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HMD Global, maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, wins investment from Google, others

This significant investment with some of closest strategic partners really allows us to accelerate our journey going forward, he said in an interview.

He did not disclose the individual amounts, but said the investments from the three were each very sizeable parts of the total.

Seiche said COVID-19 had impacted sales, but demand had come back quite strongly in May and June, and the company had returned to profitability in June.

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