Heavy-hitting Finnish investor Inka Mero is battling to raise money for her new fund focusing on deep tech. She has raised €40m of the planned €50m fund, but the last €10m is proving a challenge.
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Inka Mero visits Stockholm to attend the monthly Stockholm tech meetup. Pjm xrnl glqk?
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