LähiTapiola
VC Fund
Espoo, Finland
LähiTapiola is a VC fund in Espoo focused on Manufacturing and Software. LähiTapiola is based on mutual company form, a group of companies owned by its customers, serving the personal, farm, entrepreneurial.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
Last updated:
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Industries LähiTapiola invests in
Stages LähiTapiola invests in
Countries LähiTapiola invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Debt Financing
- $5.4M–$16M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $2.2M–$6.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 3 (33%)
- Software 2 (22%)
- Apps 1 (11%)
- EdTech 1 (11%)
- Banking 1 (11%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 3 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (22%)
- Seed 1 (11%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
- Post-IPO Debt 1 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Juha Koponen
Group President & CEO
|
Group President & CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspocomp offer products, includes digital pcb, hdi pcbs, high layer count multilayer pcbs, pcbs with component cooling features for thermal management, high frequency pcbs. Thier services include QTA pcbs, design support services, logistics solutions, and working with supply services. | $6.4M / Post-IPO Debt / Oct 30, 2025 | ||
| DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models | Debt Financing / Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| Steady Energy aims to decarbonize the energy-intensive heating industry starting with residential and district heating. | $34.5M / Series B / Mar 05, 2025 | ||
| DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models | $5.4M / Debt Financing / Oct 21, 2024 | ||
| Fouling costs several billions of euros every year and Altum can solve these issues. With Altum's unique approach:- You won't have production downtime - You will be more energy efficient - You don't need to use chemicals for cleaning - You will minimize maintenance - You will increase health and safety - You will act moresustainableThrough their intelligent software, Altum is the only company in the world who can completely control Power Ultrasound to make fouling disappear once and for all without stopping production. This is done by externally applying the system to any liquid carrying equipment (heat exchangers, pipes, tanks, cooling towers, filters, reactors, etc.) without the need to do any changes to them.Their externally installed power ultrasound solution is capable to clean almost any dirt, like biofouling, mineral scaling, chemical fouling.There are numerous different cases in which their power ultrasound patented solution can help. | $6.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 12, 2021 | ||
| Enfuce is a cloud-based financial services provider that specializes in card issuing and payment processing services. It helps banks, fintech, and financial institutions become and remain fully PSD2 compliant, and helps them give third-party service providers access to digital accounts.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered inEspoo, Finland. | $5.6M / Debt Financing / Feb 13, 2019 | ||
| AI Robots Oy designs, manufactures and sells social assistant robots, software, services and related intangible rights.Business Sectors EduTech (2018) OVObots - Assistant Robots for teachersHealth tech (2019) OVObots - Assistant robots for elderly people.ServTech (2020) OVObots - Assistant robots for customer service.----Our firstproduct on sale is OVObots - robot assistant for teachers.It ask math related questions from kids.Teaching and observing utilizing speech recognition, NLP and intelligent question processing.We have developed and manufactured robot and software. Our own teaching program is developed in co-operation with Finnish teachers and it follow the Finnish curriculum that is best in the world.The product is intended for preschools and elementary schools.It can adapt to the child's skill level and the teacher can track progress on their computer. | Seed / Nov 15, 2018 | ||
| Connected Finland is the first nationwide IoT-operator in Finland, in strong partnership with Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of Low Power Wide Area IoT network technology and ecosystem. | $2.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 28, 2017 | ||
| Visedo Oy develops, manufactures and delivers electrical drive trains for heavy mobile work machine, marine vessel and bus applications. The drive trains are suitable for both hybrid electric (HEV) and electric vehicle (EV) solutions to harsh operating environment. The latest technology offers the optimal solutions to save fuel and to loweremission and noise levels. The company is located in Lappeenranta, Finland. | $15.6M / Debt Financing / Dec 19, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does LähiTapiola invest in?
LähiTapiola invests primarily in Manufacturing, Software and Apps startups, most often at Debt Financing and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is LähiTapiola's check size?
LähiTapiola typically joins rounds of $5.4M–$16M at Debt Financing and $2.2M–$6.1M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LähiTapiola participates in.
How do I contact LähiTapiola?
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Who are the partners at LähiTapiola?
The team at LähiTapiola includes Juha Koponen (Group President & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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