Lifeline Ventures
VC Fund
Helsinki, Finland
Lifeline Ventures is a VC fund in Helsinki focused on Software and Health Care. 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.
- Total investments:
- 201
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
- Fund size:
- $464M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Lifeline Ventures invests in
Stages Lifeline Ventures invests in
Countries Lifeline Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $580k–$5.4M
- Series A
- $2.8M–$22M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $616k–$17M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 29 (14%)
- Health Care 13 (6%)
- Artificial Intelligence 12 (6%)
- E-Commerce 11 (5%)
- Apps 9 (4%)
Stage
- Seed 82 (41%)
- Series A 31 (15%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 18 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 16 (8%)
- Series B 12 (6%)
Country
- Finland 79 (39%)
- United States 15 (7%)
- United Kingdom 6 (3%)
- Sweden 2 (1%)
- Denmark 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kai Backman
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Ilkka Paananen
EIR & Partner
|
EIR & Partner | Total investments: 65 | Find email | |
Juha Lindfors
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Petteri Koponen
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 23 | Find email | |
Samuli Leppänen
Partner - Finance & Legal
|
Partner - Finance & Legal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
S-Transistors
|
S-Transistors is one of the few businesses founded on a truly novel core technology that has the potential to serve as an enabling layer for a whole industry. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Aug 31, 2026 | |
Hyperion Robotics
|
Hyperion Robotics is on the mission to decarbonise construction industry. | $7.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 16, 2026 | |
CurifyLabs
|
CurifyLabs develops technology for the automated compounding of personalized medicines used in pharmacies and hospitals. Its platform combines compounding hardware, software, validated excipient bases, integrated quality control, and digital documentation to support the preparation of non-sterile medications through standardized workflows. Thecompany also provides formulation libraries and tools that enable pharmacists to create and produce patient-specific dosage forms while maintaining traceability and consistency throughout the compounding process. Its solutions are used to support personalized medication preparation across a range of healthcare settings. | $13.7M / Series A / Jul 06, 2026 | |
ICEYE
|
ICEYE is a space technology company that develops and operates a constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites used for Earth observation and persistent monitoring. The company provides satellite imagery and data that enable governments, defense organizations, insurers, financial institutions, and other commercial users to monitoractivities and environmental conditions across the globe. Its SAR technology captures imagery regardless of cloud cover, weather conditions, or time of day, supporting applications such as disaster response, infrastructure monitoring, maritime awareness, environmental monitoring, and security operations. ICEYE also delivers satellite-based intelligence systems and analytical solutions that help organizations assess events, track changes, and make operational decisions using near real-time information. Through its satellite network and data services, the company supports monitoring and situational awareness across a range of public and commercial sectors. | $519.7M / Series F / Jun 09, 2026 | |
NewOrbit Space
|
NewOrbit Space is a satellite manufacturing company. We engineer Earth's lowest orbiting satellites, at altitudes of 180km (3x lower than conventional LEO satellites) we enable better imagery resolution and telecommunication services from space. | $18.5M / Series A / Jun 08, 2026 | |
CRACI
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CRACI is a platform that automates EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance for product and service companies. It also secures software supply chains against attacks and vulnerabilities. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / May 19, 2026 | |
Reduciner
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Reduciner's vision to turn industrial CO₂ emissions from a liability into a valuable resource. Its technology converts captured carbon dioxide and biochar into valuable feedstocks such as carbon monoxide and activated carbon, enabling circular carbon use in emissions-intensive industries. Reduciner combines strong scientific expertise withindustrial applicability across sectors such as cement, steel, and chemicals. Its electricity-driven process allows industries to reduce emissions without major changes to existing infrastructure, offering a resilient and cost-competitive way to reduce carbon dependency while creating new value from CO₂ emissions. | $4.2M / Seed / May 05, 2026 | |
Verda (formerly DataCrunch)
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DataCrunch is a cloud service provider which facilitates utilization and integration of state of the art AI/ML models | $116.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 24, 2026 | |
Confidentialmind
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Generative AI platform for on-premises | $4.1M / Seed / Apr 24, 2026 | |
Proteins.1
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Physics-based, enzyme-free multiomics platform | $5.5M / Pre-Seed / Apr 16, 2026 | |
| See all 201 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Lifeline Ventures invest in?
Lifeline Ventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 201 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Lifeline Ventures's check size?
Lifeline Ventures typically joins rounds of $580k–$5.4M at Seed, $2.8M–$22M at Series A and $616k–$17M 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 Lifeline Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Lifeline Ventures?
Public channels for Lifeline Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Lifeline Ventures?
The team at Lifeline Ventures includes Kai Backman (Partner), Ilkka Paananen (EIR & Partner) and Juha Lindfors (Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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