Techcrunch: Gaming startup Supercell is closing a round above $100M at valuation around $800M

Supercell, the Clash of Clans and Hay Day developer, is in the middle of raising more than $100 million in a funding round, according to TechCrunch. The Company also boasts a valuation of $800 million. Clash of Clans and Hay Day generate around a combined $1.3 million per day.

Details of the deal suggest that Supercell has sold between 15 and 20 percent of the company for between $120 million and $160 million. Institutional Venture Partners, Atomico and Index Ventures are the new investors.

Supercell is a mobile gaming company from the city of Helsinki, Finland. Rovio, the Angry Birds developer, is located in the Helsinki metropolitan area as well.

Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators - Tortured Soul

Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators released their sophomore effort, "Tortured Soul" on Helsinki-based Timmion Records in early 2013. The album was first released in Finland & France, followed next month by the rest of the Europe. “Tortured Soul” is Ms. Willis’ fourth album, her second with The Soul Investigators. The band’s signature sound is clearly audible, but the new album also introduces a harder Rhythm & Blues edge.

Live on stage:
Tavastia-klubi, Helsinki
Fri 12.04.2013
20:00-02:00
Tickets at the door 17 €, if any left

Drawing in the Flesh

Drawing in the Flesh goes deep into Finnish art of drawing from the perspectives of contemporary art and art history.

The exhibition consists of drawings made with different techniques by 16 contemporary artists. The artists of the exhibition are Markku Hakuri, Petri Hytönen & team, Mikko Ijäs, Mika Karhu, Elina Merenmies, Teemu Mäki & collective, Jarmo Mäkilä, Stiina Saaristo, Juha Sääski, Anna Tahkola, Anne Törmä & Kari Vehosalo, Anssi Törrönen, Laura Ukkonen, Jan Kenneth Weckman, and Henry Wuorila-Stenberg.

In addition, on exhibit are animations by students of Lahti University of Applied Sciences' Institute of Design and Fine Arts and by students of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

The exhibition outlines the history of drawing with the help of, among other things, Finnish 19th-century artists' drafts, caricatures, and hand-drawn maps. The Drawing in the Flesh exhibition is complemented by mini exhibitions of drawings with different themes, taken from Vantaa Art Museum's collections.

More info:
Vantaa Art Museum
Myyrmäkitalo
Paalutori 3
01600 Vantaa
Finland
www.vantaa.fi/taidemuseo 
Tickets: Free admission

Sin Cos Tan

SIN COS TAN is the new band of producer/DJ/composer Jori Hulkkonen and VILLA NAH’s singer/songwriter Juho Paalosmaa. Having worked together previously on VILLA NAH’s superb debut album ‘Origin’ and on the track ‘Re: Last Year’ from Hulkkonen’s own ‘Man From Earth’ solo record, a further artistic union was almost inevitable. They made their live debut at Helsinki’s Flow Festival on summer 2012.

Forthcoming debut album out worldwide on November 22nd 2012.

More info: www.solinarecords.com

49 999 by Sampsa @ Makasiini L3

Sampsa is the working name of an underground Finnish street artist, whose highly political work is premised on the conviction that art can change the world.

Sampsa
Makasiini L3 (Tyynenmerenkatu 6)
28.11.–9.12.2012
Open 29.11.-9.12. 12.00-18.00, closed Mon 3.12.
Free entrance

More info: www.lenspolitica.net

Tinariwen (live) @ Korjaamo, Helsinki

Tinariwen, is a band of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed around 1979 in refugee camps in Libya but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s. Now they are gonna perform in Helsinki, Finland.

Tinariwen (MLI)
Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, vaunusali, Helsinki
Mon 05.11.2012
19:00-00:00
Price 33-36 Eur
Tickets from the door 35-39 €, if any left.

Check showtimes: www.korjaamo.fi

Destroyer (live) @ Tavastia-klubi, Helsinki

Destroyer (CAN)
Tavastia-klubi, Helsinki
Sun 25.11.2012
20:00-01:00
Price 23 eur
Tickets from the door 25 eur.

Koti6 -Hollilla

Koti6 from Helsinki is a joint project of a beatmaker and record collector. The band makes eclectic instrumental music with hip hop flavor.

More info: www.soundcloud.com/koti6

Helsinkistreet.fi

Image by Sami Kero.
Finnish professional photographers exploring the city of Helsinki.
www.helsinkistreet.fi

URB 12: The festival of urban art

World Political City Walk (Friday August 3 at 5pm, in English)
Street art project by Timofey Radya (Friday and Saturday August 3-4)
Football Opera (Friday-Sunday August 3-5)
More info: URB 12