Jussi Laakkonen
Angel Investor
Helsinki, Finland
Jussi Laakkonen is a seed investor in Helsinki focused on Gaming and Online Games. CEO and founder of Applifier, cross-promotion network for social games and apps reaching tens of millions of MAU. Everyplay, Laakkonen's startup in the social gaming space, turned into Applifier recently.Business development director at Bugbear Entertainment, an independent game developer. Expertise in business development, sales,marketing, PR, production and process developmentCo-founder of ASSEMBLY Organizing, the arranger of the 5000+ participants four day computer festival held in Helsinki, Finland held since year 1992.Over five years of experience in data security software industry in R&D, product marketing and process re-engineering at F-Secure Corporation.Laakkonen is from Helsinki, Finland.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Jussi Laakkonen invests in
Stages Jussi Laakkonen invests in
Countries Jussi Laakkonen invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 2 (40%)
- Online Games 2 (40%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (40%)
- Genetics 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Angel 1 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Convertible Note 1 (20%)
Country
- Finland 3 (60%)
- United States 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| 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 | ||
| Noice is an early-stage startup building an innovative social platform in one of the fastest-growing areas of the games industry. | $21M / Series A / Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Noice is an early-stage startup building an innovative social platform in one of the fastest-growing areas of the games industry. | $5M / Angel / May 27, 2021 | ||
| Creating action games with epic stories to foster lasting connections with players around the world. | $4.4M / Seed / Jan 17, 2021 | ||
| Helix Nanotechnologies uses artificial intelligence to help cure genetic diseases. HelixNano is a Y Combinator and venture backed biotech startup. At HelixNano, we have spent the last two years developing cancer vaccines. Now we are adapting our synthetic biology arsenal to take on COVID-19. We’re moving fast but thinking long-term. We’re alreadytesting COVID-19 vaccine candidates designed to be precise and safe. Our next goal is to create a vaccine that protects everyone not only from this virus, but all future coronaviruses. | $450K / Convertible Note / Nov 15, 2019 |
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What does Jussi Laakkonen invest in?
Jussi Laakkonen invests primarily in Gaming, Online Games and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Jussi Laakkonen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jussi Laakkonen closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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