Manu Makela
Co-Founder and Partner @ Conor Venture Partners
Helsinki, Finland
Manu Makela is a seed investor at Conor Venture Partners in Helsinki focused on Mobile and Sports. An investment professional from head to toe, Manu has worked in technology venture capital for more than ten years. He knows the business inside out and proves his worth when the time comes to find, select and negotiate additional financing rounds with international investors.Manu joined Conor from Holtron Ventures, a Finnish venture capitalcompany, where he held the position of Investment Director. Prior to Holtron, he worked as Investment Director for Eqvitec Partners, a Finnish venture capital company, and as Financial Analyst for Eqvitec Advisors, a joint venture between Eqvitec Partners and Robertson Stephens, a US based investment bank.Manu is currently focused on working with Omegawave, Supponor Systems and Zervant.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Manu Makela invests in
Stages Manu Makela invests in
Countries Manu Makela invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- Sports 1 (20%)
- Fashion 1 (20%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
- Finance 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
Country
- Finland 2 (40%)
- Estonia 1 (20%)
- United Kingdom 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Zervant
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- Zervant offers a market leading online invoicing platform with integrated payment and financial products for micro enterprises across Europe. - Zervant was founded back in 2010 and is based in Espoo (Finland). - Zervant's current core markets are Finland, Sweden, the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Austria. | $4.4M / Series A / Aug 16, 2016 | |
Supponor
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Supponor is an innovative sports media and technology company whose DBRLive technology is revolutionizing perimeter advertising in sports. We replace traditional perimeter advertising in sports broadcasts with virtual, digital content. Fans across the world watching a live sporting event see live TV feeds identical in every way – but withpitch-side advertisements relevant to them.There are three core elements to what Supponor does:• We manage and operate DBRLive, a technically innovative and operationally robust media platform which integrates with live broadcasts • We create new value for rights holders by enhancing and acquiring packages of their perimeter billboard inventory • We deliver marketing opportunities to brands around the world looking to engage specific sports audiences with relevant marketingSupponor’s headquarters are in the UK, and our operations teams are continually on the road, working with local partners as specialists at live sporting events across the globe.Supponor’s highly skilled software engineers in the research and development team in Espoo, Finland, work constantly to refine and further develop the technology underpinning DBRLive, pushing boundaries to create new value for our clients and partners.Supponor is a privately-held company, owned by management, private investors and VC funds – Sports Investment Partners, Northzone, and Conor. | $9.9M / Series B / Apr 29, 2016 | |
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Zervant
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- Zervant offers a market leading online invoicing platform with integrated payment and financial products for micro enterprises across Europe. - Zervant was founded back in 2010 and is based in Espoo (Finland). - Zervant's current core markets are Finland, Sweden, the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Austria. | $1.6M / Seed / Mar 04, 2015 | |
Omegawave
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Omegawave specializes in the development of training and performance management solutions, providing athletes, teams and coaches a faster way to maximize results while avoiding injuries and overtraining.With our products, athletes can quickly, non-stressfully and non-invasively assess how their body is responding to previous exertion whilegaining insights to optimize their next training session. Routine Omegawave assessments can be fluidly integrated into any training process to provide coaches with real-time data and crucial physiological information about their athletes.Omegawave products are currently used by multiple Olympic Federations, premier soccer teams, franchises from the NFL, MLS, NHL, and MLB as well as by numerous other sports organizations and individual athletes. After devoting fifteen years to the support of so many world-class competitors, in April 2014 Omegawave was recognized by the UK-based Sports Technology Awards as the developer of the ‘Best Performance Technology for Elite Athletes.’ | $1.8M / Seed / Jun 11, 2013 | |
Rakuten Fits Me
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Fit Origin is the ultimate fit recommendation solution for eCommerce fashion retailers which puts fit and body shapes at the heart of the online shopping experience. It combines garment data and shopper data to determine which size garment will fit them, the way they want to wear it.Each shopper’s measurements are calculated based on height,weight, age and body shape. Deep statistical analysis of thousands of detailed body scans allows their data scientists to use these limited data points to infer high quality information about the shopper’s measurements.Every garment is analysed by their garment technologists, taking many factors into account including silhouette, stretch and fit preference. A shopper’s body measurements are used in conjunction with garment measurements to interpret how each size will fit a shopper.Fit Origin recommends the best size to fit shoppers, with the ability to compare sizes based on their own fit preferences.Their fit recommendation solution allows your shoppers to buy with confidence. At Rakuten Fits Me they are all about ‘Me’ fashion, not mass fashion. They are the only size and fit solution provider to align your product data with shopper body data so they get the perfect fit, first time, every time. | $7.2M / Series A / Apr 17, 2013 |
Co-Investors
About Conor Venture Partners
Conor Venture Partners is a new breed technology venture capital fund and management company. Conor invests in early-stage companies originating from Nordic and Baltic countries. Investment areas include information and communications technology, embedded software, semiconductor technology, electronics, new materials and optics.
Conor Venture Partners Contacts
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Jari Mieskonen
Managing Partner
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Manu Makela
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FAQ
What does Manu Makela invest in?
Manu Makela invests primarily in Mobile, Sports and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.
When did Manu Makela last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Manu Makela closed in Aug 2016. 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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