# Gorilla Ventures Oy

> Gorilla Ventures Oy is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Software and Information Technology. See 47 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 47
- Last investment: Jan 2020
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last fund: Sep 2012
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-palmer/32/9a1/725
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/gorillaventures
- Website: http://www.gorillaventures.fi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gorillaventures

Gorilla Ventures Oy is a seed-stage angel fund for Finnish startups. It finances 10 to 15 early-stage Finnish startups every year.Gorilla Ventures Oy also provides advice to startups in various high impact situations, including product or market fit, strategy, funding, go-to-market, customer development, international expansion, and otherfundamental issues to make better strategic choices. It was launched in 2012 by Timo Tiihonen, Petri Lehmuskoski, Risto Rautakorpi, and Reijo Syrjäläinen.Gorilla Ventures Oy is headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 32% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 19% |
| SaaS | 7 | 15% |
| B2B | 4 | 9% |

82 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 37 | 79% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 13% |
| Angel | 3 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 42 | 89% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Estonia | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manna Insect | Manna Insect’s value lies in our shared expertise and our innovative, locally adaptable environmental control technology for insect farming. Intelligent software, cloud services, and specialized hardware will ensure maximum efficiency in converting waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer. This is achieved through fully locallybuilt farming units designed for optimal insect growth and mating.Manna Insect also services its clients with a digital platform, the Insect Farm Hub, which offers insect farming training, knowledge base, an AI mentor, business and production calculators, a farm nanagement tool, an interface for Manna Insect's climatization technology, and a marketplace for insect farming products and services. | $138K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Hala.ai | Today all the companies in the world are using business software. On average, an employee uses eight SaaS applications. Companies with 50 or under employees have about 40 applications, while those with 1000+ employees have over 200.On the other hand, each new application generates additional procedures, flows, and business rules. Manyapplications and their complexity, plus many business rules, generate a massive amount of routine and time-consuming processes that employees should perform daily. Hala has developed a solution to overcome those challenges and make the employees more productive and efficient. |  | Angel | Jun 14, 2018 |  |
| Press Door | Press Door is a Helsinki, Finland-based startup working on a software solution for the media industry. | $313K | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2018 |  |
| Talbit | Talbit is a people development platform that connects employees to opportunities that fit their unique skills, roles, and goals. We help you prepare your workforce for the future by communicating the skills needed to succeed and allowing employees to bridge the gap through personal development plans. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| SkillGrower | SkillGrower develops a digital math learning platform designed for the whole K-12 education. The platform utilizes AI, gamification, and analytics to make everything more motivating and tailored for each individual. It enables children to collect achievements, trophies, and credits to make learning engaging and progress visible. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| 4straction | 4straction provides services in the development of cloud-based software to its clients. They offer strategic management, insight visualization, a strategy dashboard, and performance management services. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| Diffo | Diffo develops a platform designed to monitor the profitability and performance of a fleet from one software. It offers useful profitability-based information for the various decision-makers in the organization about driving arrangements and sales right down to the driver. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| MOST Digital | MOST Digital Oy helps companies focus their resources on value-creating work by streamlining operations through software robotics. The company utilizes its own cloud-based software robotics platform, which enables cost-effective and secure automation in data work. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| Cambri | Cambri is a concept testing software that helps global brands accelerate their innovation process. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| Axitare | Axitare develops technologies and services to support the elderly living at home. The company implements useful solutions for home care. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |

10 of 47 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Takeoff Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takeoff-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Arteel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arteel-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [City Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Embria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/embria) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Finnvera Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finnvera-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Gorilla Ventures Oy invest in?

Gorilla Ventures Oy invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 47 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gorilla Ventures Oy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gorilla Ventures Oy closed in Jan 2020. Shizune tracks 47 investments 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?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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