# IPR.VC

> IPR.VC is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Film, Gaming and TV Production. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/10170067/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/iprvc
- Website: http://ipr.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iprvcfund

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $790k–$6.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Film | 3 | 38% |
| Gaming | 2 | 25% |
| TV Production | 2 | 25% |
| Digital Entertainment | 2 | 25% |
| Art | 1 | 13% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| France | 1 | 13% |
| Austria | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jarkko Virtanen | Founding Partner, Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jarkko-virtanen |
| Tanu-Matti Tuominen | Partner, Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tanu-matti-tuominen |
| Timo Argillander | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/timo-argillander |
| Tuomas Anttonen | Director, Back Office | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tuomas-anttonen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Blidz was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. | $6.6M | Seed | Mar 23, 2022 |  |
| Lightneer | 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 |  |
| Lightneer | 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 |  |
| Lightneer | 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. | $790K | Seed | Apr 18, 2016 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GSV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsv-acceleration) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Brighteye Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brighteye-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does IPR.VC invest in?

IPR.VC invests primarily in Film, Gaming and TV Production startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 8 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 $790k–$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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