# Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Finland in June 2026 ## Lifeline Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 8 - 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. ## Ilkka Paananen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech 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. ## Butterfly Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology 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. ## Illusian Founder Office - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 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. ## Nordic Foodtech VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Life Science, Water We are investing in #FutureFood. Nordic FoodTech VC is the first fund in the Nordics investing explicitly in the future of food ## Inventure - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more. ## Laurel Bowden - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series C, Series B, Series D - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce 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. ## Ali Omar - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu. ## First Fellow Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Business Finland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Metsa Spring - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: GreenTech, Sustainability, Chemical We boldly invest in and support promising startups and potential innovations that explore new uses for sustainably-grown Nordic wood. ## Innovestor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Genesis Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Athens, Attiki, Greece - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Making early-stage founders successful globally. A coaching and angel investment platform for early-stage startups. ## Stefan Lindberg - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Fruit Stefan Lindberg is co-owner of YSUB. ## Alfabeat - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Marketing, SaaS 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. ## Fazer - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vantaa, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Food Processing Fazer Group mission is to create taste sensations. Customer orientation, quality and operations are based. ## PeakBridge - Type: VC Fund - Location: Valletta, NA - Malta, Malta - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing 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. ## TukkuHeino - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Cooking, Children, Education TukkuHeino ## Lasse Järvinen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace Serial Entrepreneur and Investor in Internet Businesses and Marketplaces | Board Professional | Co-Founder at DealGuru and Bonusway ## Reaktor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Aristo-Invest - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Cooking, Children, Education Aristo-Invest is a family office of CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen. ## Veritas Finland - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage Veritas is an entrepreneur’s pension insurer, with a human touch. ## Christian Jantzen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Danish angel investor, based in London. ## Jawed Karim - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet 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. ## Finnish Climate Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series A - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability The Climate Fund focuses on combating climate change, boosting low-carbon industry and promoting digitalisation. ## Niklas Hed - Type: Angel - Location: Finland, Minnesota, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health 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. ## Ananda Impact Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology We are the home for entrepreneurs with a big vision who want to create something less ordinary. Something that matters. For all of us. ## Aboa Advest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Turku, Western Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage Explore Aboa Advest's strategy in impact investing and the blue economy, fostering resilient growth in the Baltic Sea region. ## Finnvera Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuopio, Eastern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology 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. ## Julia Jouhki - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health Julia Jouhki is an Angel Investor. ## University of Helsinki - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Hospital, Consulting 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. ## Turret Oy - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Renewable Energy Turret Oy is an investment vehicle controlled by Paul Ehrnrooth ## Matti Kukkonen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fruit, Gaming, Nutrition Matti Kukkonen is a Founder at Ohakune. ## Nordic Science Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Food Processing, Food and Beverage We partner with founders to transform unseen scientific discoveries into future breakthroughs, jointly moving businesses, people, and the world forward. ## Peter Carlsson - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Food and Beverage Peter Mikael Carlsson is based out of Stockholm, Stockholm Lans, and is the co-founder of Aris Machina. Peter previously worked at Northvolt AB as a founder and CEO. Peter Mikael Carlsson attended the Luleå University of Technology. Peter Mikael Carlsson has received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year. ## PINC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Coffee 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. ## Arteel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: CRM, Music, Sales 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. ## EQT Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totaling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but on bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totaling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totaling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early-stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris, and San Francisco, taking a locals-with-locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has a data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments. ## Olli Sirkiä - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Marketplace, SaaS Olli has background in management consultancy (McKinsey & Company 2007-2009) and software business (LeadDesk Oyj (publ) 2010-2018). ## Arto Rastas - Type: Angel - Location: Tampere, Western Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Marketplace, Food Processing I am a cook who never found it just as the journey on the trail. Thus, I decided to walk through several trails. What I mean is that, one day I can do a very modern and innovative cuisine, and again on the second day I can and I want to do something else. However, both of these must be in its own address. ## FV Group Holding AB - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage FV Group Holding AB is owned by Swedish Rolf Karlsson, the man behind the national taxi organization Fågelviks Group. ## Sebastian Östman - Type: Angel - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health Sebastian Östman is an Angel Investor. ## Loudspring - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Retail Loudspring is a cleantech accelerator in the Nordic region, boasting several fast growing and high impact companies that solve global challenges. The portfolio companies are active in energy- and resource efficiency as well as decentralized renewable energy and are based in Finland, Sweden and Germany. The company management consists of companybuilders and investors who have been active within the cleantech space for over a decade.The company is listed on First North Finland under the ticker LOUD and on First North Stockholm under the ticker LOUDS. ## Maki.vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Maki.vc is an early-stage venture capital firm partnering with deep tech & brand-driven startups obsessed with challenging category norms. ## Ålands Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag, - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage Ålands Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag (Åland's Mutual Insurance Company) is an Åland-based non-life insurance company. ## Kori Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Food and Beverage global video community ## Juha-Petteri Kukkonen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: News, Internet, Wellness 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. ## Mikael Hed - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Consumer Electronics 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. ## Bridford Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Food Processing Bridford Investments ## Agronomics - Type: VC Fund - Location: Douglas, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing 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.