Top 25 Fashion Startup Investors in Finland in May 2026
Top 25 Fashion Startup Investors in Finland in May 2026
| Investor | Fashion Finland investments |
|---|---|
| Lifeline Ventures | 5 |
| Superhero Capital | 4 |
| Business Finland | 3 |
| Reaktor Ventures | 3 |
| VTT Ventures | 2 |
| Harwick Overseas | 2 |
| Nuard Ventures | 2 |
| Partner Up Finland | 1 |
| Anniina Sulku | 1 |
| Stephen Industries | 1 |
| Peter Vesterbacka | 1 |
| Begin Capital | 1 |
| 3M New Ventures | 1 |
| Kari Vatanen | 1 |
| Mavaconsult | 1 |
| Mikko Silventola | 1 |
| Sami Marttinen | 1 |
| Tesi | 1 |
| Siena Holding | 1 |
| Impulse VC | 1 |
| Annika Sjoberg | 1 |
| Royal Majestics | 1 |
| Flashpoint | 1 |
| Wave Ventures | 1 |
| Vaens | 1 |
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Find investors — It's Free!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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- Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
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- ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
- Supercell — Visit Supercell.com and find out more about us and our games.
- Nordcraft — Create AAA web apps that delight your users
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€.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Finland, Lithuania, Estonia
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- Zadaa — We are the world’s first marketplace to make selling and buying secondhand as simple as in an online store. We have revolutionised C2C logistics regarding pricing and marketplace integration between multiple logistic companies operating on different markets. Zadaa is live on German, Danish and Finnish markets.
- ADESANTE — SurgeryVision is a Virtual Reality solution for Surgeons. Product is intended to be used for planning surgical procedures.
- Copla — Simplify cybersecurity compliance with automated workflows, audits, and risk management. Our expert CISO team tailors solutions to your organization's needs.
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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- Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
- Seed, Grant, Funding Round
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- AIATELLA — Automating medical image analysis
- SparkReceipt — Scan, categorize, and stay tax-ready automatically with AI. Built for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to cry less over receipts, and stay organized all year.
- 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.
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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- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- 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.
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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- Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Sensor
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland
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- Dispelix — See-through, full color waveguide combiners for a wide range of XR applications. From near-eye to head-up.
- Solar Foods — The Finnish company Solar Foods Oy produces an entirely new kind of nutrient-rich protein using only air and electricity as the main resources. The goal of the company is to start commercial production of the environmentally revolutionary protein in 2020.Solar Foods’ concept redefines the basics of food production, as it is not dependent onagriculture, the weather, or the climate. The price of the protein product is also competitive compared to sources such as soy protein.
- 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.
Harwick Overseas is an investment company managed by Jari Ovaskainen.
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- Fashion, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Seed, Funding Round
- Finland
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- Stylewhile — Stylewhile creates next generation fashion shopping experience on mobile. With Stylewhile, users can try and buy outfits instead of just clothes. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Stylewhile targets the US apparel e-commerce with a strong team with backgrounds in games, e-commerce and apps.Stylewhile was launched on iOS in September 2013 togetherwith Saks Fifth Avenue. The company is backed by Lifeline Ventures, Harwick Overseas and Reaktor Polte.
Nuard Ventures invests in innovative early stage companies.
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- IaaS, Video, Fashion
- Seed, Funding Round
- Finland, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- WARD — WARD is a fantasy sport game, where fans can watch their favourite eSports matches and predict what will happen in real time.WARD is a startup out of Berlin which has created a “pick and predict” real-time prediction smartphone game, where players can win real prizes. People love to watch e-sports. We believe on these occasions they still want tobe able to participate.However, until now no product has offered anything other than the ability to watch. There’s been no way for fans to spectate, participate, analyse and predict the outcomes of their favourite games.
- MVision AI — AI-powered solutions that automate repetitive tasks, enable efficient radiotherapy workflows, and promote consistency across clinical processes.
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Partner Up Finland
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- Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle
- Seed
- Finland
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- Polka Dot Studio — Kalian Bisa Memasang Taruhan Online Dengan Sangat Mudah Dan Nyaman Di Situs DEWAHOKI Yang Sudah Resmi Di Indonesia
Anniina Sulku is a Angel investor.
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- Fashion, Shopping, Marketplace
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
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- Bought — Everything you've bought, automatically ready for resale.
- Realm — Realm is a search engine for the workplace reimagined with AI. Designed to help fast-moving teams better leverage their collective knowledge.
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- Apps, Water, Energy
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland
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- StemSight — StemSight is a Finnish high-tech startup developing cell therapies for corneal blindness using human pluripotent stem cells.
- HYPERMINE — Hypermine a novel laser-based mineralogy sensing technology to optimize resource recovery and reduce the negative environmental effects of mining.
- TILT Biotherapeutics — TILT Biotherapeutics is the leading company globally working in the area of enabling tumor T-cell therapy with oncolytic viruses. TILT is a preclinical stage company working in the field of cancer immunotherapy and will soon translate its unique approach into clinical trials. The company’s patented technology involves utilization of oncolyticviruses for enhancement of tumor T-cell therapy. Initial embodiments of the technology will be used to enhance tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL), chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) and checkpoint inhibiting antibody therapy. The TILT approach has the potential to achieve similar results in CAR-T therapy of solid tumors as currently achieved for CD19+ hematological tumors.
Peter Vesterbacka served as the Chief Marketing Officer and Mighty Eagle of Rovio Entertainment Oy. Vesterbacka manages the Rovio Entertainment’s business strategy, including expanding Angry Birds into broader entertainment franchise. He serves as Senior Advisor of Transfluent Oy. Previously, he has founded Some Bazaar, he has held severalcommunications industry related positions at Hewlett Packard and founded the Hewlett Packard Mobile E Services Bazaar and he is the co-founder and original initiator of MobileMonday. He serves as a Director of Star Wreck Studios, Start Up Sauna, BlueGiga Technologies Oy, Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab and American Chamber of Commerce in Finland. He served as a Director of F-Secure Oyj since 2014 until April 7, 2015. Vesterbacka has studied marketing at Åbo Akademi.
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- Fashion, Computer, Education
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Edumus — We empower students with the skills they need to succeed in today's world and future careers #edumusschool
- Polka Dot Studio — Kalian Bisa Memasang Taruhan Online Dengan Sangat Mudah Dan Nyaman Di Situs DEWAHOKI Yang Sudah Resmi Di Indonesia
UK-based VC fund that backs sharp entrepreneurs. Statistically, 0.015% website visitors get funding!
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- SaaS, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands
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- xmemory — xmemory is an AI‑focused startup working on advanced, structured memory architectures for AI agents and large‑language‑model (LLM) systems. It provides a specialized AI infrastructure layer that enables AI agents to transition from stateless to stateful by implementing a structured, hierarchical memory architecture.
- Dwelly — Dwelly is a UK-based lettings & property management AI-first platform. The company grows by acquiring and partnering with traditional letting agencies to elevate it's level of service. Using AI, Dwelly streamlines the entire letting lifecycle—from tenant finding to rent collection—while enhancing the user experience
- Runware — Run AI models with the lowest-cost API for developers. Fast, flexible access to generative models for image, video, audio, LLM, 3D, and more.
3M New Ventures was created to strengthen 3M's position at the leading edge of global innovation by complementing 3M's holistic innovation strategy with a focus on disruptive, early stage innovations outside of the company's existing portfolio. 3M New Ventures identifies and invests in the most promising new-to-3M technologies,services and business models with long term strategic relevance to 3M.
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- Software, Electronics, Medical Device
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, Canada
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- TactoTek — Set your imagination free and create user experiences with the help of sustainable smart molded structures.
- Voltiris — Unlock renewable energy in your greenhouse with Voltiris' spectral filtering technology.
- Ayar Labs — Ayar Labs develops a monolithic in-package optical I/O (MIPO) solution for applications that require high bandwidth, low latency, and power-efficient short-reach interconnects.The company disrupts the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by driving improvement in interconnectbandwidth density at lower power. Its patented approach uses industry-standard cost-effective silicon processing techniques to develop high speed, high density, low power optical-based interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical-based I/O. Ayar’s flagship product is a chip called TeraPhy that implements its optical technology on compact silicon die. The chip can be integrated directly into a central processing unit, graphics card, or another processor to give it optical data transmission capabilities.The Emeryville, California-headquartered company was established in 2015 by Alex Wright-Gladstein, Vladimir Stojanovic, Chen Sun, and Mark Wade.
Kari Vatanen
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- Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle
- Seed
- Finland
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- Polka Dot Studio — Kalian Bisa Memasang Taruhan Online Dengan Sangat Mudah Dan Nyaman Di Situs DEWAHOKI Yang Sudah Resmi Di Indonesia
Mavaconsult
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- Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle
- Seed
- Finland
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- Polka Dot Studio — Kalian Bisa Memasang Taruhan Online Dengan Sangat Mudah Dan Nyaman Di Situs DEWAHOKI Yang Sudah Resmi Di Indonesia
Mikko is an active investor, with over 50 investments globally. Besides Europe, he is also active in Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Lat Am. He is the first investor of Bolt (Estonia), an investor of Rappi (Colombia), and of Hugo (El Salvador). He has founded 3 international media companies which in total have generated over €35M in sales overjust a few years. He has helped companies with internationalization, fundraising and M&As in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Transportation
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Estonia, Finland, United States
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- Corner Renovation — Volume Hiring AI Automator
- Awesomic — Get matched with the best-fit designer on a fixed budget with no stress. Place a design task and see the first results on the next business day. Start today!
- Montonio — 10x lower fees and the most customer-friendly financing solution.
Sami Marttinen is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Swappie.
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- Fashion, Shopping, Marketplace
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
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- Bought — A fully automated secondhand marketplace unleashing the 95% of hidden secondhand supply with AI.
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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- Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States, Switzerland
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- ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
- Wirepas — Wirepas offers a standards-based, ultra-reliable mesh connectivity for infrastructure-grade IoT. Proven in millions of devices worldwide.
- Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.
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- Music, Events, Sports
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Finland, United States
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- FanSifter — FanSifter is a fan data management platform that leverages machine learning to help rights holders in music, entertainment, and sports increase tickets, music, merch, experiences, and sponsorships sales.
- Polka Dot Studio — Kalian Bisa Memasang Taruhan Online Dengan Sangat Mudah Dan Nyaman Di Situs DEWAHOKI Yang Sudah Resmi Di Indonesia
Fund for technological internet companies
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- Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Abc Doc — Abc Doc is a web-based service that recognizes bureaucratic letters, provides a summary, and suggests next steps.
- GuestReady — Premium Airbnb Management Service for your vacation rental. Maximise your revenues and become a Superhost with GuestReady's 5* property management service.
- Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.
Annika Sjöberg is a Principal Consultant at Anthesis Group.
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- Fashion, Shopping, Marketplace
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
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- Bought — A fully automated secondhand marketplace unleashing the 95% of hidden secondhand supply with AI.
Royal Majestics is a venture firm and business accelerator for fashion, design and lifestyle consumer goods.
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- Fashion, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Funding Round
- Finland
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- Stylewhile — Stylewhile creates next generation fashion shopping experience on mobile. With Stylewhile, users can try and buy outfits instead of just clothes. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Stylewhile targets the US apparel e-commerce with a strong team with backgrounds in games, e-commerce and apps.Stylewhile was launched on iOS in September 2013 togetherwith Saks Fifth Avenue. The company is backed by Lifeline Ventures, Harwick Overseas and Reaktor Polte.
Venture capital serves as funding for emerging, inventive enterprises poised for rapid expansion.
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- Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
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- QMENTA — Our industry-leading neuroimaging cloud-based software works with advanced AI-powered tools to empower researchers, radiologists, and clinical trials.
- Crowded — Banking for Greek Life that allows you to seamlessly pay dues, P2P transfers, deposits, and make payments with your virtual debit card. Tailored tools for events, ticketing, chat organizational management and more.
- INXY Payments — EU-licensed crypto platform enabling businesses to securely and legally accept, send, and exchange cryptocurrencies.Accept Crypto using Customizable Payment Gateway API:- Easily receive payments in multiple cryptocurrencies; - Auto-convert crypto to Euro or stablecoins; - Automated Bank settlement with full reporting; - Reach Millions of CryptoUsers for Increased Sales.Automate Crypto Payouts to Affiliates, Publishers, Suppliers & Employees:- Automate thousands of payments using file or API; - Automatically convert your assets to crypto for Mass Payouts; Tailored reports to suit accounting needs.Exchange crypto or fiat at low fees:- Direct transactions, avoiding large public exchange platforms; - Manual and automated exchange; - Easy & fee-free withdrawals to any supported E-wallets or affordable transfers to bank account.Stay Compliant & Informed:- Real-time transactions monitoring (KYT) for safe dealings; - Comprehensive Transaction History & Detailed Reports; - Ensure EU Compliance with Our VASP crypto license; - Audit-Ready for Smooth Accounting. Tailored reports to suit accounting needs.INXY Payments: Simplifying crypto adoption for businesses. Save money, unlock crypto's potential, and seamlessly bridge Web2 to the future. Join us in making cryptocurrency as easy as fiat.
Founded in 2016, Wave Ventures is the largest student-run VC in Europe, backed by Nordic unicorn founders, investing in Gen Z entrepreneurs at the earliest stage. We operate both from Finland and Sweden with a team of five people from the top universities in the region.
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- Software, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Finland, Sweden, Germany
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- Bought — A fully automated secondhand marketplace unleashing the 95% of hidden secondhand supply with AI.
- Sustashift — Sustashift offers a comprehensive legal CSRD reporting tool, providing tailored audit templates and automated XBRL tagging to streamline compliance and reduce manual reporting efforts.
- Bahn Express — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.
Vaens is a family investment office focused on b2b software and software-as-a-service companies.
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- InsurTech, Environmental Consulting
- Seed
- Sweden, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Ninyes — Re-commerce solutions for quality fashion brands
- Synergi — Synergi app features smart charging, smart climate, solar charging, and more to help you use electricity when it's cheap and good for the planet. Start saving and earning with smart electricity use!
- Nordic Umami Company — Developing all-embracing sustainable flavours to accelerate plant-based eating.
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