# Top 40 Agriculture (agtech) Startup Investors in Finland in June 2026 ## Lifeline Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. ## Nidoco - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence Nidoco AB is a Swedish investment company whose strategy is to create long-term value through active ownership of public and private companies. ## Seraphim Space - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, Information Technology, Software Seraphim Capital is dedicated to financing the growth of companies operating in the space ecosystem. They are an ambitious team with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences in Venture. Collectively they have over 100 years’ experience, investing in over 180 early and growth stage businesses, returning more than £750 million to theirshareholders.They are also fortunate to have one of the world's leading entrepreneurs and experts in Earth Observation on board. They work closely with their portfolio companies and always strive to create meaningful value and endeavour to ensure that the full value of their network and partners is utilised.The backing of leading global corporates in the Space sector and the leading Space related Governmental Agencies in the UK and Europe brings significant value. They are able to leverage their capital, industry leading knowledge and networks, creating an ecosystem that delivers real results for your business. From roots to market, sales and marketing, partnerships, follow-on capital, and M&A they can deliver value creation across the company growth cycle globally. ## VTT Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, 3D Technology VTT is a powerhouse of technology development and scientific research. Many of the most significant Finnish technology start-ups were brought to life at VTT. Do you want to invest in ongoing ventures? ## Springvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Energy The Citizenship Fund started out when the founders of the company discovered in their previous positions that a promising Finnish growth company will spend a great deal of time and energy in arranging financing. A good business idea and a team with excellent team could take months in financial negotiations and the outcome could be a return to thestart-up. At the same time, investors often wanted new types of higher potential investments alongside traditional alternatives.These two challenges were possible by removing the promising growth companies as investors, even for non-traditional venture capital investors. Citizenship wanted to create a service in which the company would be able to capitalize on business quickly and flexibly, but the decision-making business would be left to the company itself. From today's point of view, Springvest's goal is that an increasing number of Finnish investors can get involved in the story of Finnish growth companies and potential success. ## Birger Steen - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: AgTech, Farming, mHealth Birger Steen is the Thematic Partner, Tech-enabled Transformation at Summa Equity . He attended INSEAD. ## Space Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Aerospace, Space Travel, Software Space Capital is an early-stage space venture capital fund focused on unlocking the value in space technology stacks. Start to invest in the future of humanity! ## Fredrik Hjelm - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Fredrik Hjelm co-founded Voi Technology in 2018 with a vision of improving the way people move around congested urban centres by offering fleets of electric scooters as a cleaner, affordable and exhilarating alternative to cars. Prior to Voi, Fredrik founded Guestit, the Nordics’ most successful Airbnb management company, and worked in businessdevelopment for Avito.ru, Russia’s leading - and the world’s third largest – classified advertising site. Fredrik’s entrepreneurial career began at 12 years of age when he ran a number of commercial projects including forestry work (he grew up in rural Sweden), events and website sales.After graduating from high school, he attended the Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, within the intelligence branch of Sweden’s special forces, where he studied Russian and linguistics. He served a total of four years in Moscow in the Defence Attache Office, where he worked as an interpreter and analyst, covering Russia as well as Kazakhstan and Belarus. He went on to study business and economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. ## Dylan Taylor - Type: Angel - Location: Denver, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication Dylan Taylor is based out of Denver, Colorado, and is the Chief Executive Office and Chairman at Voyager Technologies. Dylan Taylor attended University of Arizona. ## Jyri Engestrom - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Internet Jyri Engeström is an Investor and Partner of Yes VC. He attended Lancaster University ## Impulse VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Advertising, Software, E-Commerce Fund for technological internet companies ## Bas Godska - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Co-Founder Netherlands for Ukraine Foundation (NL4UA.org) supporting Ukrainians affected by the war since 2022. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe." Bas' Angel Fund (>EUR 100mn AUM) ranked by PitchBook as #2 in success by IRR (2021). Top 50 SuperAngel worldwide (Arete Index, 2024-25)Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Skolkovo MSM MBA (2013), Guest lecturer Stanford IGC Exec MBAAngel investor in decacorn Miro, Harver (exit to Rubicon PE), Chocofamily, Piano. Bas' angel investments (~50) have helped founders raise over $1 billion from investors like Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, YC, and Techstars. The combined market cap of these companies, based on their latest funding rounds, is ~$20 billion. As a VC/LP Bas invested in 400+ companies including 20+ unicorns. ## Boris Kim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Agriculture Boris Kim has served as our director since May 2013 and as our chief executive officer since January 2020. He has also been served as chairman of our Board of Directors from June 2014 to January 2020. Mr. Kim is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the payment services industry. During his career, he held top roles in Russian banks.Mr. Kim is one of the co-founders of the e-port payment system and served as its Chief Executive Officer from November 2004 until September 2007 and from September 2007 until February 2010 was an advisor to the chief executive officer of e-port. From 2007 until 2012 Mr. Kim was the head of the payment networks and banking instruments committee at the Russian E-Market Participants National Association. From 2017 until 2018 Mr. Kim was an executive director at Association for Development of Financial Technologies. Mr. Kim graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1985 with a degree in chemistry, Russian Institute of Finance and Economics in 1996 with a degree in finance, Moscow State Law Academy in 2000 with a degree in law and Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2004 and in 2007 with a degree in psychology and a degree in philosophy respectively. He holds a Candidate of Sciences Degree in Chemistry (Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1989). ## Taver Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Altos Hills, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Gagarin Capital is a venture fund that invests in early stage artificial intelligence companies from around the world. ## Harry Santamaki - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Animal Feed Harry Santamaki - Venture Partner @ Voima Ventures ## Toby Redshaw - Type: Angel - Location: Montclair, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Fitness Toby Redshaw is the Chief Executive Officer at Verus Advisory. He was a CEO at Kevington Advisors. ## FOUNDER.org - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care We invest in young innovators solving important problems and help them build world changing companies. ## Business Finland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology Business Finland finances business R&D projects and public research projects at universities, research institutes and universities of applied sciences. Read more about R&D and business funding. ## A.Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, EdTech, Software A.Partners invests globally in early-stage startups. We believe that successful business models arise in different regions often simultaneously and we can leverage this phenomenon. Nonetheless, we are especially keen on emerging markets, such as LatAm, MENA, and SEA. ## Heino Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Fruit, Gaming Heino Group is a food and drink industry company that has grown into an active entrepreneur, investor, owner, and supporter of foodtech companies. ## DNX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work. ## FV Group Holding AB - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage FV Group Holding AB is owned by Swedish Rolf Karlsson, the man behind the national taxi organization Fågelviks Group. ## CapMan - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing CapMan is a leading Nordic private assets management and investment company. They have built value in unlisted businesses, real estate and infrastructure for 30 years. They serve investors in the private assets class on a broad scale. Their roots are Nordic but their handprint and their networks are international.At CapMan, they build betterorganised, managed, and financially stable companies, because this contributes to overall economic well-being. More jobs and innovations equal better conditions for the society. Similarly, they invest in real estate and infrastructure, because they believe that functional high-quality environments and utilities are cornerstones for functioning societies. ## Reynir Indahl - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Agriculture Reynir is the Managing Partner of Summa Equity.Previously, he was Partner of Altor Equity Partners where he joined at inception in 2003. Prior to this, he was CEO of Ignis Photonyx, Investment Director with Kistefos Venture Capital, and Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company. Reynir holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. inEconomics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.Reynir is a board member of eGain and Sortera.Reynir is the Managing Partner of Summa Equity.Previously, he was Partner of Altor Equity Partners where he joined at inception in 2003. Prior to this, he was CEO of Ignis Photonyx, Investment Director with Kistefos Venture Capital, and Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company. Reynir holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.Reynir is a board member of eGain and Sortera. ## Tesi - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is a government-owned investment company. It invests the proceeds accrued from the privatisation of state-owned companies in stimulating the growth and internationalisation of Finnish businesses.Finnish Industry Investment invests in venture capital funds and directly in growth companies, together with privateco-investors. The targets are in all sectors. Capital investments are needed for financing the growth of investee companies, and for spin-offs, major industrial investments, and sector and corporate restructurings.The investments of Finnish Industry Investment amount to over MEUR 570 ## Draper Associates - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul. ## Vinci - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, AgTech Vinci manages venture capital funds. which invests in research and development projects at early stages of development. ## True Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on early stage technology startups. We invest in brilliant people who bring ideas that matter to life. ## Nordic Foodtech VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Life Science, Water We are investing in #FutureFood. Nordic FoodTech VC is the first fund in the Nordics investing explicitly in the future of food ## Demeter Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Information Technology Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the ecological transition. We invest from €1m to €30m to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects. ## Starlight Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Energy, Health Care Starlight is a venture capital firm for founders addressing the world’s most pressing challenges & opportunities. We partner early with unstoppable entrepreneurs leveraging breakthrough science and technology to pursue progress at scale in four main areas: the energy transition, industrializing synthetic biology, space technology, and novelcomputing & communications platforms.Starlight was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. ## Sparbanken Miljö - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage Sparbanken Miljö fund's investments can be roughly divided into four different asset classes: capital investments, ie direct investment in companies or projects, direct investments in listed shares, investments in equity funds , fixed-income investments. The goal is for approximately a quarter of the fund's assets to be invested inprojects that have a clear environmental theme, e.g. to build a wind farm. In the choice of the fund's direct equity investments, it is taken into account that part of the company's turnover must come from activities that benefit the environment. Other environmental criteria have also been set for the companies. ## Innovestor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing Innovestor is an active Finnish investment manager, focusing on venture capital, real estate, and energy storage. We also offer corporate venturing services. ## Veritas Finland - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage Veritas is an entrepreneur’s pension insurer, with a human touch. ## Taaleri Bioindustry - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Chemical, Forestry, Construction We at Taaleri Bioindustry systematically invest in the development and production of resource-efficient and sustainable materials on an industrial scale. ## Ålands Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag, - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage Ålands Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag (Åland's Mutual Insurance Company) is an Åland-based non-life insurance company. ## Turret Oy - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Renewable Energy Turret Oy is an investment vehicle controlled by Paul Ehrnrooth ## VP Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Goirle, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Fashion, Chemical, Delivery At VP Capital, we invest with one thing in mind: driving a positive impact. Learn more about how we deploy our assets for sustainable progress. ## Jukka Sonninen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Forestry, Software Aito’s Chairman of the Board. Jukka has worked over 20 years in different management positions within the IT- industry. He has been the founding member and CEO of SAP Finland and now sits at the boards of several companies such as Solteq. He has also supported the Finnish software company Basware and Endero in their international growth andlisting on the stock exchange. Now, he primarily works as the CEO and board member of Fifth Element Oy. ## Takeoff Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, CRM, Sales Takeoff Partners are experienced growth advisors and private investors.