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Top 50 EdTech Startup Investors in Finland in January 2026

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Edtech startups based in Finland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Edtech companies from Finland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 EdTech Startup Investors in Finland in January 2026

Investor EdTech Finland investments
Gorilla Capital 5
Business Finland 5
Sparkmind.vc 4
Inventure 4
Lifeline Ventures 3
Marten Mickos 2
Reaktor Ventures 2
Tesi 2
Superhero Capital 2
Ali Omar 2
TukkuHeino 2
Zanichelli Venture 2
KSI Education 1
Takeoff Partners 1
Dirk Freise 1
Point Nine 1
SanomaVentures 1
PINC 1
Emerge VC 1
Lennu Keinanen 1
Martin Ostermayer 1
Redstone.VC 1
LähiTapiola 1
Nordic Venture Partners (Sweden) 1
AngelList 1
Ascend Capital Partners 1
Omar Rebhan 1
Butterfly Ventures 1
Jukka Tapaninen 1
Forestay Capital 1
Leena Niemistö 1
NGP Capital 1
Midinvest Management 1
Juha Harju 1
Aristo-Invest 1
Oppiva Invest 1
Liquido.VC 1
Almaral 1
Tomi Hilvo 1
MPA Education 1
Reetta Rajala 1
Eqvitec 1
Practica Capital 1
Ali Ömer Horzum 1
Excedea Capital 1
Timo Hentunen 1
Ria Parppei 1
Markko Vaarnas 1
Courage Ventures Management 1
Poland Prize Program 1

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Gorilla Capital
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Gorilla Capital helps ambitious startups grow with smart funding and support. Discover how our team invests in early-stage companies.

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Investment focus

  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Finland, Sweden, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

  • LOla panda — Learn to read and write with fun Lola educational games! The application develops the reading skills and logical reasoning of 3-8 year olds.
  • Xiphera — Xiphera protects your critical systems with fully in-house designed cryptographic IP cores implemented in pure hardware logic design.
  • DealGuru — DealGuru is a stealth startup in a ecommerce space.
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Business Finland
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 7 investments in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Grant, Funding Round
  • Finland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • AIATELLA — Automating medical image analysis
  • SparkReceipt — AI-powered Receipt Scanner and Expense Tracker for Freelancers and Small Businesses. Get started for free now!
  • University of Eastern Finland — The University of Eastern Finland is a multidisciplinary university which offers teaching in more than 100 major subjects. The university comprises four faculties: the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science and Forestry, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies.
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Sparkmind.vc
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Sparkmind.vc is the first Nordic venture capital company focused on the learning sector. The company invests in teams transforming early childhood, K12, higher, secondary and vocational education as well as corporate and lifelong learning. The investment sweet spot of the company is from seed to international growth phase with single investments upto €5m.

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Investment focus

  • Education, E-Learning, EdTech
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Finland, Germany, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

  • AUTOVIO — Autovio offers digital concepts for driving schools.
  • Swap Language — Swap Language is a language learning platform that delivers Danish lessons to companies and international employees.
  • Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences — Build the skills, competencies, and mindset needed in the 21st-century with our fully-remote and flexible bachelor's and master's degrees.
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Inventure
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

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

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Finland, Sweden, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Elsa — Elsa is a platform for patient driven research for better drugs, health and prevention. Elsa lets patients become their own personal researchers by providing them with a better understanding around how lifestyle factors may affect their disease activity measurements for chronic disease. To support them from a scientific perspective, Elsa gives themaccess to data on their specific disease (initially we work with rheumatoid arthritis) through the Riskminder foundation and scientific studies at Karolinska Institutet.
  • Steep — Business intelligence for modern companies. Steep lets anyone on your team stay on top of your data.
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Lifeline Ventures
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 8 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Finland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Swarmia — Build better software faster with insights that power your whole engineering organization. Get started with a demo or a free 14-day trial.
  • 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.
  • Ovido — Ovido company specialises in supply chain and product data automation, with a focus on providing full product traceability and the establishment of Digital Product Passports (DPPs).
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Marten Mickos
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States

Marten Mickos is the CEO of HackerOne, Inc. the leading vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform. Previously Marten was the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, acquired by Hewlett-Packard where he served as head of the cloud business. As the CEO of MySQL AB from 2001 to 2008, Marten grew that company from a garage start-up to the second largestopen source company in the world. Marten holds a M.Sc. in technical physics from Helsinki University of Technology in his native Finland.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Enterprise Software, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • United States, Finland, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

  • Queer Spaces — Spaces is a group chat platform for building queer communities, and the first app to serve the entirety of the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
  • ArcticStartup — ArcticStartup is the leading startup news publication covering the Nordics and Baltics delivering the latest insights on the hottest startups in the region
  • Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
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Reaktor Ventures
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Reaktor Ventures has moved to the next phase by focusing its efforts to actively supporting current portfolio companies. This means that the fund has ended its investment period and is not investing into new companies. Between 2013 and 2018 we have invested into 42 different companies and one early stage fund. We will naturally keep makingfollow-up investments to current portfolio companies.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Internet, Health Care
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Finland, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs
  • Swappie — Buy refurbished iPhones at an affordable price - Swappie offers refurbished and cheap iPhones with a free 12-month Swappie warranty.
  • Videoly — The easiest way for online retailers to get hand-picked and automatically embedded product videos.
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Tesi
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

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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Investment focus

  • Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Finland, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • IQM Quantum Computers — IQM is the leading European quantum hardware company in superconducting circuits. We build quantum computers.
  • IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
  • DataCrunch.io — DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models
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Superhero Capital
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 8 investments in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Finland, Estonia, Lithuania

Portfolio highlights

  • Renow — Grow your business with Renow's AI powered recommerce platform for returns, trade-in and resell.
  • ZioSec — ZioSec is at the forefront of innovation in cybersecurity, creating Zio, an ethical AI hacker designed to empower cybersecurity professionals, such as penetration testers. Zio utilizes cutting-edge artificial intelligence to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in web applications and critical infrastructure. By automating and enhancing securityassessments, Zio enables security teams to respond faster and more effectively to potential threats, ultimately contributing to a safer and more secure digital world.
  • Hamina Wireless — Fast and simple wireless network design and site survey tools for network engineers and IT admins - For better Wi-Fi, Private 5G, and wireless IoT. Get started in just 2 minutes!
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Ali Omar
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

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

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Investment focus

  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Finland, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

  • Themo — Themo's innovation is an algorithm that optimizes the price of exchange electricity and the consumption of electricity. Themo offers an easy and environmentally friendly way to save on electricity consumed by heating.
  • GoalProfit — GoalProfit is the world’s first low code retail optimization platform empowering retailers to build customized intelligence applications. It was founded by former IBM executives, Maxim Morozov and Oleg Sidorkin. GoalProfit is on a mission to make big data solutions available for all retailers and help them to survive in a new post-covid reality.
  • Builderhead — Builderhead is an easy-to-use construction management software that helps owners, developers and general contractors complete construction projects on time and within budget.
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TukkuHeino
VC Fund

TukkuHeino

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Investment focus

  • Cooking, Children, Education
  • Pre-Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Carrot Revolution — Versatile recipes, designed by food education experts, and a game-like cooking experience guarantee a fun and safe cooking hobby in the child's own home.
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Zanichelli Venture
VC Fund · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Zanichelli Venture is looking for nascent companies who are tilling daring ideas about education and technology and searching for pre-seed or seed funding to grow these ideas into products to empower anyone – from children and parents to adult, professional lifelong learners and their mentors and coaches – to learn and teach better.We willsupport and finance ideas with the potential to have a positive impact on our future through education at every stage of our life. We will respectfully, discreetly stand by the entrepreneurs believing in these ideas, from the beginnings and at least since that impact leaves its first dent.We care about each startup in our portfolio getting the full value a hundred years old education company like Zanichelli can offer, wherever our expertise can be a lodestar because of our history, our mission, our network, our resources; and we believe in getting out of the founders’ way otherwise, if we don’t add value.We care about financial returns and self-sustainability and about bringing collaboration opportunities, insights, innovative thinking and entrepreneurial energy back to our company digital products designers, editorial staff and IT, searching for mutual advantages. Only in the long term, as we and the founders build trust through intense collaboration and shared stakes, and after a startup fully spreads out its potential as a maturing company, we believe in searching together for possible paths to a deeper partnership. We co-invest globally, following trusted, local lead investors.

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Investment focus

  • Education, E-Learning, EdTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, United Kingdom, Italy

Portfolio highlights

  • zick learn — zick learn makes learning simple, fast and efficient again. Create and deliver beautiful text message based courses reaching the learners on the main chat apps, where they already are.
  • Data Masters — I migliori corsi online di intelligenza artificiale, machine learning e data science. Formazione pratica, docenti esperti, lezioni on-demand e live. Entra ora!
  • Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences — Build the skills, competencies, and mindset needed in the 21st-century with our fully-remote and flexible bachelor's and master's degrees.
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KSI Education
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom

Support students to develop knowledge, wisdom and skills

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Investment focus

  • EdTech, Education, E-Learning
  • Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Kide Science — Kide Science supports young children's scientific thinking through play-based learning, which predicts better learning outcomes in school.
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Takeoff Partners
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Takeoff Partners are experienced growth advisors and private investors.

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Investment focus

  • Software, CRM, Sales
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • Finland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Humap — Howspace is an AI-powered online platform that brings digital collaboration and social learning to the forefront of your process & development initiatives.
  • Buildie — Buildie is a software company that develops and sells software products for building documentation and quality management.
  • CollectiveCrunch — CollectiveCrunch is an AI leader in the forestry industry. We collect and analyze a wide range of information, including climate, geo and process data, to bring best-in-class forest inventories and accurate carbon storage calculations to our customers. The largest forest owners the Nordics and Baltics are already using using our solution, LindaForest.With Linda Forest, our customers gain actionable insights, leading to improved forest management, informed forest investments and up-to-date carbon storage analytics. Overall, Linda Forest can reduce forest planning costs while increasing accuracy. We are currently focused on the Nordic and Baltic countries but are soon adopting the solution to Northern America, Russia and other forestry markets. Moreover, we are working with insurance companies to apply our expert analytics to new opportunities such as prediction of forest risk.
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Dirk Freise
Angel · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Dirk Freise - Managing Director @ non olet

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Investment focus

  • Education, Software, TV
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Germany, Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • heyData — heyData is a legal tech company. HeyData offers a digitized data protection officer for companies.
  • Mindsurance — At Mindsurance, we believe that a thriving workforce starts with prioritizing mental health. Our range of evidence-based solutions empowers businesses to create a supportive environment that nurtures employee well-being. From targeted training programs to confidential counseling services, we offer a holistic approach that addresses the unique needs of your organization. Join us in fostering a healthier, happier, and more engaged workforce.
  • Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
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Point Nine
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages.

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Investment focus

  • Software, SaaS, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

  • cargo.one — The cargo.one booking platform gives you access to real-time prices and available capacities of multiple airlines. Directly book online within seconds, 24/7.
  • Omnea — The all-in-one procurement platform. Request purchases, automate approvals, and streamline your procurement process in one centralised solution.
  • Delivery Hero — Delivery Hero is the world's leading local delivery company. We are on a mission to deliver an amazing experience - fast, easy, and to your door.
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SanomaVentures
VC Fund · Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

SanomaVentures is the venturing arm of European media company Sanoma Corporation (SAA1V), aiming to support innovative start-ups in digital information, entertainment and education by providing them with capital, media exposure, expertise and access to Sanoma’s business network.SanomaVentures focuses on early stage investments in start-ups activein online consumer services, e-commerce, mobile, video, online advertising and education. SanomaVentures has offices in Amsterdam and Helsinki.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, SEO, Finance
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Finland, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

  • Venuu — Venuu is an event services company that provides solutions for parties, weddings, seminars, meetings and other events. To venue owners, it provides a cost-effective sales and marketing channel to find customers. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Southern Finland, Finland.
  • Peerby Classic — Borrow and rent goods from others nearby - affordable, convenient and green. Tools, bikes, party equipment, electronics and more. Try it now.
  • Yogaia — Yogaia is the first live, interactive online yoga studio in the world. With Yogaia, the studio is where you are, allowing you to attend classes in the convenience of your home with professional teacher instructing you personally via webcam. Yogaia is available on desktop, iOS, Android and Apple TV in English, German and Finnish.
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PINC
VC Fund · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 3 investments in the past 12 months

PINC was launched as Paulig Incubator in 2018 to help Paulig stay in the forefront of relevant innovations, as well as to contribute to a tastier, healthier and more sustainable planet. Today, our ambition is the same, but we have developed into a corporate venture arm. We aim for strategic, financial, and societal impact in our investments,fostering a sustainable food system for tomorrow. We are investing across the agrifood value chain in three primary impact themes: Improve planetary health and diet within the current food system: This includes innovations in agriculture and food security, such as advanced crop breeding or green fertilizers, innovative ingredients and next generation healthy foods, as well as solutions for tracking and improving climate and nature. Novel technologies to feed 10 BN people by 2050: Technologies needed to sustainably produce enough food for our growing population. This includes food production without land use change, such as precision fermentation and cell-culture. A circular system for food & materials: Regardless of whether we grow our food in soil or in bioreactors, the system needs to be circular. Some examples are upcycled ingredients, food from unused sources, new coating and packaging solutions, as well as technologies to prevent or make better use of side streams. We are looking for entrepreneurs in an attractive market space with an intrinsic drive to find a solution to the problem they are addressing, a clear and scalable plan for success, a reliable team and partners whom we can trust and work closely with.

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Investment focus

  • Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Elaniti — Elaniti uses recent advances in machine learning and DNA sequencing to make insights on soil biology accessible to farmers and agronomists, empowering precise decision making. Our proprietary outcome-based predictive analytics service, correlates soil biology with vital crop health outcomes like yield, disease prevalence and nutrient content. Thisenables growers to save time and money, for instance by improving the efficiency with which inputs are used, whilst also supporting environmental and sustainability objectives.Through our unique crop prediction insights, our goal is to demonstrate the value of soil’s complex biological makeup, enabling a viable, de-risked, and data-driven transition to Net-Zero agriculture.
  • BlueRedGold — Discover BlueRedGold - the home of exquisite Swedish Saffron, ethically grown and harvested with precision in Sweden. Experience the unparalleled quality of our saffron, perfect for culinary enthusiasts and chefs alike. Join us in embracing sustainable luxury.
  • Win-Win — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein
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Emerge VC
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom

Emerge is a $70m pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world’s best edtech and future of work founders and executives. Our vision is to democratise access to opportunity by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders re-designing the future of learning and work.

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Investment focus

  • Education, E-Learning, EdTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

  • Popp AI — Popp helps brands boost customer lifetime value + unlock community-led growth by transforming customer advocacy into a community sport.
  • Popp — Joinpopp provides AI-driven solutions to automate recruitment tasks, including application screening and candidate conversations. The platform integrates seamlessly with ATS/CRM systems, enhancing efficiency in the hiring process. Joinpopp also offers features for creating personalized messages, streamlining communication with potentialcandidates.
  • LearnWise AI — Transform your institution's student support with AI. Cut support costs by 50%, provide 24/7 assistance, and integrate with 400+ EdTech tools. Trusted by leading universities.
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Lennu Keinanen
Angel · Jyväskylä, Western Finland, Finland

Lennu Keinanen is a Co-founder of Flashnode. He attended University of Eastern Finland.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Software, Education
  • Convertible Note
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Howspace — Howspace is an AI-powered online platform that brings digital collaboration and social learning to the forefront of your process & development initiatives.
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Martin Ostermayer
Angel · 2 investments in the past 12 months

CEO of Shortcut Ventures GmbH in Hamburg, Germany.Martin Ostermayer is one of the CEOs of the venture capital firm, Shortcut Ventures, located in Hamburg, Germany. After graduating in Business Administration from the University of Hamburg, Ostermayer received his MBA from the University of San Francisco in 1998, majoring in telecommunicationsand business strategy.In 1999, he set up handy.de, which became Europe’s largest provider of mobile entertainment services with business partners Thorsten Rehling and Dirk Freise. They also created blau.de, the first independent wireless service discounter in Germany, in 2005. They led the company until 2011.

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Investment focus

  • Education, Software, Apps
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Germany, Spain, Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • AUDAVIS — AUDAVIS is developing the most innovative approach that will revolutionize auditing. With data-driven full automation by AUDAVIS and a new AI-based approach, every financial statement becomes a breeze with unprecedented efficiency.
  • heyData — heyData is a legal tech company. HeyData offers a digitized data protection officer for companies.
  • Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
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Redstone.VC
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, Finland, France

Portfolio highlights

  • BTRY — BTRY is a spin-off of EMPA and ETH and is developing the industry's first energy-dense solid-state battery, using sophisticated semiconductor manufacturing technologies.
  • ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.
  • Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
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LähiTapiola
VC Fund · Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Manufacturing, Apps, Health Care
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Enfuce — Unlock growth with our card issuing solutions. Our expertise in issuer processing can turn your ambitious vision into a reality.
  • Steady Energy — Steady Energy aims to decarbonize the energy-intensive heating industry starting with residential and district heating.
  • Altum Technologies — Minimize production stops and expenses due to fouling and scaling. Discover Altum's ZPD ultrasound fouling mitigation solutions for zero process downtime.
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Nordic Venture Partners (Sweden)
VC Fund · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Nordic Venture Partners (Sweden) is a venture capital firm with a portfolio of investments in the Information and Communications Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Gaming
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Sweden, Denmark, Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Bitbar — Bitbar is a technology and service company that offers mobile app and game developers with automated software build and test environments. Its portfolio of products includes Testdroid Cloud: an online service for testing applications on real Android and iOS devices; Testdroid Enterprise: an in-house software solution for managing all aspects ofautomated testing on multiple real Android and iOS devices simultaneously; Testdroid PrivateCloud: a cloud-based Devices-as-a-Service that enables companies to access pre-selected real Android and iOS devices for app development and testing; and Testdroid Recorder: a tool for recording user actions, generating reusable Android JUnit test cases, and running them in Testdroid Cloud. Its portfolio of resources includes research papers, eBooks, webinars, slides, and videos.Bitbar has customers from various industries such as gaming, utilities, technology, e-commerce, mobile and communications, social media, and lifestyle. Facebook, Rovio, Avast, Google, Mozilla, eBay, PayPal, Deutsche Telekom, Skype, Flipboard, and Pinterest are some of its customers.Bitbar is operated from Helsinki, Finland.
  • ZirooPay — IroFit mobile card reader allows small businesses accept card payments anywhere they operate, even in areas with poor internet connection. By ensuring widest possible coverage area and effective operations, merchants increase sales and buyers are better served. We improve the overall purchasing experience for billions living in areas withpoor/no Internet connection.
  • PEAR Health Labs — Pear Sports is a health and fitness software platform that delivers digital coaching solutions. The platform pushes the consumer experience to the next level with dynamic, interactive audio and video workouts and personalized coaching.
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AngelList
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States

Apply privately to 130,000+ remote jobs and startup jobs near you with one application. See salary and equity upfront. Find the latest tech jobs, company overviews, benefits and more at AngelList Talent.

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Investment focus

  • Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

  • Ambak — Apply for home loans with Ambak. Compare interest rates, check eligibility, and get sanctioned in 48 hours. Trusted by 70+ lenders.
  • axiTrust — Trust Platform serving MSMEs with Technology and Consulting towards obtaining Surety Bonds
  • Hardline — Hardline, the AI-powered platform for construction teams, transforms jobsite communication into actionable summaries and detailed documentation.
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Ascend Capital Partners
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Medical Device, Internet of Things
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Finland, Austria, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Inflection.io — Marketing technology for product-led companies
  • Nanoflex Robotics — Nanoflex Robotics develops a soft robotic system that precisely inserts specially made guidewires and catheters deep into the brain. The company provides patented magnetic navigation technology but also the necessary surgical devices. Nanoflex Robotics was established in May, 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Omar Rebhan
Angel

Early Stage Angel Investor, Market Entry & Growth Strategist

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Apps, Coffee
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Finland, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Coffinado — Coffinado is an e-Commerce platform providing a variety of coffee beans to customers & coffee shops from self-owned roasters.
  • PerchPeek — PerchPeek is the easiest way to relocate your employees to hundreds of destinations around the world. With support globally from the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, AND MORE!
  • Space Nation — Space Nation is a Finnish startup aimed at encouraging public participation in the burgeoning commercial space industry, has raised more than 2.2 million Euros in a crowdfunding campaign launched Feb. 2 for the Space Nation Astronaut Training Program, including one million Euros pledged in the first 43 minutes for the smartphones application forcitizen astronauts. Space Nation is an official partner of NASA and has lab space at the International Space Station. Space Nation has partnership agreements with a number of space tech companies, including Axiom Space for access to the ISS and spaceflight training experiences, and IceXtech in Iceland for astronaut field training in the extraterrestrial looking landscapes of the geothermal regions of North East Iceland. Space Nation is the first space travel company to become an affiliate of UNWTO, the United Nation World Travel Organisation.
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Butterfly Ventures
VC Fund · Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Finland, Sweden, Norway

Portfolio highlights

  • Atium — Clean water is one of the largest future challenges we stand before, and toxic pollutants are a large contributing factor. Heavy metals are some of the most toxic chemicals to human health and it is our goal, through our innovation, to contribute to a world where water treatment is more environmentally friendly and effective. Atium exists to helpensure clean water, for everyone.
  • Reactional Music — Reactional Music is creating a new commercial layer for the global games industry that uses premium, licensed music to drive both user acquisition and player engagement. The company’s technology allows developers and publishers to integrate commercial music at two critical points in the player lifecycle:- Music in User Acquisition – improvingconversion, ROI, and campaign lifespan in playable ads and performance marketing.- Music in Games – increasing retention, session length, and monetization through adaptive, personalized music experiences.Reactional’s platform combines a patented rule-based adaptive music engine, a licensed catalog of more than six million tracks, and an automated rights and royalty system. The technology is already integrated with Unity and Unreal and is deployed across live projects with leading publishers and studios.
  • Popit — Popit makes medication connected with a unique, medical grade solution. It tracks medication use automatically and reminds ONLY if you miss. Developed together with healthcare professionals.
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Jukka Tapaninen
Angel

Jukka Tapaninen is an experienced IT business executive and a board member at Fimmic. Jukka also holds board positions at weVision, Addoro Ab, Findity and MeshWorks Wireless Oy.Jukka has a strong background in the IT industry on managing companies and business units globally. His leadership experience, from large companies like SAP and HP, aswell as from strong midsize companies has given him industry knowledge and excellent network within the strategic ecosystem and major customers. Jukka has experience in working in the United States, Singapore and multiple locations in Europe that have given him a good understanding on how business is done in different parts of the world.Jukka holds a M.Sc. degree from the Helsinki School of Economics.

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Investment focus

  • Medical, Software, Education
  • Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Aiforia — Aiforia provides software and services for pathologists, scientists and healthcare professionals to use artificial intelligence for image analysis.
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Forestay Capital
VC Fund · Genève, Geneve, Switzerland · 2 investments in the past 12 months

Forestay Capital is dedicated to investing in the tech sector and reflects Waypoint’s focus on innovative, forward-looking industries in which it can leverage its entrepreneurial heritage and long-track record in helping businesses to realize their ambitions for growth. It is passionate about technologies that transform conventional models withsoftware and data to make an impact on business, practices, and people. It invests in revenue-generating technology companies in Europe, Israel, and in the US, and favors software and data-driven businesses that challenge established models.Forestay Capital was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Geneve, Switzerland.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Logistics
  • Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Switzerland, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

  • Buynomics — buynomics is the leading solution to optimize your product portfolio. Our clients use buynomics to optimize pricing, promotions, & portfolio architecture.
  • Neural Concept — Neural Concept is the first AI software for enhanced engineering. Leverage your historical CAD and CAE data to drastically shorten and improve your design cycles.
  • Wasabi Technologies — Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at 1/5th the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has beenrecognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston.
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Leena Niemistö
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Leena Niemistö

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Rens Original — RENS Original is the World's First Sneaker made from recycled coffee and plastic. We know you've been drinking it, now it is time to wear it.
  • Maire — Maire - AI co-pilot for industry leading B2C E-commerce brands. From Industry Trends to Market Research and Search Intent Analysis
  • Finnadvance — Finnadvance is an Organ-On-Chip company developing high throughput biological barriers on chips to mimic human biology such as vascular, lung and the Blood-Brain-Barriers for small molecule, micro-nano-formulation permeability and toxicity testing with in-vivo like dynamic cell cultures.
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NGP Capital
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 11 investments in the past 12 months

We help exceptional founders turn their big ideas into companies that shape a better future.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Series B, Series C, Funding Round
  • United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

  • Skylo — Never lose coverage again - connect your existing NB-IoT devices directly over both cellular and satellite networks seamlessly
  • Ati Motors — Discover cutting-edge Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) by Ati Motors, a leading AMR manufacturer. Our AMRs, like the Sherpa series, streamline warehouse operations with precision navigation, modularity, and Industry 4.0 integration for optimal efficiency.
  • Shadowfax — Best last mile delivery service provider across Food, E-commerce, Groceries, Pharma, FMCG, Consumer durables, Auto, BFSI, Telecom, Freight forwarding & Apparel.
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Midinvest Management
VC Fund · Jyväskylä, Western Finland, Finland

Midinvest Management is a Finnish private equity firm specialized in ownership arrangements for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Humap — Howspace is an AI-powered online platform that brings digital collaboration and social learning to the forefront of your process & development initiatives.
  • Quosis — As of March 18, 2008, Quosis Oy was acquired by Proactum Oy. Quosis Oy operates as an open source software service company. It offers open-source based solutions and services, including portal solution for managing organization’s information and services; content management for gathering, sharing, saving, and producing information; businessprocess management for automating, monitoring, managing, and improving key processes; integration of information systems; and instant messaging for improving the organizational information exchange. The company also offers open source consultation and software development services. It serves the paper industry. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Jyvaskyla, Finland.
  • Howspace — Howspace is an AI-powered online platform that brings digital collaboration and social learning to the forefront of your process & development initiatives.
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Juha Harju
Angel · Jyväskylä, Western Finland, Finland

Mr. Juha Harju is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Woolman. He is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Software, Education
  • Convertible Note
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Howspace — Howspace is an AI-powered online platform that brings digital collaboration and social learning to the forefront of your process & development initiatives.
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Aristo-Invest
VC Fund

Aristo-Invest is a family office of CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen.

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Investment focus

  • Cooking, Children, Education
  • Pre-Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Carrot Revolution — Versatile recipes, designed by food education experts, and a game-like cooking experience guarantee a fun and safe cooking hobby in the child's own home.
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Oppiva Invest
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Oppiva Invest offers capital-based loan financing to companies, especially for business activities related to the development of vocational training learning environments and teaching aids, and for export promotion.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Education, E-Learning
  • Funding Round
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Seppo — Seppo is an online programme for creating educational games. It can be used on all levels from pre-school to university.
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Liquido.VC
VC Fund

We help startups in building pre-seed and seed financing rounds from designing the pitch deck to closing the round. We also build our own startup portfolio by investing and supporting the carefully selected growth companies.

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Investment focus

  • Energy, Software, Education
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Seppo — Seppo is an online programme for creating educational games. It can be used on all levels from pre-school to university.
  • Polar Night Energy — Polar Night Energy - Seasonal heat storage in district heating and industrial applications. The energy revolution is here.
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Almaral
VC Fund · Kaarina, Western Finland, Finland

Almaral provides risk management advice long-term strategy development budgeting operational function setup legal support early-stage sales and marketing function setup, and commercialization.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Education, E-Learning
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Seppo — Seppo is an online programme for creating educational games. It can be used on all levels from pre-school to university.
  • Marginum — Pioneering the next-generation quantitative surgical techniques.
  • Moncyte Health — Unique technology and novel data for personalized and optimal treatment of high cholesterol
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Tomi Hilvo
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Tomi Hilvo

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Software, Education
  • Convertible Note
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Howspace — Howspace is an AI-powered online platform that brings digital collaboration and social learning to the forefront of your process & development initiatives.
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MPA Education
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom

MPA Capital is looking for mission-driven entrepreneurs developing inclusive EdTech solutions to tackle the challenge of human talent shortage (labour & skills shortages, mental health crisis).

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Investment focus

  • EdTech, Education, B2B
  • Seed
  • Italy, Finland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Lifeed — Lifeed (powered by Life Based Value) is a digital learning platform that unlocks life’s learning potential, transforming employees’ life transitions into professional growth. Companies that adopt Lifeed have access to a set of training and communications resources, a hub for sharing experiences and a dashboard with updated data on employees’experiences. By using a strength-based approach, the Life Based Learning method demonstrates how life events can be maximised to improve the corporate environment, empowering parents, caregivers and transitioners to fully engage and reveal their value within the company, reducing stress and helping them to excel in their careers.Since launching in 2015, Life Based Value has worked with over 80 firms and is being piloted in 23 countries and 218 cities across the USA, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. Over 20,000 people have participated and the results indicate that the program can improve soft skills by up to 35%.
  • Blackbullion — Blackbullion is the all in one student money space where you can build your money management skills, gain financial confidence and apply for student funding.
  • Kide Science — Kide Science supports young children's scientific thinking through play-based learning, which predicts better learning outcomes in school.
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Reetta Rajala
Angel

Reetta Rajala

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Investment focus

  • Training, Education, Human Resources
  • Pre-Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
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Eqvitec
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Eqvitec Partners is a privately owned and independent Nordic private equity firm, advising six funds with a total capital base of over €500 million. Equity funds invest in technology companies in all phases from early-stage to buyouts. Mezzanine funds focus on buyouts and expansion financing.Eqvitec Partners offers a combination of experienceand expertise to companies with an attractive business model and solid growth potential. They spend a lot of time with the portfolio companies working closely with the management on a board level. Their aim is to add significant value, particularly via intellectual capital, with a focus on strategy implementation and business development. In addition, they bring a significant network and financial know-how to their portfolio companies. Eqvitec funds typically exit the investments after 3-6 years through a trade sale or a stock exchange floatation.Eqvitec Partners was established in 1997 and currently has 15 employees in the Helsinki and Stockholm offices.They are a member of the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA), Swedish Venture Capital Association (SVCA), European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and Nordic Venture Network (NVN).

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Norstel — Norstel AB manufactures and develops wide bandgap semiconductor materials, including silicon carbide (SiC) wafers and epitaxial layers.
  • eBuilder — eBuilder is a global company that optimizes and automates administrative processes for corporations and public sector agencies through IT-based business process outsourcing.
  • MediSapiens — MediSapiens provides software solutions to clients in the biomedical field. Our solutions turn biomedical data into new insights and knowledge. Our clients
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Practica Capital
VC Fund · Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania · 3 investments in the past 12 months

Practica Capital

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Investment focus

  • B2B, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Creem — Creem provides Indie Hackers, Micro-SaaS and SaaS businesses with instant financial tools and functionality. As a Merchant of Record our pre-integrated embeddable components tap your existing data, boosting revenue effortlessly. No costs—pure growth potential for your business.
  • Handwave — Handwave is the world’s first biometric wallet and identity platform — replacing wallets, phones, and IDs with a single gesture for in-store payments. Designed for retail, meant for people. End users can easily onboard their palms through the Handwave app by scanning their palm with the phone camera, linking payment and loyalty cards, and thenenjoy frictionless checkout at retail by simply scanning their palm at a payment terminal.
  • Atrandi Biosciences — Achieve your discoveries easier using high-throughput screening and droplet microfluidics. Create your own custom workflows for any R&D or academic applications.
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Ali Ömer Horzum
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Ali Ömer Horzum

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Investment focus

  • EdTech, Education, Primary Education
  • Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • New Nordic School — New Nordic Schools is transforming current systems of education. Our K-12 educational system empowers all students to explore their natural creativity.
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Excedea Capital
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Excedea Capital is a private investment company. It finances growth companies and special real estate opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Education, E-Learning
  • Funding Round
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Seppo — Seppo is an online programme for creating educational games. It can be used on all levels from pre-school to university.
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Timo Hentunen
Angel

Timo Hentunen

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Investment focus

  • Training, Education, Human Resources
  • Pre-Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
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Ria Parppei
Angel

Ria Parppei

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Investment focus

  • Training, Education, Human Resources
  • Pre-Seed
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
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Markko Vaarnas
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Markko Vaarnas is specialized in internationalizing B2B software and service companies. His experience accumulates from Global Intelligence Alliance Group (GIA), a company he co-founded in 1995 and successfully exited in late 2014. At the time that the company was sold, GIA had 10 offices across 4 continents, and a vast majority of the 15 mEURrevenue came from outside its home market, Finland. In January 2015, Markko co-founded Takeoff Partners with the mission to create positive impact to people and the society by helping business owners to grow their businesses internationally. He executes this mission through serving as a part-time advisor, coach and angel investor for growth companies, as well as a consultant and interim leader for targeted internationalization projects and programs.In his various roles, he wants to share his experiences on how to internationalize B2B software and service business, and more specifically help companies to build strategic business plans, conceptualize offerings, improve customer experiences, raise finance and facilitate the implementation of new market entries.During his time at GIA, Markko became one of the global thought leaders in Market Intelligence. He is the author of the book “The Handbook of Market Intelligence” published by Wiley in September 2011, and has presented and facilitated workshops in numerous international conferences. http://bit.ly/HandbookMIMarkko graduated from the Helsinki School of Economics with a Master's degree (International Business). He is married with three children, and speaks fluent English and Finnish, and is also able to converse in German and Swedish. In his free time he enjoys playing soccer and coaches a junior soccer team.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Software, Education
  • Convertible Note
  • Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Howspace — Howspace is an AI-powered online platform that brings digital collaboration and social learning to the forefront of your process & development initiatives.
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Courage Ventures Management
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Courage Ventures is a seed investment fund with global networks. The fund focuses on health, education and environment verticals where its partners and advisors can add significant value to the companies’ growth.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Apps, Online Games
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Rens Original — RENS Original is the World's First Sneaker made from recycled coffee and plastic. We know you've been drinking it, now it is time to wear it.
  • Equally — Build engaging games for kids that encourage physical activity, personal development and exploration. Provide parents the data and oversight they need to reward positive behavior.
  • Meru Health — Meru Health is an online mental health provider that helps people improve their mental health long-term by treating depression, anxiety, and burnout.
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Poland Prize Program
VC Fund

Poland goverment program to support startups

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Investment focus

  • SaaS, Enterprise Software, FinTech
  • Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Estonia, Finland, Ukraine

Portfolio highlights

  • Acounto — Acounto is your new digital accountant. Acounto offers automated accounting, payroll, tax advice conveniently available on mobile & desktop with 0-24 support, real-time reports at half the cost of a traditional accountant.
  • Fintellect — Get more profitability from your projects with price estimations, automated analytics, and projections
  • Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
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