Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Finland in May 2026
Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Finland in May 2026
| Investor | Food and Beverage Finland investments |
|---|---|
| Lifeline Ventures | 8 |
| Ilkka Paananen | 5 |
| Illusian Founder Office | 4 |
| Butterfly Ventures | 4 |
| Laurel Bowden | 3 |
| Inventure | 3 |
| Ali Omar | 3 |
| First Fellow Partners | 3 |
| Nordic Foodtech VC | 3 |
| Business Finland | 2 |
| Reaktor Ventures | 2 |
| Innovestor | 2 |
| Alfabeat | 2 |
| Metsa Spring | 2 |
| Fazer | 2 |
| PeakBridge | 2 |
| TukkuHeino | 2 |
| Genesis Ventures | 2 |
| Lasse Järvinen | 2 |
| Stefan Lindberg | 2 |
| Vaens | 1 |
| Tradeka | 1 |
| Aristo-Invest | 1 |
| Mikael Hed | 1 |
| Veritas Finland | 1 |
| Christian Jantzen | 1 |
| Jawed Karim | 1 |
| Finnish Climate Fund | 1 |
| Niklas Hed | 1 |
| Ananda Impact Ventures | 1 |
| Aboa Advest | 1 |
| Finnvera Venture Capital | 1 |
| Julia Jouhki | 1 |
| University of Helsinki | 1 |
| Turret Oy | 1 |
| Matti Kukkonen | 1 |
| Nordic Science Investments | 1 |
| Peter Carlsson | 1 |
| PINC | 1 |
| Bridford Investments | 1 |
| Agronomics | 1 |
| Arteel Ventures | 1 |
| Sofokus | 1 |
| SilentQuote | 1 |
| Monttu Ventures | 1 |
| Verdane | 1 |
| CPT Capital | 1 |
| Juha-Petteri Kukkonen | 1 |
| Insta Ventures | 1 |
| Niklas Zennström | 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
Portfolio highlights
- 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
Ilkka Paananen, is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the Helsinki-based mobile games developer behind Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. Since its founding in 2010, Supercell's five games have amassed 100m daily players and remain in the global top 10 years after launch. In June 2016, Supercell became thefirst European technology start-up to reach a valuation of $10 billion.In addition to his role at Supercell, Ilkka helps other entrepreneurs as both an investor and as an active member of the Nordic startup community where he mentors and coaches other founders. Alongside his co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, he has established the We Foundation to fight social inequality and help disadvantaged children in Finland.Prior to founding Supercell, he was the CEO & co-founder of Finnish games developer Sumea, which was later acquired by Digital Chocolate, where he worked as President until 2010. Ilkka holds a Master of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Droppe — Order work equipment directly from manufacturers. Support small businesses and source more responsibly from local and European manufacturers. Order from several suppliers at the same time with one shopping cart. Test samples for free and order products for your workplaces without extra hassle. Find nitrile gloves, protective clothing, work gloves, work accessories, disposable gloves, disinfectants, sanitizers and other supplies in one place.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- BottleCap AI — BottleCap AI is a company that focuses on architecture-first, efficiency-focused basic LLMs designed to reason better per unit of CPU and enable previously impossible applications.
Illusian is the Founder Office of people who have founded and scaled companies like Supercell, Zalando, Wolt, Aiven, Pigment, and Smartly. While the group is still busy running their businesses, they've aligned their networks, capital, and expertise to simultaneously support the next generation of builders.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States, Germany
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- Ever — Shop Ever Certified EVs, get instant sell offers, and finance online with delivery or pickup.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- 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).
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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- 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.
- Zenniz — Zenniz is an ITF approved game tracking solution that provides real-time info, such as automated line calling, stroke and serve speeds, shot charts, match statistics and more. Players and coaches at all levels can use Zenniz on and off the court to help improve their game. For tennis clubs, Zenniz is an easy and cost-effective way to upgrade to thenext level. Due to a new, innovative sensor technology, they’ve been able to keep the cost to a minimum, making Zenniz accessible for all clubs, coaches and players.
- 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.
Laurel is a General Partner at 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which she joined in 2008. Her areas of focus include: software, internet and fintech. Laurel has led investments in many leading European companies, including Just Eat (LSE: JE), Qliktech (NASDAQ: QLIK) and Hybris (acquired by SAP).Her current company boards and investmentsinclude Workable, Mirakl, NotontheHighStreet, Wonga, Wandera, iZettle, BlueVine, Ebury and Investec PLC & Ltd.Laurel was previously at GE and JVP. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from INSEAD.
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- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Series C, Series B, Series D
- United Kingdom, Germany, France
Portfolio highlights
- Huuva — We believe today’s food delivery market is broken and aim to fix this for all value chain stakeholders by making virtual food courts the new industry standard.Huuva develops a plug-n-play solution for restaurateurs to scale their brands to new markets with healthy unit economics. For consumers, Huuva creates unique virtual food court experiencesdirectly into food delivery applications.
- Pandas — We are Green Panda and our mission is to give consumers the most value out of their smartphone with zero hassle, by empowering them to sell/trade it in the fastest, safest, and easiest way possible. 1Bn (with a B!) smartphones stop being used, every year after you upgrade to the latest and greatest. But there is a solution as simple astrading them in and getting paid while participating in the circular economy. So, why aren’t people selling their old phones, we wondered? This is where Green Panda comes in. Inspired by humans and powered by tech, we make sure that the frustrating experience of selling your smartphone is now as quick and easy as using a kiosk near you. Our patented A.I. technology in the Green Panda kiosks allows us to evaluate a smartphone’s condition, from the smallest nick to serious technical issues, with unprecedented accuracy. Oh, and we pay users on the spot, straight to their bank account/credit card.
- Botanical Ventures Limited — Botanical Ventures Limited is a privately held company based in London, United Kingdom, and has been incorporated since 2017. The company brings together a diverse range of industries — including financial services, asset tokenization, mining operations, real estate, biotechnology, and botanical ventures — with a focus on building real-world valuethrough innovation and cross-sector expertise.Co-founded by Alexander Thomas Dover and Nicolas-André Borel, Botanical Ventures Limited operates with a vision to connect traditional industries with emerging technologies. While Alexander leads the company’s strategic direction, Nicolas-André serves as Chief Operating Officer, playing a key role in driving operational growth and cross-border initiatives.Registered under UK company law, Botanical Ventures is committed to long-term, sustainable development and creating new opportunities across both established and frontier markets.
Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, Sweden, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Abzu — Abzu's AI is built for the modern researcher, where explainability, small data, and new insights are at the core of innovative discoveries.
- Yeply — Yeply Mobile Bike Service is a start-up that specializes in bicycle maintenance. Yeply’s ideology is that bicycle maintenance should be an easy, quick, and effortless experience for the customer. It believes that every bike is worth caring for and they value every cyclist equally - cycling belongs to everyone.It was founded in 2016 and isheadquartered in Helsinki, Finland.
- Hopsworks — Hopsworks is an online platform for the development and operation of Machine Learning (ML) pipelines at scale, based around the industry's first Feature Store for ML.
Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Finland, United States, Estonia
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- MÖ Foods — MÖ Kaurajogu is domestic, completely herbal and above all delicious. All our products are manufactured in Central Ostrobothnia, Lohtaja.
- React & Share — High volume, high quality feedback directly from your customers. React & Share helps digital comms teams improve their websites and satisfy their customers.
- Plain Complex — VUOROX IS AN AI-POWERED ROSTER SCHEDULING APP FOR HEALTHCARE
First Fellow Partners is a private investment firm built on a founder-first philosophy. We invest only our own capital, backing bold, mission-driven technology entrepreneurs from idea to lasting impact.
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Finland, United States, Estonia
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- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- Quanscient — We are building next generation simulation software-as-a-service utilizing Quantum computing algorithms. Our specialty domain of simulations is Computational Electromagnetics.
- 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!
We are investing in #FutureFood. Nordic FoodTech VC is the first fund in the Nordics investing explicitly in the future of food
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- Biotechnology, Life Science, Water
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- EvodiaBio — Mirroring nature with pioneering bioscience for natural flavors
- Endless Food — Endless Food Co is a food innovation firm focusing on the junction of pleasure and sustainability. Endless Food Co was pulled together by a common idea that the transition to a greener and more egalitarian future food system will be driven by flavor, and having spent the last decade pioneering sustainable gastronomy
- Happy Plant Protein — Revolutionize plant protein production with Happy Plant Protein's innovative technology, transforming local ingredients into high-quality, sustainable solutions for the food industry.
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
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- 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
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- 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.
Innovestor is an active Finnish investment manager, focusing on venture capital, real estate, and energy storage. We also offer corporate venturing services.
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- Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland, Denmark, Sweden
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- Aplagon — Aplagon is committed to bringing unique, effective antithrombotic medicines with important safety advantages to patients with unmet needs.
- Bahn Express — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.
- Tribune Therapeutics — Tribune Therapeutics is a preclinical biopharmaceutical company building a promising pipeline of novel medicines to treat patients with a wide range of fibrotic diseases. It was founded in 2020 with funding from HealthCap and Novo Seeds.
Welcome to Alfabeat, a specialist seed and early stage venture capital fundfocused on Enterprise SaaS companies from Central and Eastern Europe,backed by successful enterprise software founders.
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- Software, Marketing, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Poland, United Kingdom, United States
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- SunRoof — Roof of the future
- Monetization Solutions, Inc. — Monetizr™ is a turn-key solution enabling game developers and game IP holders to sell personalized game gear from inside the game’s UI and create meta-experiences for high-value players. Give players more than they expect!★ Platform to design, import, and control product inventory, launch, and manage campaigns in real-time. ★ A technologysolution that enables a to sell personalized game gear or give away physical rewards right from the game itself. ★ Support for multi-languages and multi-currencies with the most popular payment methods, including ApplePay, GooglePay, CreditCards, PayPal, Bitcoin. ★ Handling product procurement, fulfillment, legal compliance, and customer support for you. ★ Knowledge-base with the best campaign tactics recommendations to enhance the experience for your most high-value players.We've increased customer lifetime value (CLTV) by up to 25% and our conversion rates are as high as 10.6%. Today we're working with more than 30 game publishers, reaching 17 million monthly active users. Monetizr is focused on Mobile Games - the fastest growing (29% YoY) segment of the gaming industry with 41% of market share and $56.4 Billion dollars spent on digital currencies annually.Learn more at www.themonetizr.com
- Fluency — Fluency is a blockchain-empowered CBDC proprietary platform revolutionizing the existing financial system. Their blockchain enterprise smart contract platform was developed for the purpose of building and interconnecting national multi CBDC networks. Fluency Aureum allows issuance, distribution, and exchange of multi-CBDCs between central banks,commercial banks, merchants, and consumers. The company's proprietary technology is specifically tailored with the idea of bringing technological and economical innovations of digital currencies to the existing financial system.It was incorporated in 2019, headquartered in London, UK with subsidiaries in Delaware, US, and Dublin, Ireland.
We boldly invest in and support promising startups and potential innovations that explore new uses for sustainably-grown Nordic wood.
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- GreenTech, Sustainability, Chemical
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Adsorbi — Adsorbi use cellulose from the Nordic forest to help air purification companies to capture gaseous air pollutants.
- FineCell — FineCell is a sustainable cellulose microfibers provider that enables manufacturers to make new products with reduced carbon footprints and differentiated properties.The company's cellulose microfibers possess physical and chemical properties that differ from competing products and provide differentiated benefits for the users. It has beensupported by Vinnova (Sweden’s innovation agency) and EIT InnoEnergy.The Linköping, Ostergotlands Lan-based company was established in 2015 by Jonatan Henschen, Jonas Engstrand, Monica Ek, and Kloce Dongfang Li.
- Fiberwood — Fiberwood is a new eco-friendly wood fiber insulation that can be used for a variety of purposes. Fiberwood has excellent insulating properties, is entirely bio-based, and thus contains no plastic or other fossil-based materials.
Fazer Group mission is to create taste sensations. Customer orientation, quality and operations are based.
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- Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Finland
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- 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.
PeakBridge is a highly networked, global impact VC that funds and connects the people, technology and processes that will shape the future of food. We invest in visionary pioneers, from early stage to Series A-B, with scalable, protectable climate and health-focused technologies. At their core: a deep commitment to disrupting our food system whiledriving positive impact. Our team is spread across seven countries and includes pioneers of FoodTech investment and decades of deep Agri-Food operational and financial experience. Together, we create exceptional value for bold FoodTech entrepreneurs and investors. A member of the Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity partnership, PeakBridge is also the only venture capital firm that is an official partner of the world’s largest Agri-Food innovation initiative, EIT Food.
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- Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Israel, United States, United Kingdom
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- SOUS — One easy-to-use tool to grow traffic, make online sales, seamlessly handle orders and drive retention. Built for food entrepreneurs, built with taste.
- Tastewise — Tastewise is a consumer intelligence platform transforming food insights with AI. Discover trends, predict preferences, and drive innovation
- Rival Foods — We craft food we feel good about - Protein foods without compromises! At Rival Foods we create whole-cut specialties with remarkable texture, taste and juiciness, the ideal proposition for food professionals to create new plant-based eating experiences. Ready to use in all your favorite dishes! Interested in our products?
TukkuHeino
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- Cooking, Children, Education
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
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- 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.
Making early-stage founders successful globally. A coaching and angel investment platform for early-stage startups.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Greece, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Wocap — Wocap is the first Greek fintech company providing a bank-free platform for dynamic invoice discounting. Buyers deploy liquidity, while Suppliers receive early, debt-free payments.
- Protio — Protio is proptech startup reinventing the process of buying & selling real estate.
- Xatoms — At Xatoms, we clean water with Quantum Chemistry and AI, revolutionizing water purification for communities worldwide. Our innovative approach rapidly identifies new, sustainable materials to remove harmful pollutants and pathogens. We aim to alleviate the burden on women and girls in underrepresented communities, transforming the global landscape of water accessibility and empowering a more equitable world. Xatoms is at the forefront of combining scientific innovation with social change.
Serial Entrepreneur and Investor in Internet Businesses and Marketplaces | Board Professional | Co-Founder at DealGuru and Bonusway
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- Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Angel, Funding Round, Seed
- Finland, Canada, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- DealGuru — DealGuru is a stealth startup in a ecommerce space.
- Serviceform — Welcome to future of communication - the truly all-in-one conversion and management software built for established businesses. Start now!
- Fiksuvuokraus.fi — Fiksuvuokraus.fi is an apartment renting platform for long-term contracts. In our service, the rental process is simplified and accelerated with the latest technologies that are primarily used only for apartment selling. We think that also rental apartments deserve to be found with modern tools.
Stefan Lindberg is co-owner of YSUB.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Fruit
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Finland
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- YSUB — YSUB produces a beverage containing hemp - lemonade with a hint of hemp seeds, soothing botanicals, and some vitamins. It also has CBD beverage, but cannot sell due to regulations in Finland and other Nordic countries and is trying to create a campaign to create awareness.
- Vegemi — Vegemi is a free smartphone app that promotes eating fruits and vegetables through gaming. The software was designed with the entire family in mind, but especially to demonstrate youngsters the health advantages of fruits and vegetables in a way that motivates and inspires them.
- StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities
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
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- 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.
Co-operative Tradeka is a consumer co-operative involved in the restaurant business and involved in investment activities.Co-operative Tradeka is a consumer co-operative founded in the year 1917. Nowadays, the Co-operative serves approximately 225 000 members. The Co-operative Tradeka is a management co-operative, which is the owner of TradekaGroup Ltd (98%) and Tradeka-services Ltd (100%) (responsible for the membership benefits of the Co-operative). The CEO of the Co-operative Tradeka is Perttu Puro, Master of Laws.Tradeka Ltd is the sole owner of Restel Oy (involved in the restaurant business) and Tradeka-invest Ltd (involved in investment activities) The CEO Tradeka Ltd is Perttu Puro, Master of Laws.
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- Fruit, Gaming, Nutrition
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
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- Vegemi — Vegemi is a free smartphone app that promotes eating fruits and vegetables through gaming. The software was designed with the entire family in mind, but especially to demonstrate youngsters the health advantages of fruits and vegetables in a way that motivates and inspires them.
Aristo-Invest is a family office of CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen.
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- 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.
Mikael Hed currently works as a Chairman for Yazen. He previously worked at Rovio Entertainment as a CEO. Mikael Hed attended Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business.
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- E-Commerce, Health Care, Consumer Electronics
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Finland, Sweden, Lithuania
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- Naava — Naava helps you to make safer and healthier indoor spaces - experience Naava green wall, a striking combination of nature and high-end technology.
- CGTrader — Join the fastest-growing 3D model marketplace today!
- Loupedeck — Loupedeck custom consoles offer analog control with digital precision for effortless creative workflow. Shop now with free shipping!
Veritas is an entrepreneur’s pension insurer, with a human touch.
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- Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Finland
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- FIFAX — Fifax Ab's business idea is to cultivate a first-class rainbow trout with a modern, innovative and environmentally friendly method. To this end, Fifax has built a fish farm for a dry land using the Circulating Technique (RAS). The plant is located in Eckerö, Storby, on the western Åland.Fifax Ab's goal is to produce the best, domestic,good quality and fresh rainbow trout.
Danish angel investor, based in London.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Denmark, Sweden, Finland
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- Medusa — The most popular ecommerce project on GitHub. Medusa provides the world's most flexible commerce platform for developers to handle specialized commerce cases.
- Heyhack — Automated web application security testing, protection, and reporting for software-as-a-service businesses.
- Fullview — Fullview let's you instantly monitor, control and analyze user sessions for faster real time customer support. No downloads. Easy to integrate.
Jawed Karim is a Co-Founder of the popular video-sharing website YouTube. Prior to YouTube, he was a software architect at PayPal. Jawed holds degrees in computer science from UIUC and from Stanford University.
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- Software, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Finland
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- Corgea — Corgea is an AI-native security platform that automatically finds, triages, and fixes insecure code. Sign up today for free to try Corgea.
- Double — Double is a software platform that helps users to build, automate, and analyze investment portfolio for retail investors.
- Socket — Socket fights vulnerabilities and provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and proactive supply chain protection for JavaScript, Python, and Go dependencies.
The Climate Fund focuses on combating climate change, boosting low-carbon industry and promoting digitalisation.
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- Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- AISTI — AISTI develops wood fiber-based acoustic tiles that are carbon negative, easy to recycle and plastic-free – bringing sustainability to construction tile by tile.
- Enifer — Enifer Bio is an expert at squeezing every last drop of value from biorefining operations. The solution is built on decades of Finnish expertise to allow the production of valuable protein-rich feed from streams previously considered worthless. The company has developed a new, sustainable production process for high-quality fish feed raw material.The company's method enables the efficient production of a single cell protein from fish by-products as a raw material for fish feed. The protein can replace soy, which is commonly used in fish feed and whose cultivation poses ecological challenges, such as deforestation in South America.
- Volare — Refining food industry side streams into sustainable protein, oil and fertilizers.
Niklas Hed is the Co-Founder of Rovio. He steers Rovio's Research and Development efforts on new technologies, platforms and ventures to ensure Rovio’s products are always at the forefront of innovation.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
- Seed
- Finland
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- 4Good Games —
- Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
We are the home for entrepreneurs with a big vision who want to create something less ordinary. Something that matters. For all of us.
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- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, United Kingdom, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Elio — Putting leading scientific data into context, to enable others to respond to climate change’s dynamism and act on solutions with confidence.
- Ocean Ledger — Precision analytics to design, implement & monitor coastal mitigation and adaptation.
- NatureMetrics — NatureMetrics is the World-Leading provider of Biodiversity monitoring data, using eDNA surveys, metabarcoding & more. Book your demo today!
Explore Aboa Advest's strategy in impact investing and the blue economy, fostering resilient growth in the Baltic Sea region.
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- Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Finland
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- Entis — Entis is an insect food brand that makes food products that offer an alternative source of protein. Entis' snacks are insect and vegetable protein-based and can be eaten directly from a pack or incorporated into dishes, allowing consumers to get access to tasty snacks that help them achieve daily nutritional goals.
Finnvera makes direct investments in early-stage enterprises through Seed Fund Vera Ltd. Finnvera's goal is to cover shortcomings existing on the market between product development funding and private equity investments. Finnvera does not compete with private financiers; instead, it strives to supplement the financial market.Finnvera'sinvestments enable, start and accelerate growth and internationalisation among investment targets. Enterprises are developed to make them attractive targets for further financing by other investors and industrial actors. Investments are made in technology enterprises at an early stage and in technology-intensive or innovative service enterprises that have potential for developing into international growth enterprises.Finnvera is also known as a specialised financing company owned by the State of Finland. It provides its clients with loans, guarantees, venture capital investments and export credit guarantees.
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- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland, United States, Switzerland
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- AISTI — AISTI develops wood fiber-based acoustic tiles that are carbon negative, easy to recycle and plastic-free – bringing sustainability to construction tile by tile.
- ARAUCO — ARAUCO is a diversified global company in the forestry industry. They use world-class technologies and processes throughout the value chain. They are present in the forestry, pulp, timber, panels and renewable energy businesses.
- Nexstim — Nexstim is a medical device company that specializes in image-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation. The company is committed to improving the quality of life of patients with significant unmet clinical needs. It has developed a SmartFocus TMS technology designed for the treatment of the major depressive disorder.The company was founded in2000 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland.
Julia Jouhki is an Angel Investor.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
- Seed
- Finland
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- Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
The University of Helsinki has the widest range of disciplines in Finland. It was established in Turku in 1640, but was transferred to Helsinki in 1828. The number of faculties is eleven. There are 35,000 degree students and 7,900 staff. The number of degrees taken each year is an average 5,000, of which about 470 are doctorates. The Universityconcentrates on high-level scientific research and researcher education. Scientific research is also the basis of the teaching provided by the University. The University operations support the development of society, as well as business and industry. University representatives offer their competencies for the benefit of society through a number of positions of trust and expertise. The results produced by the research and teaching carried out at the University have been widely acclaimed. The University participates in more than half of the national Centres of Excellence in Research, elected by international scientific panels. The University of Helsinki has been invited to be a member of the League of European Research Universities, a co-operation body for the leading European research universities. According to international expert panels, also the teaching provided by the University of Helsinki is of a high European level. The University has strong international connections. It has some 80 co-operation agreements with universities on different continents. The University researchers are in great demand as experts in international scientific communities, meetings and publications. The University is bilingual, but in addition to Finnish and Swedish teaching is also provided in English. Besides Helsinki, the University has operations at 20 localities throughout Finland.
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- Apps, Hospital, Consulting
- Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Luxembourg
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- NADMED — The standard of NAD measuring
- Solid IO — Solid IO is transforming precision oncology with organ-on-chip technology, delivering real-time, patient-specific insights to improve cancer treatment decisions.
- Moncyte Health — Unique technology and novel data for personalized and optimal treatment of high cholesterol
Turret Oy is an investment vehicle controlled by Paul Ehrnrooth
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- Farming, Seafood, Renewable Energy
- Funding Round, Seed
- Finland
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- FIFAX — Fifax Ab's business idea is to cultivate a first-class rainbow trout with a modern, innovative and environmentally friendly method. To this end, Fifax has built a fish farm for a dry land using the Circulating Technique (RAS). The plant is located in Eckerö, Storby, on the western Åland.Fifax Ab's goal is to produce the best, domestic,good quality and fresh rainbow trout.
- Voltan Energy — Voltan Energy is a sustainable and affordable local heating and cooling solutions.
- Hycamite TCD Technologies — Hycamite is decarbonising industry using its proprietary methane pyrolysis technology. It provides its industrial clients with low-carbon hydrogen and sustainable carbon products for demanding applications.
Matti Kukkonen is a Founder at Ohakune.
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- Fruit, Gaming, Nutrition
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
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- Vegemi — Vegemi is a free smartphone app that promotes eating fruits and vegetables through gaming. The software was designed with the entire family in mind, but especially to demonstrate youngsters the health advantages of fruits and vegetables in a way that motivates and inspires them.
We partner with founders to transform unseen scientific discoveries into future breakthroughs, jointly moving businesses, people, and the world forward.
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- Apps, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Finland
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- AIATELLA — Automating medical image analysis
- Solid IO — Solid IO is transforming precision oncology with organ-on-chip technology, delivering real-time, patient-specific insights to improve cancer treatment decisions.
- SampleFacts — Next generation Dried Blood Spot sampling – separating cells and plasma at the point of collection.
Peter joined Tesla from NXP Semiconductors where he was responsible for purchasing and outsourcing. As CPO, he took the purchase organization from a tactical decentralized structure to a strategic global commodity organization. Before starting at NXP, Peter was CPO at Sony Ericsson. Peter had a total of 13 years experience from different roles withEricsson and Sony Ericsson in Sweden and the US. He led the team that built and implemented Ericsson's framework for Supplier Quality Assurance. Peter has a Master's degree with specialization in Production and Quality Control from Luleå Technical University in Sweden. In his spare time he enjoys running, mountain biking, golf, cooking and travel.
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- Food and Beverage, Information Technology, AgTech
- Funding Round, Seed, Angel
- Sweden, Finland, Germany
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- X Shore — In the evolution of an industry that has remained steadfast in its traditions, for better or for worse. With new technology and innovative research, smart design and sustainable materials, X Shore embraces the long tradition of maritime craftsmanship while discarding the dirty institution of fossil fuels. They don’t see theirselves as disrupters.They’re not here to reinvent the wheel, but rather to right the ship. To set a course for long-term sustainability that they can all be proud of.
- Turnpike — Turnpike provides a complete platform for wearable communication and workflow management. It empowers front-of-house employees in retail stores and hotels by delivering prioritized communication directly to their wrists via smartwatches. Its manager's portal is accessible from any browser-capable device, employee smartwatches, and optionalinput devices that enable employees and customers to request immediate assistance.
- Orbital Systems — Save up to 90% water and up to 80% energy with our smart recirculating shower - a much better shower experience for both you and our planet
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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- Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Coffee
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom
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- 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
Bridford Investments
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- Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Series A
- Finland
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- 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.
- Touchlight Genetics — Founded in 2008, Touchlight brings together a highly talented scientific and drug development team supported by an experienced board.Founder and CEO Jonny Ohlson has assembled a dynamic management team, including Clive Dix, Non Executive Chairman, and John Tite, Executive Head of Research (formerly founding CEO of Bicycle Therapeutics), withsubstantial experience in growing life science companies and particularly in DNA vaccines. Touchlight is supported by a group of Non-Executive Directors, who bring a wealth of healthcare and entrepreneurial experience.Led by experienced drug pharmaceutical scientists Neil Porter and Jill Makin, Touchlight’s scientific team- some of the brightest talents in the UK industry- has successfully established and patented the proTLx™ synthetic DNA platform as well as successfully establishing the first therapeutic proof-of-principle through collaboration with leading academic partners.The company has established strong collaborative links with academic laboratories worldwide including Imperial College London, Southampton University, Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Pennsylvania in the US.
Venture capital investment can raise funds for your small business. Venture Capital Firms in the UK like Agronomics is a biotech venture capital firm which invest into the clean meat sector.
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- Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Finland, Germany
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- GALY — GALY biocrafts premium cocoa and cotton with quality, traceability, and scalable supply for modern brands.
- Onego Bio — Onego Bio is a cell ag company, specialized in animal-free egg white protein. We produce bioalbumen with an innovative precision fermentation process.
- Liberation Labs — Liberation Labs believe that by innovating technology, It can free the world from the costs of industrialized agriculture and unlock a new era of accessible, healthy foods. The mission is to make precision fermentation by commercializing purpose-built manufacturing facilities for industrial biotech.
Arteel Ventures is a fully independent and invests from its balance sheet. As an investment vehicle, we are focused on innovative early stage start-ups with capable management team and disruptive idea in areas of internet, mobile device based services and solutions. We make investments between 25.000 – 150.000 €.Arteel Ventures is not a fund, sowe don’t have a need to stamp any sell before dates to company we invest in. We invest not only equity but also our time, knowledge and network to the use of our portfolio companies. Our investment approach is active and hands-on, as is our approach to ownership. We believe in independence, openness and clarity when partnering with entrepreneur-driven management teams.
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- CRM, Music, Sales
- Seed, Angel
- Finland, Estonia, United States
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- Zapflow — Zapflow is the all in one solution for investment professional working in venture capital, private equity and alternative investments.
- Wellness Foundry — MealLogger, your photo food journal and nutrition network, is the fast and easy way to keep track of your personal wellness. App available on iOS and Android
- EatAndTheCity — EatAndTheCity helps international newspapers, magazines, local media & food guides monetise the influence of their content. We enhance the communication between local communities and local media. Their revenue generating restaurant journalism platform for media companies allows users to not only discover but to reserve gastronomic experiences.EatAndTheCity’s white label platform already collaborates with leading companies in Finland and Estonia and Germany. Media and publishing companies are able to leverage their connection with local communities to generate new revenue streams. Combining these features and the business model in cooperation with local media companies differentiates us from the competitors.
Sofokus is a digital business design and software development agency. We design modern business concepts for our ambitious clients.
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- SaaS, Software, Food Processing
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Estonia
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- Clevenio — Build a sales machine. Maximize your outreach with Clevenio's sales intelligence and 100% accurate segmented contact data.
- Wudpecker — Start the meeting prepared. End the meeting with perfect notes. Share it to every stakeholder. All in a seamless experience with Wudpecker.
- 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.
SilentQuote
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- Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Finland
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- Entis — Entis is an insect food brand that makes food products that offer an alternative source of protein. Entis' snacks are insect and vegetable protein-based and can be eaten directly from a pack or incorporated into dishes, allowing consumers to get access to tasty snacks that help them achieve daily nutritional goals.
Monttu Ventures funds and helps startups from Universities of Turku. Do you need help with your startup or business idea? Contact us!
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- Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Finland
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- Entis — Entis is an insect food brand that makes food products that offer an alternative source of protein. Entis' snacks are insect and vegetable protein-based and can be eaten directly from a pack or incorporated into dishes, allowing consumers to get access to tasty snacks that help them achieve daily nutritional goals.
- MailMoo — Create and send personalized sales content to your connections. Generate AI-powered videos, slideshows, and landing pages to boost your outreach.
The preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Series A
- Sweden, Norway, Germany
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- Centra — Centra is part of creating the next generation of brands, with a direct-to-consumer and wholesale e-commerce software for global brands. Brands across Scandinavia and the world trust Centra to seamlessly connect people to products. We're a medium-sized company with offices in Stockholm, Sweden, Wroclaw, Poland and New York City, USA.
- inRiver — Turn product data into a profit maker at every touchpoint with Inriver's market-leading PIM solution that powers the entire product journey.
- Caliroots — Caliroots is a streetwear fashion retail company with both retail stores and an online presence. It provides its users with a mix of streetwear and sneakers from various brands. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Caliroots was founded in 2003.
Investing in the Future of Protein.We invest in visionary founders creating the future of food and materials.
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- Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
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- Shiru — Discover Shiru. We are an Ingredient Company that Identifies and Creates Functional Ingredients for the Plant-Based Industry.
- Change Bio — Change Bio converts waste methane into proteins to make them more affordable and carbon-negative.
- Asterix Foods — Asterix Foods is a biotechnology company designed to build protein production using plant-cell culture techniques. The company's platform is developing and growing bioactive proteins for food that are scalable, functional, and complex, enabling users with plant cell-cultured and animal-free proteins.It was founded in 2022 and is located inTel Aviv, Israel.
Juha-Petteri Kukkonen runs family office KVKI Capital, which helps food & beverage startups and growth companies with their world-shaping ideas. He has founded the digital agency Piraija Interactive and a mobile app company, CreateTrips. He also have a strong background in advertising and PR and have worked for agencies like SEK & Grey,Satama Interactive, Mindshare Worldwide, and Valve.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
- Seed
- Finland
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- YSUB — YSUB produces a beverage containing hemp - lemonade with a hint of hemp seeds, soothing botanicals, and some vitamins. It also has CBD beverage, but cannot sell due to regulations in Finland and other Nordic countries and is trying to create a campaign to create awareness.
- Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
Insta Ventures is a venture capital firm that has been investing in different IT technology sectors since 2019. Currently, we are looking for tech startups that are in the early stages of development of their products. Our investment team consists of experienced professionals with solid backgrounds in the IT sphere. Our goal is to help ambitiousteams create innovative products, spread them globally, and maintain fast-growing companies.Typically, we invest $100K-500K during a growing stage of a company's lifecycle (seed / late seed / pre-round A), and then help to develop its marketing and sales, as well as prepare the company for the next investment phase.We appreciate co-investments. Let's invest together!
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- Software, E-Commerce, Advertising
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Estonia, France
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- Nim — Generate videos with state-of-the-art models, templates, and inspiration feed. Text-to-image, image-to-video, restyle, lip sync, upscale, and more
- RedTrack.io — RedTrack.io offers real-time access to your media buying KPIs/data: ad tracking, impressions, clicks, conversions across multiple channels & 30 data points.
- HuLoop Automation, Inc. — HuLoop Automation offers an AI-powered, no-code, unified automation platform that helps clients drive transformation, and achieve revenue growth, cost savings, and productivity gains by automating mundane, repetitive activities.
Niklas Zennström is CEO and Founding Partner at Atomico. He works daily with founders and sits on the boards of Farmdrop, Lilium, Pipedrive, Oden Technologies and Varjo. Niklas is an experienced technology investor and entrepreneur, having previously co-founded and managed globally successful technology companies including Skype, Kazaa andJoltid. Niklas founded Atomico in 2006. He is passionate about partnering about founders solving big challenges facing their planet with digital technology.In 2007, he co-founded Zennström Philanthropies with his wife, Catherine. They focus their efforts in two areas: human rights and the environment. Niklas also founded the Race for the Baltic, a foundation for a well-managed and sustainable Baltic Sea, one of the most threatened major bodies of water in the world.Niklas is a keen yachtsman and has won four World Championships with his yacht racing team, Rán.Niklas holds dual degrees in Business and MSc Engineering Physics/Computer Science from Uppsala University in Sweden, and he spent his final year at the University of Michigan.
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- Apps, FinTech, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom, Sweden, United States
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- Audos — Where everyday entrepreneurs build small AI companies
- Isometric — Isometric is a carbon removal standard and registry.
- Lilium — Lilium is developing sustainable, high-speed air mobility through its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, vertiports and digital service.
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