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Lithuanian SaaS platform for banks and paytechs Torus received investment from Swedish Goose Valley Ventures.

Lithuanian greentech investment firm HeavyFinance has announced a partnership with Multitude Bank, the main subsidiary of Malta-based Multitude Group. 

Lithuanian Freya Cultivation Systems , which is developing controlled environment agriculture with its flagship Aeroframe technology, has raised €500K. The round was led by Lithuanian Coinvest Capital and BSV Ventures . Lithuanian Sofigama , Finnish Zunami Oy and business angels Paulius Vilemas and Marko Lehtovaara also participated in the deal. Coinvest Capital's investment in the company amounted to €250K.

Lithuanian Contribee , which helps entrepreneurs and companies manage their fan subscriptions or support their favorite creators and discover exclusive content, has been acquired by Lithuanian Masiva Group. The deal is an exit for Lithuanian Coinvest Capital , Estonian Startup Wise Guys and several business angels.

Lithuanian AI-powered reputation tracking software Repsense has raised €425K from existing investors Lithuanian Coinvest Capital , Iron Wolf Capital, BSV Ventures (ex-Baltic Sandbox Ventures), and four business angels.

Fintech TransferGo , founded by Lithuanian entrepreneurs, will donate money to the Lithuanian fund Jaunaragiai. The amount of donation from TransferGo is not disclosed. In addition, TransferGo may provide more funding to Jaunaragiai in the future.

Lithuanian Tech Zity Vilnius has raised €37M. Tallinn-based Bigbank  invested €28M in the form of a loan. €6.1M was secured from 49 private investors, including Darius Zakaitis and Mantas Mikuckas, and €3M - from the EfTEN Special Opportunities Fund, managed by Estonian real estate fund EfTEN Capital.

Lithuanian BSV Ventures , which changed its name from Baltic Sandbox Ventures last week, has raised $15M from NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), Lithuanian ILTE fund (ex-Invega), which invested under the Accelerator 2 program, and other private investors from Europe.

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Lithuanian startup CyberUpgrade , which has developed an AI-powered solution for enterprise security, has raised €2.5M in a seed round. The round was led by the Finnish Superhero Capital, with participation from Estonian Specialist VC , Lithuanian accelerator Firstpick , and a syndicate of investors from Lithuanian angel investment network NGL. Business angels Maria S. Kalochoritis and Sergey Anikin also participated in the round.

Lithuania's Ligence , which helps improve cardiac diagnostics, has raised €3M from a syndicate of 53 business angels NGL, Lithuanian Coinvest Capital , Estonian Lemonade Stand, a business angel Rita Sakus, Poland's Simpact Ventures, the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Following this investment, Coinvest increased its stake in the company to 19.67% and remains the largest investor.

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TranferGo Lithuania will raise investment from Silicon Valley-based Hard Yaka Ventures. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. The deal has been approved by the Bank of Lithuania. Hard Yaka Ventures will indirectly acquire between 10% and 20% of the shares and voting rights in the company.

Lithuanian startup Broswarm , which develops technologies for battlefield mine detection, has raised €800K from Lithuanian fund and accelerator ScaleWolf .

The Lithuanian Business Angels Fund has invested €465K in three Lithuanian and one Norwegian startups. Other business angels were involved in these deals, but their names were not disclosed.

Apple has acquired Pixelmator , a Vilnius-based developer of image-editing applications for Mac and iPad. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval.

Lithuanian venture capital fund Orion Ventures has invested in the AI-powered Finnish market analytics solution Statzon .

Lithuanian accelerator Firstpick has invested in Finfra, founded by Latvian Reinis Simanovskis and Estonian Markus Prommik. The startup, which has developed a financial solution for underbanked companies in Southeast Asia, raised $2.5M in investments from Singapore-based Cento Ventures, US-based Accion Venture Lab, South Korea's Z Venture Capital, Silicon Valley-based Hustle Fund, and the founder of Polish fintech Avafin Matiss Ansviesulis. 

Lithuanian second-hand clothing company Vinted has raised €340M in a secondary share sale, reaching its valuation of €5Bln. The round was led by US investment firm TPG Tech Adjacencies , with participation from London-based VC Hedosophia, Edinburgh-based asset manager Baillie Gifford, New York-based VCs Invus Opportunities, FJ Labs, Manhattan Venture Partners and Moore Strategic Ventures. All of Vinted's existing institutional investors of Vinted, including EQT, Accel, Burda Principal Investments, Insight Partners, Lightspeed, Sofina, and Sprints, have remained in the company.

Lithuanian The Nter Asset Management , through its Alternative lenders and private equity fund, has acquired 80% of Lithuanian technology company Orion Leasing for €2.5M.