Top 20 Franchise Startup Investors in Finland in September 2025
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Franchise startups based in Finland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Franchise companies from Finland. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Franchise Startup Investors in Finland in September 2025
Investor | Franchise Finland investments |
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Business Finland | 5 |
Andreas Mihalovits | 2 |
HOWZAT Partners | 2 |
Cecily Drucker | 2 |
Pekka Koskinen | 2 |
Vendep Capital | 2 |
Innovestor | 2 |
Digital Future | 2 |
Sampo Parkkinen | 1 |
Spring Capital | 1 |
Aviram Jenik | 1 |
Flyer One Ventures | 1 |
Paul Melin | 1 |
Murat Abdrakhmanov | 1 |
Flyer One Ventures | 1 |
DAAL | 1 |
CABRA VC | 1 |
Nick Bilogorskiy | 1 |
Murat Abdrakhmanov | 1 |
Alfabeat | 1 |
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.
Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Seidat — Seidat is an online presentation application for sales teams. Get better sales flow, enhance your co-operation concept and make every meeting a success.
- Skarbe — AI-powered sales assistant for non-salespeople. Skarbe captures every email and meeting, suggests what to do next, and keeps deals on track.
- Drimer Creators — Drimer gives creators the opportunity to build and grow their revenues. Creators can take advantage of a set of tools created to increase revenues and create a brand.
Howzat Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, start up, growth capital, early stage, and mid venture investments. The firm seeks to invest in digital businesses with a focus on internet, digital media, e-commerce companies. It invests globally. It acts as as sounding board. The firm also makes co-investments. HowzatPartners was founded in 2006 and is based in Luxembourg and London.
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Investment focus
- Travel, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Wingly — Wingly is a flight sharing platform. Find pilots or passengers for your trip.
- Handiscover — Handiscover is the first community based Holiday accommodation-booking website, dedicated to people with special needs and disabilities. At the core of Handiscover lies a unique classification system which allows users to select accommodation based on their different levels of mobility/physical disability. It was founded by SebastienArchambeaud in 2014, a father to a boy with a muscle disease.
- Mymoria — MYMORIA offers an one-stop-online-shop for full configuration and complete commissioning of funerals. Mymoria is able to offer its services significantly cheaper than traditional mortician homes. The company is offering its services nationwide and work hard to organize our processes efficiently while maintaining thehigh service standards.
Ms. Drucker, one of Peter and Doris Drucker’s four children, is the founder and CEO of Start-Up Strategies, a San Francisco consultancy. Ms. Drucker is also an attorney who has focused her practice in the areas of real-estate tax planning and financing, as well as other business and commercial transactions. She has specialized, in particular, onstructuring and implementing complex 1031 tax-deferred exchanges. She is the co-author of Real Property Exchanges, published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar.
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Content
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- PromoRepublic — PromoRepublic helps multi-location brands and franchises activate locations and automate local marketing at scale with customized workflows.
Founder at Leadfeeder
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Content
- Angel, Pre-Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- PromoRepublic — PromoRepublic helps multi-location brands and franchises activate locations and automate local marketing at scale with customized workflows.
- Cuutio Software —
We back early-stage B2B SaaS founders in the Nordics & Baltics with capital, expertise, and long-term partnership. See how we invest and support growth.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Analytics
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Cluby — Cluby is a technology platform that provides restaurants with the best tools for managing and communicating with loyal consumers.
- Claimlane — Claimlane is an end-to-end returns management solution for brands and retailers to manage any type of return, across all sales channels and markets. Perfectly document claims and returns. Streamline workflows. Get quality insights. Turn unhappy claimers into loyal customers. That's Claimlane.
- Eyeball — Eyeball operates as a digital platform for youth football.
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.
Digital Future is a leading Ukraine-born VC firm. We provide late seed and early stage funding to revenue-enabled companies with initial traction, scalable business model, indefatigable team and global ambition. Our portfolio includes companies from Ukraine, Europe, Israel, and United States.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Advertising
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Moodmate — I will help you learn more about mental health and self-care, fight stress and stay optimistic no matter what
- OneNotary — Looking for a reliable and convenient on-demand online notary service? OneNotary platform offers fully legal and secure notarization services in all 50 states.
- Narrative BI — Narrative BI is an augmented analytics platform for growth teams that automatically generates data insights in natural language.
Co-founder @Revieve. General Partner @LandInChicago. Co-founder & COO @ RapidBlue Solutions (acquired in 2013). Member of Board @PromoRepublic. Mentor, advisor and early stage angel investor in startups.
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Content
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- PromoRepublic — PromoRepublic helps multi-location brands and franchises activate locations and automate local marketing at scale with customized workflows.
Investments in exceptional teams in the Baltics & Nordics.Our two main focuses include: 1. Startups with a technological edge. Seed stage. Our check size is from €50K up to €200K. With a vast experience in startup building, we typically get hands-on with our advice and help the founders achieve operational excellence. 2. Innovators oftraditional sectors. SMEs with a proven track and strong market position. Clear plans to accelerate the growth. Our investment ticket can be from €300K to €700K to support these aspirations. If you think we have a match, reach out through invest@springcapital.ee.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Uniify — Uniify is a no-code customer onboarding software that makes it fast, easy and secure for financial companies to onboard their customers. Save your business time and money, and build onboarding flows for your customers in minutes instead of months.
- Crisp — Crisp connects data between retailers, distributors, and brands to power real-time insights across the supply chain.
- Salesforge — Salesforge is an all-in-one sales execution super app that gives every sales team the highest probability to hit their target by tackling email deliverability and the need to personalize cold email outreach at scale.We do that by enabling real-time AI & machine learning to decision critical sales activities, enhance messaging and eliminatethe need for various sales point solutions, therefore driving superior conversion rates.
Venture Capitalist, investor and former Enterpreneur.
Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies
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Investment focus
- Software, Cyber Security, Machine Learning
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- South Korea, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- FROGED — Discover afforable Customer Experience tools to scale your business. Reduce churn, improve onboarding & offer amazing customer support - all in one platform.
- SplxAI — SplxAI provides the most comprehensive platform for AI Security Testing and Red Teaming, ensuring your AI Assistants and Agents are secure and reliable from build to runtime.
- illustria — Illuminating blind spots and minimizing the exposed surface area to mitigate potential malicious activities
Flyer One Ventures is an international early-stage venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups from CEE region. The fund invests in future-proof startups, founded by exceptional teams, and operating on global markets worth more than $10 billion. Flyer One Ventures funds startups in Mobile, Health Tech, EdTech, Fitness & Wellness, B2BSaaS, Gaming, FoodTech, and AI/ML industries and helps them scale on international markets. Founded by the co-founder of BetterMe and supported by Genesis Tech, Flyer One Ventures has deep expertise in Digital Marketing, Product, PR, Branding, and Recruiting. Along with the financial investment, Flyer One Ventures actively supports its portfolio companies, helping them optimize Digital Marketing campaigns, hire R&D staff, build user-friendly products, and fundraise Series A and Series B rounds. Flyer One Ventures' ultimate goal is to support early-stage startups in the geographies with low access to early financing and help them become global leaders by mentorship and daily support.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Cyprus
Portfolio highlights
- Jome — On our platform, you can search for and tour thousands of new construction homes and communities near you. Our new home experts are ready to guide you through the entire home-buying process and will help you turn your dream home into a reality
- Heizma — Heizma make climate-neutral heating possible and easy for every family. It offers complete solutions that include not only heating systems, but also photovoltaic systems, power storage, e-charging stations, and intelligent energy management systems.
- Scalestack — Scalestack AI brings all of your GTM data together, suggests prioritized actions and helps your reps to execute your sales plays. Unlock a new level of sales productivity and generate more pipeline.
Paul Melin is the Chairman Of The Board at Silcube Software.
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Content
- Seed
- Estonia, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Warren.io — Warren platform equips partnering providers with a white labelled self-service portal for easy access to infrastructure and managed services.
- PromoRepublic — PromoRepublic helps multi-location brands and franchises activate locations and automate local marketing at scale with customized workflows.
Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
Portfolio highlights
- Beksar — Beksar offers A flexible reporting system for business of the company from its initial days.
- GoDays — AI-driven Continuous passive and active analytical tool, preventing burnout of employees. Continuous well-being based on passive collaboration data, sentiment analytics.
- PLATMA — PLATMA is a workspace for developing low/no-code solutions with ready-made constructors that reduce the need for large resources and decrease time to market
Flyer One Ventures is an international early-stage venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups from CEE region. The fund invests in future-proof startups, founded by exceptional teams, and operating on global markets worth more than $10 billion. Flyer One Ventures funds startups in Mobile, Health Tech, EdTech, Fitness & Wellness, B2BSaaS, Gaming, FoodTech, and AI/ML industries and helps them scale on international markets. Founded by the co-founder of BetterMe and supported by Genesis Tech, Flyer One Ventures has deep expertise in Digital Marketing, Product, PR, Branding, and Recruiting. Along with the financial investment, Flyer One Ventures actively supports its portfolio companies, helping them optimize Digital Marketing campaigns, hire R&D staff, build user-friendly products, and fundraise Series A and Series B rounds. Flyer One Ventures' ultimate goal is to support early-stage startups in the geographies with low access to early financing and help them become global leaders by mentorship and daily support.
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Investment focus
- Software, Education, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Cyprus, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- 99math — 99math is e-sports in school math! Global online tournaments for kids. They get excited and start achieving in math.
- Peech — text to speech
- Cooper Pet Care — Cooper Pet Care - your personal vet. Anytime. Anywhere. Get instant access to certified vets via chat or video call 24/7.
The aim of Daal is to create excellent opportunities for investment by providing mentorship and business development insights to companies within the IT space.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Tunisia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Pulppo — Pulppo is the first Tech Enabled broker for Latin America. We partner with the best brokers in the region and empower them with tools, technology and resources to create a simple and transparent buying process. Pulppo was founded by Agustin Iglesias, former GM of Inmuebles24 and founder of Tokko Broker (Acquired by Navent) and Matias Gath, formerGM of Glovo in Argentina and founder of Kadabra (acquired by Glovo).
- Kamioun — Kamioun is a mobile platform that connects FMCG manufacturers to local retail shops by fast free delivery of inventory.
- Paper.id — Atur tempo pembayaran bisnis serta kirim & terima pembayaran dengan kartu kredit, invoice juga langsung sah dengan e-Meterai. Coba Sekarang!
Cabra.vc is a venture fund for technological startups that want to scale out to international markets
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Adwisely — Adwisely is a perfect online ad solution for Shopify stores with $1k+ monthly ad budget
- Pitchly — Freakishly fast & perfectly consistent document solutions because we're different than everyone else. Click, if you want to learn more.
- Collectly — Collectly helps healthcare organizations collect more patient payments faster, automate and streamline internal revenue cycle operations, and elevate patient financial experience.
Nick Bilogorskiy is based out of San Francisco Bay Area and is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Dnipro VC. Nick previously worked at Google as a Director of Security.
Nick Bilogorskiy attended Simon Fraser University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Enterprise Software, Cyber Security
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- AiSDR — AiSDR sales automation acts as your inside sales rep. From outbound to inbound emails, AiSDR runs your outreach and drives leads to customers
- 12New.AI — AI-Agents for Negotiations & Procurement
- Ability.ai — Get an AI system that transforms your operations from manual to intelligent. We configure it from a curated library of 636+ functional AI agents and automated workflows to fit your exact business needs.
Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, B2B, Mobile
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Kazakhstan, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Zeely — Zeely is a website development platform designed to assist businesses in marketing their web pages. The company's platform allows businesses to create and promote websites without using codes or UI/UX designs, and these codes can be linked with Google Ads or other social media platforms to increase reach, allowing businesses to create awebpage based on AI and expand their audience network.
- Kwaaka — Kwaaka is a subscription-based service that integrates Food Delivery services like Glovo, Wolt, Bolt Food, Deliveroo direct into restaurants’ point-of-sale systems, streamlining order taking processes and menu management through a single interface and eliminating the requirement for restaurant staff to monitor multiple devices and manually repunchorders into their existing system.
- Yope — Salo is a discussion platform that erases the borders for people with diverse opinions to let anyone speak up and be heard.
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.
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Investors in Finland by industry
Restaurants
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