# Top 35 CleanTech Startup Investors in Finland in June 2026

## Business Finland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## Butterfly Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

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.

## 2C Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Renewable Energy, SaaS

2C Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in European cleantech startups driving the energy transition and circular economy. Backing visionary founders tackling climate challenges.

## Lifeline Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Superhero Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Some call you founders. We call you Superheroes. Seed stage VC investing in insight-driven startups in Finland and the Baltics. Tickets 100 K€ - 1000 K€.

## Heraeus
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Therapeutics

Heraeus, the technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a leading international family-owned portfolio company.

## Ali Omar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.

## Maki.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

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.

## Kyösti Kakkonen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Advanced Materials, Packaging Services

Kyösti Kakkonen is the co-founder of The Tokmanni Group.

## Innovestor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Innovestor is an active Finnish investment manager, focusing on venture capital, real estate, and energy storage. We also offer corporate venturing services.

## SDGx
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, CleanTech, Electronics

SDGx is a venture capital and advisory firm that focuses on technology research, support founders, entrepreneurs and startups.

## Volvo Cars Tech Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Automotive, Software, Artificial Intelligence

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## Sitra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics

Sitra is the venture capital investment arm of Sitra specializing in investments in seed, start-ups, early stage opportunities, and other funds. The firm invests through its three programmes namely, Health Care Programme, the Food and Nutrition Programme, and the Environmental Programme. Within the Health Care Programme, investments are focused oncompanies engaged in paper-free health care, seamless services, decentralised specialised health care, and support services. Within the Food and Nutrition Programme, investments are made in enterprises engaged in the food and nutrition sector, including value-adding upgrading of raw materials and new applications and service concepts in food and nutrition technology.

## Volvo Cars
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Automotive

The first mass-produced Volvo car rolled off the production line in Gothenburg in 1927. Since then, they have delivered a steady stream of cars equipped with world-leading innovations. Today, they are one of the most well-known and respected car brands in the world with sales in about 100 countries.Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) is owned byZhejiang Geely Holding (Geely Holding) of China. Volvo Cars formed part of the Swedish Volvo Group until 1999 when Ford Motor Company bought the company. In 2010, Geely Holding acquired Volvo Cars.They produce premium cars with the following body types: Sedans, Estates/Sportswagons, Cross Country vehicles, SUVs, and Convertibles. Their cars are characterized by intuitive, human-focused, functional Scandinavian design and good craftsmanship.Relative to the strength of the brand, Volvo Cars is a small producer with global sales reaching 421,951 cars in 2012. Their largest markets are the United States, Sweden, China, Germany, and the UK. Their corporate and brand strategy is ”Designed Around You” and puts people at the heart of everything they do.As a responsible company, they want to contribute to a more sustainable society. To ensure that they are in harmony with customers and society, they do their part by spearheading the development of sustainable mobility - from plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars to active cooperation in a partnership project on road trains.They are proud to continuously deliver world-first solutions; innovations that put people first, by saving and simplifying their lives. Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1999 when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company as part of its Premier Automotive Group. Geely Holding Group then acquired Volvo Cars from Ford in 2010.

## Sky Ocean Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: CleanTech, Sustainability, Packaging Services

Sky Ocean Ventures is a bold new creation that will support breakthrough thinking and invest in promising new ideas that will help turn off the plastics tap.They 

## LähiTapiola
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Apps, EdTech

LähiTapiola is based on mutual company form, a group of companies owned by its customers, serving the personal, farm, entrepreneurial.

## European Commission
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

The official website of the European Commission, providing access to information about its political priorities, policies and services

## Climate Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing

OGCI Climate Investments focuses on delivering the transition to lower carbon emission energy sources. The leaders of the ten major oil and gas companies are committed to the direction set out by the Paris Agreement on climate change. They support its agenda for global action and the need for urgency. Through their collaboration in Oil and GasClimate Initiative (OGCI), they can be a catalyst for change in their industry and more widely.OGCI aims to increase the ambition, speed and scale of the initiatives they undertake as individual companies to reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of their core oil and gas business – and to explore new businesses and technologies.

## Aura Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

Aura Group is a financial services company operating out of Australia and Singapore that provides tailored wealth and funds management solutions across the Asia Pacific region. Our vision is to build trust that lasts generations.

## Seedi
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Analytics

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## Inventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.

## Valve Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, CleanTech, Oil and Gas

Valve Ventures is a Helsinki-based angel and early-stage venture investor.

## Nordic Option
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Electronics

Nordic Option is a private equity fund focusing its investments on growth companies. It provides capital investments in small and medium-sized growth companies that have already established themselves in Northern Finland. The fund's investment strategy includes the possibility to make up to 5 early-stage growth investments with one millioneuros.The firm's value of investments in portfolio companies is approximately EUR 10 million and the value of loans granted is approximately EUR 1 million.

## Ardent Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Leading Venture Capital & Builder in Southeast Asia | Experts in E-Commerce, B2B, B2C, Fulfilment Startups | Seed, Series A Funding

## Redstone.VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.

## Vesa Puttonen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: CleanTech, Advanced Materials, Packaging Services

Vesa Puttonen is a professor of finance from Finland.

## CHANEL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Neuilly-sur-seine, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series A
- Focus: Beauty, Chemical, Cosmetics

Enter the world of CHANEL and discover the latest in Fashion & Accessories, Eyewear, Fragrance & Beauty, Fine Jewelry & Watches.

## Bonnier Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Digital Media, Software

Bonnier Capital is the investment division of the Bonnier Group. Since 2016, we invest in promising companies in structurally growing industries and have become a reliant investment partner to companies and funds of various sizes.

## Born2Grow
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Medical, Health Care

Born2Grow is a german venture fund focusing on early stage investments. They invest up to 500k€ in innovative business models. They are based in Heilbronn in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Born2Grow focus on investments lies within the MedTech, BioTech, FinTech area as well as some other online industries

## Taaleri
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Lending

Taaleritehdas Wealth Management is helping all Finns see the advantages of ownership and find their own way to own.


## John Nurminen Oy
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: CleanTech, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy

John Nurminen Oy is a company that provides distributor of nautical charts.

## 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

## European Union
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software

Discover how the EU functions, its principles, priorities; find out about its history and member states; learn about its legal basis and your EU rights.

## Fortum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: CleanTech, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy

By providing our customers and the Nordic energy system with a supply of reliable energy, we aim to power a world where people, businesses, and nature thrive together. With respect for the environment, decades of expertise and smart solutions, we strive to meet our customers' needs.

## Mikko Rannila
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: CleanTech, Advanced Materials, Packaging Services

Mikko Rannila - Founding Partner @ Magnifier