# Polkuni

> Polkuni is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Software, Consulting and Career Planning. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polkuni
- Website: https://www.polkuni.fi

Polkuni is a Helsinki and Hong Kong-based hands-on investment and activation company. They boost the most passionate entrepreneurs to succeed in the developing markets of Asia. Their focus is on creating the cultural interface between Finland and Asia.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Consulting | 1 | 33% |
| Career Planning | 1 | 33% |
| Augmented Reality | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fuzu | Fuzu is a mobile-first career development platform for users in emerging economies, from Africa and Middle East to Asia and Latin America.Fuzu takes a fresh approach to job-seeking, recruitment and learning - with focus on testing and developing one’s skills and competencies.Fuzu keeps the users engaged by continuously offering high qualitycontent and news and by maximizing the power of social networks in career management. | $3.9M | Series A | Mar 10, 2020 |  |
| Immersal | Immersal Ltd. develops Immersal AR Cloud SDK, a visual positioning and mapping solution for markerless, persistent, battery-friendly, massively multi-user AR. It can be used for enabling immersive AR experiences, such as indoor navigation, product finding, multi-player AR games, ads — your imagination is the limit. Immersal is based in Helsinki,Finland, and currently employ a team of 10 AR gurus. | $987K | Seed | Oct 05, 2017 |  |
| Fuzu | Fuzu is a mobile-first career development platform for users in emerging economies, from Africa and Middle East to Asia and Latin America.Fuzu takes a fresh approach to job-seeking, recruitment and learning - with focus on testing and developing one’s skills and competencies.Fuzu keeps the users engaged by continuously offering high qualitycontent and news and by maximizing the power of social networks in career management. | $2M | Seed | Dec 03, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Finnfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finnfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [aucfan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aucfan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Barona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barona) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cornerstone Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cornerstone-enterprises) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gumi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gumi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kepple Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kepple-africa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Polkuni invest in?

Polkuni invests primarily in Software, Consulting and Career Planning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Polkuni last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Polkuni closed in Mar 2020. 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 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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