9.12.2024