# Frontier

> Frontier is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Mobile and Travel. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/frontier
- Website: http://frontiernordic.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frontier/521558754554240

Frontier is a VC fund in Helsinki focused on Mobile and Travel. Frontier offers consulting and seed accelerator services to businesses. It operates as two divisions: Frontier Consulting and Frontier Seed Accelerator.Frontier Consulting helps clients enter and grow businesses in the emerging markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It has helped over 100 companies. Frontier Seed Accelerator invests inseveral early-stage technology companies and helps them with international growth, sales, and business development.Frontier was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland with offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Singapore, Moscow, Adelaide, New York, and Stockholm.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Frontier. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Frontier. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/frontier?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Travel | 1 | 100% |
| Leisure | 1 | 100% |
| Tourism | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ali Chahrour | Country Manager, Partner | 0 | — |
| Carlos Argueta | Partner | 0 | — |
| Julian Wood | Entrepreneur and Impact Investor | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CreateTrips | CreateTrips is a social trip planner that offers travellers and locals with travel guides, maps, reviews, photos, and more. It is an application that can be installed in smartphones and tablets and serves customers in Barbados, Bermuda, Denmark, Estonia, New Zealand, Qatar, and Uganda.CreateTrips was founded in January 2013 by Juha-PetteriKukkonen and Juha-Petteri Kokkonen. |  | Seed | Nov 26, 2013 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Butterfly Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/butterfly-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rkapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rkapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Frontier invest in?

Frontier invests primarily in Mobile, Travel and Leisure startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Frontier?

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### Who are the partners at Frontier?

The team at Frontier includes Ali Chahrour (Country Manager, Partner), Carlos Argueta (Partner) and Julian Wood (Entrepreneur and Impact Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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