# Sampo Parkkinen

> Sampo Parkkinen is a pre-seed investor at Revieve (Chicago) backing B2B and SaaS. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Revieve](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revieve)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampo-parkkinen-b3262a6
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sampoparkkinen
- Website: http://www.revieve.com

Sampo Parkkinen is a pre-seed investor at Revieve in Chicago focused on B2B and SaaS. Co-founder @Revieve. General Partner @LandInChicago. Co-founder & COO @ RapidBlue Solutions (acquired in 2013). Member of Board @PromoRepublic. Mentor, advisor and early stage angel investor in startups.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Content | 1 | 100% |
| Franchise | 1 | 100% |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PromoRepublic | We created a set of smart products that helps enterprises, marketing agencies, and SMBs grow brand awareness and sales at the local level. We’re recognized as a Top-10 fast-growing SaaS Company, High Performer Summer 2020 by G2, and featured in prominent publications like TechCrunch and TNW. | $424K | Pre-Seed | Jul 14, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Digital Future](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digitalfuture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tekes) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vendep Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vendepcapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Revieve

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Revieve is a market-leading beauty-technology company helping brands and retailers provide their customers with a hyper-personalized way to discover, engage and purchase beauty products. Through Revieve's unparalleled skin diagnostics and beauty personalization solution, the Digital Beauty Advisor, brands and retailers are able to provide anengaging customer-experience for consumers that delivers tangible business results across online, in-store, in-app and on platforms such as FB Messenger and WeChat. Currently partnered with more than 70 retailers and brands across four continents, Revieve is the preferred partner for retailers and brands looking to elevate the customer-experience for beauty-customers using state-of-the art AI, AR and Computer-Vision -technologies.

5 contacts available at Revieve.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sampo Parkkinen | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sampo-parkkinen |
| Gavin Weigh | Co-Founder & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-weigh |
| Joonas Hamunen | VP of Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joonas-hamunen |
| Miikka Mäkiö | SVP, Global Sales & Strategic Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miikka-m%C3%A4ki%C3%B6 |
| Samuli Siivinen | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuli-siivinen |

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## FAQ

### What does Sampo Parkkinen invest in?

Sampo Parkkinen invests primarily in B2B, SaaS and Content startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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