IPR.VC
VC Fund
Helsinki, Finland
IPR.VC is a venture capital investment company that specializes in intellectual property in digital media content, communications, and entertainment. They support the creators and storytellers to change from production companies and sub-contractors to IP developers and business owners. Their mission is to enable European content companies tocreate international success stories with film, TV, animation, games and Internet content and prove for the IPR.VC Funds investors that content investing is a source of outstanding returns. Thus, they envision Europe with flourishing content creation ecosystem, where a growing amount of producers are creating more and more successful content. They are interested in attractive, high-quality and original content, committed team with both creative and business ambitions. The productions should have large potential audience and credible international roll-out plan. IPR.VC team has the best combination of industry and investment experience and special skills and knowledge needed to look beyond traditional financial services to serve the creative industries.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
- Fund size:
- $110M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries IPR.VC invests in
Stages IPR.VC invests in
Countries IPR.VC invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $562k–$6.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Film 3 (27%)
- Gaming 2 (18%)
- Video Games 2 (18%)
- TV Production 2 (18%)
- Digital Entertainment 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (36%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (36%)
- Private Equity 1 (9%)
Country
- Finland 3 (27%)
- United States 3 (27%)
- France 1 (9%)
- Austria 1 (9%)
- Germany 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jarkko Virtanen
Founding Partner, Chairman
|
Founding Partner, Chairman | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Tanu-Matti Tuominen
Partner, Co-Founder
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Partner, Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Timo Argillander
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Tuomas Anttonen
Director, Back Office
|
Director, Back Office | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Red Bull Media House
|
Launched in 2007 in Salzburg, Austria, Red Bull Media House is one of the world's leading media companies for creating, marketing, and distributing premium content. With a focus on Adventure, Entertainment, Music, and Sports, its mission is to fascinate and inspire through TV programming, films, magazines, games, and digital experiences.Red Bull Media House launched its first dedicated media subsidiary in Santa Monica, California in 2011. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 30, 2025 | |
Mk2
|
The MK2 Store, located in the MK2 Library multiplex, is an atypical and trendy boutique that stands out as a Paris-based concept store. Indeed, the product range of the MK2 Store is very varied: fashion items from young designers and recognized brands, selection of rare books, design products, high tech novelties, delicatessen and cinema products(DVD / Blu-Ray Disc). This amazing place seduces the most curious in search of exclusivity, avant-gardism and originality. This concept store is fully in line with the growth strategy of the MK2 Group, a major player in the film industry. The MK2 Store is a reference concept store in Paris. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 19, 2024 | |
A24
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A24 is an American independent entertainment company founded on August 20, 2012, by Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, and John Hodges and based in New York City. It specializes in film distribution, and film and television production.Katz, Fenkel and Hodges prior to A24 worked in film and production, before leaving to eventually co-found the company,originally A24 Films, which specialized in film distribution. Starting off moderately in 2013 with A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, the company's growth started with the release of Spring Breakers later that year. They became better-known after picking up the U.S. rights to Ex Machina and Room, and worldwide rights to The Witch, growing substantially since then. They entered into deals with DirecTV Cinema and Amazon Prime in late 2013, with some films distributed through them, and the name was shortened to A24 in 2016.As of 2018, the company has received a total of twenty-four Academy Award nominations. In 2016, films distributed by A24 won Academy Awards for Best Actress (Brie Larson in Room), Best Documentary Feature (Amy), and Best Visual Effects (Ex Machina). In 2017, Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture (the first such award for the company), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). A24's television division released The Carmichael Show. | $75M / Private Equity / Jun 26, 2024 | |
XYZ Films
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XYZ Films is an integrated content company whose mission is to empower visionary storytellers from every corner of the planet. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 11, 2024 | |
Blidz
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Blidz was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. | $6.6M / Seed / Mar 23, 2022 | |
Lightneer
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To be able to address a rapidly changing market we created a market first / market fast approach to game development. Our world-class team takes the best concepts to market in just a handful of weeks from dozens of original ideas. We look for strong marketability and high player engagement from the outset to help determine if games have hitpotential. | $5M / Seed / Aug 15, 2017 | |
Guardian Angel
|
Guardian Angel utilizes human potential technology to permanently change users' lives. The first stage in GA development is focused on a creating an app based platform for Suicide Prevention. The platform contains multiple unique components all aimed at helping the depressed and suicidal learn to normalize and manage their feelings andbehaviors. This is accomplished through the synergistic blend of a social network specifically designed for the suicidal combined with celebrity endorsement and buy-in while utilizing clinically researched and validated coping techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and finally applying all these components to a unique algorithm that will aid in predicting future suicide attempts and then taking action to prevent suicidal behavior. Using technology to alter potential outcomes from detrimental to productive is what we call Human Potential Technology.The goal is to teach people how to control and change their behavior. This is accomplished by applying the most advanced research in neuroscience and behavior coupled with the clinically tested and peer approved techniques in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Changing behavior: this concept will radically disrupt targeted verticals creating the first product of it's kind that can treat multiple afflictions in society such as Rage/Violence/Shootings, Obesity, Smoking, Anxiety, Relationships, Depression, Drug Addiction and Domestic Violence. The predictive algorithm will also give clinicians real time data from their patients as well as the ability to send data to organizations such as the National Suicide Prevention Hotline, thereby enabling these organizations to make better decisions faster, resulting in more lives saved. GA will also provide corporate wellness solutions to healthcare companies and large institutions such as the NFL by creating the first programs aimed at increasing productivity through mental health and decreases damaging behaviors such as Domestic Viole | $1.1M / Seed / Feb 09, 2017 | |
Koukoi Games
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Koukoi Games focuses on the development of mobile games. Koukoi Games offers Crashing Season, a mobile game that features animal characters. Koukoi Games is based in Oulu, Finland. And it was founded by Antti Kananen in January 2015. | $500K / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 11, 2016 | |
TUBECON
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TUBECON is an online creators and provide sponsorship brands and partners tailored access to young audiences. | $561.8K / Seed / Oct 02, 2016 | |
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Lightneer
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To be able to address a rapidly changing market we created a market first / market fast approach to game development. Our world-class team takes the best concepts to market in just a handful of weeks from dozens of original ideas. We look for strong marketability and high player engagement from the outset to help determine if games have hitpotential. | $3.1M / Seed / Sep 14, 2016 | |
| See all 11 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does IPR.VC invest in?
IPR.VC invests primarily in Film, Gaming and Video Games startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is IPR.VC's check size?
IPR.VC typically joins rounds of $562k–$6.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IPR.VC participates in.
How do I contact IPR.VC?
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Who are the partners at IPR.VC?
The team at IPR.VC includes Jarkko Virtanen (Founding Partner, Chairman), Tanu-Matti Tuominen (Partner, Co-Founder) and Timo Argillander (Co-Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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