Top 35 Automotive Startup Investors in Finland (July 2026)
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Business Finland
VC Fund
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8 | Finland, United States, United Kingdom | Grant, Seed, Debt Financing | Software, Biotechnology, SaaS | $53k–$10M |
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VTT Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Finland | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Sensor | $460k–$13M |
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Conor Venture Partners
VC Fund
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5 | Finland, United States, Sweden | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Analytics, Semiconductor | $1.1M–$16M |
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Finnvera Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Finland, United States, Chile | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $250k–$22M |
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Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
VC Fund
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3 | Finland | Grant | SaaS, FinTech, Lighting | $33k–$7.4M |
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Nordea
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Sweden, Norway | Debt Financing, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | |
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Maki.vc
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Norway, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $900k–$37M |
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Tesi
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, United States, Switzerland | Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $2.2M–$41M |
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Leaguer Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, Finland | Series A, Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Butterfly Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Sweden, Norway | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $110k–$4.3M |
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Inventure
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Sweden, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $549k–$25M |
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Innovestor
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Sweden, Denmark | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $204k–$4.5M |
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Risto Siilasmaa
Angel
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2 | Finland, Sweden, Estonia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $228k–$29M |
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Jerry Pruttz Holding Ab
VC Fund
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2 | Finland | Seed | Video, Database, Internet | $165k–$219k |
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Forvia
VC Fund
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2 | France, United States, Finland | Series A, Corporate Round | Automotive, Software, Electronics | $4.6M–$25M |
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Ali Omar
Angel
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2 | Finland, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $53k–$2.1M |
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NordicNinja VC
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Finland, Estonia | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.3M–$62M |
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DENSO Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Finland | Series A, Series D | Software, Automotive, Electric Vehicle | |
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Ascend Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Israel, Austria | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Medical Device, Software | $1.5M–$12M |
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Pontos Group
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Genetics, Hospital, Automotive | ||
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ETF Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, France, Germany | Series A, Series B | Software, Renewable Energy, Information Technology | $3.9M–$34M |
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European Investment Bank
VC Fund
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1 | France, Germany, The Netherlands | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Biotechnology, Health Care, Energy | $7.7M–$658M |
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Nexit Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, United States, Sweden | Series B, Series A | Software, Mobile, Advertising | $3.1M–$16M |
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Sidekick Simo Oy
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Video, Database, Automotive | |
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Gorilla Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Sweden, Estonia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $149k–$5M |
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Icebreaker.vc
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Sweden, Estonia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $106k–$25M |
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Pluupi Ventures Oy - Seppo Kolari
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Video, Database, Automotive | |
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Kyocera
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series B, Corporate Round | Software, Internet of Things, Energy | $5.1M–$1.7B |
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Kaj Hagros
Angel
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1 | Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | SaaS, Local, Travel | $274k–$838k |
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ELY Center
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Grant, Debt Financing | Lighting, Automotive, Electronics | $30k–$91k |
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CIP Consulting Oy
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Video, Database, Automotive | |
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Voland Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Series A | Information Technology, Software, Marketing | |
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Dawn Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Denmark | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $3M–$180M |
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Infosto
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Series A, Series B, Series C | Sensor, Organic, Automotive | |
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ITOCHU Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Internet, Software, Financial Services | $4M–$269M |
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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.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 214
- Round size: Seed $297k–$3.5M; Grant $53k–$10M; Debt Financing $241k–$5.8M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Skyfora — Skyfora delivers sub-kilometer insights, nowcasts, and probabilistic forecasts so your teams can plan with confidence, no matter the weather.
- Rotomate — Turn machine data into clear maintenance decisions, at scale. Rotomate's AI Engineer monitors every asset so your team knows what to act on.
- Raisio plc — Raisio plc develops, manufactures, and markets foods, functional food ingredients, and animal feeds in Finland, Great Britain, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Brands and Raisioagro. It offers snacks and cereals products, such as oat flakes, instant porridges, and snack biscuits and drinks under the Elovenabrand name; cereal bars under the Harvest Cheweee brand; sugar puffs under the Honey Monster brand name; flakes and porridges under the Nalle brand; grain-based products under the Nordic brand.
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?
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Sensor
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $460k–$6M; Series A $1.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dispelix — See-through, full color waveguide combiners for a wide range of XR applications. From near-eye to head-up.
- Solar Foods — Solar Foods is a food-tech startup that specializes in testing a technology that uses electricity to produce hydrogen which is combined with carbon dioxide, water, vitamins, and minerals to feed and grow microbial biomass that can be used as edible protein. The industrial biotech startup develops a protein called Solein, a nutritious, sustainablesubstitute for animal-derived proteins. Solein is created using elements from the air—CO2, water, nitrogen—and electricity. This single-cell protein is cultivated through gas fermentation, essentially deriving edible calories from hydrogen-oxidizing microbes.
- Infinited Fiber Company — Infinited Fiber Company is a Finnish biotech founded in 2016 to commercialize a breakthrough recycling technology that can turn cellulose-rich raw materials – like cotton-rich textile waste, used cardboard, or wheat or rice straw – into high-quality textile fibers with the look and feel of cotton. The patented technology has been validated byleading brands and is ready to be scaled. Infinited Fiber Company won the Europas 2020 Hottest Sustainability Tech Award, and was listed on the Global 50 to Watch by Cleantech Group in 2019. In 2016 Infinited Fiber Company was selected into WWF’s Climate Solver network. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
Conor Venture Partners is a new breed technology venture capital fund and management company. Conor invests in early-stage companies originating from Nordic and Baltic countries. Investment areas include information and communications technology, embedded software, semiconductor technology, electronics, new materials and optics.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, Semiconductor
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Finland, United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.3M; Series A $3.9M–$8.8M; Series B $2.4M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- Blackwood Seven — Blackwood Seven is a media analytics platform which strives to increase the effect of company’s media spend using our predictive analytics framework built on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Using real-time modelling and advanced KPI prediction we are able to increase a company’s media ROI by up to 15-25%.
- Verto Analytics — Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com.
- Aito Technologies — We are a world leader in Customer Experience Analytics for mobile operators. Aito provides better understanding and management the entire customer life cycle helping them identify key relationships and the context between business drivers, customer segments, networks, services, and devices, throughout the customer life cycle.
Finnvera makes direct investments in early-stage enterprises through Seed Fund Vera Ltd. Finnvera's goal is to cover shortcomings existing on the market between product development funding and private equity investments. Finnvera does not compete with private financiers; instead, it strives to supplement the financial market.Finnvera'sinvestments enable, start and accelerate growth and internationalisation among investment targets. Enterprises are developed to make them attractive targets for further financing by other investors and industrial actors. Investments are made in technology enterprises at an early stage and in technology-intensive or innovative service enterprises that have potential for developing into international growth enterprises.Finnvera is also known as a specialised financing company owned by the State of Finland. It provides its clients with loans, guarantees, venture capital investments and export credit guarantees.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, United States, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 94
- Round size: Seed $250k–$2.3M; Series A $1.7M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ARAUCO — ARAUCO is a diversified global company in the forestry industry. They use world-class technologies and processes throughout the value chain. They are present in the forestry, pulp, timber, panels and renewable energy businesses.
- Volare — Refining food industry side streams into sustainable protein, oil and fertilizers.
- CHAOS — CHAOS is an urban forecasting company for real estate investors and city developers. Our AI platform processes urban data and crowd insights to forecast investment and development for creating liveable cities.
The Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres) are responsible for the regional implementation and development tasks of the central government.Finland has a total of 15 ELY Centres, which are tasked with promoting regional competitiveness, well-being and sustainable development and curbing climate change.ELY Centres have three areas of responsibility:- Business and industry, labour force, competence and cultural activities.- Transport and infrastructure.- Environment and natural resources.
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- Industry: SaaS, FinTech, Lighting
- Stage:Grant
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Grant $33k–$7.4M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AISTI — AISTI develops wood fiber-based acoustic tiles that are carbon negative, easy to recycle and plastic-free – bringing sustainability to construction tile by tile.
- TactoTek — Set your imagination free and create user experiences with the help of sustainable smart molded structures.
- Palofy Analytics Oy — Palofy Analytics is a customer loyalty partner and Worldline ISO for SME's. We are developing analysis and forecasting tools that help merchants to get more sales and predict staffing needs. This also enables getting accurate analysis and predictions on channel, store, product group, or product level.Our licenced technology leveragesexisting payment cards as customer loyalty cards, reducing customer friction and removing work overhead from staff.Service areas: • Restaurant and hospitality • RetailPalofy Analytics is an Independent Sales Organization (ISO) for Europe's largest payment acquirer Worldline and multiple SaaS and Fintech companies. Our Alfa Rating is AA
Nordea Bank is Denmark's second-largest bank and counts every fourth Dane among its customers. Through their nationwide network of some 340 branch offices and a broad range of self-service facilities, they are able to offer you a full scale of financial products and services, including Netbank, Online Investment, telephone banking and cashdispensers.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tibber — Tibber is a digital electricity supplier that offers smart solutions to minimize their customers’ consumption and costs. Its vision is to make sustainable energy consumption simple and affordable for all households. Tibber's mission is to reduce the residential electricity consumption for European households by 20 %. Founded in Norway andSweden in 2016, the company has expanded its offer to Sweden and Germany where it powers hundreds of thousands of homes. Tibber replaces traditional utilities with smart technology, supplying its customers with renewable energy at fair and transparent prices. In addition, its app provides real-time analytics into energy usage, and pairs with a variety of smart home devices to reduce electricity consumption at home. The company sells tech-gadgets in their online store and recently was licensed to balance the main power grid in Sweden with EVs.
- Statzon — Make data-driven plans & faster decisions with a simple access to +1M datasets & market reports about 8,000 topics from +200 trusted data providers.
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
We partner with deep tech and brand-driven companies obsessed in challenging category norms. The Nordics are our home, but we take on a global front in spotting the unexpected - from B2B to B2C, with a sweet spot for scientific advances, strong IP, and customer understanding that looks beyond convention.We invest in early stage companies: fromtheir inception to series A and beyond. We share in the vision of founders as champions and challengers, drawing on our experiences from scaling some of the strongest tech companies ourselves.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Norway, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $900k–$8M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$2.7M; Series A $3.3M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Disior — At Disior, we build software to measure and model tissue structures in CT- and MRI-images for better diagnosis and treatment planning.Our solutions are for clinical use. They enable fast, accurate and reproducible measuring for diagnostics and patient-specific, optimized treatment planning. Based on mathematical modelling, Disior algorithmsextract the correct shape or structure from the medical image. This way, the software is not dependent on finding familiar structures or comparing something to reference data. We combine engineering and R&D talent with medical and biotechnology professionals. Our team brings together decades of experience in creating world’s best simulation and modelling systems from smartphone R&D; clinicians and researchers in maxillofacial and orthopedics; and technology innovation and commercialization.For demo, pilots and research projects, please contact Anna-Maria Henell, CEO: +358 50 483 6433 / anna-maria (at) disior.com
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- K Line Europe — Clear Aligner solutions made in Germany for dentists, orthodontists and laboratories.
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
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Finland, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$41M; Series B $3.1M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
- Vexlum —
- Wirepas — Wirepas offers a standards-based, ultra-reliable mesh connectivity for infrastructure-grade IoT. Proven in millions of devices worldwide.
Shenzhen Leaguer Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a high-tech venture capital company founded by Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen (RITS) in August 1999. Its current registered capital is RMB 333.3333 million, managing assets amounted to RMB 1.5 billion. With solid capital strength, rich experience of investment and flexiblemechanism, Leaguer VC has invested more than 50 portfolio companies, ranging from IT, new material, medicine, electronics to optomechatronics and hi-tech incubators, etc. The average IRR for the current investments exceeds 30%. Leaguer VC has successfully finished its fund-raising of RMB 160 million in 2009 and set up fund management companies and venture capital companies located in Changzhou and Wuxi.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: China, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Wuwen Zhike — Wuwen Zhixing is an intelligent driving service provider dedicated to offering professional and cutting-edge integrated solutions for AI data and simulation verification, as well as developing AI data infrastructure and accelerators.
- Lingxin Qiaoshou — Lingxin Qiaoshou focuses on the research and development and production of embodied intelligent platforms with "dexterous hands + cloud-based intelligent brain" as the core.
- Qiu Shui Semiconductor — Qiu Shui Semiconductor is a semiconductor company that specialized on Micro-LED display technology.Qiu Shui Semiconductor's core products are Micro-LED micro display chips and modules, which are widely utilized in digital car lighting, micro projection, and augmented reality displays.
Butterfly Ventures is a seed-stage focused VC in the Nordics, investing in deep tech, hardware, and hardware interfacing software. The company prefers to get involved with companies early on; 80% of Butterfly Ventures portfolio companies don't have any revenue at the time of their entry. Butterfly Ventures was founded in 2012 and ever sincethen it has been one of the most active early stage VCs in the region. The company has offices in Oulu, Helsinki and Stockholm.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $373k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $110k–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zenniz — Zenniz is an ITF approved game tracking solution that provides real-time info, such as automated line calling, stroke and serve speeds, shot charts, match statistics and more. Players and coaches at all levels can use Zenniz on and off the court to help improve their game. For tennis clubs, Zenniz is an easy and cost-effective way to upgrade to thenext level. Due to a new, innovative sensor technology, they’ve been able to keep the cost to a minimum, making Zenniz accessible for all clubs, coaches and players.
- CooliBlade — Superior power electronics cooling solutions for applications like solar and wind energy, energy storage, EV charging and telecommunications.
- Polar Light Technologies — Polar Light Technologies focuses on developing the next generation of Nano and micro LED technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 172
- Round size: Seed $549k–$5.9M; Series A $1.3M–$17M; Series B $1.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $169M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Finch — Optimize building design with AI and graph technology. Get immediate feedback on performance, detect errors and find optimal solutions.
- ONEiO — ONEiO is a cloud-native integration service provider connecting people, processes, and tools – enabling seamless collaboration without traditional integration hassle. Provided as a turn-key solution, as self-service, or something in between. You choose.
- Valuebeat — Grow your culture. Backed by data. Platypus is the HR and recruitment tool that measures cultural drivers of people across the organization to help you qualify decisions on hiring and managing your culture.
Innovestor is an active Finnish investment manager, focusing on venture capital, real estate, and energy storage. We also offer corporate venturing services.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $478k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $204k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Jaakko.com — Reinventing the housing market with no agents, more homes, and less fees.
- Retailgrid — Retailgrid is an AI-powered retail workspace that enables pricing, merchandising, and commercial teams to analyze data, run simulations, and make decisions in real time. Combining a flexible spreadsheet-like interface with AI agents, RetailGrid replaces fragmented tools and manual workflows with a single system for pricing optimization, promotionplanning, and assortment decisions. The platform connects to product, sales, and competitor data, automatically generates insights, and allows teams to test scenarios and deploy decisions at scale. RetailGrid is built for data-driven retailers looking to move faster and operate with the efficiency of top-tier consulting, without the cost or complexity.
- Bahn Express — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.
Risto Siilasmaa is based out of Helsinki, Southern Finland and is the Board of Direcctor of Donut Lab. He previously worked as Founder of F-Secure. Risto Siilasmaa attended Aalto University.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$29M; Pre-Seed $228k–$393k; Series A $1.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inven — Save time by using AI to find companies. Inven scans millions of websites to provide comprehensive data on companies similar to your search criteria.
- Donut Lab — Redefining Electric Mobility Across All Industries. World's First Complete Electric Vehicle (EV) Hardware Platform With Unified Software.
- The Upright Project — Upright enables smarter decision-making for investors, companies and governments by quantifying the net impact of companies.
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- Industry: Video, Database, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $165k–$219k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grumblo — Welcome to the Grumblo Shop! We offer motorsport fans automotive-themed merch and other accessories. Shop now and become a part of the Grumblo community!
- Klevu — Klevu Oy is a self-learning search engine that helps online retailers turn visitors into customers. Its search for SMEs focuses on fast, relevant search with actionable insights into shoppers’ search and easy self-service integration.Klevu Oy’s enterprise edition provides natural language search with ease of catalog maintenance and insights intoshopping experience. It is based in Helsinki, Southern Finland.
FORVIA is a leading technology supplier in the automotive industry. We are a global tech company, placing Sustainability at the heart of our activities and relying on our people to address the challenges of our industry.
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- Industry: Automotive, Software, Electronics
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: France, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Series A $4.6M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Canatu Plc — We create the most advanced carbon nanotubes for industry-transforming products. Discover more!
- Outsight — Defeat the complexity of working with 3D Data thanks to the first LiDAR pre-processor.
- Moovency — Moovency is a startup specialized in quantifying the risks of musculoskeletal disorders in an industrial environment. The company's software connects to camera feeds in work environments such as manufacturing and construction to gauge the potential physical strain on workforces, enabling employers to analyse and measure human movemen
Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Finland, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $263k–$2.1M; Angel $53k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $163k–$724k
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MÖ Foods — MÖ Kaurajogu is domestic, completely herbal and above all delicious. All our products are manufactured in Central Ostrobothnia, Lohtaja.
- React & Share — High volume, high quality feedback directly from your customers. React & Share helps digital comms teams improve their websites and satisfy their customers.
- Plain Complex — VUOROX IS AN AI-POWERED ROSTER SCHEDULING APP FOR HEALTHCARE
NordicNinja VC invests in startups in the Nordic-Baltic region.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Sweden, Finland, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$12M; Series A $4.4M–$30M; Series B $15M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Veriff — Highly automated identity verification software from Veriff. We help you build trust and transparency online.
- Pactum — Pactum autonomous negotiations help companies unlock hidden value. Our AI negotiates non-strategic supplier contracts on a massive scale.
- VOI Technology — VOI is a micro-mobility startup that provides electric scooters for last-mile transportation. Douglas Stark, Filip Lindvall, and Fredrik Hjelm founded it in 2018. Its headquarters is located in Stockholm in Sweden.VOI Technology is aiming to create a system of electrically powered scooters around urban centers to provide an affordable,sustainable, and exhilarating way to commute while helping people to reduce their carbon footprint and cities to have a more sustainable transportation network.
DENSO Corp., headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Its customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiariesand affiliates in 38 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs more than 150,000 people. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, totaled US$40.4 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges.
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- Industry: Software, Automotive, Electric Vehicle
- Stage:Series A, Series D
- Geography: United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Canatu Plc — We create the most advanced carbon nanotubes for industry-transforming products. Discover more!
- Airbiquity — Airbiquity is a global leader in connected cars, OTA updates, vehicle tracking systems and automotive telematics. With more than seven million connected vehicles on the road, specializing in vehicle telematics, including fleet tracking systems and connected vehicle services. Airbiquity's Choreo platform manages millions of transactions each day across its infrastructure, and Airbiquity has conducted more than five million OTA updates to date.
- Envoy Technologies — Envoy is an electric car sharing service offering affordable, convenient and sustainable transportation options by offering Mobility as an Amenity where you live, work, or stay. Headquartered in Los Angeles.
Founded by two Wall Street professionals in 2002 with the goal of making companies successful by helping them raise capital and improve their management standards. This was done by taking an active role in running these companies (at the Board level and operationally) and helping to secure strategic partnerships.Over USD 100 million in assetsgenerated from successful investments in China, and more recently in Europe. All invested funds come from our partners; no 3rd party money is managed. Since the partners are investing their own capital, they are dedicated to making their investments successful.Led by Monita Mo, one of the founders and a serial entrepreneur. Our partners have decades of experience across a wide range of industries and geographical regions. All investment partners have done business in Asia and bring an extensive network of contacts for our investments. Additionally, they have started, managed, and sold businesses and understand the challenges involved.See the need to share more developed technology to other markets, especially in China, where growth opportunities may be greater. That is why we are currently focusing on companies in Europe and other developed markets that have unique technologies that can be commercialized in their home markets, Asia, and the US.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Finland, Israel, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.3M; Series A $2.2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DriveU.auto — Transform existing terminal tractors into autonomous vehicles. Fast ROI. Continuous operation in mixed traffic.
- Pionix — open source software as a service for charging stations / e-mobility
- piur imaging — PIUR´s tomographic ultrasound solutions turn any standard ultrasound system into a tomographic 3D imaging device, bridging the gap between 2D ultrasound and regular tomographic imaging modalities. With any conventional 2D ultrasound transducer, high-resolution tomographic images can be generated and stored as quantifiable volumes, enabling true AIpost-processing for efficient diagnostics. Current focus is on thyroid imaging where AI algorithms allow doctors a fast and objective analysis and classification of thyroid nodules.
Pontos is a family owned Finnish private equity and real estate investment company operating in Finland, the Baltic States, and Portugal.
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- Industry: Genetics, Hospital, Automotive
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- R8tech — R8 Jenny is AI HVAC technology for commercial real estate. It helps you achieve ESG goals while saving up to 30% in energy costs!
- Valmet Automotive — Valmet Automotive, a Uusikaupunki, Finland-based electric vehicle developer and manufacturer. Valmet Automotive provides engineering, manufacturing and business services for the automotive industry. In 2009, the company generated net sales of €56m and employed some 800 people. It manufactures Porsche Cayman sports cars, electric Garia golf carsand THINK City urban cars in Uusikaupunki, Finland. Cuca
- Blueprint Genetics — We offer complete genetic testing and genetic diagnostics to medical professionals worldwide. Learn more about our winning clinical-grade NGS offering!
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Browse database — It's Free!ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience. Its funds come from institutional investors, global corporations, and family offices. The firm creates value by investing in and supporting great European companies that deliver Sustainability Through Innovation.
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- Industry: Software, Renewable Energy, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Series A $3.9M–$16M; Series B $5.5M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $303M in 2024
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- QuantWare — QuantWare designs, develops and fabricates state-of-the-art superconducting Quantum Hardware with excellent specs, and good service.
- Modo Energy — Energy market data, benchmarking, and projections. All in one place and backed by Modo Energy insights.
- Dexter Energy Services — Dexter helps asset-backed renewable traders maximize profits through accurate forecasts and price insights, day-ahead to real time.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) offers lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily within the European Union. It provides project loans for public and private sectors, loans to banks and intermediaries, structured finance products, guarantees, and securitization instruments for debts. Additionally, EIB offers equity and fund investmentproducts, including infrastructure and environmental funds, as well as venture capital funds. EIB also supports microfinance and risk-sharing finance for research and innovation, and provides technical expertise for sustainable energy projects. Its services include infrastructure advisory, urban development support, guarantees for transport infrastructure, and funding for public-private partnerships and small- to medium-sized enterprises. The bank serves various sectors, including transportation, energy, health, education, and agriculture.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: France, Germany, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 294
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $7.7M–$658M; Debt Financing $13M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IPT PowerTech — IPT PowerTech coverage, coupled with our extensive expertise in supply chain management, field implementation, and power systems, has made us one of the most capable companies in handling the most complicated and versatile projects in the MEA region and its neighboring countries.
- Interconnect Malta — Interconnect Malta is a government organization that develops and implements energy infrastructure projects.
- NVision Imaging Technologies — NVision Imaging Technologies is leveraging advances in quantum physics to enable the first routine, convenient and affordable use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for assessing early patient response to cancer treatment at the metabolic level.
Venture Capital focused on digital disruption. Home bases in the Nordic countries and Silicon Valley. Investing in disruptive and scalable Nordic companies.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Advertising
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Finland, United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Series A $3.3M–$7.4M; Series B $3.1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aino Health AB (publ) — Aino Health is the leading solution provider in Corporate Health Management and we are, for private and public organisations, what doctors are for people.
- Boksi — Influencer marketing campaigns. Custom brand photos and videos with full usage rights. Over 10,000 amazing creators. All on one easy-to-use platform.
- HDmessaging — We are the backbone for text 2.0. Our free, fully featured API and open source clients provide everything developers need to build killer group messaging apps.We're powering a revolution in text messaging- Group conversations- Photo + media sharing- Location sharing- Facebook, Twitter integration- SMS integration &connectivityWe provide a free API to anyone who wants to add group messaging to their service or application. Mobile device OEMs, network operators and app developers are all using the API today to build white label messaging services.
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- Industry: Video, Database, Automotive
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grumblo — Welcome to the Grumblo Shop! We offer motorsport fans automotive-themed merch and other accessories. Shop now and become a part of the Grumblo community!
Gorilla Capital helps ambitious startups grow with smart funding and support. Discover how our team invests in early-stage companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $274k–$1.3M; Pre-Seed $149k–$680k; Series A $2.6M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Munchi — Munchi allows restaurants to manage all orders, payments and loyalty in one platform with the power of AI.
- Mobal — It is time to get your Business Profiles in shape. Meet your customers where they are and stand out where it matters most.
- Nordic Information Control — Inventering och klassificering av information, automatiskt med Nordic Information Control Platform. Automatic Regulatory compliance.
Founded in 2016, Icebreaker has invested in over 50 fast-growing tech startups built by domain expert founders from companies like Rovio, Nordea, Pipedrive, Eniram, IBM and BCG. In addition to the fund, Icebreaker also runs a community of more than 1000 founders and pre-founders with 5+ years of relevant industry experience and the will to start,build or join strong tech companies.With the initial ticket sizes of €150k - 800K Icebreaker provides enough funding for companies to get to a position of strength and avoid post-accelerator limbo without having to resort to disreputable sources of capital and unfriendly deal terms.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Seed $384k–$5.2M; Pre-Seed $106k–$1.3M; Series A $3.1M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $22M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cytely — Transforms microscopy from image-driven to data-driven through AI-powered autonomous targeting that captures high-resolution data of critical cellular events, enabling researchers to solve complex biological problems in minutes instead of years.
- Oplane — Oplane AB is a cybersecurity startup that develops an AI powered platform for automated threat modeling for software development teams.
- ReOrbit — Looking for a way to keep your data flowing in space? ReOrbit has you covered with our line of autonomous and inter-networking satellites!
Automotive industry software development
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- Industry: Video, Database, Automotive
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grumblo — Welcome to the Grumblo Shop! We offer motorsport fans automotive-themed merch and other accessories. Shop now and become a part of the Grumblo community!
KYOCERA Corporation is a diversified manufacturing company that engineers products and solutions in various fields, including fine ceramics, semiconductor components, electronic components, telecommunications, energy solutions, and more. Company/Products/IR/Career information.
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- Industry: Software, Internet of Things, Energy
- Stage:Series B, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Series B $9M–$15M; Corporate Round $5.1M–$1.7B
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TactoTek — Set your imagination free and create user experiences with the help of sustainable smart molded structures.
- Cellid — Cellid developing the waveguide-architecture display module for AR glasses and high-performance spatial recognition software.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
Kaj Hagros is Partner at Redstone based in Helsinki and covers the Nordic and Baltic countries. Kay has a broad history as an entrepreneur, investor, and C-level executive. Prior to Redstone, Kaj was the co-founder and CEO of seed investor and venture accelerator Pivot5, CEO of Nasdaq Helsinki traded Tecnotree Corporation, COO of FOX Mobile, VP ofMarketing of First Hop, and Head of Strategy and Business Development at Nokia Networks. Kaj has executed a broad range of early-stage investments and successful exits and chaired companies such as Booxmedia, Cabforce, Readpeak, Hibox, Heltti, and Inderes.Mr. Hagros attended Aalto University, NYU Stern School of Business, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), HEC Paris, TRIUM Global Executive MBA, Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan, and Merisotakoulu - Sjökrigsskolan - Naval Academy.
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- Industry: SaaS, Local, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $274k–$838k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cabforce — Cabforce.com is on a mission to make the door-to-door travel experience agony free. They offer fixed price quote, secure online credit card payment and electronic receipts for taxi, private hire car, and minibus bookings in the top 40 European cities.
- Booxmedia — Your Trusted Partner in IP Video Delivery. We have been delivering IPTV Set-Top Box and media player solutions to Pay TV, Digital Signage and Enterprise TV providers for over 25 years.
- Transfluent — Professional translations for all business needs. Fast. Easy.
Speech and Language therapy center with a special concentration and expertise in social cognitive development.
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- Industry: Lighting, Automotive, Electronics
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Grant $30k–$91k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TactoTek — Set your imagination free and create user experiences with the help of sustainable smart molded structures.
- Pole Bicycles — The original gamechanger. Pole Bicycles defined the modern standard for radical geometry, long-travel performance, and the precision of bonded CNC-machined aluminum engineering.
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- Industry: Video, Database, Automotive
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Grumblo — Welcome to the Grumblo Shop! We offer motorsport fans automotive-themed merch and other accessories. Shop now and become a part of the Grumblo community!
Voland is a hands-on technology growth investor. A trusted partner for entrepreneurs, applying our expertise to enhance our portfolio companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Marketing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Luxid — Luxid helps clients break open silos to create customer experiences and end-to-end journeys that drive sales and support buyers.
- ReadPeak — Readpeak is one of the free fastest growing Native Advertising and content promotion platforms. With Readpeak you turn readers into customers and drive key conversions.
- Receptum Software — Receptum provides IT solutions and software services for the healthcare sector.
We are a family of investors, entrepreneurs, strategists and operational specialists, drawn together by our passion for helping B2B founders build category-defining companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 142
- Round size: Series A $3M–$39M; Series B $9.8M–$66M; Series C $15M–$180M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $80M in 2023
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- Cortea — Cortea leverages artificial intelligence to revolutionize the auditing process by enhancing speed, accuracy, and transparency. Cortea transforms audits from traditional, labor-intensive processes into faster, more reliable, and more transparent operations.
- Flatpay — Flatpay's fair, flat-rate pricing simplifies payments & cuts costs. Benefit from our comprehensive solution & superior customer service. Join us now!
- RPA Supervisor — Optimizing operations with AI driven orchestration and automated error handling. Providing complete insight into operations and deliveries with advanced reporting and notification capabilities.
Infosto is a Finland-based venture capital firm that specializes in early stage investments.
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- Industry: Sensor, Organic, Automotive
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Canatu Plc — We create the most advanced carbon nanotubes for industry-transforming products. Discover more!
The history of ITOCHU Corporation (hereinafter "ITOCHU") dates back to 1858 when the Company's founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 150 years into a sogo shosha, engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textiles,machinery, information and communications-related products, metals, products related to oil and other energy sources, general merchandise, chemicals, and provisions and food. In addition, ITOCHU has made multifaceted investments in insurance agencies, finance, construction, real estate trading, and warehousing as well as operations and businesses incidental or related to those fields.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Round size: Series A $4M–$209M; Series B $6.9M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Benefuel — Benefuel is commercializing the world’s most advanced, solid catalyst biodiesel refining platform, capable of producing high quality biodiesel from almost any type of feedstock and thereby transforming the old model of large batch, centralized fuel production and fragmented distribution into a new model of localized production and consumption fromthe vast array of renewable, inedible fats and oils available in the global market.
- Simplex Quantum — Simplex Quantum conducts research and development of AI-based solutions in the healthcare field and operates the SQ-bar service.It also offers the Shinden-kun, a portable device that can analyze the measured electrocardiographic information with AI and detect heartbeat turbulence.It was established on October 3, 2014 and headquartered inTakanawa, Minato-ku.
- OUE Lippo Healthcare (OUELH) — OUE Lippo Healthcare Limited (“OUELH”) is a subsidiary company of OUE Limited (“OUE”) and is listed on the Catalist Board of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. OUE and OUELH are member companies of Lippo Group, one of the Asia’s largest and most diversified conglomerates with close to 20 listed companies across Asia and serving over 60million customers annually.
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