# Will Cardwell

> Will Cardwell is a seed investor at Courage Ventures Management backing Internet. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Courage Ventures Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courageventures)
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://fi.linkedin.com/pub/will-cardwell/0/25/25
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/will.cardwell

Will Cardwell is a seed investor at Courage Ventures Management in Helsinki focused on Internet and Augmented Reality. Will is currently CEO of Technopolis Ventures. He is on the board of a number of Finnish companies, and has been living in Finland with his family for over 13 years.Prior to Technopolis, he was CEO of Valimo Wireless, and a partner with Finnish venture capital firms Conor Venture Partners and Eqvitec Partners.Earlier, he was a lecturer infinance and research director at the Helsinki School of Economics and at the Helsinki University of Technology.He holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Davidson College, and an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 33% |
| Augmented Reality | 2 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |
| Gaming | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Perfection42 | Perfection42 is an AI-based technology for game developers, 3d animators or video creators changing the way content is created by: - enabling the creation of Personalized Game Experiences for players by using quantifiable data - Saving Time by boosting development velocity. Create a level in 2 minutes rather than 2 days - Speeding up the iterationcycle: daily updates rather than monthly - changing the game developers focus from technical micro-level decisions to emotional High-Level Decisions | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 06, 2023 |  |
| Eddy Travels | Eddy Travels they provide travel conversions and support with an artificial intelligence travel assistant. | $651.6K | Pre-Seed | Apr 08, 2020 |  |
| Eddy Travels | Eddy Travels they provide travel conversions and support with an artificial intelligence travel assistant. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Dec 23, 2019 |  |
| Equally | Build engaging games for kids that encourage physical activity, personal development and exploration. Provide parents the data and oversight they need to reward positive behavior. |  | Seed | May 20, 2019 |  |
| Equally | Build engaging games for kids that encourage physical activity, personal development and exploration. Provide parents the data and oversight they need to reward positive behavior. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2019 |  |
| Equally | Build engaging games for kids that encourage physical activity, personal development and exploration. Provide parents the data and oversight they need to reward positive behavior. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 31, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Practica Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/practica-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anorak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anorak-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coinvest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinvest-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lithuanian Business Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lithuanian-business-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Toronto Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-toronto-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Courage Ventures Management

VC Fund · Helsinki, Finland

Courage Ventures is a seed investment fund with global networks. The fund focuses on health, education and environment verticals where its partners and advisors can add significant value to the companies’ growth.

5 contacts available at Courage Ventures Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fabian Sepulveda | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabian-sepulveda |
| Todd Wiebusch | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/todd-wiebusch |
| Will Cardwell | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/will-cardwell |
| Bruce Oreck | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-oreck |
| Dan Newmark | Venture PArtner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-newmark |

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## FAQ

### What does Will Cardwell invest in?

Will Cardwell invests primarily in Internet, Augmented Reality and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Will Cardwell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Will Cardwell closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 6 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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