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Top 10 Life Science Angel Investors in Finland in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Life science startups based in Finland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Life science companies from Finland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Life Science Angel Investors in Finland in January 2026

Investor	Life Science Finland investments
Sauli Törmälä	2
Leena Niemistö	2
Jorma Ollila	1
Marten Mickos	1
Jukka Tapaninen	1
Haakon Overli	1
David Helgason	1
Feroz Dewan	1
Kristian Ranta	1
Keenan Rice	1

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Sauli Törmälä is the Board Member, CFO at Promilless Oy. He attended University of Oulu.

Investment focus

Life Science, Biotechnology
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Finnadvance — Finnadvance is an Organ-On-Chip company developing high throughput biological barriers on chips to mimic human biology such as vascular, lung and the Blood-Brain-Barriers for small molecule, micro-nano-formulation permeability and toxicity testing with in-vivo like dynamic cell cultures.

Leena Niemistö

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rens Original — RENS Original is the World's First Sneaker made from recycled coffee and plastic. We know you've been drinking it, now it is time to wear it.
Maire — Maire - AI co-pilot for industry leading B2C E-commerce brands. From Industry Trends to Market Research and Search Intent Analysis
Finnadvance — Finnadvance is an Organ-On-Chip company developing high throughput biological barriers on chips to mimic human biology such as vascular, lung and the Blood-Brain-Barriers for small molecule, micro-nano-formulation permeability and toxicity testing with in-vivo like dynamic cell cultures.

Master of Political Science (University of Helsinki), Master of Science (Econ.) (London School of Economics), Master of Science (Eng.) (Helsinki University of Technology).Chairman and CEO, Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Nokia Corporation 1999-2006, President and CEO, Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Nokia Corporation1992-1999, President of Nokia Mobile Phones 1990-1992, Senior Vice President, Finance of Nokia 1986-1989. Holder of various managerial positions at Citibank within corporate banking 1978-1985.Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Otava Ltd and member of the Board of Directors of Fruugo Inc. Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Helsinki. Chairman of the Boards of Directors and the Supervisory Boards of The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA and Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA. Member of The European Round Table of Industrialists. Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Vice Chairman of the Independent Reflection Group of the Council of the European Union considering the future of the European Union.Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company 2000-2008. Vice Chairman of UPM-Kymmene Corporation 2004-2008.

Investment focus

Life Science, Market Research, Quantum Computing
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Algorithmiq — Algorithmiq is changing the future of healthcare and life sciences with quantum algorithms that unlock the power of quantum computing.

Marten Mickos is the CEO of HackerOne, Inc. the leading vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform. Previously Marten was the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, acquired by Hewlett-Packard where he served as head of the cloud business. As the CEO of MySQL AB from 2001 to 2008, Marten grew that company from a garage start-up to the second largestopen source company in the world. Marten holds a M.Sc. in technical physics from Helsinki University of Technology in his native Finland.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
United States, Finland, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Queer Spaces — Spaces is a group chat platform for building queer communities, and the first app to serve the entirety of the LGBTQ+ spectrum.
ArcticStartup — ArcticStartup is the leading startup news publication covering the Nordics and Baltics delivering the latest insights on the hottest startups in the region
Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.

Jukka Tapaninen is an experienced IT business executive and a board member at Fimmic. Jukka also holds board positions at weVision, Addoro Ab, Findity and MeshWorks Wireless Oy.Jukka has a strong background in the IT industry on managing companies and business units globally. His leadership experience, from large companies like SAP and HP, aswell as from strong midsize companies has given him industry knowledge and excellent network within the strategic ecosystem and major customers. Jukka has experience in working in the United States, Singapore and multiple locations in Europe that have given him a good understanding on how business is done in different parts of the world.Jukka holds a M.Sc. degree from the Helsinki School of Economics.

Investment focus

Medical, Software, Education
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Aiforia — Aiforia provides software and services for pathologists, scientists and healthcare professionals to use artificial intelligence for image analysis.

Dawn is Europe’s largest specialist B2B software investor, with assets under management of $1.5bn. Dawn partners with founders building the next generation of global software leaders, supporting them to harness extraordinary teams.Haakon has served on the boards of Self Trade and Wonga.com amongst others, and currently represents Dawn’sinterest at Conversocial, Crate.io, LeadDesk, Minute Media and Neo Technologies.Prior to formalising early stage investing at Dawn, Haakon worked with early stage companies from their first commercial efforts through to managing accelerated growth, often by serving as an interim manager or board member. They include G-Cluster (sold to Softbank Broadmedia) and Lateral Logic (sold to Electronic Arts).Mr. Overli studied Mathematics at the University of Oslo and holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from University of Durham.In his investment-banking career when the world was covered in ice, Haakon was a Director and Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking at ING Barings. Prior even to that, Haakon worked for JP Morgan in the M&A departments of New York and London.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Advertising
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Minute Media — We are a digital-first media company with a global footprint, bringing passion to life with proprietary technology that powers best-in-class content and advertising partnerships.
Doubleword — From research to reality
Algorithmiq — Algorithmiq is changing the future of healthcare and life sciences with quantum algorithms that unlock the power of quantum computing.

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.

Investment focus

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

Feroz Dewan is the chief executive officer at Arena Holdings.

Investment focus

Life Science, Market Research, Quantum Computing
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Algorithmiq — Algorithmiq is changing the future of healthcare and life sciences with quantum algorithms that unlock the power of quantum computing.

Kristian Ranta is a Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Meru Health.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

AIATELLA — Automating medical image analysis
Solu — Discover the next generation toolkit for analyzing, storing and sharing bacterial genomes.
Vital — Vital API allows developers to access health data from wearable devices and at-home test kits. The company was founded in 2021 by Maitham Dib and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Keenan Rice is the General Manager of Firebolt. He is a former vice president of marketing and alliances at Looker, a software company that employs business intelligence to make data accessible to organizations and data analysts. Prior to joining Looker, Rice led advertising, interactive marketing, and marketing operations at Turn.Rice obtainedher bachelor’s degree in marketing from San Diego State University-California State University.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Finland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Waldo — The codeless way to quickly build a comprehensive test suite for teams who don't compromise on speed and quality.
Matik — Remove the data bottleneck & pull numbers, tables, and charts directly into decks and PDFs
Algorithmiq — Algorithmiq is changing the future of healthcare and life sciences with quantum algorithms that unlock the power of quantum computing.

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