# Martti Suomela

> Martti Suomela is a pre-seed investor at Rive (Helsinki) backing Fitness and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kodit-io)
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suomela/

Martti Suomela is a pre-seed investor at Rive in Helsinki focused on Fitness and Software. Martti Suomela - Co-Founder & Partner @ Rive

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Wellness | 1 | 100% |
| Freelance | 1 | 100% |
| Productivity Tools | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| StepOut.pro | A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities | $178.8K | Pre-Seed | Dec 10, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-finland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Rive

VC Fund · Helsinki, Finland

Kodit.io is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes by eliminating time-consuming and costly procedures related to every real estate transaction. The company offers instant buying and data-driven brokerage services to home sellers and freshly renovated and safe city apartments for home buyers. Quick, easy, and transparent.Since beingfounded in 2017, the company has transacted homes worth over 90M euros and raised 121M in funding. The team comes from a colorful range of backgrounds, all the way from entrepreneurship to academics and Nordea to Harvard Business School. As of December 2020, Kodit.io consists of 45+ people from 7 different nationalities.Kodit.io is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid, Spain. Kodit.io service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd.You can find more about us: www.kodit.io/en

5 contacts available at Rive.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Martti Suomela | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martti-suomela |
| Evgenii Girshov | Chief Architect | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evgenii-girshov |
| Kalle Salmi | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kalle-salmi |
| Katariina Suvisaari-Kallio | Sales Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katariina-suvisaari-kallio |
| Nico Rotstein | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nico-rotstein |

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## FAQ

### What does Martti Suomela invest in?

Martti Suomela invests primarily in Fitness, Software and Wellness startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Martti Suomela last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Martti Suomela closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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