# Nordea Accelerator

> Nordea Accelerator is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Apps, FinTech and Financial Services. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2017
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nordeastartup
- Website: http://nordeaaccelerator.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordea

Nordea Accelerator is a VC fund in Helsinki focused on Apps and FinTech. Nordea Startup Accelerator offers you a unique opportunity to accelerate the development of your business idea together with Nordea experts, Nestholma and some of the best FinTech experts in the Nordics.It is an intensive, 12-week programme designed to grow your FinTech startup.Nordea runs the program together with Nestholma VentureAccelerator. The accelerator takes advantage of Nestholma’s Lean Startup-driven venture accelerator model that has been developed to help startups and large corporations to work together.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 67% |
| FinTech | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| Lending | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 1 | 33% |
| Finland | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| B2B Pay | B2B Pay offers virtual bank accounts for companies that exports into Europe which collects payments domestically. Its mission is to make international business transactions as quick and as cheap as possible with complete transparency about costs. It simplifies the bureaucratic process and eliminates the need for back and forth paperwork. Thepartners of the company are BARCLAYS, techstars, Nordea Startup Accelerator, Nestholma Venture Accelerator, and Tekes Venture Capital.B2B Pay is a Finland-based company that was founded in 2015 by Neil Ambikar and Kasper Souren. | $205K | Non-equity Assistance | Jan 02, 2017 | https://www.b2bpay.co/ |
| SmartCalling | Smartcalling revolutionises enterprise outbound calling. The proprietary technology plugs into an existing customer app. This allows enterprises to brand themselves with an interactive display on their customers call screen upon calling them. Additionally, customers are empowered to take informed actions as they will know who is calling and why.They can use the ‘call me later’ button or ‘convert to chat’ button. Enterprises will no longer be CHASING their customers, they’ll be FACING them.Smartcalling have added an Anti-Fraud Product Suite to their existing offering. They do this by leveraging the secure connection between user device and call centre.Smartcalling are successful alumni of NatWest's PowerUp programme, Accenture's Fintech Lab, Nordea’s Nestholma Startup Accelerator programme and Belron’s Drive Accelerator programme (powered by LMarks). |  | Seed | Aug 30, 2016 | http://smartcalling.co.uk |
| Bofink | Bofink is a mobile app that helps optimize various distributions of fixed and variable interest rates on mortgages. |  | Seed | Aug 30, 2016 | https://bofink.se/en |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Drive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drive-a372) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [L Marks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/l-marks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nestholma](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nestholma) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tekes) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nordea Accelerator invest in?

Nordea Accelerator invests primarily in Apps, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Non-equity Assistance stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nordea Accelerator last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nordea Accelerator closed in Jan 2017. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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