Finnvera Venture Capital
VC Fund
Kuopio, Finland
Finnvera Venture Capital is a VC fund in Kuopio focused on Software and Health Care. 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's investments 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.
- Total investments:
- 95
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
Last updated:
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Industries Finnvera Venture Capital invests in
Stages Finnvera Venture Capital invests in
Countries Finnvera Venture Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$2.3M
- Series A
- $1.8M–$23M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 15 (16%)
- Health Care 13 (14%)
- Manufacturing 9 (9%)
- Information Technology 9 (9%)
- Mobile 8 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 29 (31%)
- Series A 15 (16%)
- Funding Round 14 (15%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 11 (12%)
- Debt Financing 8 (8%)
Country
- Finland 66 (69%)
- United States 4 (4%)
- Chile 1 (1%)
- Switzerland 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jukka Suokas
Manager
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Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Laura Pietikainen
Investment Assistant
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Investment Assistant | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Mari Riitaoja
Investment Assistant
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Investment Assistant | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Matti Eskelinen
Manager
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Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Mikko Paakkanen
Team Member
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Team Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMabler is an EV charging infrastructure software company that develops an API-first platform used by businesses to operate, manage, and scale electric vehicle charging networks. It provides a centralized system for charge point management, billing, pricing, roaming, and energy optimization, allowing operators to control large networks of EVchargers from a single platform. The software connects charging hardware with business systems such as CRM, payment, and energy management tools through open APIs and a large library of integrations. The company focuses on enabling enterprises, such as energy utilities, parking operators, and retail businesses, to embed EV charging directly into their existing services and digital platforms rather than building standalone charging systems. This includes white-label solutions where charging is integrated into a company’s own app or customer experience under its brand. | $1.2M / Debt Financing / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| At CHAOS, we strive to democratize data and harness the power of AI and cutting-edge technology, delivering transformative location insights that empower decision-makers to design more liveable cities- sustainable, human-centered where the quality-of-life soars. | $2.3M / Seed / Nov 13, 2025 | ||
| ARAUCO is a diversified global company in the forestry industry. They use world-class technologies and processes throughout the value chain. They are present in the forestry, pulp, timber, panels and renewable energy businesses. | $2.2B / Debt Financing / Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| Sustainable high-quality protein and lipid ingredients for the industry from local raw materials | $29.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 27, 2025 | ||
| AISTI develops wood fiber-based acoustic tiles that are carbon negative, easy to recycle and plastic-free – bringing sustainability to construction tile by tile. | $14.1M / Debt Financing / Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| Nexstim is a medical device company that specializes in image-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation. The company is committed to improving the quality of life of patients with significant unmet clinical needs. It has developed a SmartFocus TMS technology designed for the treatment of the major depressive disorder.The company was founded in2000 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland. | $1.6M / Post-IPO Debt / Jun 27, 2024 | ||
| Enifer Bio is an expert at squeezing every last drop of value from biorefining operations. The solution is built on decades of Finnish expertise to allow the production of valuable protein-rich feed from streams previously considered worthless. The company has developed a new, sustainable production process for high-quality fish feed raw material.The company's method enables the efficient production of a single cell protein from fish by-products as a raw material for fish feed. The protein can replace soy, which is commonly used in fish feed and whose cultivation poses ecological challenges, such as deforestation in South America. | $9.7M / Debt Financing / May 23, 2024 | ||
| Eevia Health is a Finnish-Norwegian life science company. Their main office is located in Seinäjoki, and our production facilities are in Kauhajoki. They target important health challenges with bioactive ingredients and products extracted from natural, organic raw materials from the arctic flora. They believe it is important to live happier andhealthier. Good health plays an important role in supporting the current lifestyle demands. Their organic ingredients from the arctic forests provide extra powerful antioxidants that reduce inflammations in their bodies and may reduce risks for future diseases. Eevia Health is networked with Universities and other research organizations in Scandinavia to leverage their ability to deliver outstanding products. Their main focus is related to anti-inflammation and anti-oxidation in the human body. Better health is simply also better business | $520K / Post-IPO Debt / Sep 27, 2023 | ||
| Marketplace for pre-owned, unique design furniture | $537.7K / Debt Financing / Sep 12, 2023 | ||
| Enfuce is a cloud-based financial services provider that specializes in card issuing and payment processing services. It helps banks, fintech, and financial institutions become and remain fully PSD2 compliant, and helps them give third-party service providers access to digital accounts.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered inEspoo, Finland. | $5.6M / Debt Financing / Feb 13, 2019 | ||
| See all 95 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Finnvera Venture Capital invest in?
Finnvera Venture Capital invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 95 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Finnvera Venture Capital invest in?
Finnvera Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $250k–$2.3M at Seed and $1.8M–$23M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Finnvera Venture Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Finnvera Venture Capital took part in.
How do I contact Finnvera Venture Capital?
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Who are the partners at Finnvera Venture Capital?
The team at Finnvera Venture Capital includes Jukka Suokas (Manager), Laura Pietikainen (Investment Assistant) and Mari Riitaoja (Investment Assistant), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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