# Jari Ovaskainen > Jari Ovaskainen is a seed investor at Modulight (Tampere) backing Mobile and Gaming. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Modulight](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/modulight) - Location: Tampere, Finland - Total investments: 10 - Last investment: Mar 2021 - Lead investor: 30% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jariovaskainen - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JariOvaskainen - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jari.ovaskainen1 Jari Ovaskainen is a seed investor at Modulight in Tampere focused on Mobile and Gaming. Jari Ovaskainen - Business Development Director @ Modulight ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $970k–$10M | | Series A | $6M–$20M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Mobile | 3 | 30% | | Gaming | 2 | 20% | | PC Games | 2 | 20% | | Internet of Things | 2 | 20% | | iOS | 1 | 10% | 23 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 5 | 50% | | Series A | 3 | 30% | | Series B | 1 | 10% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Finland | 3 | 30% | | Switzerland | 2 | 20% | | United States | 1 | 10% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 10% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Invstr | Invstr is an award-winning investment app that helps you invest smarter. Invstr gives you the confidence, knowledge and expertise to start investing to build your wealth. Unlike other investing apps, Invstr is committed to educating you before you even make your first trade. Because we believe that investing isn’t just about buying and sellingstocks. It’s about understanding the markets and making more informed investing decisions before risking real money. Invstr lets aspiring investors learn and practice with Fantasy Finance, a virtual portfolio management game. Get smart with our huge wealth of educational resources, including an in-app investing course, daily podcasts, and live news and updates. When you’re ready, invest from just $5 with our commission-free brokerage and banking platform. Track and improve your performance with Stats, and get personalized investment picks with Portfolio Builder. It’s everything you need to invest confidently and take charge of your financial future today. Invstr also boasts a huge community of over 800,000 members. The social aspect of the app makes it unique in that our members can share updates and post to their feeds, send group or private messages, create private leagues to compete against friends and socialize all within the app, forming the first active investing community of its kind. Invstr was founded in 2013 by Kerim Derhalli, who created Invstr after seeing first-hand how a lack of knowledge and confidence bars individuals from starting to invest. | $20M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 | | | Invstr | Invstr is an award-winning investment app that helps you invest smarter. Invstr gives you the confidence, knowledge and expertise to start investing to build your wealth. Unlike other investing apps, Invstr is committed to educating you before you even make your first trade. Because we believe that investing isn’t just about buying and sellingstocks. It’s about understanding the markets and making more informed investing decisions before risking real money. Invstr lets aspiring investors learn and practice with Fantasy Finance, a virtual portfolio management game. Get smart with our huge wealth of educational resources, including an in-app investing course, daily podcasts, and live news and updates. When you’re ready, invest from just $5 with our commission-free brokerage and banking platform. Track and improve your performance with Stats, and get personalized investment picks with Portfolio Builder. It’s everything you need to invest confidently and take charge of your financial future today. Invstr also boasts a huge community of over 800,000 members. The social aspect of the app makes it unique in that our members can share updates and post to their feeds, send group or private messages, create private leagues to compete against friends and socialize all within the app, forming the first active investing community of its kind. Invstr was founded in 2013 by Kerim Derhalli, who created Invstr after seeing first-hand how a lack of knowledge and confidence bars individuals from starting to invest. | $10M | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 | | | CREAL | CREAL develops near-eye light-field display bringing true optical depth and better immersion into virtual and mixed reality.This technology solves the eye-strain, nausea and pain problems of current headsets, while offering low manufacturing complexity and small form factor. | $970K | Seed | Jun 06, 2018 | | | Kizy Tracking | Lack of visibility costs the global logistics industry billions of USD every year. They created Kizy to solve this problem. Their mission: to improve global supply chain operations by providing first-hand data about the status and location of shipments and assets everywhere in the world, in a cost-efficient way. | | Series A | Mar 13, 2017 | | | Next Games | Next Games is a free-to-play developer based in Helsinki, Finland. Our priority is to create compelling and easy gameplay experience. It specializes in games based on entertainment franchises, such as movies, TV series, or books. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland. | | Series B | Jan 28, 2016 | | | The Button Corporation | The Button Corporation (bt.tn) is the creator of the bttn, the Simplest Internet User Interface in the World. bttn is complete IoT solution for your business. It comes with stand-alone connectivity for easy deployment, cloud service with all the business management and integration tools. Plus it offers bttn for Commerce API that delivers securepayments for all ecommerce uses.Both bttn and bttn for Commerce API have been granted US patents. | $3M | Seed | Jun 01, 2015 | | | Mobcrush | Mobcrush is a technology and entertainment company at the epicenter of mobile gaming, live streaming and the creator-driven media revolution. We empower creators to stream anywhere, play everywhere. | $4.9M | Seed | May 19, 2015 | | | Next Games | Next Games is a free-to-play developer based in Helsinki, Finland. Our priority is to create compelling and easy gameplay experience. It specializes in games based on entertainment franchises, such as movies, TV series, or books. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland. | $6M | Series A | Mar 12, 2014 | | | The Button Corporation | The Button Corporation (bt.tn) is the creator of the bttn, the Simplest Internet User Interface in the World. bttn is complete IoT solution for your business. It comes with stand-alone connectivity for easy deployment, cloud service with all the business management and integration tools. Plus it offers bttn for Commerce API that delivers securepayments for all ecommerce uses.Both bttn and bttn for Commerce API have been granted US patents. | $1M | Seed | Mar 01, 2014 | | | PlayRaven | Independent game development studio founded in 2013 by five veterans with AAA console, mobile and free-to-play experience from famous studios such as Remedy Entertainment, Wooga and Digital Chocolate. In the past, we have shipped 50+ game titles, including the cult hit Alan Wake (over three million copies sold). | $2.3M | Seed | Jan 21, 2014 | | 10 of 10 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Ridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ridge-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [CAA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Finberg](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finberg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [LVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Modulight VC Fund 1 contacts available at Modulight. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Jari Ovaskainen | Business Development Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jari-ovaskainen | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tekes) — VC Fund - [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures) — VC Fund - [Tesi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tesi) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [All Angel Investors in Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-finland) - [SaaS Investors in Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-investors-finland) - [SaaS Angel Investors in Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-angel-investors-finland) - [All Angel Investors in Switzerland](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-switzerland) - [Internet Angel Investors in Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-angel-investors-finland) - [Mobile Investors in Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/mobile-investors-finland) ## FAQ ### What does Jari Ovaskainen invest in? Jari Ovaskainen invests primarily in Mobile, Gaming and PC Games startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Jari Ovaskainen's check size? Jari Ovaskainen typically joins rounds of $970k–$10M at Seed and $6M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jari Ovaskainen participates in. ### When did Jari Ovaskainen last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Jari Ovaskainen closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 10 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? 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