Top 15 Restaurants Startup Investors in Finland (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Ilkka Paananen
Angel
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3 | Finland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $1.2M–$68M |
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Laurel Bowden
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, Germany, France | Series C, Series B, Series D | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $12M–$321M |
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Lifeline Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Finland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $547k–$20M |
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Genesis Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Greece, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $169k–$5.3M |
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Founders Edge
VC Fund
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1 | Finland | Seed | Restaurants, Food and Beverage | |
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Loudspring
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Sweden, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, Retail | |
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Ananda Impact Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom, Finland | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $1.6M–$17M |
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Heikki Nousiainen
Angel
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1 | Finland, Germany | Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Big Data, Software | |
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Olli Sirkiä
Angel
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1 | Finland, Estonia | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Marketplace, SaaS | $53k–$760k |
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Peter Carlsson
Angel
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1 | Sweden, Finland, Germany | Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Software, Food and Beverage | $310k–$2M |
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Christian Jantzen
Angel
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1 | Denmark, Sweden, Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $233k–$3.5M |
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Nordic Makers
VC Fund
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1 | Denmark, United States, Norway | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Education | $270k–$14M |
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Lasse Järvinen
Angel
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1 | Finland, Canada, Sweden | Angel, Seed | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $53k–$159k |
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Reaktor Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $137k–$6.6M |
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Pitchdrive
VC Fund
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1 | Belgium, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $110k–$4.8M |
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Ilkka Paananen, is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the Helsinki-based mobile games developer behind Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. Since its founding in 2010, Supercell's five games have amassed 100m daily players and remain in the global top 10 years after launch. In June 2016, Supercell became thefirst European technology start-up to reach a valuation of $10 billion.In addition to his role at Supercell, Ilkka helps other entrepreneurs as both an investor and as an active member of the Nordic startup community where he mentors and coaches other founders. Alongside his co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, he has established the We Foundation to fight social inequality and help disadvantaged children in Finland.Prior to founding Supercell, he was the CEO & co-founder of Finnish games developer Sumea, which was later acquired by Digital Chocolate, where he worked as President until 2010. Ilkka holds a Master of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$16M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.7M; Series A $8M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CodeWords —
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- Lovable — Lovable builds software that builds software. Lovable vision is to unlock human creativity by enabling anyone to create software.
Laurel is a General Partner at 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which she joined in 2008. Her areas of focus include: software, internet and fintech. Laurel has led investments in many leading European companies, including Just Eat (LSE: JE), Qliktech (NASDAQ: QLIK) and Hybris (acquired by SAP).Her current company boards and investmentsinclude Workable, Mirakl, NotontheHighStreet, Wonga, Wandera, iZettle, BlueVine, Ebury and Investec PLC & Ltd.Laurel was previously at GE and JVP. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from INSEAD.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series C, Series B, Series D
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Series B $19M–$48M; Series C $12M–$90M; Series D $13M–$321M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Huuva — We believe today’s food delivery market is broken and aim to fix this for all value chain stakeholders by making virtual food courts the new industry standard.Huuva develops a plug-n-play solution for restaurateurs to scale their brands to new markets with healthy unit economics. For consumers, Huuva creates unique virtual food court experiencesdirectly into food delivery applications.
- Pandas — We are Green Panda and our mission is to give consumers the most value out of their smartphone with zero hassle, by empowering them to sell/trade it in the fastest, safest, and easiest way possible. 1Bn (with a B!) smartphones stop being used, every year after you upgrade to the latest and greatest. But there is a solution as simple astrading them in and getting paid while participating in the circular economy. So, why aren’t people selling their old phones, we wondered? This is where Green Panda comes in. Inspired by humans and powered by tech, we make sure that the frustrating experience of selling your smartphone is now as quick and easy as using a kiosk near you. Our patented A.I. technology in the Green Panda kiosks allows us to evaluate a smartphone’s condition, from the smallest nick to serious technical issues, with unprecedented accuracy. Oh, and we pay users on the spot, straight to their bank account/credit card.
Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 190
- Round size: Seed $547k–$5.4M; Series A $2.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $171M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
- Thor Dynamics — Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with a European base in Finland, Thor Dynamics specializes in directed energy systems for defense against drones and drone swarms. The company’s innovative solutions are available worldwide to protect critical infrastructure and enhance national security. Laser Armor™ is a complete directed energy counter-dronesolution. Utilizing advanced radar and optical systems it can detect, track, and target hostile targets. High-power directed energy from Thor’s Laser Engines then eliminates the threat in seconds. Multiple safety systems ensure accurate target identification and minimal collateral damage.
- Everywear Games — Metacore is a wearable game studio. The company was founded in 2014 by industry veterans from Remedy, Digital Chocolate and Rovio and it is the pioneer of smartwatch gaming. It’s award-winning Apple Watch launch title, Runeblade, has received worldwide recognition from press, fans and industry heavyweights and it’s games are consistently on top ofglobal charts.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Greece, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $466k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $169k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $22M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Auxilis AI — Auxilis AI s an developer of AI voice agents automating patient communication and bookings for UK general practices.
- Wealthyhood — Stocks, ETFs and high interest with zero commissions and powerful automation. Start building wealth today!
- Terra Robotics —
We are Helsinki based angel investors with a passion for new ideas and a track record of building successful businesses.
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- Industry: Restaurants, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Munchfam — Munchfam is your next restaurant software package that covers everything from POS to Webshop to Ingredients.
Loudspring is a cleantech accelerator in the Nordic region, boasting several fast growing and high impact companies that solve global challenges. The portfolio companies are active in energy- and resource efficiency as well as decentralized renewable energy and are based in Finland, Sweden and Germany. The company management consists of companybuilders and investors who have been active within the cleantech space for over a decade.The company is listed on First North Finland under the ticker LOUD and on First North Stockholm under the ticker LOUDS.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nuuka — Nuuka is a building SW scaleup from Finland. Nuuka specialises in diagnosing and optimising HVAC, energy systems, and indoor climate. The SaaS is optimal for large building portfolios, of new and old public and commercial buidlings, as it can be used with any BMS and HVAC system, IAQ sensor or energy meter. Nuuka improves indoor climate, energyefficiency, reduces operational cost and improves sustainability for real estate owners, developers, retail chains and whole cities. We use SW, AI and ML to transform and industry, and save the world one building at the time.
- Oricane — Buy the domain name Oricane.com and launch your business with a premium domain and a high quality logo.
- ResQ Club — ResQ Club is a Finnish company connecting sustainable restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores with consumers that appreciate eating affordable quality food. ResQ partners can drastically reduce their food waste with their proprietary location-based mobile and web service, as it enables consumers to find and rescue surplus food in their proximity.Every meal purchased via ResQ is one less meal thrown away, helping their urban communities to waste less and be more sustainable.They are on a mission to reduce food waste to zero at restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores. It's estimated that 10% of the already produced food in restaurants ends up in the trash instead of hungry mouths. On a global scale, this equals 11 million tons of food wasted every year.
We are the home for entrepreneurs with a big vision who want to create something less ordinary. Something that matters. For all of us.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$17M; Series A $3.8M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $121M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- DrDoctor — We envision a remote-first healthcare system which meets demand without sacrificing care quality, delivered via our Patient Engagement Platform
- Xperiome — Match research-ready members to clinical and real-world studies, faster and smarter than ever before through data-driven insights into the rare disease experience.
- AIRMO — Airmo is a space tech company that offers an independent data source that locates, quantifies, and tracks carbon dioxide and methane emissions through a small satellite constellation.
Heikki Nousiainen
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- Industry: SaaS, Big Data, Software
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Kamupak — Kamupak is a circular economy technology company solving the global waste problem with reuse
- GlassFlow — GlassFlow is a serverless and production-ready setup that empowers everyone in your data team to build and transform event-based pipelines in minutes.
Olli has background in management consultancy (McKinsey & Company 2007-2009) and software business (LeadDesk Oyj (publ) 2010-2018).
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- Industry: Software, Marketplace, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $307k–$760k; Angel $53k–$159k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Freska — Freska, voted one of the hottest tech start-ups in Finland, is an online home services company currently disrupting the traditional home cleaning industry in the Nordics, backed by top-tier VCs (Acton, Spintop and Addventure) post Series A. Freska delivers top quality cleaning services with total flexibility for the customer to select a time,decide on the service and manage the subscription in an easy-to-use online interface or a native app. However, Freska does not only clean homes, it creates real jobs. All Freska cleaners have been subject to a thorough recruitment process followed by a thorough Freska-onboarding. They are all skilled professionals and core members of the Freska family, knowing that they will earn a good living from their job and have a community that supports them.
- Offerilla — Offerilla is the most popular marketplace for local discounts. Offerilla was founded by entrepreneurs Risto Juntunen, Mikko Ollikkala and Aleksi Paavola.
- Fiksuvuokraus.fi — Fiksuvuokraus.fi is an apartment renting platform for long-term contracts. In our service, the rental process is simplified and accelerated with the latest technologies that are primarily used only for apartment selling. We think that also rental apartments deserve to be found with modern tools.
Peter Mikael Carlsson is based out of Stockholm, Stockholm Lans, and is the co-founder of Aris Machina. Peter previously worked at Northvolt AB as a founder and CEO. Peter Mikael Carlsson attended the Luleå University of Technology. Peter Mikael Carlsson has received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Sweden, Finland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $310k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- X Shore — In the evolution of an industry that has remained steadfast in its traditions, for better or for worse. With new technology and innovative research, smart design and sustainable materials, X Shore embraces the long tradition of maritime craftsmanship while discarding the dirty institution of fossil fuels. They don’t see theirselves as disrupters.They’re not here to reinvent the wheel, but rather to right the ship. To set a course for long-term sustainability that they can all be proud of.
- Turnpike — Turnpike provides a complete platform for wearable communication and workflow management. It empowers front-of-house employees in retail stores and hotels by delivering prioritized communication directly to their wrists via smartwatches. Its manager's portal is accessible from any browser-capable device, employee smartwatches, and optionalinput devices that enable employees and customers to request immediate assistance.
- Orbital Systems — Save up to 90% water and up to 80% energy with our smart recirculating shower - a much better shower experience for both you and our planet
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Denmark, Sweden, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $233k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Medusa — The most flexible commerce platform for developers and agents
- Heyhack — Automated web application security testing, protection, and reporting for software-as-a-service businesses.
- Fullview — Fullview let's you instantly monitor, control and analyze user sessions for faster real time customer support. No downloads. Easy to integrate.
Nordic Makers invests in early-stage Nordic B2B software startups, offering capital and founder support to help them scale globally.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Denmark, United States, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $270k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.6M; Series A $2.3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KIME — KIME enables you to track visibility across various AI platforms, analyze competitor presence, and apply clear steps to improve positioning in high-value searches that increase brand recognition and business impact.
- Atech — Atech is a Copenhagen-based hardware startup that simplifies electronics development by enabling users to design and assemble functional prototypes using natural language prompts and modular, snap-together components. The company's platform eliminates complex soldering and firmware configuration, allowing developers to go from a chat-basedconcept to a physical, working device in minutes.
- Pluto.markets — Pluto is the modern investment app for the 100m Europeans living in countries without the EUR.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Finland, Canada, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Angel $53k–$159k
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DealGuru — DealGuru is a stealth startup in a ecommerce space.
- Serviceform — Welcome to future of communication - the truly all-in-one conversion and management software built for established businesses. Start now!
- Fiksuvuokraus.fi — Fiksuvuokraus.fi is an apartment renting platform for long-term contracts. In our service, the rental process is simplified and accelerated with the latest technologies that are primarily used only for apartment selling. We think that also rental apartments deserve to be found with modern tools.
Reaktor Ventures they invest in seed stage companies and helps them to create markets.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $137k–$2M; Pre-Seed $159k–$1.8M; Series A $1.7M–$6.6M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs
- Videoly — The easiest way for online retailers to get hand-picked and automatically embedded product videos.
- allies.digital — Allies is a match-making platform curating businesses with IT-, digital and creative agencies. No more miss-matches when buying IT & creative services.
Pitchdrive is a pre-seed investor run by experienced tech entrepreneurs backing founders during their crazy startup ride. Buckle up.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Belgium, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $110k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OTIV — OTIV offers autonomous technology to make your railway operations in complex environment safer and more efficient.
- gruup — Because great ideas deserve more than a slideshow. Get Marketing, Creative and Sales Teams all on the same page. Sign up for Free.
- Driven — Driven is the easiest platform to design smart incentives, align targets, and boost overall sales performance.
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