# Reaktor Ventures

> Reaktor Ventures is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Internet and Software. See 58 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 58
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10235786/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/reaktorventures
- Website: http://reaktorventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reaktorpolte

Reaktor Ventures is a VC fund in Helsinki focused on Internet and Software. Reaktor Ventures they invest in seed stage companies and helps them to create markets.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $137k–$2M |
| Pre-Seed | $159k–$1.8M |
| Series A | $1.7M–$6.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 8 | 14% |
| Software | 8 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 9% |
| Health Care | 5 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 9% |

97 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 28 | 48% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 9% |
| Series A | 5 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 7% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 29 | 50% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Estonia | 1 | 2% |
| Iceland | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Antti Makela | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antti-makela |
| Juha Ilola | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juha-ilola |
| Juha-Matti Liukkonen | Engineering Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juha-matti-liukkonen |
| Roni Ström | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roni-str%C3%B6m |
| Tuomas Routto | Sales Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tuomas-routto |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| allies.digital | Allies is a match-making platform curating businesses with IT-, digital and creative agencies. No more miss-matches when buying IT & creative services. |  | Seed | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| StarBerry Games | StarBerry Games is a mobile game developer and publisher of crafting outstanding games. It aims to craft genre-leading games by combining new with familiar to create unique gameplay experiences for broad audiences. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $5.5M | Series A | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Valpas | Valpas is the new hospitality standard for bed bug safety that frees guests in-room from the bed bugs they may carry, so guests return home safe and the hotel never gets infected. With Valpas, hotels can quit pesticides and the environmental damage they produce. Loved by a growing number of hundreds of highly-rated hotels worldwide and appreciatedby both leisure and corporate travel buyers. Look for the Valpas label on hotel websites and you know you travel safe. | $1.8M | Seed | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| Valpas | Valpas is the new hospitality standard for bed bug safety that frees guests in-room from the bed bugs they may carry, so guests return home safe and the hotel never gets infected. With Valpas, hotels can quit pesticides and the environmental damage they produce. Loved by a growing number of hundreds of highly-rated hotels worldwide and appreciatedby both leisure and corporate travel buyers. Look for the Valpas label on hotel websites and you know you travel safe. | $1.7M | Convertible Note | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| Videoly | Videoly is an automated video discovery and management tool for e-commerce. With Videoly online stores can get product videos (brand videos, reviews, unboxings, etc.) flowing automatically to their product pages without any manual work. Having videos on product pages have been A/B test proven to increase conversions, order value and time spenton site. | $6.6M | Series A | Feb 17, 2022 |  |
| Videoly | Videoly is an automated video discovery and management tool for e-commerce. With Videoly online stores can get product videos (brand videos, reviews, unboxings, etc.) flowing automatically to their product pages without any manual work. Having videos on product pages have been A/B test proven to increase conversions, order value and time spenton site. | $6.8M | Series A | Feb 17, 2022 |  |
| Swappie | Swappie specializes in the refurbishment and sale of used smartphones, particularly iPhones. The company buys used smartphones, refurbishes them to a high standard, and then sells them to consumers at competitive prices. Their process includes rigorous testing, repair, and quality assurance to ensure that each phone meets their quality standards.Swappie ensures that all refurbished phones undergo a comprehensive 52-step testing process. This includes checking for hardware and software functionality, replacing defective parts, and thoroughly cleaning each device. | $122.6M | Series C | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Ruokaboksi | Ruokaboksi delivers delicious, healthy, and easy-to-cook weekly meal plans straight to your door. The company's services include allowing clients to select their favorite dishes from the website. It saves consumers the trouble of going to a physical store. | $637K |  | Sep 21, 2020 |  |
| Swappie | Swappie specializes in the refurbishment and sale of used smartphones, particularly iPhones. The company buys used smartphones, refurbishes them to a high standard, and then sells them to consumers at competitive prices. Their process includes rigorous testing, repair, and quality assurance to ensure that each phone meets their quality standards.Swappie ensures that all refurbished phones undergo a comprehensive 52-step testing process. This includes checking for hardware and software functionality, replacing defective parts, and thoroughly cleaning each device. | $40.1M | Series B | Jun 16, 2020 |  |
| Glue Collaboration | In 2004, Santtu Parikka founded Fake Production, a VR and gaming studio that won multiple awards for animation.In recent years, as their passion for all things VR/AR has grown, they’ve been drawn to an important challenge: to enable people thousands of miles apart to collaborate effectively in virtual environments, just as they might in areal physical setting.In 2016, Santtu and their CTO Juha Ruistola revealed the first multi-user VR prototypes. These proved an instant hit. A year later, as they crystallized their new mission, vision and strategy, Glue was born.Since then, their 30-strong team has continued to build on their legacy and break new ground in multi-user VR software, developing Glue into the fully-featured virtual collaboration platform they are today. |  | Seed | Nov 14, 2019 |  |

10 of 58 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tekes) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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- [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-finland) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Maki.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maki-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Reaktor Ventures invest in?

Reaktor Ventures invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 58 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Reaktor Ventures's check size?

Reaktor Ventures typically joins rounds of $137k–$2M at Seed, $159k–$1.8M at Pre-Seed and $1.7M–$6.8M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Reaktor Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Reaktor Ventures?

Public channels for Reaktor Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Reaktor Ventures?

The team at Reaktor Ventures includes Antti Makela (Chairman), Juha Ilola (Partner) and Juha-Matti Liukkonen (Engineering Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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