# Top 30 Fashion Startup Investors in Finland in June 2026 ## Lifeline Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. ## Superhero Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Some call you founders. We call you Superheroes. Seed stage VC investing in insight-driven startups in Finland and the Baltics. Tickets 100 K€ - 1000 K€. ## Business Finland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology Business Finland finances business R&D projects and public research projects at universities, research institutes and universities of applied sciences. Read more about R&D and business funding. ## Reaktor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce 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. ## VTT Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Sensor 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? ## Nuard Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: IaaS, Video, Fashion Nuard Ventures invests in innovative early stage companies. ## Harwick Overseas - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Marketplace Harwick Overseas is an investment company managed by Jari Ovaskainen. ## Sami Marttinen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Shopping, Marketplace Sami Marttinen is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Swappie. He previously worked as the CEO and Co Founder of Viking Shave Club Oy Ab. He completed his degree from Aalto University. ## Tesi - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is a government-owned investment company. It invests the proceeds accrued from the privatisation of state-owned companies in stimulating the growth and internationalisation of Finnish businesses.Finnish Industry Investment invests in venture capital funds and directly in growth companies, together with privateco-investors. The targets are in all sectors. Capital investments are needed for financing the growth of investee companies, and for spin-offs, major industrial investments, and sector and corporate restructurings.The investments of Finnish Industry Investment amount to over MEUR 570 ## Siena Holding - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Music, Events, Sports Holding company ## Impulse VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Advertising, Software, E-Commerce Fund for technological internet companies ## Annika Sjoberg - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Shopping, Marketplace Annika Sjöberg is a Principal Consultant at Anthesis Group. ## Royal Majestics - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Marketplace Royal Majestics is a venture firm and business accelerator for fashion, design and lifestyle consumer goods. ## Wave Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology 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. ## Marianne Vikkula - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B - Focus: Marketplace, Fashion, Fitness Marianne Vikkula is based out of Helsinki, Southern Finland and is the COO of Wolt. Marianne previously worked at Slush as a Board Member. Marianne Vikkula attended the Aalto University. Marianne Vikkula has been awarded Aalto Athlete 2013. ## Vaens - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Environmental Consulting Vaens is a family investment office focused on b2b software and software-as-a-service companies. ## Nutshell Invest OU - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle Nutshell Invest OU ## Nicolas Brabeck-Letmathe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle Nicolas Brabeck-Letmathe ## Partner Up Finland - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle Partner Up Finland ## Anniina Sulku - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Shopping, Marketplace Anniina Sulku is a Angel investor. ## Kari Vatanen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle Kari Vatanen ## Mavaconsult - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle Mavaconsult ## Innovestor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Innovestor is an active Finnish investment manager, focusing on venture capital, real estate, and energy storage. We also offer corporate venturing services. ## Flashpoint - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning Venture capital serves as funding for emerging, inventive enterprises poised for rapid expansion. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Stephen Industries - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Apps We fund futurebreakthroughs ## Peter Vesterbacka - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Computer, Education 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. ## Begin Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology UK-based VC fund that backs sharp entrepreneurs. Statistically, 0.015% website visitors get funding! ## 3M New Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Electronics, Medical Device 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. ## Mikko Silventola - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Transportation 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.