# Essedel

> Essedel is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Music, Internet and Music Streaming. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/1871786
- Website: http://www.essedel.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Essedel-Capital-Partners/241637935869228

Essedel is a VC fund in Helsinki focused on Music and Internet. Essedel Oy actively works in the field of private equity investments since 1995. During this period we have carried out 16 successful investment projects on the Finnish and Russian market. The keystone to success in our work was close co-operation in investment projects with our partners in target companies, which have resulted in high growth of capitalization and dynamic development of projects. We invest in the perspective Finnish and Russian companies and we understand the value of entrepreneurship in business. We consider Russia as one of very interesting and perspective markets for private equity investments. We find it very exciting to work in this field as an investor and partner with an international experience in investment projects.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Music Streaming | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sber-Zvuk | Zvooq was built for mass market casual listeners in developing world markets. Zvooq is a freemium subscription service offering access to music catalog of over 25M tracks curated according to listener mood, activity, places and events. | $20M | Series A | Aug 19, 2014 | https://zvuk.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ulmart](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ulmart) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Essedel invest in?

Essedel invests primarily in Music, Internet and Music Streaming startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Russian Federation. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Essedel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Essedel closed in Aug 2014. Shizune tracks 1 investment in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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