# Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Finland in June 2026 ## Tesi - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is a government-owned investment company. It invests the proceeds accrued from the privatisation of state-owned companies in stimulating the growth and internationalisation of Finnish businesses.Finnish Industry Investment invests in venture capital funds and directly in growth companies, together with privateco-investors. The targets are in all sectors. Capital investments are needed for financing the growth of investee companies, and for spin-offs, major industrial investments, and sector and corporate restructurings.The investments of Finnish Industry Investment amount to over MEUR 570 ## Butterfly Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology Butterfly Ventures is a seed-stage focused VC in the Nordics, investing in deep tech, hardware, and hardware interfacing software. The company prefers to get involved with companies early on; 80% of Butterfly Ventures portfolio companies don't have any revenue at the time of their entry. Butterfly Ventures was founded in 2012 and ever sincethen it has been one of the most active early stage VCs in the region. The company has offices in Oulu, Helsinki and Stockholm. ## Finnvera Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuopio, Eastern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Finnvera makes direct investments in early-stage enterprises through Seed Fund Vera Ltd. Finnvera's goal is to cover shortcomings existing on the market between product development funding and private equity investments. Finnvera does not compete with private financiers; instead, it strives to supplement the financial market.Finnvera'sinvestments enable, start and accelerate growth and internationalisation among investment targets. Enterprises are developed to make them attractive targets for further financing by other investors and industrial actors. Investments are made in technology enterprises at an early stage and in technology-intensive or innovative service enterprises that have potential for developing into international growth enterprises.Finnvera is also known as a specialised financing company owned by the State of Finland. It provides its clients with loans, guarantees, venture capital investments and export credit guarantees. ## Inventure - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more. ## Lifeline Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. ## Business Finland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology 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. ## Redstone.VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists. ## Innovestor - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Innovestor is an active Finnish investment manager, focusing on venture capital, real estate, and energy storage. We also offer corporate venturing services. ## Visionplus - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet WE HELP YOU TO GROW FASTER! ## VTT Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Sensor VTT is a powerhouse of technology development and scientific research. Many of the most significant Finnish technology start-ups were brought to life at VTT. Do you want to invest in ongoing ventures? ## VNT Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vaasa, Western Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series B, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Electronics, Information Technology VNT Management is a venture capital management company that offers its services to investors and entrepreneurs.The company offers investors with 3 venture capital funds, all of which focus on clean technology. Furthermore, it offers an IRR of 25% and a position in the top quartile of European venture capital funds. Entrepreneurs are offered withsupply management, business idea, application, and product concept development, and technology scanning and evaluation services.VNT Management was founded in 2002 and is based in Finland. ## Ali Omar - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Leena Niemistö - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, E-Commerce Leena Niemistö ## Ventech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet On-the-ground expert investors in early-stage digital. Ready to meet you, wherever you are. ## LähiTapiola - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Apps, EdTech LähiTapiola is based on mutual company form, a group of companies owned by its customers, serving the personal, farm, entrepreneurial. ## Nidoco - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence Nidoco AB is a Swedish investment company whose strategy is to create long-term value through active ownership of public and private companies. ## UB FIGG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Chemical, Forestry, Recycling UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund ("UB FIGG") is a private equity fund investing in companies focused on plastic and other fossil fuel based material replacements, higher value and more efficient use of wood and agricultural raw material side streams and greater use of these raw materials across a wide range of intermediate and enduses.Through its investments, the Fund helps the forest and bio-based industries to create solutions to mitigate climate change. UB FIGG is a signatory of Operating Principles for Impact Management and reports on the environmental and climate impact of its investments. ## VIA Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Consulting VIA equity is a leading Northern European Multi-stage private equity firm with an excellent track record of building and transforming their investments into national and international industry leaders. Their core investment focus is within a broad definition of the TMT/ICT and Services industries but they consider investments in a wide rangeof sectors. ## Maki.vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology We partner with deep tech and brand-driven companies obsessed in challenging category norms. The Nordics are our home, but we take on a global front in spotting the unexpected - from B2B to B2C, with a sweet spot for scientific advances, strong IP, and customer understanding that looks beyond convention.We invest in early stage companies: fromtheir inception to series A and beyond. We share in the vision of founders as champions and challengers, drawing on our experiences from scaling some of the strongest tech companies ourselves. ## Hannu Turunen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Stephen Industries - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Apps We fund futurebreakthroughs ## CapMan - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing CapMan is a leading Nordic private assets management and investment company. They have built value in unlisted businesses, real estate and infrastructure for 30 years. They serve investors in the private assets class on a broad scale. Their roots are Nordic but their handprint and their networks are international.At CapMan, they build betterorganised, managed, and financially stable companies, because this contributes to overall economic well-being. More jobs and innovations equal better conditions for the society. Similarly, they invest in real estate and infrastructure, because they believe that functional high-quality environments and utilities are cornerstones for functioning societies. ## Halton Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Smart Building, Energy, GreenTech Halton Ventures operates as a venture capital firm. ## Glyn Eggar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, 3D Printing Glyn Eggar ## Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, 3D Printing Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara ## Voima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Voima Ventures’ mission is to solve major global problems by combining science, entrepreneurship, and value adding capital. They shed light on the ideas and technology which require time and courage to build. Industry domains include bio and new materials, medical technologies and life sciences, imaging and optics, IoT and electronics, robotics,software & ICT and AI. In addition, Voima Ventures has invested in more than 30 deep tech startups, including companies like Solar Foods, Infinited Fiber Company, and Dispelix. Cornerstone investors are VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and European Investment Fund (EIF), backed by Finnish private and institutional investors. ## Innovations Kapital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software InnovationsKapital was founded in 1994 and is a leading independent venture capital firm for innovative growth companies in the Nordic region. The business, carried out from offices in and Stockholm, Gothenburg and New York, is focused on investments within ICT and Healthcare & Life Sciences, dynamic sectors that are rapidly expanding and whereNordic research plays an important role. The capital is provided by highly reputable Swedish and international institutional investors. ## Metsa Spring - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: GreenTech, Sustainability, Chemical We boldly invest in and support promising startups and potential innovations that explore new uses for sustainably-grown Nordic wood. ## Nordic Option - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, 3D Technology Nordic Option is a private equity fund focusing its investments on growth companies. It provides capital investments in small and medium-sized growth companies that have already established themselves in Northern Finland. The fund's investment strategy includes the possibility to make up to 5 early-stage growth investments with one millioneuros.The firm's value of investments in portfolio companies is approximately EUR 10 million and the value of loans granted is approximately EUR 1 million. ## LIFTT - Type: VC Fund - Location: Turin, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing A not-only-profit operating investment company, eager to create a bridge between innovative ideas, territory and capital. ## Renaldas Zioma - Type: Angel - Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Information Technology Renaldas Zioma ## Soren Jensen Radgivende Ingeniorfirma - Type: VC Fund - Location: Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Energy, GreenTech, Smart Cities Søren Jensen advises on inspirational civil engineering with hardcore engineering knowledge and the latest technology. ## Ilkka Hiidenheimo - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Industrial, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology Ilkka Hiidenheimo is the CEO of Sharper Shape. ## Infosto - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Sensor, Organic, Automotive Infosto is a Finland-based venture capital firm that specializes in early stage investments. ## Aura Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Internet Aura Group is a financial services company operating out of Australia and Singapore that provides tailored wealth and funds management solutions across the Asia Pacific region. Our vision is to build trust that lasts generations. ## Logispring - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Security, Supply Chain Management, iOS Add more credibility to your site - get a premium domain today. Straight-forward shopping experience. ## PC Rettig & CO Impact - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mining, Robotics, 3D Printing PC Rettig & CO Impact ## 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). ## Etera - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Robotics, Manufacturing, Internet of Things Etera is a pension company that takes care of the Finnish pension insurance. ## Sinituote Oy - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle, Public Transportation Sinituote Oy is the leading manufacturer and marketer of cleaning equipment, clothing care products, and car care products in the Nordic countries. The family business belongs to the multidisciplinary SINI Group. Sinituote Oy is a Finnish family business that has been operating in its current form since 1988. The history of the company,especially known for its cleaning supplies, dates back to the 1940s. Sinituote invests heavily in product development and is constantly bringing new tools to the market to maintain the cleaning, order, and functionality of the home. The company's goal is to make the daily life of Finnish homes easier. ## HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. ## ITOCHU International - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Recycling, Manufacturing, Wood Processing The North American flagship company of ITOCHU Corporation, ITOCHU International provides trading services for more than 20,000 items and manages a portfolio of more than 20 subsidiaries and affiliates as well as a diversified range of investments. Headquartered in New York and operating in the US, Canada and Mexico, the company is involved in a wide variety of businesses, with particular strength in the machinery, aerospace and electronics, food, forest products, chemicals, energy and alternative energy sectors. ## Vendep Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Analytics 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. ## Ben Feder - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: Gaming, Shoes, Information Technology 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. ## Suffice International - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: Electric Vehicle, Battery, Manufacturing Suffice International ## Aleksander Leonard Larsen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Digital Entertainment, Blockchain Aleksander Leonard Larsen is the Co-Founder and COO at Sky Mavis. ## Building Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Construction, Artificial Intelligence Building Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Boston, MA. We partner with Built Environment entrepreneurs and early-stage startups. ## Leaguer Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Artificial Intelligence Shenzhen Leaguer Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a high-tech venture capital company founded by Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen (RITS) in August 1999. Its current registered capital is RMB 333.3333 million, managing assets amounted to RMB 1.5 billion. With solid capital strength, rich experience of investment and flexiblemechanism, Leaguer VC has invested more than 50 portfolio companies, ranging from IT, new material, medicine, electronics to optomechatronics and hi-tech incubators, etc. The average IRR for the current investments exceeds 30%. Leaguer VC has successfully finished its fund-raising of RMB 160 million in 2009 and set up fund management companies and venture capital companies located in Changzhou and Wuxi. ## Secto Design - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kauniainen, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Product Management, Paper Manufacturing Timeless wooden lighting collection with a Scandinavian feel. Handmade in Finland. ## Übermorgen Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Energy, Renewable Energy We are an early stage VC for climate tech startups.