# Sparkmind.vc

> Sparkmind.vc is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Education and E-Learning. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 65%
- Fund size: $64M
- Last fund: Mar 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eduimpact-vc/
- Website: https://www.sparkmind.vc/

Sparkmind.vc is a VC fund in Helsinki focused on Education and E-Learning. Sparkmind.vc is the first Nordic venture capital company focused on the learning sector. The company invests in teams transforming early childhood, K12, higher, secondary and vocational education as well as corporate and lifelong learning. The investment sweet spot of the company is from seed to international growth phase with single investments upto €5m.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $793k–$3.2M |
| Series A | $3.9M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 16 | 70% |
| E-Learning | 7 | 30% |
| Software | 6 | 26% |
| EdTech | 5 | 22% |
| Training | 5 | 22% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 48% |
| Series A | 6 | 26% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 5 | 22% |
| Germany | 5 | 22% |
| Sweden | 2 | 9% |
| Denmark | 2 | 9% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kai Talas | Partner, Co-Founder | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kai-talas |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pandatron | We make coaching 100 times cheaper through chatbot technology, to drive organizational change. We also collect data to be able to give your organization feedback on systemic bottlenecks and blind spots. Trusted by companies like SAP, Universal Pictures, and KONE. A free trial is available on our website. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 10, 2025 |  |
| AUTOVIO | Autovio offers digital concepts for driving schools. | $4.1M | Series A | May 29, 2024 |  |
| Tiney | Tiney are on a mission to reimagine at-home childcare & unlock the potential of every child. For parents, this means easy access to an exceptional and affordable childcare community that’s built around busy modern lives. For children, this means high quality and thoughtful play-based learning in safe settings that goes beyond nationalrequirements for early education. For childcare providers, this means allowing them to focus on the children in their care, relieving the burden of running a small business and ensuring maximum job satisfaction. | $9M | Series A | May 13, 2024 |  |
| Swap Language | Swap Language is a language learning platform that delivers Danish lessons to companies and international employees. | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 13, 2023 |  |
| Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences | Tomorrow's Education is an innovative, AI-powered, fully personalized online university based in Europe, designed to redefine higher education by putting students at the center of their learning experience. The university utilizes advanced technology to deliver highly flexible, adaptable, and individualized educational pathways, setting newstandards for learning. The key subjects are business & entrepreneurship, sustainability and inner development as well as technology, data and AI.Key Features: - Personalized Learning: Tomorrow's Education is the first state-recognized online university to provide a fully personalized learning experience that adapts to the unique needs, preferences, and schedules of each student. The platform leverages cutting-edge AI to ensure that each student’s journey is optimized for their success.- Multi-Lingual Education: The university supports multi-lingual learning with AI-powered live translation, making its content accessible to students around the world and fostering inclusive education regardless of language barriers.- AI Tutoring: Tomorrow’s Education integrates AI-driven tutoring to provide scalable, one-on-one support for students, improving the learning experience and boosting student outcomes. This model allows for high efficiency while maintaining high levels of student satisfaction.- High Retention & Success Rates: With a focus on student-centric learning, Tomorrow's Education boasts an very high retention rate and 95%+ job placement rate for graduates, highlighting the university's commitment to academic and career success.- Industry-Relevant Curriculum: The university partners with industry leaders to offer programs that are highly relevant to the current job market, ensuring graduates are well-equipped for success in their chosen fields.- Innovative Learning Environment: Tomorrow's Education provides a comprehensive, flexible, and immersive learning experience that empowers students to achieve their personal and professional goals while overcoming traditional barriers in higher education. | $10M | Series A | Jun 12, 2023 |  |
| Oneday | Oneday’s mission is to create the next 1 Billion entrepreneurs in the world.As technology drives down the cost of starting a business, more people are launching a business than ever before. But 85% of these businesses are failing, and existing products are failing to help.We solve this issue by creating technology that automates large parts ofthe business launch process, and merging it with university integrations that allow our members to earn university credits as they build their businesses. | $6.2M | Series A | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Pandatron | We make coaching 100 times cheaper through chatbot technology, to drive organizational change. We also collect data to be able to give your organization feedback on systemic bottlenecks and blind spots. Trusted by companies like SAP, Universal Pictures, and KONE. A free trial is available on our website. | $680K | Pre-Seed | Mar 07, 2023 |  |
| Complori | Codary provides a number of initiatives that aid kids in developing abilities like critical thinking, numeracy, communication, creativity, and resilience. |  | Seed | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Complori | At Complori, our mission is to empower children and teenagers with essential 21st-century skills, to prepare them for the challenges and opportunities of the digital era. We strive to make the next generations future-proof by providing an engaging and gamified web-based learning platform, offering online live group classes and a cutting-edgecurriculum. We build the number one platform for parents seeking future-ready out of school activities for their children. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Kide Science | Kide Science develops 3-8-year-old children’s problem solving skills through story-based hands-on experiments that solve real science problems. The platform provides caregivers like teachers and parents with lesson plans and optional training to lead playful and engaging early childhood education in a classroom or remotely.A proven pedagogicalmethod predicts better learning outcomes in school and is based on years of rigorous academic research conducted by the founder in the University of Helsinki.Kide Science started its commercial business in Finland from December 2017. Kide Science’s research-led pedagogy has helped them to win paying customers in 30 countries with 1000+ preschools. For the new teacher platform (launched in October 2021) there has been registered free trial users from over 100 countries and reaches over 1 million children.Kide Science team has also produced book series with Sanoma and a TV show on YLE, Finland’s national public service broadcaster. In 2022, Kide Science has partnered with DreamWorks Animation and its hit Netflix series Gabby’s Dollhouse to give young scientists cat-tastic themed lesson plans to encourage playful, engaging and inquiry-based learning. | $1M | Convertible Note | Aug 04, 2022 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Educapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/educapital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mediahuis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mediahuis-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Business Finland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tekes) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zanichelli Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zanichelli-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sparkmind.vc invest in?

Sparkmind.vc invests primarily in Education, E-Learning and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sparkmind.vc's check size?

Sparkmind.vc typically joins rounds of $793k–$3.2M at Seed and $3.9M–$10M 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 Sparkmind.vc participates in.

### How do I contact Sparkmind.vc?

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### Who are the partners at Sparkmind.vc?

The team at Sparkmind.vc includes Kai Talas (Partner, Co-Founder). 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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