Helsinki, Finland, 2016-01-04 14:30 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Norvestia Oyj Press release 4 January 2016 at 15:30
Fluido raises new funding round led by Norvestia Growth Equity
Fluido, the Finnish cloud services consulting company, raised a EUR 3.3M funding round, led by Norvestia Growth Equity with participation from Salesforce Ventures. The investment will support the continued international expansion of Fluido as a leading Nordic Salesforce partner.
Fluido, which was established in Finland in 2009, is Salesforce Platinum Consulting Partner with revenues of approximately EUR 8 million in 2015. Fluido helps Salesforce customers implement Salesforce CRM solutions and tailors apps into state-of-the-art customer experience management solutions.
Fluido’s customers include both large listed enterprises and growth-oriented SMEs in various sectors in all Nordic countries. Fluido’s headquarters are in Espoo, Finland and the customers are served locally from the offices in Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen.
”Fluido is an excellent example of Finnish know-how, which is also highly regarded abroad. Fluido has successfully helped its customers utilize cloud services flexibly and efficiently. With Salesforce’s and Norvestia’s investment Fluido can continue its strong growth in Finland and abroad”, comments Juha Mikkola, Head of Growth Equity at Norvestia.
”Salesforce is a global leader in CRM and has the world’s leading enterprise cloud ecosystem. As a Salesforce Platinum Consulting Partner, we have reached a significant position as a provider of these cloud services. With the investments in this round, we are able to take our Nordic growth story to the next level. We believe Norvestia is an excellent partner in reaching this target,” says Fluido’s CEO Kai Mäkelä.
More information:
Norvestia / Juha Mikkola, Head of Growth Equity, tel. +358 50 590 0522
Fluido / Kai Mäkelä, CEO, tel. +358 44 213 9812
Norvestia
Norvestia Oyj is a publicly listed investment company. Norvestia’s twofold investment strategy consists of market investments and growth equity. Growth equity investments are made in Nordic unlisted companies, growth-oriented listed companies and private equity funds. The target of Norvestia’s growth equity investment activities is to be an active investor together with other main owners, and increase the value of the target company. Investments are long-term and no strict time limit are set for exits. In addition to Fluido, Norvestia’s growth equity portfolio consists of Coronaria Hoitoketju, Idean Enterprises, Aste Helsinki and Polystar Instruments. In addition, the company has investments in private equity funds.
Fluido
Finnish company Fluido Oy is a leading Nordic Salesforce expert whose customers include both large listed enterprises and growth-oriented SMEs in various sectors. Fluido offers consulting and development services tailored for customer needs and organizes Salesforce training. The company’s competitive advantages include expertise, customer orientation and agility. The company’s revenue for 2015 was c. EUR 8 million. Fluido’s customers include both large listed enterprises and growth-oriented SMEs in various sectors in all Nordic countries. Fluido’s headquarters are in Finland, with additional offices in Denmark, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden. The company employs over 80 people in total.