Finland's Business SENSE by yourDragonXi Δ 6th of May 2014 Ω 8:36 AM

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~ Invest in Finland

»Invest in Finland

»Chinese Linux spreading fast from its Finnish roots
ξ Linux was first developed by Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds
ξ it is playing a major role in the development of China’s IT sector – and in the country’s rapid industrial development as a whole
ξ professor Gong Min started using and developing Linux when he was doing his Ph.D research at the Helsinki University of Technology
ξ returning to China in 1996, Professor Gong Min took Linux with him on 20 floppy disks
ξ this is seen as the birth of Chinese open source code development

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~ Rocla

»Rocla

»MHI to Acquire Rocla, a Finnish Electric Warehouse Truck Manufacturer

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~ Nokia Growth Partners (NGP)

Nokia launches $100 million Connected Car Fund managed by Nokia Growth Partners (NGP)
Nokia announced the launch of a USD 100 million Connected Car fund to be managed by Nokia Growth Partners (NGP).
The fund will identify and invest in companies whose innovations will be important for a world of connected and intelligent vehicles.
Nokia is already a major player in the automotive industry
providing location intelligence for connected vehicles through HERE.
The NGP fund, working closely with HERE, will seek to make investments
that also support the growth of the ecosystem around HERE's mapping and location products and services.

"NGP has been consistently performing well bringing in both new innovation and financial return to Nokia,"
said Rajeev Suri, Nokia President and CEO.
"Our new USD 100 million venture fund launched further underlines our belief
that the connected car is a significant growth opportunity where NGP is poised to make great investments."

"For the last few years there has been a surge in innovation
that has brought technological advances leading to safer, cleaner, increasingly connected, intelligent and more affordable vehicles.
Vehicles are becoming a new platform for technology adoption very similar to phones or tablets,"
said Paul Asel, Partner at Nokia Growth Partners.
"We are excited to deepen our collaboration with HERE through the Connected Car fund
to invest in companies that are driving the future of the auto ecosystem, local services and personal mobility."

"NGP's Connected Car fund underscores that connectivity is rapidly reshaping
what is possible in the car environment," said Michael Halbherr, CEO of HERE.
"We believe that connected cars equipped with precise location awareness and
sensor data can become powerful devices capable of helping drivers make sense of the world around them.
With more than 25 years of experience in creating automotive grade maps for the automobile industry,
we look forward to working with promising companies in NGP's new fund
to create a whole new class of services that keep drivers safe and connected."

The Connected Car fund extends NGP's global investment activities in the U.S., India, China and Europe
where Nokia Growth Partners continue to invest in high potential businesses.
The new fund brings Nokia's commitments managed by NGP to USD 700 million.
As an independent VC sponsored by Nokia,
NGP has a strong track record of investing in technology companies
that have made an impact in their respective industries globally,
including Rocket Fuel, Heptagon and UCweb.

The Connected Car fund will be the fourth fund that NGP has managed on behalf of Nokia over the past decade.

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