# Juho Risku

> Juho Risku is a seed investor at Tribevine backing Health Care, Women's and Compliance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tribevine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tribevine)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jrisku
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/juhorisku
- Website: http://about.me/juhorisku

Juho Risku is a seed investor at Tribevine focused on Health Care and Women's. Serial entrepreneur, inside knowledge of digital businesses, web, mobile, cloud services, social media, marketing, crowd sourcing, with his deep roots in the startup community and innovation systems in the OuluMore than 15 years of experience in founding companies and growing businesses. Gathered millions of venture financing, having deepunderstanding of founder–venture financier co-operation from practical as well as academic perspectives. Most recently since 2008, Founder and CEO of Tribevine Inc., in 2004-2007, Founder, CEO and CTO of Helmi Technologies Inc., in 1996-2010, Founder, CEO and Chairman at Visualway Design Ltd. In addition, Risku has been the Board member of Mainostoimisto VwD Ltd. (2010-2011), and Board member of Oulu Innovation (2006-2010), as well as, Steering committee member of Global Clusters program (2006-2008), and the Creative Business Management program/University of Oulu (2005-2007), Board member of Media Forum Oulu (2003-2006), and the Chairman of Young Entrepreneurs of Oulu network (2002). Risku is 36 years of age, and he holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from the University of Oulu.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 67% |
| Women's | 1 | 33% |
| Compliance | 1 | 33% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 33% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flow Computing | Flow Computing improves the CPU performance for AI and general-purpose parallel computing applications. | $4.3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 11, 2024 |  |
| Uute Scientific Oy | Uute Scientific Oy is a biotechnology company that offers its products available to families with young children through several standard consumer products. Uute Scientific Oy was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Southern Finland, Finland. | $1.4M | Convertible Note | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Popit | Popit makes medication connected! We provide a unique, validated solution to reach the patient and keep track of how medications are taken. Popit's platform tracks how medication is consumed by using a smart device, an app & cloud. The data is available in real time for healthcare professionals at the patient's consent. | $1.3M | Seed | Jul 20, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amor & Labor Oy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amor-labor-oy) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-finland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FOV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fov-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sarsia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarsia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stephen Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Superhero Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/superhero-cap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tribevine

VC Fund · Oulu, Finland

Tribevine.com is a crowd sourcing platform built for millions of users to connect the brand owners, specialty product stores and the most knowledgeable individuals around the globe.

3 contacts available at Tribevine.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Juho Risku | CEO, Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juho-risku |
| Riku Karjalainen | Architect, Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riku-karjalainen |
| Ville Jurkkala | VP of partnerships, Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ville-jurkkala |

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## FAQ

### What does Juho Risku invest in?

Juho Risku invests primarily in Health Care, Women's and Compliance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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.

### When did Juho Risku last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Juho Risku closed in Jun 2024. 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?

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