# Sakari Saarela

> Sakari Saarela is a funding round investor at United Bankers backing Chemical. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [United Bankers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-bankers)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sakarisaarela

Sakari Saarela is a funding round investor at United Bankers focused on Chemical and Forestry. Sakari Saarela is the Partner at UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chemical | 2 | 50% |
| Forestry | 1 | 25% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 25% |
| Construction | 1 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 2 | 50% |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nordtreat | Nordtreat is a producer of bio-based flame retardants for the global construction products industry. Nordtreat's NORFLAM® flame retardants for wood protect over 2000 buildings around the world. | $10.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 20, 2024 | https://www.nordtreat.com |
| traceless materials | traceless materials is offering a holistically sustainable alternative to plastics and bioplastics. With our first-of-a-kind biomaterial it’s our mission to contribute to solving global plastic pollution.Our innovative technology filed for patent allows to use food production residues to produce materials that are compostable under naturalcomposting conditions. While bio-based, our materials don’t compete with food nor cause land-use-change, don’t need hazardous additives or solvents and have up to 95% lower CO2 emissions. Our materials are neither chemically modified nor synthetically polymerized, therefore they will not fall under the EU Single Use Plastic Directive. Follow us on our journey, and become a part of the solution, not the pollution! | $38.8M | Series A | Sep 25, 2023 | https://www.traceless.eu/ |
| Woodio | Woodio is a digital designing agency. | $17.7M |  | Jun 29, 2023 | https://woodio.fi |
| traceless materials | traceless materials is offering a holistically sustainable alternative to plastics and bioplastics. With our first-of-a-kind biomaterial it’s our mission to contribute to solving global plastic pollution.Our innovative technology filed for patent allows to use food production residues to produce materials that are compostable under naturalcomposting conditions. While bio-based, our materials don’t compete with food nor cause land-use-change, don’t need hazardous additives or solvents and have up to 95% lower CO2 emissions. Our materials are neither chemically modified nor synthetically polymerized, therefore they will not fall under the EU Single Use Plastic Directive. Follow us on our journey, and become a part of the solution, not the pollution! |  |  | Jun 29, 2023 | https://www.traceless.eu/ |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altana](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altana-pharna-ag-nycomed) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Oceans Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-oceans-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [b.value AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-value-ag) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Innovation Council](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-innovation-council) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GLS Community Bank eG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gls-community-bank-eg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hamburger Sparkasse AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hamburger-sparkasse-ag) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About United Bankers

VC Fund · Helsinki, Finland

United Bankers is an investment company involved in real estate and various other businesses.

1 contacts available at United Bankers.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sakari Saarela | Partner at UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sakari-saarela |

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## FAQ

### What does Sakari Saarela invest in?

Sakari Saarela invests primarily in Chemical, Forestry and Real Estate startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Sakari Saarela?

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### When did Sakari Saarela last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sakari Saarela closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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