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Top 50 Mobile Angel Investors in Finland in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Mobile startups based in Finland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Mobile companies from Finland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Mobile Angel Investors in Finland in December 2024

Investor	Mobile Finland investments
Pekka Vartiainen	3
Risto Siilasmaa	2
Jari Ovaskainen	2
Mikko Kodisoja	2
Ali Omar	2
Victor Savyuk	2
John Lindfors	1
Nicolas Béraud	1
Stephane Kurgan	1
Ilkka Paananen	1
Petteri Koponen	1
Jeremy Yap	1
Bogdan Iarovoi	1
Will Smith	1
James Corden	1
Kustaa Piha	1
Ben Feder	1
Steve Blank	1
Timo Soininen	1
Santi Tarrio	1
Kari Ahola	1
Ángel Ayora	1
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo	1
Chris Lee	1
Kevin Lin	1
Ken Lamb	1
Pekka Aakko	1
Paul Polman	1
Lance Armstrong	1
Charles Plowden	1
Ryan Rzepecki	1
Keith Bonnici	1
David Helgason	1
Raimo Kuismin	1
Gregory Milken	1
Paul Heydon	1
Jyri Engestrom	1
Luc De Vos	1
Harpreet Rai	1
Steve Chen	1
Arielle Zuckerberg	1
Klaas Kersting	1
Shanti Bergel	1
David Shuman	1
Anton Gauffin	1
Ángel Hidalgo	1
Shaquille O'Neal	1
Dave Morin	1
Jaan Tallinn	1
Rasheed Olaoluwa	1

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Pekka Vartiainen - Board Member @ Inbot

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Apps
Seed, Series A
Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Inbot — We are world-leading experts in algorithmic influence. We help ethical businesses and executives leverage algorithms to grow their audience and influence.
Singa — Singa is the Spotify of karaoke for personal and commercial use. Access a catalog of 20 000+ songs to sing effortlessly anywhere, any time and with any platform.Easy to use is Singa’s main operating principle. You don’t need to buy a console, or a microphone, or even a DVD-player. Singa is platform agnostic. To use Singa, you’ve already goteverything you need either in your pocket (mobile phone), on your table (PC) or in your living room (TV).* One account works on all devices, mobile, browser or Smart TV* Each user gets to test Singa for free before signing up to a Premium account* Singa works fluently with external accessories
Linko Inc. — Linko Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California and has the main development studio in Berlin, Germany. Linko Inc. was founded by veteran entrepreneurs Mikko Alasaarela and Vesa Per

Risto Siilasmaa is the Founder at F-Secure. Risto Siilasmaa attended Aalto University.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Finland, Sweden, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

#Rens — 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.
Meeshkan — Use Meeshkan to generate and run UI tests from the in-production behavior of your users, providing a flawless product-led growth pipeline for prospects, and reducing churn as you to ship your highest quality releases ever.Regular UI tests take forever to write, guesswork determines the most important tests, and they become out of date in a fewweeks. And manual testing, while more accurate, is the most inefficient use of developer time. Companies who choose not to write UI tests to save time struggle to acquire and retain users. Your UI is the only way users experience your product, so if it fails to delight, they'll fail to convert – or even worse, churn.Meeshkan enhances, and in many cases replaces, the "all hands on deck" pre-release testing with beautifully crafted, uncannily realistic artificial hands.Stop guessing. Test what matters. Release with confidence. Supercharge your growth.
The Upright Project — Upright enables smarter decision-making for investors, companies and governments by quantifying the net impact of companies.

Jari Ovaskainen - Business Development Director @ Modulight

Investment focus

Mobile, Internet of Things, 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!

Mikko Kodisoja

Investment focus

Gaming, Music, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Finland, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Vuo AI — Building blocks for advanced AI-based applications
Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
SNAFU Records — SNAFU Records creates algorithms that scan through data from major music platforms like Spotify and Youtube to find artists and songs that stand out.

Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Finland, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Themo — Themo's innovation is an algorithm that optimizes the price of exchange electricity and the consumption of electricity. Themo offers an easy and environmentally friendly way to save on electricity consumed by heating.
GoalProfit — GoalProfit is the world’s first low code retail optimization platform empowering retailers to build customized intelligence applications. It was founded by former IBM executives, Maxim Morozov and Oleg Sidorkin. GoalProfit is on a mission to make big data solutions available for all retailers and help them to survive in a new post-covid reality.
Builderhead — Builderhead is an easy-to-use construction management software that helps owners, developers and general contractors complete construction projects on time and within budget.

Built two unicorns: Dendy and Akado. Startup advisor and mentor. I invest in companies I work with.

Investment focus

SaaS, iOS, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

AppFollow — AppFollow is a B2B SaaS, one-stop platform that helps teams run apps in app stores. It delivers critical analytics around app reviews and searches result in positions straight to email, Slack, Zendesk, Salesforce, Helpshift, Intercom, and 30 more integrations. AppFollow helps mobile app owners to track keywords performance, increase your organicinstalls with ASO (App Store Optimization) Tools, track competitors, and market leaders. AppFollow supports 5 stores (App Store, Google Play, Microsoft Store, and Mac App Store, Amazon), has 30+ integrations with the most popular services, translation from 31 languages, covering all countries.Over 50 000 companies from all over the world trust AppFollow with their app growth including HBO, Merc, Sky, Wrike, Airbnb, Hubspot, Uber, Swisscom, Robinhood, Gett, Jam City, Pixonic, Wargaming, and more.
DeckRobot — Transform the way you create and present corporate documents with DeckRobot, the pioneering generative AI company leading the charge. Our innovative technology combines advanced machine learning with ease of use to deliver customized enterprise solutions for slide formatting and styling that are both stunning and secure. Trust our team of PhDs,published in scientific journals, to take your presentations to new heights.With a presence in over 20 countries, DeckRobot is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is proud to work with clients from Fortune 500 companies and small businesses in over 50 countries. Join our rapidly expanding team of experts in the US and Europe and be part of our mission to revolutionize the world of corporate presentations.

John Lindfors is a Co-Founder of DST Global. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs as the head of tech and media investment banking in the EMEA region before transitioning to Digital Sky Technologies in 2010.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Communities, Marketplace
Series A, Seed, Series D
Finland, South Korea, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Sana — Sana is an AI company building the next generation of knowledge tools. Designed and engineered in Stockholm, Sweden.
Yolk.fm — Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages.
Pixieray — Pixieray modernizes traditional eyeglass optics by introducing a pioneering adaptive solution giving anyone perfect vision.

Nicolas Beraud is the CEO at Betclic Group. He attended the ENSEIRB-MATMECA.

Investment focus

Drones, Gaming, Travel
Seed, Funding Round
France, Finland

Portfolio highlights

MORFO — We combine local seeds, biological symbioses, drones and artificial intelligence to sustainably reforest and fight global warming around the world.
Grand Cru — Grand Cru was founded in 2011 by six Finnish game industry veterans. We are out to revolutionize mobile and social gaming.THE MISSIONWe believe that people want to play together. We believe that if given the right tools, they will create beautiful things together. As gamers, we have seen this in countless hardcore games. Our mission is tobring these tools to everybody, gamer or not. Make social gaming actually mean something and let all the people participate in the fun of making things. Everybody who wants to play is invited!THE CRUGrand Cru is a tight team of game creators from various backgrounds. We value experience and motivation over headcount. Mutual respect and trust on each other's skills enables us to concentrate on making great games. We want to make Grand Cru the best company in the world to work for – every day.We do not compromise on quality. We believe that this commitment can be seen and felt in our work. We want to be proud of what we do.
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.

Stephane Kurgan has served on our Board of Directors since April 2012 and as our chief operating officer since April 2011. Stephane has more than 20 years of management experience at high-growth technology businesses. Prior to joining King, Stephane served as the chief financial officer atTideway Systems Ltd., a data centre management software company that was acquired by BMC Software, Inc. He has also served as senior vice president and managing director of enba plc, held various sales and product management roles at Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing BV and was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, Inc. Stephane has served as a member of the Board of Directors of HK Ltd. since January 2006 and previously served on the Board of Directors of Lasker Fund LP and Gladstone Capital Management LLP until December 2012. Stephane holds a B.A. in Economics from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, a Diploma in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University SAIS School, Italy and an M.B.A. from INSEAD, France. Papa Pear Saga is the only King game where Stephane is remotely ahead of his wife.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Developer APIs
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Qargo — Qargo is a new kind of transport management software for automated logistics management. Using advanced AI, Qargo streamlines your entire workflow into one easy interface. Grow your business, not your workload with Qargo TMS.
ZirooPay — IroFit mobile card reader allows small businesses accept card payments anywhere they operate, even in areas with poor internet connection. By ensuring widest possible coverage area and effective operations, merchants increase sales and buyers are better served. We improve the overall purchasing experience for billions living in areas withpoor/no Internet connection.
Kohort — How many users will your mobile game acquire, and how much more will they pour into your virtual economy? Try Ramp to find out.

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.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
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.
Revyze — Revyze is a community-powered app with a sharp focus on high school education.
Taito.ai — We automate employee performance enablement with AI, letting your people drive their growth and development, instead of just analyzing it.

Petteri has founded five companies, including Jaiku (sold to Google) and First Hop (sold to Airwide Solutions). He has been a startup CEO, CTO, VP of Services and Director, in addition to working two years for Google in the US and UK. In his free time, Petteri hangs out with his family, pumps iron, plays games, writes (toy) code, and enjoys booksand movies.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Series B
Finland, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Louhe — Enabling Data-Driven Security Culture With Explainable AI. LOUHE recognises anomalies and creates smart situational awareness with explainable artificial intelligence.
Uplause — Discover Uplause, your ultimate destination for interactive fan engagement solutions. Elevate live events with innovative audience interaction technology.
Risk Ledger — Risk Ledger ensures your supply chain security by providing tools to run and respond to cyber security-led, third-party risk management programmes at scale.

Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across USA/Canada, Europe, and Israel.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.
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Terminal 3 — We empower an equitable Web3 future

Bogdan Iarovoi is a Managing Partner of SmartHub Investments.

Investment focus

Internet, SaaS, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Snipfeed — Launch your own social storefront and make money online with ease! Our platform allows creators to easily create and manage their online store.
Ondaka — Ondaka makes Industrial Knowledge Accessible for critical infrastructure & heavy industry.
Cattle Care — Cattle Care is a revolutionary dairy management software using your existing parlor cameras and artificial intelligence to save money.

Will Smith is an actor, producer and musician, two-time Academy Award® nominee four-time Grammy nominee and winner Will Smith has enjoyed a diverse career encompassing films, television and multiplatinum records.Smith’s vast filmography includes transformative portrayals of true-life icons in “Ali,” “The Pursuit of Happyness” and “Concussion.” Hehas headlined an extraordinary list of films, including “Hitch,” “I am Legend,” “I, Robot,” “Independence Day,” “Men in Black I, II, and III” and “Suicide Squad".Currently, Smith can be seen in Walt Disney Pictures “Aladdin” in the iconic role of the Genie. The movie was directed by Guy Ritchie and has made over $1 billion worldwide since its release on May 24, 2019. Smith will next be seen staring in Ang Lee’s action/thriller, “Gemini Man” out this fall. Next year, he’ll grace the screen once again in the beloved franchise, Sony’s “Bad Boys for Life,” premiering around the world in January 2020, in which he will once again reprise his iconic role as Detective Mike Lowrey opposite Martin Lawrence. Smith will next go into production on Warner Brother’s “King Richard” where he will star in the titular role of Richard Williams, the father of renounced tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.Recently, Smith created the daring Facebook Watch series, “Will Smith’s Bucket List” where he challenges himself to a different item from his bucket list each week, including performing standup comedy with Dave Chappelle, skydiving in Dubai, swimming with sharks, and racing a Formula 1 car in Abu Dhabi. The show was a massive success for the platform. He began his career as a musician selling millions of records worldwide before crossing over into television with the beloved “Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” In 1998 he and partner James Lassiter founded production and management company Overbrook Entertainment, which has produced numerous top film and television projects.In addition to his artistic achievements, Smith is a successful business owner. Along with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, he launched a new media venture, Westbrook Inc. This is a cross-platform holding company formed to execute the Smith Family’s global content and commerce business strategy. Westbrook Inc. will encompass subsidiary companies including the existing Overbrook Entertainment, Red Table Talk Enterprises and the recently formed Westbrook Studios, Westbrook Media, and Good Goods, the latter an elevated merchandise business. Additionally he and Jada founded the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation. WJSFF is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization committed to improving lives and investing in organizations and initiatives that empower traditionally overlooked communities.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Series A, Seed, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Portfolio highlights

HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
Invisible Universe — Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet.

James Corden

Investment focus

Financial Services, Apps, Mobile
Series A, Funding Round
United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Hintsa — Discover a better you, with methods proven in Formula 1 and Fortune 500.
MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
Imprint — Imprint partners with today's top brands to offer their customers branded credit cards, debit cards, and rewards programs at a fraction of the cost.

Healthcare business development, management, and investing. Very good knowledge on healthcare services and public health. Kustaa Piha is interested in new business and investment opportunities and better ways of producing excellent healthcare services.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, mHealth
Seed, Funding Round
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Sooma — Sooma provides unique therapy solutions that combine effectiveness with ease-of-use. Therapies are based on tDCS method.
Klinik —
Kaiku Health — Kaiku Health is a digital health company with a mission to improve quality of life through health data science. We have built an intelligent digital platform for monitoring patient-reported outcomes in several therapy areas, such as cancer care, fertility treatments and preventive health care. Its unique algorithms enable early interventions andpersonalized patient support. Currently over 30 European hospitals and clinics are using our platform to better monitor their patients, reducing manual work and allowing prioritization of clinical actions. This along with the capture and analysis of real-world data paves way for more personalized and effective care of each patient. The company, founded in 2012 by five software developers deeply passionate about health care technology, has now grown to team of 20+ dedicated employees. The company is backed by Reaktor Ventures, along with other venture capital funds and private investors, and is supported by Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation.

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.

Investment focus

Gaming, Shoes, Mobile
Seed, Series C
Finland, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

#Rens — 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 — DirectMac is Digital Marketing Agency Toronto where we offer Search Engine Optimization(SEO), Branding, PPC, Web Development Services.

Steve Blank is the Founding Faculty - Gordian Knot Center For National Security Innovation of Stanford University. He previously worked at California League of Conservation Voters as a Board Member.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Valar Labs — AI to Make Oncologists Smarter
Artera — Discover the power of Personalized Precision Medicine & AI Cancer Therapy with Artera. Transforming cancer therapy through innovation.
Rain Industries — Every wildfire starts small. Rain contains wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition with autonomous drones.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Finland, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Gilion — Gilion (Formerly known as Ark Kapital) is creating custom growth loans that helps founders protect equity. Because founders who remain in control, are hard to overtake.
Vuo AI — Building blocks for advanced AI-based applications
MyGamez — With over 600 million mobile gamers, China is the biggest growth opportunity for global game companies.

Santi Tarrio is a Spanish professional golfer.

Investment focus

Sports, Software, Mobile Apps
Funding Round
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Golf GameBook — Connect and track scores with the world's #1 digital golf scorecard. +20 game formats Golf GameBook is the best app for group games.

Kari Ahola is the Senior Vice President at Nokia.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Telecommunications
Series A
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Iptune — Iptune is a global provider of Mobile Service Solutions with a proven track record in the telecom industry. They have developed a broad portfolio of solutions and services to help there customers to overcome the complexity of modern Mobile Service environment and maximize the revenues of their investments.

Ángel Ayora

Investment focus

Sports, Software, Mobile Apps
Funding Round
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Golf GameBook — Connect and track scores with the world's #1 digital golf scorecard. +20 game formats Golf GameBook is the best app for group games.

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia as of June 1, 2006.Olli-Pekka joined Nokia in 1980 as Corporate Counsel, and has held roles of increasing responsibility since that time. In 1987 he was appointed Assistant Vice President, Legal Department, and in 1988 he was named Assistant Vice President, Finance. In1990 he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance.In 1992, Olli-Pekka was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 1997-1998 he served as Corporate Executive Vice President, Nokia Americas, being responsible for all Nokiaâ€™s business operations in the Americas. He returned to the position of Chief Financial Officer at the beginning of 1999, the position he had held prior to moving to the United States. From 2004-2005 Kallasvuo was Executive Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Phones. On October 1, 2005 he was named President and COO before his appointment to the current position.Olli-Pekka has been a member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia since 1990. On April 1, 2007, Olli-Pekka was appointed Chairman of the Board of Nokia Siemens Networks. In May 2007, Mr. Kallasvuo was nominated as member of the Board of Directors at Nokia. Starting January 2009, he will also serve as a Member of the Board of the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK.He holds a masterâ€™s degree in law from the University of Helsinki. Prior to joining Nokia, Olli-Pekka held a variety of positions with the Union Bank of Finland.Olli-Pekka was born on July 13, 1953, in Lavia, Finland. In his spare time, he enjoys golf, tennis and reading about political history.

Investment focus

Mobile, Retail, Big Data
Series A
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Walkbase — Walkbase offers advanced retail analytics to boost marketing impact and personalize the in-store shopping experience, driving better engagement and sales.

Chris Lee is an investor at Facemoji. The Attended University of Nottingham.

Investment focus

Software, Virtual Reality, Digital Entertainment
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Carter — Carter is a startup working on conversational AI to help game developers make computerized gaming characters.
Sidequest — SideQuest is the early access layer for Virtual Reality Get access to the latest Oculus Quest Games Oculus App Lab games lots of free apps on applab and sideload
GodmodeHQ — GodmodeHQ is the sales AI agent that grows your business while you sleep. The workflows of lead search, intent data, sequences and campaigns are all integrated end-to-end so you can have a go-to-market teammate who brings you opportunities on autopilot.

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nest Wallet — A Wallet Built for Traders
Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps
Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps

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.

Investment focus

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.

Pekka Aakko is an Advisor/organizer of Assembly Organizing. Pekka Aakko attended University of Helsinki.

Investment focus

Apps, Gaming, Mobile
Seed, Angel
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Lygg — LYGG is the first business travel platform that brings direct and customized flight connections anywhere as a service. Because time is flying.
Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.

Paul Polman was elected to the Dow Board of Directors in February 2010, and serves on the Environment, Health, Safety and Technology Committee.Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V. – Chief Executive Officer, January 2009 to date. Nestlé S.A. – Executive Vice President of Americas, January 2008-September 2008; Chief Financial Officer 2006-2008. TheProcter & Gamble Company (a provider of consumer, pharmaceutical, cleaning, personal care and pet products) – Group President Europe, 2001-2006; CFO of the Year 2007, Investor Magazine; Carl Lindner Award 2006, University of Cincinnati; WSJ/CNBC European Business Leader of the Year 2003. Member of United Nations high level task force on post 2015 development goals. President of the Kilimanjaro Blindtrust/Chair of Perkins International Advisory Board. Board member of Global Consumer Goods Forum. Member: International Business Council of WEF, Swiss American Chamber of Commerce and vice chair of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Member of the B-Team (a global initiative to help transform the future of business). Honorary degrees from Universities of Northumbria, UK in 2000 and University of Cincinnati in 2009.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Apps, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Finland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Toast Ale — Toast ale is an award-winning craft beer brewed with surplus fresh bread that would otherwise be wasted. All profits go to the charity, Feedback, to end food waste.
Freja — Award-winning bone broths from Freja Foods. Responsibly sourced and conveniently packaged, Freja bone broth is available online and via leading retailers.
Basecamp Research — Novel proteins from nature. We sample the most extreme and exciting places on the planet to build the world's largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity.

Lance Armstrong is the Managing Partner and Founding Partner at NEXT VENTŪRES.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, B2B, Real Time
Series A, Series C, Funding Round
United States, Israel, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Noba — Give your team the benefit of inflation-protected savings in digital dollars, backed 1:1 to USD.
Rev Energy Gum — Rev Energy Gum - The #1 caffeine gum in the US bringing you the best source of on-the-go energy! The best tasting sugar free gum and coffee alternative that is equal to a shot of espresso in every piece - like having the energy of 6 energy shots in your pocket!
Athletic Brewing — Athletic Brewing is a food and beverage company that specializes in brewing, healthy living, organic, e-commerce, and direct-to-consumer. It manufactures non-alcoholic craft beer. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Stratford, Connecticut.

Charles Plowden is a Retired considering options at Baillie Gifford.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile, Content
Funding Round
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Hintsa — Discover a better you, with methods proven in Formula 1 and Fortune 500.

Ryan Rzepecki was the founder and CEO of NYC-based JUMP Bikes (acquired by Uber in 2018), focused on developing innovative solutions for urban transportation. Early in his career, Rzepecki worked as a planner in the bikes division of New York City’s Department of Transportation. During that time, he worked extensively to bring bike facilities tomore New Yorkers. It was this experience that led him to design a high-tech bike share model that he entered in the Copenhagen Design Competition. By 2010, he founded the company under its original name Social Bicycles, and set out to realize his vision of using bicycles as a smarter, cleaner, and more fun mode of urban transportation. His company pioneered "smart bike" technology, allowing bike share to go dockless and become more accessible and convenient for riders.In 2013, Rzepecki was named one of the 100 Coolest People in Tech by Business Insider and one of the Top 100 City Innovators Worldwide by UBM’s Future Cities. He received his master’s degree in urban planning from Hunter College of the City University of New York and his bachelor’s degree in marketing and international business from Pennsylvania State University.

Investment focus

B2C, E-Commerce, Augmented Reality
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Turkey, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Bümo — BumoCare offers on-demand weekday and weekend child care for busy parents. We provide educare -- care powered by our globally recognized curriculum.
Soar — Soar is a real-time streaming platform for volumetric video
Subject — Subject provides high school learners access to premium, on-demand courses for credit or study support

Keith Bonnici

Investment focus

Mobile, Sports, Hardware
Angel, Series C, Series D
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Varjo — Varjo makes the most advanced augmented, virtual and mixed reality headsets for professionals. Welcome to the immersive workplace.
Uplause — Discover Uplause, your ultimate destination for interactive fan engagement solutions. Elevate live events with innovative audience interaction 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.

Investment focus

Software, Gaming, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Denmark, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Isometric — Isometric is a carbon removal standard and registry.
Slope — We handle the lending, underwriting, debt collection and fully pay out to you immediately once the product or service ships.
Rocky Road — At Rocky Road, we are redefining social gaming with our social gaming network. We are hiring!

Raimo Kuismin is the owner at CadFaster.

Investment focus

CAD, Apps, Mobile
Funding Round
Finland

Portfolio highlights

MyCadbox — MyCadbox, from Finland’s CadFaster, is an online CAD collaboration site, like a Dropbox for CAD files.Unlike its competitors it largely shuns the Web for native desktop and mobile apps that it says affords it the ability to share and view much larger 3D models and at a higher frame rate than browser-based technologies allow. In the future,however, it has more ambitious plans to add Evernote-style search features to help unlock the huge amount of metadata potentially associated with 3D files.

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.

Investment focus

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

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/

Investment focus

Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Tellie — 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.

Jyri Engeström is an Investor and Partner of Yes VC. He attended Lancaster University

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Finland, France

Portfolio highlights

Jow — Jow is a grocery shopping app that simplifies shopping and gives advice of what to eat. This app offers free and simple recipes that adapt to the customer's taste. It automatically creates a customized menu with delicious recipes and fills the cart with all the ingredients necessary for cooking.Jow was founded in 2017 and is headquartered inParis, France.
Spell — Operationalizing AI for NLP, Computer Vision, and Speech Recognition has never been easier
Orchid Labs — Orchid Labs is an open-source project committed to ending surveillance and censorship on the internet. Orchid uses an overlay network built upon the existing internet, which is driven by a peer-to-peer tokenized bandwidth exchange, creating a more inclusive, liberated internet. Orchid Labs was founded in 2017 by Dr. Steven Waterhouse, Jay Freeman,Brian J. Fox, Gustav Simonsson, and Stephen Bell.

Luc De Vos is the non-executive director at Hybrid Software Group PLC. Luc De Vos attended KU Leuven.

Investment focus

Analytics, Consulting, B2B
Seed, Series A, Private Equity
Belgium, Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Finactum — Finactum delivers company data for Belgium in a freemium business model. The offering is to provide 'rich' factual data and as such be a tool for company competitive intelligence, m&a market research or lead generation. The company aims to be(come) a data Intelligence Service Provider (web 3.0).
Husky Marketing Planner — Marketing planning & marketing calendar tool for marketing teams. Makes the complete marketing planning clear on one central digital platform.
DataStories International — DataStories a Partners in Performance Company, is an end-to-end prescriptive analytics provider for your operations. Real-time optimisation for better quality, yield and energy efficiency.

Harpreet Singh Rai is the chief executive officer of Oura and a member of its board. He was previously at Eminence Capital, a L/S Equity Hedge Fund where he was a TMT Portfolio Manager. Previously he was at Morgan Stanley in their M&A Group in New York.

Investment focus

Wellness, Health Care, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Arya — Arya is building the Couples Wellness category, poised to become the next billion-dollar cornerstone in the global wellness market.Couples are falling into routine and many are experiencing increased loneliness. While billions are spent on fitness, mindfulness, and sleep, emotional and physical intimacy is often neglected. We invest in swipingfor the right partner and then trying to fix it (or spend a fortune divorcing them)... but not much in between.Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, both inside and outside the bedroom - a crucial ingredient to a successful relationship.
Explorex Technologies, Inc. — The Indian restaurant industry has already adopted technology to adapt to the growing demands and match the expectations of today's customers but the absence of a full-stack cloud-based software is extremely frustrating to business owners today. The existing systems lack modularity, lack the ability to integrate with services, and hencearen't plug and play. Also, Restaurants are extremely frustrated with all the 5-6 independent systems that don't talk to each other. We are solving these problems by building a full-stack solution for the 30 million+ restaurants in India, by solves order management, operations management, online delivery, payment processing, reports & analytics, and guest identification and re-engagement all using one system - Explorex.
Function Health — Test your whole body and own your health. Function, co-founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, is a lifelong routine of 100+ lab tests for the whole body including thyroid, hormones, fertility, autoimmunity, heart, kidney, liver and more. Lab results direct to you with insights from top doctors.

Steve Chen was an internet entrepreneur and the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of YouTube. Born in August 1978 in Taiwan. Raised in Taiwan, Chen and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 15.After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chen worked at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley andJawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube, a website designed to simplify video sharing online.Chen was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0 magazine in 2006. That year, he and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.Chen most recently co-founded AVOS Systems with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Artue — Artue is pioneering the art industry's digital transformation.
E-Pal — E-Pal connects high-caliber gamers worldwide, offering you supportive gaming companions anytime, anywhere. You'll never battle alone!
Nest Wallet — A Wallet Built for Traders

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)

Investment focus

Analytics, Gaming, Business Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, France, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Libermans Co — We are the Liberman Siblings: David & Daniil, Anna, and Masha.
Riogrande — Unimos fuerzas con emprendedores de e-commerce para crecer y fortalecer marcas que la gente ama.
The Ticket Fairy — The Ticket Fairy is a marketing and analytics solution that helps events to get more, relevant attendees and secure their ticket income in advance. Running events is a huge risk. Costs can be massive (in the millions of dollars) and multiple factors affect attendance - even something as simple as rain can result in a 25% drop in on-the-door sales.They are used by large events to: - Increase revenue (typically by 10-25%) - Lower marketing costs - Increase social reach, to the right people - Manage and optimise advertising campaigns across multiple channels, including automating audience targeting - Reduce ticket resale fraud/scalping - Automate day-to-day business admin - Gain insights into customer demographics & brand engagement via social profile analytics - Plan future events via data-driven decision making, increasing event relevancy

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.

Investment focus

Gaming, Mobile, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Germany, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Fein — Fein is a female-led studio developing casual games for women.
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.
Aggero — With our video listening tool we convert video content into actionable insights, boosting your marketing strategies & ROI. Discover audience preferences, analyse competitor tactics, and more.

Shanti Bergel is the Managing Director of the Transcend Fund, an early stage venture capital firm focused on games and digital entertainment.

Investment focus

Gaming, PC Games, Online Games
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Carbonated — Carbonated makes hardcore PVP multiplayer games accessible to everyone on their mobile phones and PCs, by using AI to drive moment-to moment gameplay.
Doppio Games — Harnessing the power of AI to craft groundbreaking games you can play using only your voice. Setting the stage for the next gen of entertainment.
Playable Worlds — Playable Worlds builds the most alive online worlds ever -- powered by cloud-native technology that enhances all types of play.

David Shuman

Investment focus

Wellness, Fitness, Wearables
Pre-Seed, Series A
Finland, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Alyte — Alyte Social Fitness App is a new way to hang out online. Think yoga and pilates, on demand, on your schedule with your mates. Get launch notification.
Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.

Anton Gaufﬁn is the Founder of Sumoing.

Investment focus

Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, Finland, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Gotiva — Explore a universe of creativity with Gotiva apps! Discover Jigsaw Puzzle Universe and more.
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.

Ángel Hidalgo Portillo is a Spanish professional golfer and European Tour player.

Investment focus

Sports, Software, Mobile Apps
Funding Round
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Golf GameBook — Connect and track scores with the world's #1 digital golf scorecard. +20 game formats Golf GameBook is the best app for group games.

Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, nicknamed Shaq, is an American retired basketball player and NBA Hall of Fame member since 2016. Shaq is also a former rapper, actor, fashion trend setter, investor and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA

Investment focus

Health Care, Wearables, Apps
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Edsoma — Edsoma is an EdTech company with a subscriber based revenue model. Our product is a literacy tool that uses data to keep users engaged.
Limbo — Lose 12 percent of your bodyweight in 3 months using wearable tech. No calorie counting, no complicated rules.
Bored Ape Yacht Club — Bored Ape Yacht Club develops a series of cartoon ape characters for auction in exchange for cryptocurrency. BAYC is a collection of 10,000 Bored Ape NFTs, which are digital collectibles on the Ethereum blockchain.

Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.

Investment focus

Mobile, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, France, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.
Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS

Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Estonia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Aerones — Robotic wind turbine service company offering maintenance, inspection and repairs worldwide. Reduce downtime and improve the efficiency of your wind park
Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
TENYX — Discover innovative solutions for digital transformation at Tenyx. Explore our cutting-edge technology services designed to drive business growth and elevate your digital presence.

Rasheed’s career kicked off in 1988 with Arthur Andersen where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He later moved into the banking sector where his stellar performance saw him pioneering game-changing initiatives across the industry, in an executive capacity, with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), United Bank for Africa (UBA) and later as the ManagingDirector of Bank of Industry (BOI).Rasheed joined Axxela in 2019 as the Chief Operating Officer, bringing with him outstanding commercial experience that cuts cross expansion strategies, infrastructural development and organisational profitability.Rasheed has a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University and an MBA from IESE Business School.

Investment focus

Mobile, Mobile Payments, Emerging Markets
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

ZirooPay — IroFit mobile card reader allows small businesses accept card payments anywhere they operate, even in areas with poor internet connection. By ensuring widest possible coverage area and effective operations, merchants increase sales and buyers are better served. We improve the overall purchasing experience for billions living in areas withpoor/no Internet connection.

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