{"city":"Helsinki","name":"Verda","slug":"verda","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"ownership_change","value":"Ruben Bryon","source":"DataCrunch"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"product_launch","value":"Full-stack AI cloud with NVIDIA GPU instances, InfiniBand clusters, serverless containers, and storage services","source":"DataCrunch"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"revenue","value":"USD 100000000","source":"DataCrunch"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"headcount","value":"200","source":"DataCrunch"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"senior_hire","value":"Mikko Einiö appointed chief financial officer","source":"DataCrunch"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"NIB joined Verda’s financial backers","source":"DataCrunch"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":null,"aliases":["DataCrunch Oy","DataCrunch.io","DataCrunch"],"country":"Finland","domains":[{"why":"Verda operates a full-stack AI cloud offering NVIDIA GPU instances, InfiniBand clusters, serverless containers, and storage services. This makes it a neocloud and GPU-cloud infrastructure provider.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":74,"domain":"AI Core","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":6,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":4,"technology":6},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-22","header":"Verda raises €164 million to scale its full-stack AI cloud","outlet":"EU-Startups"},{"date":"2026-09-22","header":"Verda raises €164.8 million to scale full-stack AI cloud and achieves unicorn status","outlet":"EU-Startups"},{"date":"2026-09-22","header":"Verda raises $189 million Series B to expand AI cloud compute capacity","outlet":"Tech.eu"},{"date":"2026-09-22","header":"Verda secures billions to build massive data center in Sundsvall","outlet":"Breakit"},{"date":"2026-09-22","header":"Finnish company reaches unicorn status and secures land for massive data center in Sundsvall","outlet":"Breakit"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Verda is SOC 2 Type II compliant.","outlet":"DataCrunch"}],"website":"verda.com","category":"AI Infra · Compute demand & operators","categories":[{"name":"Neoclouds & GPU clouds","domain":"AI Core","parent":"AI Infra · Compute demand & operators"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-30T16:16:51.578+00:00","facts_total":16,"positioning":"DataCrunch rebranded to Verda in November 2025 to signal a shift from self-serve GPU rental to vertically integrated infrastructure. The vertical integration is the differentiator: unlike neoclouds that rent GPU capacity and resell it with a software layer, Verda owns its servers, data centres, networking and developer tooling. Its Finland and Iceland sites run on 100 percent renewable energy with natural cooling, and waste heat from liquid-cooled racks feeds Nordic district heating networks supporting up to 15,000 homes, a structural siting advantage US markets cannot easily replicate. It is one of a small group of NVIDIA Preferred Partners and an Arm AGI CPU launch partner. The number that separates it from most European neoclouds: annualised revenue run rate doubled to over USD 60 million in Q1 2026 and the business is cash-flow positive. It raised USD 117 million in April 2026, equity led by Lifeline Ventures with byFounders, Tesi and Varma, plus Nordic debt, taking total raised to roughly USD 170 to 200 million. Position scores 4 because profitability at this stage is genuinely rare in the segment; it remains a fraction of CoreWeave scale.","sub_category":"Neoclouds & GPU clouds","signals_total":33,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/verda","title":"Verda · ai core, Helsinki, Finland · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Verda operates a full-stack AI cloud offering NVIDIA GPU instances, InfiniBand clusters, serverless containers, and storage services. This makes it a neocloud and GPU-cloud infrastructure provider. AI Core watchlist (score 74) 33 signals and 16 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}