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Verda
European AI cloud infrastructure on renewable energy
About Verda
Verda (formerly DataCrunch) is a Helsinki-based AI cloud infrastructure company that develops and operates a full-stack AI cloud—from physical data centres and hardware through its cloud platform and AI research—providing on-demand and reserved GPU instances, serverless containers and managed inference on vertically integrated European infrastructure powered by renewable energy. Founded in 2020 and led by CEO Ruben Bryon, Verda serves AI and software teams that need self-service compute without long sales cycles; it is an NVIDIA Preferred Partner and has opened offices in London and San Francisco alongside European, US and Asian operations. After a $117 million financing in April 2026 (equity led by Lifeline Ventures with byFounders, Tesi, Varma and others, plus Nordic debt), in September 2026 Verda raised an oversubscribed $189 million Series B led by Emergence Capital, with MUFG Innovation Partners, Supermicro, Varma, Lifeline Ventures, 6 Degrees Capital, byFounders, Tesi and angels including Ola Tørudbakken and Mark Saroufim, bringing total funding to more than $450 million and a valuation above $1 billion. The company reported a $165 million annualised revenue run rate in July 2026 and will use the Series B to multiply compute capacity, deepen inference and platform services, and expand internationally. Sources: Tech.eu 22 Sep 2026; Startup.eu Sep 2026.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- Helsinki, Finland
- Employees
- 20
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 62.1/100
- Industry
- Hosting
- Sector
- Hosting, GPS, Core AI, Data Centers, AI Computing Infrastructure, slush24, slush23, slush22
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEBTDebt | Apr 2026 | $55M | — | Undisclosed | ↗ |
| LATE VCOther financing | Apr 2026 | $55M | $220M | byFounders · TeSi · Varma · Lifeline Ventures | ↗ |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Verda is 170K monthly website visits, up 54.5% over the last three months. Verda's team declined 37.5% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
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Seed6 investors entered at this stage
byFounders
Nordea Bank
LocalTapiola Pohjoinen Mutual Insurance Company
J12 Ventures
Oskari Saarenmaa
Tuomo Riekki
Series A3 investors entered at this stage
Skaala
Varma
Tesi
Series B and later4 investors entered at this stage
Norion Bank
Danske Bank
Armada Credit Partners
Lifeline Ventures
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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