# Roope Marttila

> Roope Marttila is a seed investor at Herculex.ai (New York) backing Legal and Service Industry. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Herculex.ai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/herculex-ai)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roopem
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/roope_marttila

Roope Marttila is a seed investor at Herculex.ai in New York focused on Legal and Service Industry. Roope Marttila is the Co-Founder and CEO at Herculex.ai.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Legal | 1 | 33% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Grant | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Herculex.ai | Herculex AI is a legal technology company that provides artificial intelligence solutions for early stage companies, entrepreneurs, and consumers in Europe and in the U.S. Herculex AI was founded by Roope Marttila and Juha Ristimaki in 2016. | $100K | Seed | Oct 15, 2017 |  |
| Herculex.ai | Herculex AI is a legal technology company that provides artificial intelligence solutions for early stage companies, entrepreneurs, and consumers in Europe and in the U.S. Herculex AI was founded by Roope Marttila and Juha Ristimaki in 2016. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Oct 15, 2017 |  |
| Herculex.ai | Herculex AI is a legal technology company that provides artificial intelligence solutions for early stage companies, entrepreneurs, and consumers in Europe and in the U.S. Herculex AI was founded by Roope Marttila and Juha Ristimaki in 2016. | $45K | Grant | Jun 10, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [European Union](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-union) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tekes) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Herculex.ai

VC Fund · New York, United States

Herculex AI is a legal technology company that provides artificial intelligence solutions for early stage companies, entrepreneurs, and consumers in Europe and in the U.S. Herculex AI was founded by Roope Marttila and Juha Ristimaki in 2016.

3 contacts available at Herculex.ai.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Juha Ristimäki | Co-Founder and Entrepreneur | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juha-ristim%C3%A4ki |
| Roope Marttila | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roope-marttila |
| Timo Soronen | Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/timo-soronen |

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## FAQ

### What does Roope Marttila invest in?

Roope Marttila invests primarily in Legal, Service Industry and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Roope Marttila last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Roope Marttila closed in Oct 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?

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