# Ville Vesterinen

> Ville Vesterinen is a seed investor at Housecat backing Software and Web3. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Housecat
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/villevesterinen
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/vesterinen
- Website: https://x.com/vesterinen

Ville Vesterinen is a seed investor at Housecat in Helsinki focused on Software and Web3. Co-founder and CEO at Grey Area.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Web3 | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 20% |
| Consumer Goods | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Starcart | Starcart is an online store that offers a wide range of products and allows the customers to compare its prices. The company was founded in 2021. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Kleoverse | Born in Web3, Kleoverse helped freelancers prove their skills through real projects. Now it evolves — combining blockchain-based Proof-of-Talent with privacy-first Adaptive Profiles and natural-language job discovery for everyone. | $1.2M |  | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Kleoverse | Born in Web3, Kleoverse helped freelancers prove their skills through real projects. Now it evolves — combining blockchain-based Proof-of-Talent with privacy-first Adaptive Profiles and natural-language job discovery for everyone. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Unlock | End-to-end platform for corporate events, intuitively designed for non-event planners | $1.8M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Unlock | End-to-end platform for corporate events, intuitively designed for non-event planners | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [byFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byfounders) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GuideStar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guidestar-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [La Famiglia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-famiglia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inventure](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inventure-oy) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Housecat

VC Fund

Housecat is democratizing crypto investment strategies for users, empowering individuals to become asset managers.

1 contacts available at Housecat.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ville Vesterinen | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ville-vesterinen |

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## FAQ

### What does Ville Vesterinen invest in?

Ville Vesterinen invests primarily in Software, Web3 and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ville Vesterinen's check size?

Ville Vesterinen typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$1.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ville Vesterinen participates in.

### How do I contact Ville Vesterinen?

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### When did Ville Vesterinen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ville Vesterinen closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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