# Eqvitec

> Eqvitec is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Software and Enterprise Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jun 2010
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.eqvitec.fi

Eqvitec is a VC fund in Helsinki focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Eqvitec Partners is a privately owned and independent Nordic private equity firm, advising six funds with a total capital base of over €500 million. Equity funds invest in technology companies in all phases from early-stage to buyouts. Mezzanine funds focus on buyouts and expansion financing.Eqvitec Partners offers a combination of experienceand expertise to companies with an attractive business model and solid growth potential. They spend a lot of time with the portfolio companies working closely with the management on a board level. Their aim is to add significant value, particularly via intellectual capital, with a focus on strategy implementation and business development. In addition, they bring a significant network and financial know-how to their portfolio companies. Eqvitec funds typically exit the investments after 3-6 years through a trade sale or a stock exchange floatation.Eqvitec Partners was established in 1997 and currently has 15 employees in the Helsinki and Stockholm offices.They are a member of the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA), Swedish Venture Capital Association (SVCA), European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and Nordic Venture Network (NVN).

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.1M–$3.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 56% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |
| Legal | 1 | 11% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |
| Series D | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 4 | 44% |
| Sweden | 2 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mikael Tarnawski-Berlin | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mikael-tarnawski-berlin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MediSapiens | MediSapiens is the world’s first software company for personalized cancer medicine in oncology clinics and new drug development. Company’s bioinformatics science and peer-reviewed data is based on the research since 2005 by VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland and its collaborators.Company's online genomics data enables scientiststo understand the role of human genes in health and disease – helping oncologists in choosing optimal treatments and biopharmaceutical companies in developing next generation personalized medicines. | $1M | Seed | Jun 01, 2010 |  |
| eBuilder | eBuilder is a global company that optimizes and automates administrative processes for corporations and public sector agencies through IT-based business process outsourcing. | $5.6M |  | Aug 26, 2009 |  |
| Norstel | Norstel AB manufactures and develops wide bandgap semiconductor materials, including silicon carbide (SiC) wafers and epitaxial layers. | $16.5M |  | Mar 18, 2008 |  |
| Sanako | Sanako provides cross-curricular technology products and consulting to the education and corporate sector. It is is associated with integrated ICT multimedia platforms and specializes in multimedia language labs. Sanako was launched in September 2003 to unite existing brands Tandberg Educational, Teleste and Divace. | $7.8M |  | Jan 07, 2008 |  |
| Troux Technologies | Troux Technologies, Inc. provides strategic information technology (IT) planning and control software for enterprises and government agencies in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The company offers strategic IT planning and control solutions for supporting strategic transformation initiatives; and enterprise architecture solutions forinformation aggregation and data-quality management, enterprise metadata management, collaborative information modeling environment and decision-making, visual modeling of as-is and to-be environments for business process analysis and scenario decision-making, and role-specific reporting, analytics, workflow, and compliance controls. Its products include Troux 8 to address cost restructuring and business changes; Troux Alignment to uncover and fix business/IT disconnects; Troux Optimization to identify and remove redundant IT spending. It offers solutions for business and IT executives, portfolio and IT planners, enterprise architects, and IT and governance stakeholders. The company has strategic partnerships with Accenture, EDS, and Teradata. Troux Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Austin, Texas. The company has locations in Arlington, Virginia; Slough, the United Kingdom; München, Germany; Tolvsrød, Norway; and Auckland, New Zealand. | $4.8M | Series D | Aug 16, 2006 |  |
| Norstel | Norstel AB manufactures and develops wide bandgap semiconductor materials, including silicon carbide (SiC) wafers and epitaxial layers. | $18.2M |  | Feb 15, 2005 |  |
| Codenomicon | Codenomicon develops threat awareness and proactive security testing solutions. Its products include Defensics, a solution that discovers unknown vulnerabilities and flaws, AppCheck, a solution that catalogs, scans, and identifies various digital assets as well as identifies key vulnerabilities and outlines known corresponding fixes, and AbuseSA, asolution that provides governments, CERTs, and cyber authorities with threat intelligence. Codenomicon also offers testing and auditing services such as outsourced robustness testing, custom test development, security audit, vulnerability reporting, and advanced testing and auditing, training, and security and robustness verification services. It serves developers and security analysts in telecommunications, networking, manufacturing, financial services, and defense industries. Ari Takanen, Rauli Kaksonen, and Mikko Varpiola founded Codenomicon in 2001, with its headquarters in Oulu in Finland, with a branch in Saratoga in California in the United States. Codenomicon operates as a subsidiary of Synopsys as of June 29, 2015. | $3.6M | Series A | Feb 07, 2005 |  |
| Troux Technologies | Troux Technologies, Inc. provides strategic information technology (IT) planning and control software for enterprises and government agencies in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The company offers strategic IT planning and control solutions for supporting strategic transformation initiatives; and enterprise architecture solutions forinformation aggregation and data-quality management, enterprise metadata management, collaborative information modeling environment and decision-making, visual modeling of as-is and to-be environments for business process analysis and scenario decision-making, and role-specific reporting, analytics, workflow, and compliance controls. Its products include Troux 8 to address cost restructuring and business changes; Troux Alignment to uncover and fix business/IT disconnects; Troux Optimization to identify and remove redundant IT spending. It offers solutions for business and IT executives, portfolio and IT planners, enterprise architects, and IT and governance stakeholders. The company has strategic partnerships with Accenture, EDS, and Teradata. Troux Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Austin, Texas. The company has locations in Arlington, Virginia; Slough, the United Kingdom; München, Germany; Tolvsrød, Norway; and Auckland, New Zealand. | $16M | Series C | Jan 14, 2005 |  |
| Codeonline | Codeonline Ltd., a developer of interactive mobile entertainment, and Springtoys, a developer of wireless gaming technology, have agreed to merge to create what they claim will be the world’s largest wireless entertainment company. Under the terms of the agreement, the merger will be carried out through a share swap. | $3.1M | Series A | Feb 01, 2001 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Austin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Northzone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northzone-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Finnvera Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finnvera-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Four Seasons Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/four-seasons-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Eqvitec invest in?

Eqvitec invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Eqvitec's check size?

Eqvitec typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$3.6M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Eqvitec participates in.

### How do I contact Eqvitec?

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### Who are the partners at Eqvitec?

The team at Eqvitec includes Mikael Tarnawski-Berlin (Associate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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