# Jiri Heinonen

> Jiri Heinonen is a pre-seed investor at node.vc (Helsinki) backing Logistics and Generative AI. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [node.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/node-vc)
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://fi.linkedin.com/in/jiri-heinonen-ba290072

Jiri Heinonen is a pre-seed investor at node.vc in Helsinki focused on Logistics and Generative AI. Jiri Heinonen is the Co-Founder & Board member of Swappie.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $955k–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Logistics | 1 | 33% |
| Generative AI | 1 | 33% |
| Search Engine | 1 | 33% |
| Transportation | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bahn Express | Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe. | $954.8K | Pre-Seed | Feb 28, 2025 |  |
| Realm | Realm is a conversational search engine for the workplace. With Realm, employees accurately find anything their company has ever written down. Realm gives an organization perfect memory. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Bahn Express | Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe. | $5.9M | Seed |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Innovestor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovestor) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Trind Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trind-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Illusian Founder Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/illusian-family-office) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [node.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/node-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wave Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wave-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About node.vc

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

node.vc is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in groundbreaking technology start-ups. We invest in transformative shifts enabled by business innovation, and powered by breakthrough technologies.

5 contacts available at node.vc.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Johnston | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-johnston |
| Christopher Albinsson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-albinsson-5d36 |
| Daniela Sjunnesson | Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniela-sjunnesson |
| Jiri Heinonen | Venture Partner (Finland) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jiri-heinonen |
| Jonas Malm | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonas-malm-fcca |

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## FAQ

### What does Jiri Heinonen invest in?

Jiri Heinonen invests primarily in Logistics, Generative AI and Search Engine startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jiri Heinonen's check size?

Jiri Heinonen typically joins rounds of $955k–$1.8M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jiri Heinonen participates in.

### When did Jiri Heinonen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jiri Heinonen closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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