# Voima Ventures

> Voima Ventures is a VC fund in Helsinki backing Biotechnology and Health Care. See 60 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 60
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/voima-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/VoimaVentures
- Website: https://voimaventures.com/

Voima Ventures is a VC fund in Helsinki focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Voima Ventures’ mission is to solve major global problems by combining science, entrepreneurship, and value adding capital. They shed light on the ideas and technology which require time and courage to build. Industry domains include bio and new materials, medical technologies and life sciences, imaging and optics, IoT and electronics, robotics,software & ICT and AI. In addition, Voima Ventures has invested in more than 30 deep tech startups, including companies like Solar Foods, Infinited Fiber Company, and Dispelix. Cornerstone investors are VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and European Investment Fund (EIF), backed by Finnish private and institutional investors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$5.9M |
| Pre-Seed | $464k–$2.1M |
| Series A | $3.9M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 10 | 17% |
| Health Care | 6 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 8% |
| Energy | 3 | 5% |
| Medical | 3 | 5% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 30 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 10% |
| Series A | 6 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 25 | 42% |
| Sweden | 5 | 8% |
| Norway | 2 | 3% |
| Estonia | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Harry Santamaki | Venture Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harry-santamaki-2 |
| Inka Mero | Founder & Manging Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inka-mero |
| Jussi Sainiemi | Partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jussi-sainiemi |
| Mikko Kumpulainen | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mikko-kumpulainen |
| Pontus Strahlman | Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pontus-strahlman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reduciner | Reduciner's vision to turn industrial CO₂ emissions from a liability into a valuable resource. Its technology converts captured carbon dioxide and biochar into valuable feedstocks such as carbon monoxide and activated carbon, enabling circular carbon use in emissions-intensive industries. Reduciner combines strong scientific expertise withindustrial applicability across sectors such as cement, steel, and chemicals. Its electricity-driven process allows industries to reduce emissions without major changes to existing infrastructure, offering a resilient and cost-competitive way to reduce carbon dependency while creating new value from CO₂ emissions. | $4.2M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| TheStorage | TheStorage provides sustainable grid-scale energy storage that can discharge heat, steam, or CHP. | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| Photoncycle | Photoncycle aims to change the way electricity is generated, stored, consumed and paid for. Our mission is to deploy space-effective, autonomous energy systems powered by the sun, enabled by innovative technology, affordable for many. | $17.4M | Series A | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| CubaseBio | Cubase Bio is a biotechnology business that focuses on spatial biology tools. It creates solutions for 3D spatial analysis to speed up drug discovery. | $4.6M | Seed | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Avenue Biosciences | Avenue Biosciences is a transatlantic biotechnology company committed to speeding up the research and development of protein biologics and tools for the biotechnology industry, ensuring that no lifesaving therapy goes unmet due to production constraints. | $7.4M | Seed | Jan 12, 2026 |  |
| Gosta Labs | Gosta Labs focuses on building healthcare-specialized machine learning models to drive improved efficiency and outcomes. | $8.7M | Seed | Nov 27, 2025 |  |
| Agate Sensors | Agate Sensors offers equipment manufacturers advanced sensors that detect, identify, and classify people, vital signs, objects, and more. Their sensors come in a range of sizes, from single pixel devices to full matrix devices, and are produced using standard CMOS production processes, making them both cost-effective and efficient. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Farang | Farang is an AI research lab based in Sweden developing the next-generation of foundational Large Language Models. The company was founded in 2025 and consists of a team of highly experienced researchers, developers, entrepreneurs and business professionals, joined by prominent deep-tech VCs and angel investors. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 27, 2025 |  |
| Epigenica | Epigenica focuses on advancing epigenomics through its EpiFinder™ platform, a multiplexed ChIP-seq technology for high-throughput analysis of epigenetic marks. The company offers R&D services for the development of therapeutic molecules and diagnostic methods using epigenetics. Epigenica aims to improve scientists' ability to capture andextract insights from the epigenome, contributing to precision medicine and the discovery of new biomarkers. | $2.2M | Seed | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Hormona | Hormona is on a mission to revolutionize hormonal health through the use of home testing & AI to provide women with the first end-to-end solution. | $6.8M | Seed | May 27, 2025 |  |

10 of 60 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Voima Ventures invest in?

Voima Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 60 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Voima Ventures's check size?

Voima Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$5.9M at Seed, $464k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed and $3.9M–$30M 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 Voima Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Voima Ventures?

Public channels for Voima Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Voima Ventures?

The team at Voima Ventures includes Harry Santamaki (Venture Partner), Inka Mero (Founder & Manging Partner) and Jussi Sainiemi (Partner). 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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