# Juha Lindfors

> Juha Lindfors is a seed investor at Lifeline Ventures (Helsinki) backing Software and Energy. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures)
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juha-lindfors-978375202

Juha Lindfors is a seed investor at Lifeline Ventures in Helsinki focused on Software and Energy. Juha joined Lifeline in January 2016, and has been investing together with Petteri and Timo since 2010. Juha has been an active early-stage investor and he has long experience from the growth-focused private ownership model, working with the best private equity firms in the region. He was previously a partner with EQT, a leading private equityfirm. Juha likes to spend his free time doing things with his family; he’s also a keen reader and an occasional runner.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Compliance | 1 | 17% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 17% |
| Carbon Capture | 1 | 17% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CRACI | CRACI is a platform that automates EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance for product and service companies. It also secures software supply chains against attacks and vulnerabilities. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Reduciner | Reduciner's vision to turn industrial CO₂ emissions from a liability into a valuable resource. Its technology converts captured carbon dioxide and biochar into valuable feedstocks such as carbon monoxide and activated carbon, enabling circular carbon use in emissions-intensive industries. Reduciner combines strong scientific expertise withindustrial applicability across sectors such as cement, steel, and chemicals. Its electricity-driven process allows industries to reduce emissions without major changes to existing infrastructure, offering a resilient and cost-competitive way to reduce carbon dependency while creating new value from CO₂ emissions. | $4.2M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Synergi | Synergi provides smart electricity management combined with demand response in households. | $2.2M | Seed | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| Synergi | Synergi provides smart electricity management combined with demand response in households. | $833.9K | Pre-Seed | Nov 30, 2022 |  |
| Solar Foods | Solar Foods is a food-tech startup that specializes in testing a technology that uses electricity to produce hydrogen which is combined with carbon dioxide, water, vitamins, and minerals to feed and grow microbial biomass that can be used as edible protein. The industrial biotech startup develops a protein called Solein, a nutritious, sustainablesubstitute for animal-derived proteins. Solein is created using elements from the air—CO2, water, nitrogen—and electricity. This single-cell protein is cultivated through gas fermentation, essentially deriving edible calories from hydrogen-oxidizing microbes. | $22.1M | Series A | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| Solar Foods | Solar Foods is a food-tech startup that specializes in testing a technology that uses electricity to produce hydrogen which is combined with carbon dioxide, water, vitamins, and minerals to feed and grow microbial biomass that can be used as edible protein. The industrial biotech startup develops a protein called Solein, a nutritious, sustainablesubstitute for animal-derived proteins. Solein is created using elements from the air—CO2, water, nitrogen—and electricity. This single-cell protein is cultivated through gas fermentation, essentially deriving edible calories from hydrogen-oxidizing microbes. | $2.1M |  | Mar 23, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [APX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apxberlin) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wave Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wave-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Agronomics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agronomics-d560) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bridford Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridford-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CPT Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cpt-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fazer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fazer-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lifeline Ventures

VC Fund · Helsinki, Finland

Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

5 contacts available at Lifeline Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kai Backman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kai-backman |
| Ilkka Paananen | EIR & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilkka-paananen |
| Juha Lindfors | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juha-lindfors-2 |
| Petteri Koponen | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/petteri-koponen |
| Samuli Leppänen | Partner - Finance & Legal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuli-lepp%C3%A4nen |

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## FAQ

### What does Juha Lindfors invest in?

Juha Lindfors invests primarily in Software, Energy and Compliance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Juha Lindfors last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Juha Lindfors closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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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