Top 50 Food and Beverage VC Funds & Investors in Finland (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Lifeline Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Finland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $547k–$20M |
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Butterfly Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Finland, Sweden, Norway | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $110k–$4.4M |
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Illusian Founder Office
VC Fund
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4 | Finland, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $2.5M–$90M |
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Inventure
VC Fund
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3 | Finland, Sweden, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $549k–$23M |
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First Fellow Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Finland, United States, Sweden | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $228k–$26M |
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Nordic Foodtech VC
VC Fund
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3 | Finland, Sweden, Denmark | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Life Science, Water | $549k–$18M |
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Business Finland
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Grant, Debt Financing | Software, SaaS, Biotechnology | $48k–$11M |
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Metsa Spring
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Sweden | Seed, Series A | GreenTech, Sustainability, Chemical | $395k–$8.4M |
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Reaktor Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $137k–$6.6M |
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Genesis Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Greece, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $219k–$5.3M |
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Alfabeat
VC Fund
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2 | Poland, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Marketing, SaaS | $199k–$13M |
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Fazer
VC Fund
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2 | Finland | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Food Processing | |
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TukkuHeino
VC Fund
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2 | Finland | Pre-Seed | Cooking, Children, Education | |
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PeakBridge
VC Fund
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2 | Israel, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing | $768k–$50M |
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Innovestor
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Denmark, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $163k–$4.1M |
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University of Helsinki
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Luxembourg, United States | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Apps, Hospital | $1.1M–$7.4M |
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Loudspring
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Sweden, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, Retail | |
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Verdane
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Norway, Germany | Private Equity, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $4.5M–$100M |
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Hercculia
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Food Processing, Food and Beverage | |
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Vaens
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Finland | Seed | InsurTech, Environmental Consulting | $1.2M–$2.2M |
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Maki.vc
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Norway, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $900k–$37M |
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Nicoya
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, United States, Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Grocery, Leisure | $6.5M–$14M |
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Arteel Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Estonia, United States | Seed, Angel | CRM, Music, Sales | $500k–$3.6M |
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Nordic Makers
VC Fund
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1 | Denmark, United States, Norway | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Education | $270k–$14M |
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Turret Oy
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Farming, Seafood, Renewable Energy | |
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Finnvera Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $250k–$22M |
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Nordic Science Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Medical, Health Diagnostics | $380k–$4.6M |
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General Catalyst
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $1.5M–$140M |
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Redstone.VC
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Finland, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $505k–$16M |
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Bridford Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Series A | Biotechnology, Food Processing | |
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Insta Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Estonia, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Advertising | $550k–$5M |
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Tradeka
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Pre-Seed | Fruit, Gaming, Nutrition | |
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Pitchdrive
VC Fund
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1 | Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $110k–$4.6M |
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CPT Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing | $1.3M–$226M |
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Ananda Impact Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom, Finland | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $1.6M–$17M |
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Stockholm Techstars Accelerator
VC Fund
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1 | Israel, Norway, Sweden | Pre-Seed | Pet, FinTech, Finance | $120k–$120k |
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PINC
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Coffee | $549k–$7.4M |
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Courage Ventures Management
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Apps, Shoes | $250k–$3.2M |
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Founders Edge
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Tesi
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, United States, Switzerland | Series A, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $2.2M–$41M |
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Aboa Advest
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Food Processing, Food and Beverage | |
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Aura Pääomasijoitus
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Food Processing, Food and Beverage | |
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Kori Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Food and Beverage | ||
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Aristo-Invest
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Pre-Seed | Cooking, Children, Education | |
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Monttu Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Sales, Software | |
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Finnish Climate Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Debt Financing, Series A | Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing | $2.6M–$14M |
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Green Campus Innovations Oy
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Norway | Seed, Pre-Seed | Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing, Energy | |
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VTT Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, 3D Technology | |
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Veritas Finland
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage | ||
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FV Group Holding AB
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage | ||
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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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 178
- Round size: Seed $547k–$5.4M; Series A $2.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $171M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
- Carbo Culture — We are a project developer with proprietary climate technology. We are building a rapidly scalable biochar carbon removal solution.
- Everywear Games — Metacore is a wearable game studio. The company was founded in 2014 by industry veterans from Remedy, Digital Chocolate and Rovio and it is the pioneer of smartwatch gaming. It’s award-winning Apple Watch launch title, Runeblade, has received worldwide recognition from press, fans and industry heavyweights and it’s games are consistently on top ofglobal charts.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $219k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $110k–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 10Lines — Explore cutting-edge pavement marking robots for faster, autonomous striping and significant CO2 reduction. Contact us now!
- CooliBlade — Superior power electronics cooling solutions for applications like solar and wind energy, energy storage, EV charging and telecommunications.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Finland, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$9M; Series A $5.9M–$44M; Series B $35M–$90M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CodeWords —
- 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).
Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 164
- Round size: Seed $549k–$6M; Series A $1.3M–$17M; Series B $1.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $169M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Omocom — Omocom offers safe, simple and secure insurance for all kind of renting, sharing and re-using, digitally, automated and integrated into the sales flow of the platform
- Moncyte Health — Unique technology and novel data for personalized and optimal treatment of high cholesterol
- Blueprint Genetics — We offer complete genetic testing and genetic diagnostics to medical professionals worldwide. Learn more about our winning clinical-grade NGS offering!
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $500k–$8M; Pre-Seed $228k–$1.7M; Series A $2.2M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Louhe — Double the reach of your existing physical security investment with a fraction of the cost. Let LOUHE detect and respond to security anomalies on your site, and use it to audit your physical security posture.
- LumiDB — Turn petabyte-scale point cloud archives into a live, queryable utility. LumiDB streams spatially indexed 3D data into your CAD, GIS, and AI workflows.
- FinanceKey — FinanceKey helps you future-proof connectivity, gain real-time cash visibility across the organisation and manage money movements with ease.
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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Life Science, Water
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $549k–$5.5M; Series A $7.4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $49M in 2021
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Debt Financing
- Geography: Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 181
- Round size: Seed $127k–$4.2M; Grant $48k–$11M; Debt Financing $212k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- SSAB —
- Valio — We are Valio Group: the most innovative dairy and food company in the world.
- Jaakko.com — Reinventing the housing market with no agents, more homes, and less fees.
We boldly invest in and support promising startups and potential innovations that explore new uses for sustainably-grown Nordic wood.
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- Industry: GreenTech, Sustainability, Chemical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $395k–$5.3M; Series A $4.4M–$8.4M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
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.
- Woodio — Woodio is a digital designing agency.
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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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $137k–$2M; Pre-Seed $159k–$1.8M; Series A $1.7M–$6.6M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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.
Making early-stage founders successful globally. A coaching and angel investment platform for early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Greece, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $466k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $219k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2021
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.
- 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.
- Wealthyhood — Stocks, ETFs and high interest with zero commissions and powerful automation. Start building wealth today!
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Marketing, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Poland, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $199k–$4M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.2M; Series A $2.5M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Fazer Group mission is to create taste sensations. Customer orientation, quality and operations are based.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
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.
TukkuHeino
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- Industry: Cooking, Children, Education
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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.
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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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $768k–$11M; Series A $4.9M–$17M; Series B $11M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $106M in 2022
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?
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Denmark, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $507k–$4.1M; Pre-Seed $163k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Bahn Express — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.
- Teitur Trophics — Teitur Trophics is a biotech company developing circular peptides for neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.
- Neumirna Therapeutics — Founded in 2020, NEUmiRNA focuses on achieving transformative disease modification for neurological conditions.
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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Apps, Hospital
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Luxembourg, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.4M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- Avenue Biosciences — From biotechnology tools to therapy discovery and development: Our platform enhances production yield and the quality of your end product.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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 — Buy the domain name Oricane.com and launch your business with a premium domain and a high quality logo.
- 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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, Norway, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Series A $4.5M–$29M; Private Equity $10M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $8.6M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- Evondos — Welcome to Evondos, leading in the market when it comes to automated medicine dispensing service and robots. This is the start page.
- Swappie — Buy refurbished iPhones at an affordable price - Swappie offers refurbished and cheap iPhones with a free 12-month Swappie warranty.
- Release — Release engages in the mobile phone re-commerce market.
Hercculia
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- Industry: Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Vaens is a family investment office focused on b2b software and software-as-a-service companies.
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- Industry: InsurTech, Environmental Consulting
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Sweden, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ninyes — Re-commerce solutions for quality fashion brands
- Synergi — Synergi app features smart charging, smart climate, solar charging, and more to help you use electricity when it's cheap and good for the planet. Start saving and earning with smart electricity use!
- Nordic Umami Company — Developing all-embracing sustainable flavours to accelerate plant-based eating.
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Browse database — It's Free!We partner with deep tech and brand-driven companies obsessed in challenging category norms. The Nordics are our home, but we take on a global front in spotting the unexpected - from B2B to B2C, with a sweet spot for scientific advances, strong IP, and customer understanding that looks beyond convention.We invest in early stage companies: fromtheir inception to series A and beyond. We share in the vision of founders as champions and challengers, drawing on our experiences from scaling some of the strongest tech companies ourselves.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Norway, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $900k–$8M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$2.7M; Series A $3.3M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Yaak Technologies ApS — Safety in urban self-driving is currently an afterthought. At Yaak, we distill safety from driving experts for the next generation of human and autonomous driving.
- 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.
Nicoya is a business-accelerating investment company focusing on foodtech.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Grocery, Leisure
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Sweden, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $6.5M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Foodiq — Foodiq is a one-of-a-kind food manufacturer that can both develop and manufacture plant-based products.
- Kavall — Kavall is a grocery delivery startup.
- JULIENNE BRUNO — Julienne Bruno made with naturally plant-based ingredients like fermented legumes & slow roasted vegetables.
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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- Industry: CRM, Music, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Finland, Estonia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Nordic Makers invests in early-stage Nordic B2B software startups, offering capital and founder support to help them scale globally.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Denmark, United States, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $270k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.4M; Series A $2.3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KIME — KIME enables you to track visibility across various AI platforms, analyze competitor presence, and apply clear steps to improve positioning in high-value searches that increase brand recognition and business impact.
- DreamJay — We’re a team of scientists, designers and entrepreneurs working on digital solutions to empower people to sleep and dream better. After 3 years of research and experiments in a sleep lab as well as cooperation with sleep medicine experts, neuropsychologists, audiovisual researchers, we've found a way to improve sleep quality with activesleep stimulation. To make it accessible to the wide public we've developed the Nightly app - the world’s first app that actively stimulates you during sleep to make your sleep more efficient resulting in happier and healthier you. Nightly helps you fall asleep easily, reduces bad dreams & the number of awakenings during the night and also helps you get up by waking you up in the lightest sleep stage. Find out more at www.nightlyapp.co
- Atech — Atech is a Copenhagen-based hardware startup that simplifies electronics development by enabling users to design and assemble functional prototypes using natural language prompts and modular, snap-together components. The company's platform eliminates complex soldering and firmware configuration, allowing developers to go from a chat-basedconcept to a physical, working device in minutes.
Turret Oy is an investment vehicle controlled by Paul Ehrnrooth
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- Industry: Farming, Seafood, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.5M; Series A $1.7M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
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.
We partner with founders to transform unseen scientific discoveries into future breakthroughs, jointly moving businesses, people, and the world forward.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Diagnostics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $380k–$837k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AIATELLA — Automating medical image analysis
- CubaseBio — Cubase Bio is a biotechnology business that focuses on spatial biology tools. It creates solutions for 3D spatial analysis to speed up drug discovery.
- SampleFacts — Next generation Dried Blood Spot sampling – separating cells and plasma at the point of collection.
Investing in powerful, positive change that endures
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1419
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $5.5M–$60M; Series B $12M–$140M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Section4 — Section4 membership gives you unlimited classes with the best minds in business.
- Pylon — Talk to your customers over Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Discord? Meet Pylon. We'll help you scale your sales, success, and support processes over chat and integrate that data back into your existing systems.
- Nirvana Insurance — Modern fleet insurance that rewards safety
The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Finland, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Seed $505k–$6.6M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$3.1M; Series A $1.6M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2023
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.
- ALLSIDES — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.
- Wave Photonics — Wave Photonics is leading the revolution in rapid PIC design technology. We are enabling rapid, fabrication-tolerant photonic integrated circuit development for any wavelength or platform.
Bridford Investments
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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.
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Estonia, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $550k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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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.
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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- Industry: Fruit, Gaming, Nutrition
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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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.
Pitchdrive is a pre-seed investor run by experienced tech entrepreneurs backing founders during their crazy startup ride. Buckle up.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $110k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lette AI — Operating system built for modern property teams. Automate the work that holds portfolios back and unlock NOI growth.
- NineID — NineID provides a biometric access control solution and identity visitor management system that increases businesses' security, compliance, and safety.
- Openface — Digital skin diagnostic and personalized skincare
Investing in the Future of Protein.We invest in visionary founders creating the future of food and materials.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7.5M; Series A $6M–$46M; Series B $15M–$226M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$17M; Series A $3.8M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $121M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- EcoG — EcoG connects and enables monetizing charging infrastructure with an API-software platform. EcoG is the first cloud-based platform to enable shared revenue streams and value-added services in fast charging. With EcoG a personalized and customized EV fast charging experience is easy to implement and operate.
- Xperiome — Match research-ready members to clinical and real-world studies, faster and smarter than ever before through data-driven insights into the rare disease experience.
- AIRMO — Airmo is a space tech company that offers an independent data source that locates, quantifies, and tracks carbon dioxide and methane emissions through a small satellite constellation.
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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- Industry: Pet, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Israel, Norway, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Pre-Seed $120k–$120k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Coffee
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $823k–$7M; Pre-Seed $549k–$2.8M; Series A $4.1M–$7.4M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amatera — Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.
- Mycoverse — Mycoverse is a agri-biotech startup specializes in developing fungal-based biological crop protection solutions to replace chemical pesticides, targeting row crops with an initial focus on potato late blight.
- 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
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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- Industry: Health Care, Apps, Shoes
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, United States
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- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $250k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- 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.
We are Helsinki based angel investors with a passion for new ideas and a track record of building successful businesses.
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- Industry: Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Munchfam — Munchfam is your next restaurant software package that covers everything from POS to Webshop to Ingredients.
Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is a government-owned investment company. It invests the proceeds accrued from the privatisation of state-owned companies in stimulating the growth and internationalisation of Finnish businesses.Finnish Industry Investment invests in venture capital funds and directly in growth companies, together with privateco-investors. The targets are in all sectors. Capital investments are needed for financing the growth of investee companies, and for spin-offs, major industrial investments, and sector and corporate restructurings.The investments of Finnish Industry Investment amount to over MEUR 570
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Finland, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 142
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$41M; Series B $3.1M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
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- ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
- Wirepas — Wirepas offers a standards-based, ultra-reliable mesh connectivity for infrastructure-grade IoT. Proven in millions of devices worldwide.
- MaaS Global — Whim combines all the transportation you need: Public transport, shared cars, bikes, e-scooters, taxis, and more! One app to plan, book, and pay.
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Browse database — It's Free!Explore Aboa Advest's strategy in impact investing and the blue economy, fostering resilient growth in the Baltic Sea region.
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- Industry: Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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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.
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- Industry: Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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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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- Industry: Food and Beverage
- Geography: Finland
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Ruokaboksi — Ruokaboksi toimittaa valmiiksi suunnitellut, herkulliset, helpot ja monipuoliset reseptit kotiovellesi.
Aristo-Invest is a family office of CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen.
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- Industry: Cooking, Children, Education
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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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.
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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- Industry: SaaS, Sales, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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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 Climate Fund focuses on combating climate change, boosting low-carbon industry and promoting digitalisation.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Debt Financing $2.6M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
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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.
- 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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- Industry: Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Norway
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- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, 3D Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland
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- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Veritas is an entrepreneur’s pension insurer, with a human touch.
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- Industry: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
FV Group Holding AB is owned by Swedish Rolf Karlsson, the man behind the national taxi organization Fågelviks Group.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Food and Beverage VC funding in Finland at a glance
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