# Top 35 Impact Angel Investors in Finland in June 2026 ## Mika Ihamuotila - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Sustainability, FinTech, Internet Mika Ihamuotila - Board of Directors @ Rovio Entertainment Corporation ## Leena Niemistö - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, E-Commerce Leena Niemistö ## Risto Siilasmaa - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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. ## Ali Omar - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu. ## Mikael Hed - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Consumer Electronics Mikael Hed currently works as a Chairman for Yazen. He previously worked at Rovio Entertainment as a CEO. Mikael Hed attended Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business. ## David Helgason - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology 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. ## Maija Itkonen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: News, Internet, Consulting Maija Itkonen studied strategic and industrial design in the Aalto University School of Art and Design and specialized in International Design Business Management at the Helsinki School of Economics. To keep herself busy, Maijaalso graduated in classical music after studying in Sibelius-Academy and Gotherburg University.After her studies, Maijaparticipated founding the Aalto University’s famous Design Factory and carried design management jobs in Finland and Holland. The entrepreneurial burning and her desire for better user experiences led her to found her own wireless charging company PowerKiss in late 2008. Maijacarried duties of CEO and CMO in the company. After 4 years, PowerKiss joined forces with its biggest competitor, and got acquired by the Israel-American Powermat Inc.Maija is currently busy taking care of VP of Design and Brand role and activities at Powermat – and continues dreaming about the wireless world.She is married to writer Juha Itkonen. The couple lives in Arabianranta with their two beautiful, curious and apparently very entrepreneurial sons. ## Jawed Karim - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services Jawed Karim is a Co-Founder of the popular video-sharing website YouTube. Prior to YouTube, he was a software architect at PayPal. Jawed holds degrees in computer science from UIUC and from Stanford University. ## Ben Feder - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: Gaming, Shoes, Mobile 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. ## Benoit Wiesser - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: GreenTech, Health Care, Innovation Management Benoit Wiesser is the Regional Strategy Partner, Asia at Ogilvy. ## Jaakko Ollila - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Hotel, Events Jaakko Ollila - VP of International Sales @ Booxmedia ## Teemu Päivinen - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: GreenTech, Health Care, Innovation Management Teemu Paivinen is an entrepreneur and investor focused on the blockchain, artificial intelligence and the future of governance. ## Jonathan Oppenheimer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Oil and Gas Jonathan Oppenheimer ## Mikael Westerlund - Type: Angel - Location: Raseborg, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering Mikael Westerlund is the Founder and Chief Business Activist at Origin by Ocean. ## Riitta Ekengren - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering Riitta Ekengren is an Angel Investor. ## Granström Mari - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering Granström Mari is the Chief Science Activist at Origin by Ocean. ## Renaldas Zioma - Type: Angel - Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Software Renaldas Zioma ## Jasper Pääkkönen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: GreenTech, Health Care, Innovation Management Jasper Pääkkönen ## Lauri Rosendahl - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: CleanTech, Advanced Materials, Packaging Services Lauri Rosendahl is a Chair of the Board of Directors at Nasdaq. From February 2013 to May 2014, Mr. Rosendahl oversaw Nordic Equities and Equity Derivatives within Nasdaq’s Transaction Services Nordic division. Since joining Nasdaq in May 2009 until February 2013, Mr. Rosendahl was Head of Product Management for Nordic Equities and Nordic EquityDerivatives. During this time, Nasdaq Nordic implemented CCP clearing for cash equities and launched INET trading system for cash equities and GENIUM INET for equity derivatives. From January 2012 to February 2013, he was, in parallel, responsible for the Baltic and Armenian operations of Nasdaq, during which time the Baltic operations was re-organized and integrated into one regional operation. Mr. Rosendahl has over 20 years of experience in the financial markets, having held several senior management positions within securities trading, equity research and investment banking with several banks and brokers including Deutsche Bank, ABN Amro / Alfred Berg, Carnegie and Kaupthing. He also has a long renowned career as a telecom equipment analyst, in particular for his highly ranked research work on Nokia. As Head of the Helsinki Stock Exchange, Mr. Rosendahl is also a board member of the Securities Market Association in Finland, which is responsible for Corporate Governance and Takeover issues in Finland. Mr. Rosendahl has been a founding member of The Finnish Financial Analyst Society and a board member from 1989 to 1993. He has further acted as member of the board of The Finnish Brokers' Association (1992-1996, 2004-2005), The Private Brokers' Association (1992-1996) and on the Supervisory Board of the Helsinki Stock Exchange (1993-1995). Mr. Rosendahl has also acted as a Member of the Board in the Finnish Deposit Guarantee Fund (2008 – Feb 2009). ## Jukka Rannila - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: CleanTech, Advanced Materials, Packaging Services Jukka Rannila Entrepeneur and Investor. ## Mikko Kuitunen - Type: Angel - Location: Tampere, Western Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Series C - Focus: Mobile, Hardware, Software Mikko Kuitunen is the Founder and Executive Chair at Vincit. He attended Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018. ## Albert Wenger - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Internet Albert Wenger is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early hosted data analytics company. Albert graduatedfrom Harvard College in economics and computer science and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT. ## Jeffrey Zirlin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Jeffrey Zirlin is the Co-Founder and Growth Lead at Sky Mavis. ## Moaffak Ahmed - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B - Focus: Audio, Music, Video Serial entrepreneur and hands-on early stage investor with over 25 years of marketing and business development experience in Europe, North America and Asia. ## Hannu Turunen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Delivery Hannu Turunen is the Member of the Board of Exalocus. He was a Board Member at Men&Mice. ## Kyösti Kakkonen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: CleanTech, Advanced Materials, Packaging Services Kyösti Kakkonen is the co-founder of The Tokmanni Group. ## Luc De Vos - Type: Angel - Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Analytics, Consulting, B2B Luc De Vos is the non-executive director at Hybrid Software Group PLC. Luc De Vos attended KU Leuven. ## Timo Soininen - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Gaming, FinTech 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. ## Aleksander Leonard Larsen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games Aleksander Leonard Larsen is the Co-Founder and COO at Sky Mavis. ## Ilkka Paananen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Ilkka Paananen, is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the Helsinki-based mobile games developer behind Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. Since its founding in 2010, Supercell's five games have amassed 100m daily players and remain in the global top 10 years after launch. In June 2016, Supercell became thefirst European technology start-up to reach a valuation of $10 billion.In addition to his role at Supercell, Ilkka helps other entrepreneurs as both an investor and as an active member of the Nordic startup community where he mentors and coaches other founders. Alongside his co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, he has established the We Foundation to fight social inequality and help disadvantaged children in Finland.Prior to founding Supercell, he was the CEO & co-founder of Finnish games developer Sumea, which was later acquired by Digital Chocolate, where he worked as President until 2010. Ilkka holds a Master of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology. ## Dan Bragiel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Logistics, SaaS 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. ## Sebastien Borget - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Sebastien Borget is based out of Paris, Île-de-France and serves as the Global Ambassador of The Sandbox. Sebastien attended The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ## Mikko Rannila - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: CleanTech, Advanced Materials, Packaging Services Mikko Rannila - Founding Partner @ Magnifier ## Antero Vartia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: GreenTech, Health Care, Innovation Management Antero Vartia is a former Finnish MP and the founder of Compensate, a non-profit built to empower individuals and businesses to combat climate change. The thought Antero wanted to bring forth was that every person should be allowed to take responsibility for their own emissions. Exactly like a person is responsible for cleaning up after themselveswhen they make a mess. That is why Compensate was founded, to make the carbon impact of goods and services visible to each of us in our everyday life. Although informing and offsetting is an essential part of Compensate, the foundation is really about making a change. The change Antero and Compensate want to create is a systemic one. To make compensating a natural part of everyone’s life and make it feel like it is what we always should have done. The change in the way of thinking is what is needed to save the planet from the most drastic effects of climate change. ## Vesa Puttonen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: CleanTech, Advanced Materials, Packaging Services Vesa Puttonen is a professor of finance from Finland.