The Nexit annual VC review – Highlights from 2023

As the calendar turns, so do the gears of venture capital. The data and analyses from 2023 have crystallized, revealing intriguing patterns. In keeping with our annual ritual, we’ve delved into the VC statistics and some related innovation ecosystem reports (you’ll find the list at the end of this article) and distilled the essence for […]

Activist VC Glossary – VC jargon explained

This is the next edition of our popular Activist VC glossary. It has all the goodies from the previous editions, a bunch of new terms, and more examples and links to blog posts and other resources that give practical examples of the terms. As always, should you come across any terms you think are important […]

Entering the US: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

This third and final entry (see the earlier entries here and here) in our three-part series goes through some of the critical drivers of US market entry and gives some advice as to when you should consider making the leap and when not. Strategy First The question of whether or not to invest in entering […]

Aava Mobile – One More Activist Exit

We are proud to announce our latest activist exit: Aava Mobile has been acquired by the German electronics and sensor design group Pepperl+Fuchs. While we have agreed with the purchaser that the exact details of the deal are not disclosed, we can say the exit was a good one with over 4X return on capital […]

The Hottest VC Trends of 2022: Our Predictions

In our previous blog post, we looked at global Venture Capital investment and exit trends in 2021. Now it’s time to make some predictions for 2022 and beyond. This time around, our crystal ball is clouded by fast-rising inflation, tightening fiscal policy of the central banks, and the hard-to-predict military aggression of Russia: The scope […]

The Hottest VC Trends of 2022: Numbers from 2021

Well, it is that time of the year again: numbers and studies about the VC trends and market in 2021 are now mostly available. Adhering to our tradition, we have read the reports (see list of the reports at the end of this post) and done the heavy lifting for you: Picked some interesting notes […]

New Nexit Investment – Tosibox Oy Raises 5 Million Euros

Press Release TOSIBOX OY RAISES 5 MILLION EUROS IN GROWTH FUNDING OULU, FINLAND, and ATLANTA, GEORGIA, September 15, 2021 – Tosibox Oy, the leading provider of operational technology (OT) networking platforms for enterprises and organizations, announced today it has raised new equity funding of up to 5 million euros from Nexit Ventures and its partner […]

The ICO Is Dead. Long Live Blockchain! Part 2

In the previous blog post, we went through some blockchain basics and had a look at Cryptocurrencies with questions like: What are the key features of cryptocurrencies? Bitcoin as a store of value – was it stable when Covid-19 hit? Ethereum, Tether, Ripple – how they differ from Bitcoin? Now we will focus on some […]

The ICO Is Dead. Long live Blockchain! Part 1

A year ago, we reported that the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) bubble had burst – just as we had predicted already in 2018. This was pretty easy to foresee, even though we did get a bit of hate mail from ICO fanatics along the way. The ICO bubble grew to a significant size before it […]

The Hottest VC Trends – Our Predictions for 2021

In our previous blog post, we looked at general VC activity and exit trends in 2020. Now we make some bold predictions for 2021 and beyond. Inspecting Our Previous Predictions Let’s start with a little bit of introspection (or, self-flagellation, if you will) and assess our predictions from our last year’s edition of this blog: […]