# Jyri Engestrom

> Jyri Engestrom is a seed investor at Yes VC (San Francisco) backing Software and Apps. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yes VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yes-vc)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jyriengestrom
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jyri
- Website: http://zengestrom.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jyri.engestrom

Jyri Engestrom is a seed investor at Yes VC in San Francisco focused on Software and Apps. Jyri Engeström is an Investor and Partner of Yes VC. He attended Lancaster University

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$4.7M |
| Series A | $2.8M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 25% |
| Apps | 5 | 16% |
| Internet | 5 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 16% |
| Health Care | 3 | 9% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 53% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 16% |
| Series A | 4 | 13% |
| Angel | 3 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 50% |
| Finland | 8 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Estonia | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Proteins.1 | Physics-based, enzyme-free multiomics platform | $5.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| XFuel | XFuel is a fuel company that provides green and clean fuels to distributors and consumers. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Palma de Mallorca, Baleares. | $20M | Series A | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Soldera | Soldera is unifying energy certificate registries. We give corporate energy buyers, sustainability teams, procurement teams, utilities, and traders one infrastructure layer across fragmented registries so they can procure, manage, and cancel renewable energy certificates with far less manual work.The platform combines aggregated procurement fromthousands of utilities with cleaner registry execution and audit-ready, government-backed cancellation statements traceable to the generating machine. That makes renewable energy certificate management easier to run, easier to evidence, and easier to scale across markets. | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| Steady Energy | Steady Energy aims to decarbonize the energy-intensive heating industry starting with residential and district heating. | $2.2M | Seed | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Heirloom | Heirloom is a provider of direct air capture technology to enhance the natural process of CO2 absorption from the atmosphere. Its technology accelerates limestone's ability to capture carbon dioxide, storing it permanently underground while operating with renewable energy. |  | Pre-Seed | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Heirloom | Heirloom is a provider of direct air capture technology to enhance the natural process of CO2 absorption from the atmosphere. Its technology accelerates limestone's ability to capture carbon dioxide, storing it permanently underground while operating with renewable energy. |  | Seed | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Sway | Returnmates is a provider of shipping services that allows returning an online purchase without leaving home. The online returns process has been left out to dry. Returnmates’ mission is to fully digitize online returns; therefore, making the process as seamless as the purchase. With just a few clicks, Returnmates cuts out the most stressful partof online returns — having to leave your home. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 08, 2021 |  |
| Sukha | Centered is an assistant for flow that helps you reach your flow state and stay there longer. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| Primary Bio | Software Solutions for COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination |  | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2020 |  |
| Sukha | Centered is an assistant for flow that helps you reach your flow state and stay there longer. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 07, 2020 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fresh VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresh-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Graph Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graph-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SOSV HAX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hax-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Yes VC

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

We invest in great companies in the pre-seed and seed stages.

5 contacts available at Yes VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beth Malin | Head of Operations; Head of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beth-malin-7e74 |
| Caterina Fake | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caterina-fake |
| David Pickerell | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-pickerell |
| Julie Liao | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-liao |
| Jyri Engestrom | Investor and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jyri-engestrom |

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## FAQ

### What does Jyri Engestrom invest in?

Jyri Engestrom invests primarily in Software, Apps and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jyri Engestrom's check size?

Jyri Engestrom typically joins rounds of $600k–$4.7M at Seed and $2.8M–$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 Jyri Engestrom participates in.

### When did Jyri Engestrom last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jyri Engestrom closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 32 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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