# Kai Backman

> Kai Backman is a seed investor at Lifeline Ventures backing CleanTech and Marketing. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kai-backman/0/111/b85

Kai Backman is a seed investor at Lifeline Ventures in San Francisco focused on CleanTech and Marketing. Kai Backman is based out of Austin, Texas and is the Chief Executive Officer of Vibe Robotics. Kai previously worked at Lifeline Ventures as a partner.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CleanTech | 1 | 33% |
| Marketing | 1 | 33% |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 33% |
| Construction | 1 | 33% |
| Industrial Automation | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hyperion Robotics | Hyperion Robotics is on the mission to decarbonise construction industry. | $7.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Hyperion Robotics | Hyperion Robotics is on the mission to decarbonise construction industry. | $3M | Seed | Oct 25, 2022 |  |
| Mobal | Mobal bridges the gap between online and offline to help businesses with physical locations reshape their online presence. It is developing software to free marketing teams from manual labor and allow them to focus on what is important. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 22, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PC Rettig & CO Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pc-rettig-co-impact) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Übermorgen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/%C3%BCbermorgen-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Course Corrected](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/course-corrected) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Innovation Council Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-innovation-council-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Goldacre](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldacre) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Katapult](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katapult-accelerator) — 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 Kai Backman invest in?

Kai Backman invests primarily in CleanTech, Marketing and 3D Printing startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown 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 Kai Backman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kai Backman closed in Jul 2026. 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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