Magnifier is a new Finnish startup accelerator fund investing money and effort  at a pre-seed phase into new promising startups with world-class opportunity. The purpose of Magnifier is to prepare and scale the firms for the next stage where angels and early VCs can and want to invest into them.

The fund was founded by a group of ten young but experienced entrepreneurs. The founders are driven by the urge to share their experiences and learnings to other Finnish startups. Also foreign entrepreneurs are welcomed, though, as long as the firm is located in Finland. The leading idea is to help accelerate their growth and avoid the pitfalls the founders may have experienced in the past, and thus cultivate the Finnish startup culture. 

The track record of the founders is quite impressive. They state having founded over 30 firms, raised over 35 million euros of venture capital, and been involved in over 25 mergers and acquisitions altogether.

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