Top 50 Gaming Angel Investors in Finland in May 2026
Top 50 Gaming Angel Investors in Finland in May 2026
| Investor | Gaming Finland investments |
|---|---|
| Ilkka Paananen | 8 |
| David Helgason | 4 |
| Laurel Bowden | 3 |
| Henric Suuronen | 3 |
| Risto Siilasmaa | 3 |
| Ali Omar | 3 |
| Glyn Eggar | 2 |
| Klaas Kersting | 2 |
| Mikko Kodisoja | 2 |
| Stefan Lindberg | 2 |
| Paul Heydon | 2 |
| Lasse Järvinen | 2 |
| Jari Ovaskainen | 2 |
| Anton Gauffin | 2 |
| Miki Kuusi | 2 |
| Riku Mäkelä | 2 |
| Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara | 2 |
| Joakim Achren | 2 |
| Elias Aalto | 1 |
| Tero Lehtonen | 1 |
| Ken Lamb | 1 |
| Matti Kukkonen | 1 |
| Bret Terrill | 1 |
| Pekka Aakko | 1 |
| Hannu Vaajoensuu | 1 |
| Kristian Segerstrale | 1 |
| Peter Carlsson | 1 |
| Kalle Katevuo | 1 |
| Julia Jouhki | 1 |
| Mikael Hed | 1 |
| Dan Bragiel | 1 |
| Arto Rastas | 1 |
| Mikko Silventola | 1 |
| Timo Soininen | 1 |
| Niklas Hed | 1 |
| Gregory Milken | 1 |
| Niklas Zennström | 1 |
| Juha-Petteri Kukkonen | 1 |
| Siamc Kamalie | 1 |
| Ben Feder | 1 |
| Mitch Weisburgh | 1 |
| Jussi Laakkonen | 1 |
| Sebastian Östman | 1 |
| Juha Paananen | 1 |
| Christian Jantzen | 1 |
| Markus Maki | 1 |
| Lukasz Gadowski | 1 |
| Arielle Zuckerberg | 1 |
| Olli Sirkiä | 1 |
| Nicolas Béraud | 1 |
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Find investors — It's Free!Ilkka Paananen, is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the Helsinki-based mobile games developer behind Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. Since its founding in 2010, Supercell's five games have amassed 100m daily players and remain in the global top 10 years after launch. In June 2016, Supercell became thefirst European technology start-up to reach a valuation of $10 billion.In addition to his role at Supercell, Ilkka helps other entrepreneurs as both an investor and as an active member of the Nordic startup community where he mentors and coaches other founders. Alongside his co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, he has established the We Foundation to fight social inequality and help disadvantaged children in Finland.Prior to founding Supercell, he was the CEO & co-founder of Finnish games developer Sumea, which was later acquired by Digital Chocolate, where he worked as President until 2010. Ilkka holds a Master of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Droppe — Order work equipment directly from manufacturers. Support small businesses and source more responsibly from local and European manufacturers. Order from several suppliers at the same time with one shopping cart. Test samples for free and order products for your workplaces without extra hassle. Find nitrile gloves, protective clothing, work gloves, work accessories, disposable gloves, disinfectants, sanitizers and other supplies in one place.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- BottleCap AI — BottleCap AI is a company that focuses on architecture-first, efficiency-focused basic LLMs designed to reason better per unit of CPU and enable previously impossible applications.
David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.
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- Software, Gaming, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Denmark, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- Noah — API-first stablecoin payments, enterprise-grade compliance and real-time settlements, powered by stablecoin technology.
- Flow Engineering — Requirements management, made collaborative
Laurel is a General Partner at 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which she joined in 2008. Her areas of focus include: software, internet and fintech. Laurel has led investments in many leading European companies, including Just Eat (LSE: JE), Qliktech (NASDAQ: QLIK) and Hybris (acquired by SAP).Her current company boards and investmentsinclude Workable, Mirakl, NotontheHighStreet, Wonga, Wandera, iZettle, BlueVine, Ebury and Investec PLC & Ltd.Laurel was previously at GE and JVP. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from INSEAD.
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- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Series C, Series B, Series D
- United Kingdom, Germany, France
Portfolio highlights
- Huuva — We believe today’s food delivery market is broken and aim to fix this for all value chain stakeholders by making virtual food courts the new industry standard.Huuva develops a plug-n-play solution for restaurateurs to scale their brands to new markets with healthy unit economics. For consumers, Huuva creates unique virtual food court experiencesdirectly into food delivery applications.
- Pandas — We are Green Panda and our mission is to give consumers the most value out of their smartphone with zero hassle, by empowering them to sell/trade it in the fastest, safest, and easiest way possible. 1Bn (with a B!) smartphones stop being used, every year after you upgrade to the latest and greatest. But there is a solution as simple astrading them in and getting paid while participating in the circular economy. So, why aren’t people selling their old phones, we wondered? This is where Green Panda comes in. Inspired by humans and powered by tech, we make sure that the frustrating experience of selling your smartphone is now as quick and easy as using a kiosk near you. Our patented A.I. technology in the Green Panda kiosks allows us to evaluate a smartphone’s condition, from the smallest nick to serious technical issues, with unprecedented accuracy. Oh, and we pay users on the spot, straight to their bank account/credit card.
- Botanical Ventures Limited — Botanical Ventures Limited is a privately held company based in London, United Kingdom, and has been incorporated since 2017. The company brings together a diverse range of industries — including financial services, asset tokenization, mining operations, real estate, biotechnology, and botanical ventures — with a focus on building real-world valuethrough innovation and cross-sector expertise.Co-founded by Alexander Thomas Dover and Nicolas-André Borel, Botanical Ventures Limited operates with a vision to connect traditional industries with emerging technologies. While Alexander leads the company’s strategic direction, Nicolas-André serves as Chief Operating Officer, playing a key role in driving operational growth and cross-border initiatives.Registered under UK company law, Botanical Ventures is committed to long-term, sustainable development and creating new opportunities across both established and frontier markets.
Founding Partner of Play Ventures. He previously co-founded Nonstop Games which was acquired by King for US$32m+ earnout.Henric has over 16 years of experience building mobile games and studios around the world. Before co-founding Nonstop Games in Singapore, Henric was Product Management Director at Digital Chocolate (Helsinki and Barcelona) andHead of Studio at Wooga (Berlin). After King’s acquisition of Nonstop Games, Henric served as Senior Creative Director at King.Henric also has a successful portfolio of angel investments in gaming including Huuuge Games, Futureplay Games, Traplight Games, Matchmade, Omniata (acquired by King), DataTiger (acquired by Apple) and Astralis Group (IPO on Nasdaq). In total, his investments have raised >$125M of venture financing and made 5 exits + 1 IPO. Henric is based in Singapore and frequently travels to the main gaming hubs in Europe and the US. He holds double masters’ degrees in Computer Science and Business.
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- Gaming, Video Games, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Finland, India, Spain
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- Kasaz — Buying and selling properties in Spain is a daunting task. Low-quality listings, inaccurate location and painful visits-scheduling combined with dated portals makes for a bad user experience.Kasaz' one-stop real-estate portal reduces time to purchase by connecting buyers and sellers in a platform where the quality of the experience is key.The company was founded by Sebastien Marion, a serial entrepreneur who sold his previous startup Comufy to king.com.
- Matchmade — Matchmade is the leading influencer marketing agency for YouTube and Twitch. Connect with top creators and drive impactful campaigns. Elevate your brand today!
- Hipfire Games — VIVAMASTER78 adalah situs game online yang sempurna bagi siapa saja yang mencari variasi permainan yang luas, pengalaman bermain yang aman, dan promosi yang menguntungkan
Risto Siilasmaa is based out of Helsinki, Southern Finland and is the Board of Direcctor of Donut Lab. He previously worked as Founder of F-Secure. Risto Siilasmaa attended Aalto University.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Inven — Save time by using AI to find companies. Inven scans millions of websites to provide comprehensive data on companies similar to your search criteria.
- Donut Lab — Redefining Electric Mobility Across All Industries. World's First Complete Electric Vehicle (EV) Hardware Platform With Unified Software.
- The Upright Project — Upright enables smarter decision-making for investors, companies and governments by quantifying the net impact of companies.
Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Finland, United States, Estonia
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- MÖ Foods — MÖ Kaurajogu is domestic, completely herbal and above all delicious. All our products are manufactured in Central Ostrobothnia, Lohtaja.
- React & Share — High volume, high quality feedback directly from your customers. React & Share helps digital comms teams improve their websites and satisfy their customers.
- Plain Complex — VUOROX IS AN AI-POWERED ROSTER SCHEDULING APP FOR HEALTHCARE
Glyn Eggar
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- Gaming, Software, 3D Printing
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 3DBear — 3DBear combines immersive technologies and education for the best learning results Augmented reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), 360-photos & 3D printing.
Klaas Kersting is a serial entrepreneur (Gameforge / flaregames / Phoenix Games) and Seed-/Early-stage investor in startups in games and e-commerce. He served and serves as board member and advisor to several of his investments.Most recently, in 2019, Klaas founded Phoenix Games, a company aiming to help game founders to achievemore - both financially as well as commercially. In 2008 Klaas Kersting was named 'Entrepreneur of the Year'. Gameforge was awarded 'Red Herring 100 Europe', and 'Technology Fast 50 Rising Stars'. Furthermore, he was selected 'Technology Pioneer 2009' by the World Economic Forum.
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- Gaming, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Germany, United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Aggero — Turn every piece of video content into actionable insights for your next campaign
- Minit Games — Minit Games provides bite-sized, instantly playable HTML5 games in a tailored, algorithmically driven feed.
- Dead Astronauts — Dead Astronauts reinvents open-world game experiences with technical innovation at the core of the company and PLAYER CREATIVITY at the core of the games we make.
Mikko Kodisoja
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- Gaming, Mobile, Hospitality
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Sweden, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Bob W — Book the smartest alternative to hotels and random rentals. Climate-neutral and locally designed apartments in handpicked districts. Stay days, weeks or months.
- Studio 555 — Redefining digital interior design with unrivaled technology, UX and visual fidelity
- Digital Nature — Digital Nature creates digital attractions and interactive experiences for the hospitality industry. Digital Nature designs and develops content that transforms spaces via a digital art and entertainment delivery platform.
Stefan Lindberg is co-owner of YSUB.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Fruit
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- YSUB — YSUB produces a beverage containing hemp - lemonade with a hint of hemp seeds, soothing botanicals, and some vitamins. It also has CBD beverage, but cannot sell due to regulations in Finland and other Nordic countries and is trying to create a campaign to create awareness.
- Vegemi — Vegemi is a free smartphone app that promotes eating fruits and vegetables through gaming. The software was designed with the entire family in mind, but especially to demonstrate youngsters the health advantages of fruits and vegetables in a way that motivates and inspires them.
- StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities
I have 30+ years as a founder, operator, investor, board member and advisor. I have founded/co-founded multiple companies and have dealt with cofounder issues directly. I have invested in individual companies that have achieved $2b in revenue, $1b in profit, $30b in valuation. Plus on the other side of the spectrum, I have seen lots ofdifferent poor behaviour by some investors, founders and lawyers. My value add is: - the ability to quickly filter out the wrong people. - fundraising - strategy - focus - making tough decisions - cashflow planningCurrently investing directly in startups (mainly tech) at all stages and in funds (most asset classes) as an LP globally. I invested early in Supercell (majority acquired by Tencent), Unity Software (NYSE:U), Radiant Entertainment (acquired by Riot Games), Boomlagoon (acquired by Wargaming), Peak (acquired by Hachette Livre), Gameclub (acquired by Take-Two Interactive), Doppio Games (acquired by Fortis). Previously, I cofounded a seed VC firm & was an investment banker at various firms. I have both a HBA & MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in Canada.If you message me with a pitch deck link for your company or fund then do not send me a docsend link or anything requesting an email and or password as I will ignore it. And make sure you detail the team background, why it’s the best team and why you will win.I’m also open to board positions for companies in Europe and North America. Owner of https://www.heathfieldestatenewforest.co.uk/
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- Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Astral — Create a free website/link-in-bio to market your art, release new music, increase your followers, sell merchandise, and share your portfolio/resume/EPK. Token Gate all.
- Coherence — Unlock your multiplayer possibilities
- Glean AI — Glean AI is the only Accounts Payable solution that combines smart automation with spend intelligence and powers Finance teams to drive material savings.
Serial Entrepreneur and Investor in Internet Businesses and Marketplaces | Board Professional | Co-Founder at DealGuru and Bonusway
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- Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Angel, Funding Round, Seed
- Finland, Canada, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- DealGuru — DealGuru is a stealth startup in a ecommerce space.
- Serviceform — Welcome to future of communication - the truly all-in-one conversion and management software built for established businesses. Start now!
- Fiksuvuokraus.fi — Fiksuvuokraus.fi is an apartment renting platform for long-term contracts. In our service, the rental process is simplified and accelerated with the latest technologies that are primarily used only for apartment selling. We think that also rental apartments deserve to be found with modern tools.
Jari Ovaskainen - Business Development Director @ Modulight
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- Mobile, Gaming, PC Games
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Invstr — Invstr is an award-winning investment app that helps you invest smarter. Invstr gives you the confidence, knowledge and expertise to start investing to build your wealth. Unlike other investing apps, Invstr is committed to educating you before you even make your first trade. Because we believe that investing isn’t just about buying and sellingstocks. It’s about understanding the markets and making more informed investing decisions before risking real money. Invstr lets aspiring investors learn and practice with Fantasy Finance, a virtual portfolio management game. Get smart with our huge wealth of educational resources, including an in-app investing course, daily podcasts, and live news and updates. When you’re ready, invest from just $5 with our commission-free brokerage and banking platform. Track and improve your performance with Stats, and get personalized investment picks with Portfolio Builder. It’s everything you need to invest confidently and take charge of your financial future today. Invstr also boasts a huge community of over 800,000 members. The social aspect of the app makes it unique in that our members can share updates and post to their feeds, send group or private messages, create private leagues to compete against friends and socialize all within the app, forming the first active investing community of its kind. Invstr was founded in 2013 by Kerim Derhalli, who created Invstr after seeing first-hand how a lack of knowledge and confidence bars individuals from starting to invest.
- CREAL — CREAL makes Hi-Fi light-field projector for smart eyewear which ultimately everyone will use everyday for everything from cooking to neurosurgery.
- Kizy Tracking — Kizy Tracking provides global supply chain visibility with real-time IoT data. Benefit from small size, long autonomy, low cost. Start tracking now!
Anton Gauffin is the Founder of Sumoing.
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- Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Finland, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Gotiva — Play thousands of jigsaw puzzles for free on Android and iOS
- Odeeo — People play casual games to relax and have fun. So it’s no wonder the world’s 2.7bn free2play mobile gamers find aggressive full-screen ads annoying. Odeeo’s audio ad platform gets gamers. It’s built to amplify the in-game experience by overlaying contextual audio ads that players actually want to hear. For game developers, that meansmonetizing untapped in-game real estate and boosting incremental ad revenue—without hurting retention.For leading brands, it means cutting through the noise to target an attentive audience at ultra scale in an immersive brand-safe environment. And gamers? They can just play on!
- Benjamin — Start saving more money with our cash back app that automates the cash back earnings for people and businesses.
Miki Kuusi is the Co-Founder and CEO at Wolt. He previously worked as the Founder, Creative Director and Board Member of the Helsinki-based tech conference, Slush. In 2011-2014, he led the event’s growth as its CEO from a local, 150-person event to become one of the leading startup events in the world, reaching 14,000 attendees from 80 countries in2014. Kuusi has been a driving force in the Nordic startup ecosystem. Prior to Slush, he served as the Founder & CEO of Startup Sauna, which was awarded as the leading young accelerator program in the world by UBI Index in spring 2013. Aside from Slush, Kuusi currently focuses on his new company Wolt, which raised half a million in seed funding in fall 2014.
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- E-Commerce, Gaming, Privacy
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Finland, Kenya, Lithuania
Portfolio highlights
- Droppe — Order work equipment directly from manufacturers. Support small businesses and source more responsibly from local and European manufacturers. Order from several suppliers at the same time with one shopping cart. Test samples for free and order products for your workplaces without extra hassle. Find nitrile gloves, protective clothing, work gloves, work accessories, disposable gloves, disinfectants, sanitizers and other supplies in one place.
- Zenniz — Zenniz is an ITF approved game tracking solution that provides real-time info, such as automated line calling, stroke and serve speeds, shot charts, match statistics and more. Players and coaches at all levels can use Zenniz on and off the court to help improve their game. For tennis clubs, Zenniz is an easy and cost-effective way to upgrade to thenext level. Due to a new, innovative sensor technology, they’ve been able to keep the cost to a minimum, making Zenniz accessible for all clubs, coaches and players.
- Taito.ai — Taito.ai provides an AI platform that allows users to develop and deploy intelligent applications. It supports various tools and features for building machine learning models. Users can access resources for training and optimizing their AI solutions.
Riku Mäkelä is a COO at Wolt. He Attended Aalto University.
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- Gaming, Computer, Software
- Angel, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Linear — Linear allows the user to manage software development and track bugs. Built for speed and efficiency.The founders started Linear from their own frustrations building software projects in successful high-growth companies like Airbnb, Coinbase and Uber. The founders wanted to create the tools that focus us and its team in making progress, not getin the way. Tools that are fast and efficient. Speed and performance were the main things Linear focuses on early on and keep focusing on that.
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara
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- Gaming, Software, 3D Printing
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 3DBear — 3DBear combines immersive technologies and education for the best learning results Augmented reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), 360-photos & 3D printing.
Joakim Achren is Co Founder at Next Games. Previously, he has worked as Director of Analytics at Supercell.
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- Gaming, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Finland, Turkey, United States
Portfolio highlights
- AudioMob — Monetizing mobile games non-intrusively using audio ads! AudioMob are the creators of Audio Enhanced Banners & Rewarded Audio
- Social First — We create games that are social experiences, span decades and extend beyond gaming; giving our players platforms to create meaningful relationships with people all across the world.
- Neon Koi — Savage Game Studios is a dynamite team with expertise across all operational functions from art to tech and gameplay.
Elias Aalto is Wolt's Advisor and a Co-Founder before that.
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- Internet, News, Video
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Cluby — Cluby is a technology platform that provides restaurants with the best tools for managing and communicating with loyal consumers.
- ArcticStartup — ArcticStartup is the leading startup news publication covering the Nordics and Baltics delivering the latest insights on the hottest startups in the region
- Flowstep — Flowstep is a copilot that helps you create better designs, 10x faster. Just type and get user flows, high-fidelity UI, JTBD and more.
Tero Lehtonen
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- Gaming, Software, 3D Printing
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 3DBear — 3DBear combines immersive technologies and education for the best learning results Augmented reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), 360-photos & 3D printing.
Ken is a co-founder and partner at Initial Capital, a London and San Francisco-based firm started in 2010 that invests in seed and early stage companies focused on digital, mobile, social media and gaming. Initial Capital's investments include Supercell, Nexmo, Plyfe, Space Ape, Berg, Brainbow and Supersolid. Ken is presently or hasformerly served as a Director or Board Observer for various companies in the portfolio, including Nexmo, Plyfe, Space Ape, Mapply and Supercell.For most of his career, he was a corporate partner in the Century City, San Francisco and London offices of Gibson Dunn advising clients such as Amazon, Intel, Peoplesoft and The Gores Group. In 2001 and 2002, he was also head of West Coast M&A and US Technology M&A at CIBC World Markets,In addition to his activities for Initial Capital, Ken is also in a graduate degree program on East Asian art history at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and in the Master of Wine program, Institute of Masters of Wine.
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- Gaming, PC Games, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, Finland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Sanlo — Run live ops and accept payments across web shops, web games, and alternative app stores. Break free from the walled gardens.
- Supersocial — Supersocial is an indie games studio focused on creating insanely fun games for the metaverse, starting with Roblox.
- Dazzle Rocks — Dazzle Rocks We are making games for the social generation. A new take on the real-time MMO genre, mobile-first.
Matti Kukkonen is a Founder at Ohakune.
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- Fruit, Gaming, Nutrition
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Bret Terrill: CEO of Sedona Holdings, and the founder of Super Free Games(retired), at large.
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- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Angel
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Pekka Aakko is an Advisor/organizer of Assembly Organizing. Pekka Aakko attended University of Helsinki.
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- Apps, Gaming, Mobile
- Seed, Angel
- Finland
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- Flymaas OY — LYGG is the first regional air mobility platform, on a mission to connect regions, empower people, and sustain the future. It's about time.
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Hannu Vaajoensuu - Chairman of the Board of Directors @ Nervogrid
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- SaaS, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel
- Finland, Sweden
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- 3DBear — 3DBear combines immersive technologies and education for the best learning results Augmented reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), 360-photos & 3D printing.
- Frosmo — Our AI-driven personalization strategies optimize each step of the customer journey across all channels.
- HappySignals — HappySignals is the IT Experience Intelligence platform that turns employee experience into intelligence, and intelligence into real impact.
Kristian Segerstrale is the Co-founder of Initial Capital and Board member of Supercell, as well as the Co-founder and CEO of Playfish. Kristian has been at the forefront of the rapidly transforming game industry since 2001.He was a co-founder of mobile gaming pioneer Macrospace – today Glu Mobile (Nasdaq: GLUU) in 2001 through the successfulIPO in 2007. He left to co-found Playfish, the social gaming pioneer, where he served as CEO through the company’s rapid growth to 60 Million players and the subsequent acquisition by Electronic Arts for $400M in 2009. After a period as EVP Digital at Electronic Arts driving the aggressive transformation of the company from packaged goods to digital, Kristian left in March 2013 to focus on startups. Today Kristian leads seed stage investments with Initial Capital and serves on the board of Supercell, the #1 iOS game company.Kristian has previously served on the board of LOVEFiLM, the European streaming video pioneer until its acquisition by Amazon.com.
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- Gaming, PC Games, Online Games
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Finland, India
Portfolio highlights
- Battlebound — Battlebound is on a mission to build memorable lifelong gaming communities that invite players into Heroic Stories, creating deep connections and positive life changes. Heroic stories are thrilling gameplay moments that bring players together and enrich players lives inside and outside the game. We believe blockchain technology will deepen these moments and enrich the player experience when paired with world-class gameplay.
- Harmony Games — Harmony Games is a developer of next-generation hybrid-casual games.
- Dead Astronauts — Dead Astronauts reinvents open-world game experiences with technical innovation at the core of the company and PLAYER CREATIVITY at the core of the games we make.
Peter joined Tesla from NXP Semiconductors where he was responsible for purchasing and outsourcing. As CPO, he took the purchase organization from a tactical decentralized structure to a strategic global commodity organization. Before starting at NXP, Peter was CPO at Sony Ericsson. Peter had a total of 13 years experience from different roles withEricsson and Sony Ericsson in Sweden and the US. He led the team that built and implemented Ericsson's framework for Supplier Quality Assurance. Peter has a Master's degree with specialization in Production and Quality Control from Luleå Technical University in Sweden. In his spare time he enjoys running, mountain biking, golf, cooking and travel.
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- Food and Beverage, Information Technology, AgTech
- Funding Round, Seed, Angel
- Sweden, Finland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- X Shore — In the evolution of an industry that has remained steadfast in its traditions, for better or for worse. With new technology and innovative research, smart design and sustainable materials, X Shore embraces the long tradition of maritime craftsmanship while discarding the dirty institution of fossil fuels. They don’t see theirselves as disrupters.They’re not here to reinvent the wheel, but rather to right the ship. To set a course for long-term sustainability that they can all be proud of.
- Turnpike — Turnpike provides a complete platform for wearable communication and workflow management. It empowers front-of-house employees in retail stores and hotels by delivering prioritized communication directly to their wrists via smartwatches. Its manager's portal is accessible from any browser-capable device, employee smartwatches, and optionalinput devices that enable employees and customers to request immediate assistance.
- Orbital Systems — Save up to 90% water and up to 80% energy with our smart recirculating shower - a much better shower experience for both you and our planet
Kalle Katevuo is an Angel Investor.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
Julia Jouhki is an Angel Investor.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
Mikael Hed currently works as a Chairman for Yazen. He previously worked at Rovio Entertainment as a CEO. Mikael Hed attended Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business.
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- E-Commerce, Health Care, Consumer Electronics
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Finland, Sweden, Lithuania
Portfolio highlights
- Naava — Naava helps you to make safer and healthier indoor spaces - experience Naava green wall, a striking combination of nature and high-end technology.
- CGTrader — Join the fastest-growing 3D model marketplace today!
- Loupedeck — Loupedeck custom consoles offer analog control with digital precision for effortless creative workflow. Shop now with free shipping!
Dan Bragiel has co-founded 2 companies and has been involved in startups for the past 10 years. He began with mobile gaming at Paragon 5 focusing on running the offices in Poland, Netherlands and Argentina. He then co-founded the startup Meetro, a pioneer in the location/mobile space. He then went on to start Lefora that was sold in 2010.
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- Software, Logistics, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Finland, Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- Enevo — Enevo works with its customers to transform the financial, environmental and social impact of waste. Founded in 2010, Enevo began providing waste data from dumpster sensors using its proprietary analytics software. Enevo now provides full management of waste and recycling services for restaurant, retail and commercial property customers throughoutNorth America. It provides the first predictive end-to-end solution that automates the whole planning and operations of waste and recycling logistics.Enevo has raised more than $34M in private equity funding to date and continues to invest in technology and new processes to deliver the peace of mind its customers need.
- Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
- Drip Capital — Drip Capital is a Trade Finance company providing collateral-free post-shipment finance to Exporters and Importers with instant approvals and minimal documentation.
I am a cook who never found it just as the journey on the trail. Thus, I decided to walk through several trails. What I mean is that, one day I can do a very modern and innovative cuisine, and again on the second day I can and I want to do something else. However, both of these must be in its own address.
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- SaaS, Marketplace, Food Processing
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Foodiac — Foodiac is an online marketplace for private chefs and high-end catering. It offers a SaaS-based business model for chefs and small catering companies to build their business and brand. The company was founded by Miikka Mäkiö in 2014 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland.
Mikko is an active investor, with over 50 investments globally. Besides Europe, he is also active in Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Lat Am. He is the first investor of Bolt (Estonia), an investor of Rappi (Colombia), and of Hugo (El Salvador). He has founded 3 international media companies which in total have generated over €35M in sales overjust a few years. He has helped companies with internationalization, fundraising and M&As in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Transportation
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Estonia, Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Corner Renovation — Volume Hiring AI Automator
- Awesomic — Get matched with the best-fit designer on a fixed budget with no stress. Place a design task and see the first results on the next business day. Start today!
- Montonio — 10x lower fees and the most customer-friendly financing solution.
Timo Soininen is the co-founder at Small Giant Games. Timo Soininen is the CEO and co-founder of Small Giant Games, maker of the hit game Empires & Puzzles. Small Giant joined Zynga, Inc (ZNGA) in December 2018, when Zynga acquired 80% of Small Giant at $700M valuation. Prior to Small Giant he was the longtime CEO of Habbo Hotel and is also anactive angel investor in several technology startups ranging from biomaterials and digital health to games (Spinnova, Aiforia, Critical Force). Timo holds a M.Sc. degree in Marketing from Helsinki School of Economics/Aalto University and just loves tennis.
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- Software, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Finland, Sweden, United States
Portfolio highlights
- MyGamez — With over 600 million mobile gamers, China is the biggest growth opportunity for global game companies.
- Studio 555 — Redefining digital interior design with unrivaled technology, UX and visual fidelity
- Minit Games — Minit Games provides bite-sized, instantly playable HTML5 games in a tailored, algorithmically driven feed.
Niklas Hed is the Co-Founder of Rovio. He steers Rovio's Research and Development efforts on new technologies, platforms and ventures to ensure Rovio’s products are always at the forefront of innovation.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
- Seed
- Finland
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- 4Good Games —
- Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
Gregory Milken is Managing Director at March Capital Partners, where he focuses on investments in digital media, gaming and esports. Gregory has led March Capital’s investments in broadcasting solution Genvid Technologies, game mastery platform Dojo Madness, and game developers nWay and Wavedash. Gregory has over 15 years of entrepreneuriall and operational experience. He was the co-founder and COO of AltEgo, a cloud-based technology and gaming company. Prior to his work in technology, he worked in strategy and operations for Knowledge Universe Education, new business development at Warner Bros. in Hong Kong and London, and at Twentieth Century Fox.Gregory received his M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a M.A. in international policy studies from Stanford University. He also received a B.A. in international relations and Asian studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Video Games, eSports, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, India
Portfolio highlights
- MovieLaLa — MovieLaLa is a social network for movie fans: discovering upcoming movies through friends and favorite stars. For marketers, MovieLaLa is a marketing platform to help movie marketers increase the buzz, awareness and engagement of upcoming movies to ensure strong first week sales.Marc Benioff's investment brings the startup to $750,000 infunding across its seed funding and angel rounds, and its other invetors include Machininma co-founder and CEO Allen DeBevoise, past HBO president of digital initiatives and Warner Bros Online co-founder Jim Moloshok, founding Flixster investor Larry Braitman and more investors from the entertainment industry. If the company succeeds, it could stengthen ties between Hollywood and Silicon Valley after an era of digital piracy tore them apart.
- Knock Knock — WEB3.0 is not just the next generation of the Internet. It is an evolution that combines decentralization, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts, bringing them into the world of game development.
- Gunslinger Studios — Gunslinger Studios is a game studio bent on bringing the thrill of multiplayer gaming to mobile players in a minute or less-- something that fits a schedule but scratches the itch for competing and moving forward in a game world. The studio is creating quick, one-hand-controlled experiences for a ge
Niklas Zennström is CEO and Founding Partner at Atomico. He works daily with founders and sits on the boards of Farmdrop, Lilium, Pipedrive, Oden Technologies and Varjo. Niklas is an experienced technology investor and entrepreneur, having previously co-founded and managed globally successful technology companies including Skype, Kazaa andJoltid. Niklas founded Atomico in 2006. He is passionate about partnering about founders solving big challenges facing their planet with digital technology.In 2007, he co-founded Zennström Philanthropies with his wife, Catherine. They focus their efforts in two areas: human rights and the environment. Niklas also founded the Race for the Baltic, a foundation for a well-managed and sustainable Baltic Sea, one of the most threatened major bodies of water in the world.Niklas is a keen yachtsman and has won four World Championships with his yacht racing team, Rán.Niklas holds dual degrees in Business and MSc Engineering Physics/Computer Science from Uppsala University in Sweden, and he spent his final year at the University of Michigan.
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- Apps, FinTech, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom, Sweden, United States
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- Audos — Where everyday entrepreneurs build small AI companies
- Isometric — Isometric is a carbon removal standard and registry.
- Lilium — Lilium is developing sustainable, high-speed air mobility through its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, vertiports and digital service.
Juha-Petteri Kukkonen runs family office KVKI Capital, which helps food & beverage startups and growth companies with their world-shaping ideas. He has founded the digital agency Piraija Interactive and a mobile app company, CreateTrips. He also have a strong background in advertising and PR and have worked for agencies like SEK & Grey,Satama Interactive, Mindshare Worldwide, and Valve.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
- Seed
- Finland
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- YSUB — YSUB produces a beverage containing hemp - lemonade with a hint of hemp seeds, soothing botanicals, and some vitamins. It also has CBD beverage, but cannot sell due to regulations in Finland and other Nordic countries and is trying to create a campaign to create awareness.
- Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
Siamc Kamalie
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- Gaming, Robotics, Video Games
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
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- Surrogate.tv — Hardware product development normally requires a full team of experts in multiple fields. Programming, engineering, design, and more. We see a future where anyone can develop a physical product in the same way anyone can make their own website today.There are no-code approaches to software and app dev that have brought those technologiesmainstream and created $Bn markets (Shopify, WIX, Squarespace, etc.). The next step is no-code, plug & play, hardware development - that is what we are creating at Surrogate.
Ben Feder is an accomplished and creative and entrepreneur and investor, with a long and proven track record in the media and telecommunications sector. He has held pubic company board positions in Japan and the United States. Ben is co-founder of ZelnickMedia, a successful private equity firm in the U.S.that focuses on the media andcommunications industries; and he is formerly the CEO of Take Two Interactive, a $2 billion public video game company that develops and publishes video games such as Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, and Civilization.
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- Gaming, Shoes, Mobile
- Seed, Series C
- Finland, United States, Singapore
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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.
- Verto Analytics — Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com.
- Armada Interactive — We are a Helsinki-based gaming startup that develops PvP mobile games
Mitch Weisburgh
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- Gaming, Software, 3D Printing
- Seed
- Finland
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- 3DBear — 3DBear combines immersive technologies and education for the best learning results Augmented reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), 360-photos & 3D printing.
CEO and founder of Applifier, cross-promotion network for social games and apps reaching tens of millions of MAU. Everyplay, Laakkonen's startup in the social gaming space, turned into Applifier recently.Business development director at Bugbear Entertainment, an independent game developer. Expertise in business development, sales,marketing, PR, production and process developmentCo-founder of ASSEMBLY Organizing, the arranger of the 5000+ participants four day computer festival held in Helsinki, Finland held since year 1992.Over five years of experience in data security software industry in R&D, product marketing and process re-engineering at F-Secure Corporation.Laakkonen is from Helsinki, Finland.
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- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Seed, Angel
- Finland
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- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
- Neon Koi — Savage Game Studios is a dynamite team with expertise across all operational functions from art to tech and gameplay.
Sebastian Östman is an Angel Investor.
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- Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
- Seed
- Finland
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- Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba
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- Health Care, Gaming, Wellness
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Finland, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Talewind — Talewind specialises in creating immersive brand experiences on Roblox, helping businesses engage with audiences through custom-built virtual worlds and interactive games.
- Revery — The team at Revery is on a mission to make access to wellness affordable and accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, through the medium of gaming.
- Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
Danish angel investor, based in London.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Denmark, Sweden, Finland
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- Medusa — The most popular ecommerce project on GitHub. Medusa provides the world's most flexible commerce platform for developers to handle specialized commerce cases.
- Heyhack — Automated web application security testing, protection, and reporting for software-as-a-service businesses.
- Fullview — Fullview let's you instantly monitor, control and analyze user sessions for faster real time customer support. No downloads. Easy to integrate.
Markus Maki is an Executive Chairman at Remedy Entertainment.
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- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Angel
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Lukasz Gadowski is the Founder and CEO of Team Global. He previously worked at Circ as a Co-Founder. Lukasz Gadowski attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- Germany, United States, Sweden
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- Enpal — Kostenlose Planung von Solaranlagen. Gewinnbringende & schnelle Umsetzung von Photovoltaikanlagen inklusive professionelle Installation & Netzanschluss. Zum Festpreis!
- memmo.me — memmo.me provides a webpage for offering and distributing personalized video messages from actors, athletes, musicians, and other talent.
- TAU Systems — TAU Systems provides medical imaging technology.
Arielle Zuckerberg the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in October 2015, in a bid by the firm to inject youth and diversity into its line-up of partners. (TechCrunch)
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, France, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Partender — Partender: Bar inventory, Online Ordering, and Accounting Software in 15 min. Save $1,200-$5,000 in time, labor, and reduced inventory loss.
- Juni Learning — Achieve your target score faster with Acely. Get a personalized study plan, an AI tutor, and 50+ practice tests for the SAT, ACT, and PSAT.
- The Ticket Fairy — Discover amazing events and buy tickets online. Find concerts, festivals, and experiences near you. Plus, powerful event ticketing platform for organizers with transparent fees.
Olli has background in management consultancy (McKinsey & Company 2007-2009) and software business (LeadDesk Oyj (publ) 2010-2018).
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- Marketplace, Beauty, Internet
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Freska — Freska, voted one of the hottest tech start-ups in Finland, is an online home services company currently disrupting the traditional home cleaning industry in the Nordics, backed by top-tier VCs (Acton, Spintop and Addventure) post Series A. Freska delivers top quality cleaning services with total flexibility for the customer to select a time,decide on the service and manage the subscription in an easy-to-use online interface or a native app. However, Freska does not only clean homes, it creates real jobs. All Freska cleaners have been subject to a thorough recruitment process followed by a thorough Freska-onboarding. They are all skilled professionals and core members of the Freska family, knowing that they will earn a good living from their job and have a community that supports them.
- Offerilla — Offerilla is the most popular marketplace for local discounts. Offerilla was founded by entrepreneurs Risto Juntunen, Mikko Ollikkala and Aleksi Paavola.
- Fiksuvuokraus.fi — Fiksuvuokraus.fi is an apartment renting platform for long-term contracts. In our service, the rental process is simplified and accelerated with the latest technologies that are primarily used only for apartment selling. We think that also rental apartments deserve to be found with modern tools.
Nicolas Beraud is the CEO at Betclic Group. He attended the ENSEIRB-MATMECA.
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- Drones, Gaming, Sports
- Seed, Funding Round
- France, Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- MORFO — We combine local seeds, biological symbioses, drones and artificial intelligence to sustainably reforest and fight global warming around the world.
- GROWL — Discover GROWL: the smart boxing bag blending cardio, strength, and gaming. Experience an immersive home boxing coach and step up your performance.
- Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
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