Top 10 Digital Media Angel Investors in Finland in April 2025
A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Digital media startups based in Finland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Digital media companies from Finland. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Digital Media Angel Investors in Finland in April 2025
Investor | Digital Media Finland investments |
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Tharald Nustad | 1 |
Urban Gillström | 1 |
Atte Jääskeläinen | 1 |
Fredrik Rönnlund | 1 |
Mikko Jalava | 1 |
Elias Aalto | 1 |
Gary Vaynerchuk | 1 |
Jari Ovaskainen | 1 |
Urban Gillström | 1 |
Paavo Kettunen | 1 |
Tharald Nustad is the Founder and Owner of Nordic Impact, Founder and Owner of Katapult, and Co-Founder of Katapult Ocean. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Mallin AS. He attended Pacific Lutheran University.
Investment focus
- Farming, Information Technology, Communities
- Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Ghana, Kenya, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- TikkTalk - powered by Skiwo — TikkTalk is an online marketplace for connecting businesses and consumers for interpretation services. TikkTalk is an open digital solution for managing interpretation services and holding video or phone meetings in a browser on any device. Anyone with interpretation skills can sign up, validate their skills by uploading certifications, and getaccess to interpretation jobs worldwide. Government organisations and businesses can get direct access to a global pool of interpreters, sorted by language, certification levels and ratings.
- ArcticStartup — ArcticStartup is helping to build communities with uncapped opportunities through media, events, PR and consulting since 2007.Launched in 2007 by Antti Vilpponen and Miikka Kukkosuo as founding writers and getting out two-three articles a week, ArcticStartup quickly started gaining traction. In 2008 Ville Vesterinen and Karri Saarinen joinedthe founding team and ArcticStartup launched its own that were at first held in a small bar of Dubrovnik in Helsinki. Both the media and events started going international in 2009, expanding to the neighbouring Nordics & Baltics. This growth continued until 2012, when the company nearly shut-down as the founders wanted to move-on to other projects. At that point Dmitri Sarle and Greg Anderson took over the company and re-founded ArcticStartup with Jan Ameri joining very shortly.
- Differ — Student life can be boring and challenging without friends. Differ help you connect with other students and help start those first awkward conversations
Our CEO Urban is a C-level executive with three decades of global experience in communications, media and technology. He is responsible for taking the vision to action with the Greenworlder team. He is also a senior advisor in business and private equity and business angel with scalable media platform and sustainable start-ups. On his free time,Urban can be found running, cycling, and spending time with his family.https://greenworlder.com/urban-gillstrom/
Investment focus
- Marketing, Journalism, Social Media
- Seed
- Finland, Luxembourg
Portfolio highlights
- Greenworlder — Greenworlder is a platform for sustainability. You can share and learn tips for sustainable living, reflect on your sustainable experiences, and read or write articles on sustainability.
- Videobot — Grow your business with personalised video funnels that engage your audience with human interaction, capture leads, guide your users, enhance customer satisfaction and increase conversion rate.Short videos have already become dominant across social media platforms. Now, this beloved user experience is available on company websites as well. The applications are vast and varied. Discover how it all works by reserving your own presentation slot.
- EatAndTheCity — EatAndTheCity helps international newspapers, magazines, local media & food guides monetise the influence of their content. We enhance the communication between local communities and local media. Their revenue generating restaurant journalism platform for media companies allows users to not only discover but to reserve gastronomic experiences.EatAndTheCity’s white label platform already collaborates with leading companies in Finland and Estonia and Germany. Media and publishing companies are able to leverage their connection with local communities to generate new revenue streams. Combining these features and the business model in cooperation with local media companies differentiates us from the competitors.
I´ve been working with management of journalism and media organizations since 1995. I've led the leading Finnish news organization successfully through digital transformation to become an internationally recognized, even admired forerunner. My core task has always been managing change in a complex environment. Being among those who arebuilding the future organisations and individuals have to be able to trial, learn and adapt.Specialties: Change management, Digital services, Multimedia news processes & distribution, Sports rights, Newsroom management.
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Investment focus
- Journalism, Digital Media, Information Services
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- EatAndTheCity — EatAndTheCity helps international newspapers, magazines, local media & food guides monetise the influence of their content. We enhance the communication between local communities and local media. Their revenue generating restaurant journalism platform for media companies allows users to not only discover but to reserve gastronomic experiences.EatAndTheCity’s white label platform already collaborates with leading companies in Finland and Estonia and Germany. Media and publishing companies are able to leverage their connection with local communities to generate new revenue streams. Combining these features and the business model in cooperation with local media companies differentiates us from the competitors.
Fredrik Rönnlund
Investment focus
- Journalism, Digital Media, Information Services
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- EatAndTheCity — EatAndTheCity helps international newspapers, magazines, local media & food guides monetise the influence of their content. We enhance the communication between local communities and local media. Their revenue generating restaurant journalism platform for media companies allows users to not only discover but to reserve gastronomic experiences.EatAndTheCity’s white label platform already collaborates with leading companies in Finland and Estonia and Germany. Media and publishing companies are able to leverage their connection with local communities to generate new revenue streams. Combining these features and the business model in cooperation with local media companies differentiates us from the competitors.
Head of Branch Line at Danske Bank
Investment focus
- Journalism, Digital Media, Information Services
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- EatAndTheCity — EatAndTheCity helps international newspapers, magazines, local media & food guides monetise the influence of their content. We enhance the communication between local communities and local media. Their revenue generating restaurant journalism platform for media companies allows users to not only discover but to reserve gastronomic experiences.EatAndTheCity’s white label platform already collaborates with leading companies in Finland and Estonia and Germany. Media and publishing companies are able to leverage their connection with local communities to generate new revenue streams. Combining these features and the business model in cooperation with local media companies differentiates us from the competitors.
Elias Aalto is Wolt's Advisor and a Co-Founder before that.
Investment focus
- Internet, News, Video
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Cluby — Own a restaurant?This is your all-in-one marketing & loyalty tool. Increase returning customers, boost spend, and stay top of mind. Cluby revolutionizes customer engagement and marketing with powerful tools to collect data, communicate effectively, and build loyalty. Everything through one app. Download Cluby App for Consumers Build Your Customer Base Sell Smarter, Market Better Grow ... Read more
- ArcticStartup — ArcticStartup is helping to build communities with uncapped opportunities through media, events, PR and consulting since 2007.Launched in 2007 by Antti Vilpponen and Miikka Kukkosuo as founding writers and getting out two-three articles a week, ArcticStartup quickly started gaining traction. In 2008 Ville Vesterinen and Karri Saarinen joinedthe founding team and ArcticStartup launched its own that were at first held in a small bar of Dubrovnik in Helsinki. Both the media and events started going international in 2009, expanding to the neighbouring Nordics & Baltics. This growth continued until 2012, when the company nearly shut-down as the founders wanted to move-on to other projects. At that point Dmitri Sarle and Greg Anderson took over the company and re-founded ArcticStartup with Jan Ameri joining very shortly.
- Flowstep — Flowstep is a copilot that helps you create better designs, 10x faster. Just type and get user flows, high-fidelity UI, JTBD and more.
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.
Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- OpenFortune — www.openfortunemedia.com
- Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.
- Unrivaled — A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Launching in January 2025.
Jari Ovaskainen
Investment focus
- Digital Media, Search Engine, Visual Search
- Seed, Angel
- Finland
Urban combines strong leadership and transformation skills with more than 25 years of experience from global executive roles in ICT, mobile, internet and media. He has been working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise since 2015 as Vice President, telco vertical leader, strategic customer initiatives leader and client executive with strategic accounts.During the past few years he was an independent advisor and consultant with Accenture, Private Equity Companies and Business Angel with start-ups. Previously he was the President and CEO of Tradedoubler, a publicly listed leading pan-European internet marketing company. Recently he was a senior leader at C-level in the telecom industry with more than 15 years with Ericsson, Sony Ericsson and Comverse, living and working over several continents, driving significant client centric transformations with substantial sales and profitability growth. Urban holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Management and Engineering from the Linkoping Institute of Technology in Sweden and diplomas from Columbia University in the US and Sony University in Japan.
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Investment focus
- Journalism, Digital Media, Information Services
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- EatAndTheCity — EatAndTheCity helps international newspapers, magazines, local media & food guides monetise the influence of their content. We enhance the communication between local communities and local media. Their revenue generating restaurant journalism platform for media companies allows users to not only discover but to reserve gastronomic experiences.EatAndTheCity’s white label platform already collaborates with leading companies in Finland and Estonia and Germany. Media and publishing companies are able to leverage their connection with local communities to generate new revenue streams. Combining these features and the business model in cooperation with local media companies differentiates us from the competitors.
Paavo Kettunen
Investment focus
- Journalism, Digital Media, Information Services
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- EatAndTheCity — EatAndTheCity helps international newspapers, magazines, local media & food guides monetise the influence of their content. We enhance the communication between local communities and local media. Their revenue generating restaurant journalism platform for media companies allows users to not only discover but to reserve gastronomic experiences.EatAndTheCity’s white label platform already collaborates with leading companies in Finland and Estonia and Germany. Media and publishing companies are able to leverage their connection with local communities to generate new revenue streams. Combining these features and the business model in cooperation with local media companies differentiates us from the competitors.
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