# Pekka Vartiainen

> Pekka Vartiainen is a seed investor in Helsinki backing Mobile, Software and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pekka-vartiainen-35b27b3
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Kaapoz

Pekka Vartiainen is a seed investor in Helsinki focused on Mobile and Software. Pekka Vartiainen - Board Member @ Inbot

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $576k–$3.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 60% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Music | 1 | 20% |
| Computer | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 3 | 60% |
| United States | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Singa | Singa is the Spotify of karaoke for personal and commercial use. Access a catalog of 20 000+ songs to sing effortlessly anywhere, any time and with any platform.Easy to use is Singa’s main operating principle. You don’t need to buy a console, or a microphone, or even a DVD-player. Singa is platform agnostic. To use Singa, you’ve already goteverything you need either in your pocket (mobile phone), on your table (PC) or in your living room (TV).* One account works on all devices, mobile, browser or Smart TV* Each user gets to test Singa for free before signing up to a Premium account* Singa works fluently with external accessories | $576K | Seed | Nov 11, 2015 |  |
| Inbot | Inbot makes business a more emotionally intelligent activity. We built technology that maps trust in a global scale. We then created a community of caring business people to make trusted connections. We offer a better alternative to hustling, spamming and cold calling. Inbot algorithms find trusted connections to relevant customers, andprovides entrepreneurs warm introductions to customers. It is a simple solution to a complex problem that removes all the unnecessary steps between creating a lead and meeting a customer. Inbot was founded by veteran entrepreneurs to help B2B companies do more emotionally intelligent business. The company operates in 8 cities across the planet, including San Francisco, Berlin, Copenhagen and Helsinki. | $2.6M | Seed | Jan 14, 2014 |  |
| Linko Inc. | Linko Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California and has the main development studio in Berlin, Germany. Linko Inc. was founded by veteran entrepreneurs Mikko Alasaarela and Vesa Per | $2.6M | Seed | Jan 14, 2014 |  |
| Blaast | Blaast is for the next billion people to come online. Believing that these people will mainly log on through their mobile phones, this app is designed to make mobile online usage much more user-friendly and efficient. In order to enhance the experience, Blaast attempts to create a faster, smoother overall online experience on mobile phones.Through a series of unique distribution partnerships, Blaast is working together with mobile network operators. In effect, this creates a unique subscription based app store offering, one which offers developers recurring revenues in addition to huge subscriber bases.Blaast is funded by the founding engineers of Skype, Veturi Venture Accelerator and top European and Asian angels. Even in stealth-mode Blaast has garnered significant interest across the globe with articles published on GigaOM, The New York Times and Arctic Startup amongst others. | $3.7M | Seed | Dec 31, 2010 |  |
| Iptune | Iptune is a global provider of Mobile Service Solutions with a proven track record in the telecom industry. They have developed a broad portfolio of solutions and services to help there customers to overcome the complexity of modern Mobile Service environment and maximize the revenues of their investments. | $1.4M | Series A | Aug 23, 2010 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ambient Sound Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambient-sound-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arteel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arteel-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inventure-oy) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Reaktor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reaktor-polte) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sisu Game Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sisu-game-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Pekka Vartiainen invest in?

Pekka Vartiainen invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Apps 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.

### What is Pekka Vartiainen's check size?

Pekka Vartiainen typically joins rounds of $576k–$3.7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pekka Vartiainen participates in.

### When did Pekka Vartiainen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pekka Vartiainen closed in Nov 2015. 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.

### 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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