Top 50 Food and Beverage VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Finland in September 2025
A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Food and beverage startups based in Finland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from Finland. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Food and Beverage VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Finland in September 2025
Investor | Food and Beverage Finland investments |
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Lifeline Ventures | 8 |
Illusian Founder Office | 4 |
Butterfly Ventures | 4 |
Nordic Foodtech VC | 3 |
Inventure | 3 |
First Fellow Partners | 3 |
Innovestor | 2 |
Reaktor Ventures | 2 |
Business Finland | 2 |
TukkuHeino | 2 |
Fazer | 2 |
Metsa Spring | 2 |
Genesis Ventures | 2 |
PeakBridge | 2 |
Alfabeat | 2 |
Pitchdrive | 1 |
Ålands Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag, | 1 |
Insta Ventures | 1 |
CPT Capital | 1 |
Monttu Ventures | 1 |
Ananda Impact Ventures | 1 |
Stockholm Techstars Accelerator | 1 |
PINC | 1 |
Nordic Makers | 1 |
Finnish Climate Fund | 1 |
Green Campus Innovations Oy | 1 |
VTT Ventures | 1 |
Turret Oy | 1 |
Finnvera Venture Capital | 1 |
Veritas Finland | 1 |
Courage Ventures Management | 1 |
FV Group Holding AB | 1 |
Founders Edge | 1 |
Sofokus | 1 |
Nordic Science Investments | 1 |
University of Helsinki | 1 |
Loudspring | 1 |
Verdane | 1 |
Sparbanken Miljö | 1 |
Agronomics | 1 |
EQT Ventures | 1 |
General Catalyst | 1 |
Tradeka | 1 |
Hercculia | 1 |
Aura Pääomasijoitus | 1 |
Aristo-Invest | 1 |
Aboa Advest | 1 |
Kori Capital | 1 |
SilentQuote | 1 |
Maki.vc | 1 |
Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Swarmia — Build better software faster with insights that power your whole engineering organization. Get started with a demo or a free 14-day trial.
- Inven — Save time by using AI to find companies. Inven scans millions of websites to provide comprehensive data on companies similar to your search criteria.
- Ovido — Ovido company specialises in supply chain and product data automation, with a focus on providing full product traceability and the establishment of Digital Product Passports (DPPs).
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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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Ever (evercars.com) — The best way to buy used Electric Cars, Ever.
- Zero — Buy verified cash app account at the best IT service provider smmsellshop at cost-effective price, we provide SSN, Bank & Selfie verified accounts.
- 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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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Sweden, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Brightplus Oy — Brightplus is an innovative renewable materials manufacturing company from Finland. We specialise in design and development of new functional properties for industrial biomaterial solutions. We cater for industries like packaging, construction, cosmetics and consumer goods. Our expertise is based on developing solutions to multiple industries andproviding fast prototyping and full fit for customers’ production lines. Our deep chemical BrightBio® technology creates an optimal fit between coatings, barriers and plastic replacing materials to help you in raising your material functionality to the next level.
- Polar Light Technologies — Polar Light Technologies focuses on developing the next generation of Nano and micro LED technology.
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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Investment focus
- 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 — Changing the way plant proteins are made
Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- ReOrbit — Looking for a way to keep your data flowing in space? ReOrbit has you covered with our line of autonomous and inter-networking satellites!
- Hedera Dx — A diagnostics platform that makes liquid biopsies a reality in cancer care
- 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!
A private investment firm run by Risto Siilasmaa and Kim Groop. Grounded in a deeply held set of values around entrepreneurship, trust, integrity and helping solve the world’s problems. We partner with strong and ambitious technology entrepreneurs driven by a mission to fix or build something important in the world.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Finland, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- 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!
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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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland, Denmark, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Aplagon — Aplagon is committed to bringing unique, effective antithrombotic medicines with important safety advantages to patients with unmet needs.
- Bahn Express — Fast and Effortless Car Transport
- 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.
Reaktor Ventures has moved to the next phase by focusing its efforts to actively supporting current portfolio companies. This means that the fund has ended its investment period and is not investing into new companies. Between 2013 and 2018 we have invested into 42 different companies and one early stage fund. We will naturally keep makingfollow-up investments to current portfolio companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Finland, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs
- Swappie — Buy refurbished iPhones at an affordable price - Swappie offers refurbished and cheap iPhones with a free 12-month Swappie warranty.
- Videoly — The easiest way for online retailers to get hand-picked and automatically embedded product videos.
Business Finland finances business R&D projects and public research projects at universities, research institutes and universities of applied sciences. Read more about R&D and business funding.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
- Seed, Grant, Funding Round
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- AIATELLA — Automating medical image analysis
- SparkReceipt — AI-powered Receipt Scanner and Expense Tracker for Individuals and Small Businesses. Create your free account now!
- University of Eastern Finland — The University of Eastern Finland is a multidisciplinary university which offers teaching in more than 100 major subjects. The university comprises four faculties: the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science and Forestry, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies.
TukkuHeino
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Investment focus
- Cooking, Children, Education
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Carrot Revolution — Versatile recipes, designed by food education experts, and a game-like cooking experience guarantee a fun and safe cooking hobby in the child's own home.
Fazer Group mission is to create taste sensations. Customer orientation, quality and operations are based.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
We boldly invest in and support promising startups and potential innovations that explore new uses for sustainably-grown Nordic wood.
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Investment focus
- Sustainability, GreenTech, 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.
Making early-stage founders successful globally. A coaching and angel investment platform for early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Greece, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Wocap — Wocap is transforming how companies manage working capital by creating a digital marketplace where Buyers and their existing Suppliers interact directly to accelerate invoice payments; without banks, debt, or bureaucracy.Using a dynamic auction model, Wocap allows Buyers to earn attractive returns on idle cash, while Suppliers receive fasteraccess to liquidity on their own terms. The platform fosters transparency, automation, and mutually beneficial pricing; empowering CFOs to replace outdated financing structures with a smart, self-managed solution.Backed by Genesis Ventures and a group of strategic angel investors, Wocap is on a mission to make working capital smarter, fairer, and more accessible, especially for SMEs that need it most. The company is based in Athens, Greece, with its MVP launching in 2025.
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- 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?
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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Investment focus
- Software, Marketing, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Poland, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- SunRoof — Roof of the future
- Monetizr — Monetizr connects brands with 340M+ Gen Z and Millennial gamers through rewarded, native experiences in mobile games, driving engagement, brand favorability, and purchase intent in one of the most immersive media channels.
- 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.
Pitchdrive is a pre-seed investor run by experienced tech entrepreneurs backing founders during their crazy startup ride. Buckle up.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany
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Ålands Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag (Åland's Mutual Insurance Company) is an Åland-based non-life insurance company.
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Investment focus
- Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Advertising
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Estonia, France
Portfolio highlights
- Nim — Generate videos with state-of-the-art models, templates, and inspiration feed. Text-to-image, image-to-video, restyle, expression transfer, 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.
Investing in the Future of Protein.We invest in visionary founders creating the future of food and materials.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ENOUGH — ENOUGH makes protein sustainable by producing ABUNDA mycoprotein, made by fermenting fungi with the natural sugars from grains. It is a whole protein with all 9 essential amino acids & rich in fibre. It is a B2B ingredient, neutral in taste and fibrous in texture, like meat. The most sustainable
- Shiru — Discover Shiru. We are an Ingredient Company that Identifies and Creates Functional Ingredients for the Plant-Based Industry.
- Wanda Fish Technologies — Wanda Fish is an innovative FoodTech company with a platform that produces a wide variety of delicious fish fillets using sustainable cell-cultivation practices.
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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Investment focus
- Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 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 LinkedIn connections. Generate AI-powered videos, slideshows, and landing pages to boost your outreach.
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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Investment focus
- 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!
The Stockholm Techstars Accelerator invests in early-stage, high-growth companies looking to build and expand in the Nordic-Baltic startup ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Pet, FinTech, Finance
- Pre-Seed
- Israel, Norway, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- goscore — Fair human credit scoring, credit check, and assessment for you
- Terrawaste — TerraWaste is a next-generation chemical recycling company that turns non-recyclable waste into value by creating new, climate-positive materials with a pollution-free process. TerraWaste focuses on lowering the level of need for virgin oil extraction by recycling plastics with chemical recycling technology 'htloop' into high-qualityclimate-positive crude oil, biochar, and high-value chemicals to support companies globally to become more sustainable and circular. Our technology (htloop) is developed on a process developed in the laboratory for over 20 years and hasn’t been commercialized until recently. TerraWaste is the first company to use HTL to recycle plastic waste and turn it into new plastic products. The unique thing is the state-of-the-art technological system that will recycle waste in a continuous-flow system, at the same time reusing heat and water in a loop, that way dramatically decreasing energy consumption. Our process is pollution free, and we produce carbon-negative output materials, that way offsetting other, carbon-heavy industries.
- Five Letter Foods — Real food for dogs. Ultra-processed junk food is boring and makes your dog sick. Our meal kits have a full swing of variety. Death to kibble.
PINC was launched as Paulig Incubator in 2018 to help Paulig stay in the forefront of relevant innovations, as well as to contribute to a tastier, healthier and more sustainable planet. Today, our ambition is the same, but we have developed into a corporate venture arm. We aim for strategic, financial, and societal impact in our investments,fostering a sustainable food system for tomorrow. We are investing across the agrifood value chain in three primary impact themes: Improve planetary health and diet within the current food system: This includes innovations in agriculture and food security, such as advanced crop breeding or green fertilizers, innovative ingredients and next generation healthy foods, as well as solutions for tracking and improving climate and nature. Novel technologies to feed 10 BN people by 2050: Technologies needed to sustainably produce enough food for our growing population. This includes food production without land use change, such as precision fermentation and cell-culture. A circular system for food & materials: Regardless of whether we grow our food in soil or in bioreactors, the system needs to be circular. Some examples are upcycled ingredients, food from unused sources, new coating and packaging solutions, as well as technologies to prevent or make better use of side streams. We are looking for entrepreneurs in an attractive market space with an intrinsic drive to find a solution to the problem they are addressing, a clear and scalable plan for success, a reliable team and partners whom we can trust and work closely with.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Elaniti — Elaniti uses recent advances in machine learning and DNA sequencing to make insights on soil biology accessible to farmers and agronomists, empowering precise decision making. Our proprietary outcome-based predictive analytics service, correlates soil biology with vital crop health outcomes like yield, disease prevalence and nutrient content. Thisenables growers to save time and money, for instance by improving the efficiency with which inputs are used, whilst also supporting environmental and sustainability objectives.Through our unique crop prediction insights, our goal is to demonstrate the value of soil’s complex biological makeup, enabling a viable, de-risked, and data-driven transition to Net-Zero agriculture.
- BlueRedGold — Discover BlueRedGold - the home of exquisite Swedish Saffron, ethically grown and harvested with precision in Sweden. Experience the unparalleled quality of our saffron, perfect for culinary enthusiasts and chefs alike. Join us in embracing sustainable luxury.
- Win-Win — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein
Nordic Makers invests in early-stage Nordic B2B software startups, offering capital and founder support to help them scale globally.
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Investment focus
- Software, Education, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Denmark, United States, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Kvantify — Quantum computing will revolutionize many aspects of computing. We can help your business harness the full potential of Quantum Computing and High-Performance Computing today.
- Grand PMS — Grand PMS is an all-in-one property management system powered by AI, designed specifically for the hospitality industry.
- GRAND — A "mission critical" all-in-one AI-assisted management system for venues and hotels.
The Climate Fund focuses on combating climate change, boosting low-carbon industry and promoting digitalisation.
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Investment focus
- 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.
Provide an effective, outsourced incubation and acceleration platform .
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Investment focus
- Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing, Energy
- Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Akkurate — Sandvik Battery Electric Loaders and Trucks TH550B LH518B Mobile Charging Station Battery as a Service
- 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.
- The Human Touch Robotics — Automating online grocery and food related goods picking with single-item picking robots, through adaptive gripping and AI vision system.
VTT is a powerhouse of technology development and scientific research. Many of the most significant Finnish technology start-ups were brought to life at VTT. Do you want to invest in ongoing ventures?
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Manufacturing, 3D Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Dispelix — See-through, full color waveguide combiners for a wide range of XR applications. From near-eye to head-up.
- Solar Foods — The Finnish company Solar Foods Oy produces an entirely new kind of nutrient-rich protein using only air and electricity as the main resources. The goal of the company is to start commercial production of the environmentally revolutionary protein in 2020.Solar Foods’ concept redefines the basics of food production, as it is not dependent onagriculture, the weather, or the climate. The price of the protein product is also competitive compared to sources such as soy protein.
- Infinited Fiber Company — Infinited Fiber Company is a Finnish biotech founded in 2016 to commercialize a breakthrough recycling technology that can turn cellulose-rich raw materials – like cotton-rich textile waste, used cardboard, or wheat or rice straw – into high-quality textile fibers with the look and feel of cotton. The patented technology has been validated byleading brands and is ready to be scaled. Infinited Fiber Company won the Europas 2020 Hottest Sustainability Tech Award, and was listed on the Global 50 to Watch by Cleantech Group in 2019. In 2016 Infinited Fiber Company was selected into WWF’s Climate Solver network. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
Turret Oy is an investment vehicle controlled by Paul Ehrnrooth
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Investment focus
- Farming, Seafood, Renewable Energy
- Funding Round, Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- TactoTek — Set your imagination free and create user experiences with the help of sustainable smart molded structures.
- Polar Night Energy — Polar Night Energy - Seasonal heat storage in district heating and industrial applications. The energy revolution is here.
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Finland, United States, Switzerland
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.
- 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.
Veritas is an entrepreneur’s pension insurer, with a human touch.
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Investment focus
- Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Courage Ventures is a seed investment fund with global networks.
The fund focuses on health, education and environment verticals where its partners and advisors can add significant value to the companies’ growth.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Apps, Online Games
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Rens Original — RENS Original is the World's First Sneaker made from recycled coffee and plastic. We know you've been drinking it, now it is time to wear it.
- Equally — Build engaging games for kids that encourage physical activity, personal development and exploration. Provide parents the data and oversight they need to reward positive behavior.
- Meru Health — Meru Health is an online mental health provider that helps people improve their mental health long-term by treating depression, anxiety, and burnout.
FV Group Holding AB is owned by Swedish Rolf Karlsson, the man behind the national taxi organization Fågelviks Group.
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Investment focus
- Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
We are Helsinki based angel investors with a passion for new ideas and a track record of building successful businesses.
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- Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Seed
- Finland
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- Munchfam — Munchfam is your next restaurant software package that covers everything from POS to Webshop to Ingredients.
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 — Clevenio helps you build relationships and get more sales with the help of multi-channel outreach, automated follow-ups and real time analytics.
- 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.
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.
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
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.
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- Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Finland, Sweden, United States
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- Nuuka — Nuuka is a building SW scaleup from Finland. Nuuka specialises in diagnosing and optimising HVAC, energy systems, and indoor climate. The SaaS is optimal for large building portfolios, of new and old public and commercial buidlings, as it can be used with any BMS and HVAC system, IAQ sensor or energy meter. Nuuka improves indoor climate, energyefficiency, reduces operational cost and improves sustainability for real estate owners, developers, retail chains and whole cities. We use SW, AI and ML to transform and industry, and save the world one building at the time.
- Oricane — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!
- ResQ Club — ResQ Club is a Finnish company connecting sustainable restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores with consumers that appreciate eating affordable quality food. ResQ partners can drastically reduce their food waste with their proprietary location-based mobile and web service, as it enables consumers to find and rescue surplus food in their proximity.Every meal purchased via ResQ is one less meal thrown away, helping their urban communities to waste less and be more sustainable.They are on a mission to reduce food waste to zero at restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores. It's estimated that 10% of the already produced food in restaurants ends up in the trash instead of hungry mouths. On a global scale, this equals 11 million tons of food wasted every year.
The preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Series A
- Sweden, Norway, Germany
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- Sitoo — Delight your customers with best-in-class shopping journeys. Every time. Everywhere.
- fiskaly — fiskaly offers cloud-based solutions for all aspects of the receipt. Country-specific and 100% legally compliant.
- Ingrid — Ingrid was founded with a mission to create delivery experiences that fit people's lives by letting e-commerce businesses deliver sustainable growth and giving shoppers the power to personalize delivery and returns. The result is a better overall customer experience and greater efficiency for both the retailer and the delivery carrier.
Sparbanken Miljö fund's investments can be roughly divided into four different asset classes: capital investments, ie direct investment in companies or projects,
direct investments in listed shares, investments in equity funds , fixed-income investments. The goal is for approximately a quarter of the fund's assets to be invested inprojects that have a clear environmental theme, e.g. to build a wind farm. In the choice of the fund's direct equity investments, it is taken into account that part of the company's turnover must come from activities that benefit the environment. Other environmental criteria have also been set for the companies.
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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.
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 — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
- 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.
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.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Sweden, United States
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- MarvelX — Transform Your Operations With Trusted AI Agents. MarvelX AI Agents take care of repetitive, high-stakes workflows so your team can focus on the exceptions, not the routine. Built for insurance and beyond.
- Payrails — Payrails enables high-growth companies to craft their payment experiences and financial services globally.
- Kota — Replace your tools, brokers and outdated processes with the only platform that handles the entire employee benefits journey.
Investing in powerful, positive change that endures
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- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- Harbor Health — Harbor Health is a multi-specialty clinic group that provides smarter health care using technology. The company co-creates a health path that is dedicated to knowing individuals' health goals with the guidance of specialists when needed. Harbor Health was founded in 2022 and is based in Austin, Texas.
- Aven — Inventing new ways to save people money
- Lila Sciences — Lila Sciences is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to support research in life sciences, chemical sciences, and materials sciences. It develops AI-driven tools and autonomous labs to improve research efficiency and facilitate scientific discoveries. The platform is designed to enhance various aspects of the scientific method andcontribute to advancements in technology and innovation.
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.
Hercculia
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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.
Aura Pääomasijoitus
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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.
Aristo-Invest is a family office of CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen.
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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.
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.
global video community
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- Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Finland
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- Ruokaboksi — Ruokaboksi toimittaa valmiiksi suunnitellut, herkulliset, helpot ja monipuoliset reseptit kotiovellesi.
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.
Maki.vc is an early-stage venture capital firm partnering with deep tech & brand-driven startups obsessed with challenging category norms.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, Norway, Denmark
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- Ever Dye — A new standard for dyes. Naturally made, carbon emissions reducing, water protecting.
- ONiO — ONiO is a fabless IoT company specializing in batteryless microcontrollers that run on ambient energy. ONiO.zero can use virtually any RF, thermal, solar, piezo signal as a power source. Our aim is to unshackle one IoT device at a time from the battery, en route to a 100% battery-free IoT future. Our product offers manufacturers a more minimalist, user-friendly, economical and environmentally sustainable power solution for IoT devices.
- deepdots — Magic Feedback is an AI business creating a platform that compiles user reviews into one location and analyzes everything automatically using its own AI.
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