Episode · 2019-12-27 · 01:56 · Original in Finnish
SaaS European Expansion: Lyyti | Translink Corporate Finance
Originally published as “SaaS European expansion: Lyyti | Translink Corporate Finance | Neuvottelija”
Expert analysis of Finnish event-management SaaS company Lyyti's international expansion and its private equity transaction: why a growing software company sought expertise alongside capital, how its advisor structured a shapeless starting point into a process, and why Vaaka Partners — with an expert board — became the chosen investor.
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Expert analysis of Finnish event-management SaaS company Lyyti’s international expansion and its private equity transaction: why a growing software company sought expertise alongside capital, how its advisor structured a shapeless starting point into a process, and why Vaaka Partners — with an expert board — became the chosen investor.
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The recording lives on the Neuvottelija channel: SaaS European expansion: Lyyti | Translink Corporate Finance | Neuvottelija. A Finnish edition of this episode is published at www.neuvottelija.fi.
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