Top 35 Social Network Startup Investors in Finland in April 2025
A list of 35 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social network startups based in Finland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social network companies from Finland. We update this investor list every month.Top 35 Social Network Startup Investors in Finland in April 2025
Investor | Social Network Finland investments |
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Xiaomi | 3 |
5Y Capital | 3 |
Ilkka Paananen | 2 |
Miki Kuusi | 2 |
Superhero Capital | 2 |
Riku Mäkelä | 2 |
BAI capital | 2 |
Kristian Segerstrale | 1 |
Tesi | 1 |
Ceras Ventures | 1 |
dao5 | 1 |
Bilibili | 1 |
ZhenFund | 1 |
SwissBorg | 1 |
Alphanonce | 1 |
Jussi Laakkonen | 1 |
Bret Terrill | 1 |
F4 Fund | 1 |
BITKRAFT Ventures | 1 |
Pekka Aakko | 1 |
Wave Ventures | 1 |
Mikko Kodisoja | 1 |
Temasek Holdings | 1 |
Taihecap (Formerly TH Capital) | 1 |
Team Builder Ventures | 1 |
Alibaba Group | 1 |
Shunrong Gufen | 1 |
David Helgason | 1 |
Sedona Holdings | 1 |
Factor | 1 |
Alexis Bonte | 1 |
Markus Maki | 1 |
Coatue | 1 |
Hillhouse Investment | 1 |
Nomad Ventures | 1 |
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Software, Electronics
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Infinigence — Wuwen Core Dome is dedicated to providing AGI computing power solutions based on its large model energy efficiency optimization tools, with the goal of resolving the challenge of efficient and unified deployment of large model algorithms to large computing power chips.
- Dezao Technology — Dezao Technology is an e-commerce transaction provider, mostly involved in the sales of electronic products, mobile phones, and mobile phone accessories.
- Mihuo Intelligence — Mihuo Smart is a smart-home and appliance firm.
5Y Capital is a firm engaged in providing early-stage venture investments. It was formerly known as Morningside Venture Capital.The investment firm manages USD 5bn in dual-currency funds in USD and RMB, backed by world-renowned sovereign wealth funds, family offices, fund of funds, university endowments, pensions, and foundations.It washeadquartered in Xuhui, Shanghai, China in 2008 by Ken Shi and Richard Liu.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Biotechnology
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Omi AI — Open-source AI wearables
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- Xinyanyi Code — Xinyanyi Code is an artificial intelligence programming application service provider that focuses on AI Coding and benchmarks the American intelligent code generation product Cursor.
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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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Revyze — Revyze is a community-powered app with a sharp focus on high school education.
- nexos.ai — Introducing nexos.ai — a powerful model gateway that delivers game-changing AI solutions. With advanced automation and intelligent decision making, nexos.ai helps simplify operations, boost productivity, and accelerate business growth.
- Taito.ai — We automate employee performance enablement with AI, letting your people drive their growth and development, instead of just analyzing it.
Miki Kuusi is the Co-Founder and CEO at Wolt. He previously worked as the Founder, Creative Director and Board Member of the Helsinki-based tech conference, Slush. In 2011-2014, he led the event’s growth as its CEO from a local, 150-person event to become one of the leading startup events in the world, reaching 14,000 attendees from 80 countries in2014. Kuusi has been a driving force in the Nordic startup ecosystem. Prior to Slush, he served as the Founder & CEO of Startup Sauna, which was awarded as the leading young accelerator program in the world by UBI Index in spring 2013. Aside from Slush, Kuusi currently focuses on his new company Wolt, which raised half a million in seed funding in fall 2014.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Gaming, Privacy
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Finland, Kenya, Lithuania
Portfolio highlights
- Droppe — Order work equipment directly from manufacturers. Support small businesses and source more responsibly from local and European manufacturers. Order from several suppliers at the same time with one shopping cart. Test samples for free and order products for your workplaces without extra hassle. Find nitrile gloves, protective clothing, work gloves, work accessories, disposable gloves, disinfectants, sanitizers and other supplies in one place.
- Taito.ai — We automate employee performance enablement with AI, letting your people drive their growth and development, instead of just analyzing it.
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Early-stage VC searching for the next Superheroes.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Finland, Estonia, Lithuania
Portfolio highlights
- Koll — Koll makes it possible for both individuals and businesses to make phone calls with verified identities. Anonymous calls are a thing of the past.
- TheStorage — Flexible industrial heat electrification and scalable energy storage. TheStorage offers cost efficient, sustainable grid scale energy storage that can discharge heat, steam or CHP.
- CyberUpgrade — Easily manage ICT compliance audits by tracking controls, handling ever increasing requirements, and sharing policies. Gain control over cyber security measures.
Riku Mäkelä is a COO at Wolt. He Attended Aalto University.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Computer, Software
- Angel, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Linear — Linear allows the user to manage software development and track bugs. Built for speed and efficiency.The founders started Linear from their own frustrations building software projects in successful high-growth companies like Airbnb, Coinbase and Uber. The founders wanted to create the tools that focus us and its team in making progress, not getin the way. Tools that are fast and efficient. Speed and performance were the main things Linear focuses on early on and keep focusing on that.
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
BAI Capital is a leading venture capital fund in China. Since 2008, the team of BAI Capital has invested in more than 200 portfolios, including 17+ IPOs and 40+ unicorns. BAI Capital has two main focuses: China-based global companies and China’s structural transformation. BAI Capital seeks to partner with and empower outstanding Chinese companiesand entrepreneurs that can leverage the multiplier effect of China’s technology, talent, and supply chain advantages and to expand globally in consumer retail and services, fintech, media and content innovation, Web3 and metaverse. On the other hand, at the turning point of China’s structural transformation, the fund will also seize major cross-cycle disruption opportunities in frontier and infra tech, electric vehicles and autonomous driving, and industrial upgrade driven by enterprise software development.The investor base for BAI Capital includes institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds, large insurance companies, internet giants and fund of funds globally, as well as Bertelsmann. BAI Capital has its background from Bertelsmann Asia Investments, part of the Bertelsmann Group.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
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- KUN — KUN provides all-inclusive digital payment solutions for Web2 and Web3 enterprises.Its services include seamless on/off ramp solutions, developing markets-focused integrated payment systems, and cryptocurrency-enabled virtual and real card solutions.
- Usdx money — usdx.money is a secure and decentralized bankless synthetic stablecoin issuer with the mission to better serve people with next gen stablecoin infra connecting DeFi, CeFi, and TradFi.
Kristian Segerstrale is the Co-founder of Initial Capital and Board member of Supercell, as well as the Co-founder and CEO of Playfish. Kristian has been at the forefront of the rapidly transforming game industry since 2001.He was a co-founder of mobile gaming pioneer Macrospace – today Glu Mobile (Nasdaq: GLUU) in 2001 through the successfulIPO in 2007. He left to co-found Playfish, the social gaming pioneer, where he served as CEO through the company’s rapid growth to 60 Million players and the subsequent acquisition by Electronic Arts for $400M in 2009. After a period as EVP Digital at Electronic Arts driving the aggressive transformation of the company from packaged goods to digital, Kristian left in March 2013 to focus on startups. Today Kristian leads seed stage investments with Initial Capital and serves on the board of Supercell, the #1 iOS game company.Kristian has previously served on the board of LOVEFiLM, the European streaming video pioneer until its acquisition by Amazon.com.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Online Games, PC Games
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Finland, India
Portfolio highlights
- Battlebound — Battlebound is on a mission to build memorable lifelong gaming communities that invite players into Heroic Stories, creating deep connections and positive life changes. Heroic stories are thrilling gameplay moments that bring players together and enrich players lives inside and outside the game. We believe blockchain technology will deepen these moments and enrich the player experience when paired with world-class gameplay.
- Harmony Games — Harmony Games is a developer of next-generation hybrid-casual games.
- Dead Astronauts — Dead Astronauts reinvents open-world game experiences with technical innovation at the core of the company and PLAYER CREATIVITY at the core of the games we make.
Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is a government-owned investment company. It invests the proceeds accrued from the privatisation of state-owned companies in stimulating the growth and internationalisation of Finnish businesses.Finnish Industry Investment invests in venture capital funds and directly in growth companies, together with privateco-investors. The targets are in all sectors. Capital investments are needed for financing the growth of investee companies, and for spin-offs, major industrial investments, and sector and corporate restructurings.The investments of Finnish Industry Investment amount to over MEUR 570
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Investment focus
- Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States, Argentina
Portfolio highlights
- Seaber — Seaber is a cloud-based real-time planning, optimisation and communication solution for bulk cargo & vessels. Our solution improves the efficiency of bulk & break bulk charterers, shipowners & brokers through schedule planning and stakeholder communications over the lifecycle of a voyage.
- Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs
- TactoTek — Set your imagination free and create user experiences with the help of sustainable smart molded structures.
We are a global investment firm that focuses on the disruptive start-ups and provides support to Web 3.0 and blockchain companies.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Wincast — Wincast is the first live NFT bidding platform for live sports. Our platform allows users to bid on incredible sports moments while they're happening, and at the end of each quarter/round/play/down/at-bat, the highest bid is awarded an NFT collectible of that play. Users will then be able to buy, sell, and trade other keymoments with users on the platform through our secondary market and integrated wallet solutions.Own your favorite sports moments before they become THE moment.
- Magic Square — Discover, use, and manage all dApps, DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, and engage with the community in one convenient place. Magic Square - It's all there.
- Pop Social — Pop Social is the ultimate social gateway to Web3. Experience a multi-chain social ecosystem and discover your online social lifestyle. Connect and engage with a decentralized global community to leverage content and ownership economy.
An experimental cryptocurrency investment fund that will convert into a decentralized autonomous organization.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, Australia
Bilibili provides high-quality content and an immersive entertainment experience, and have built their platform based on the strong emotional connections of their users to their content and communities. They started as a content community inspired by ACG, and have evolved into a full-spectrum online entertainment world covering a wide array ofgenres and media formats, including videos, live broadcasting, and mobile games. They have a young and culturally aspirational user base willing to invest in a high-quality entertainment experience.Bilibili uses an Adobe Flash or HTML5 player, which can be manually switched, to play user-submitted videos hosted by either itself or third-party sources, while featuring a real-time overlaying subtitle system for interactive playback experience.
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, Animation, Gaming
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- China, Hong Kong, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Rokid — Redefine reality with Rokid's AR glasses. Experience the future with our best AR glasses and streaming box, seamlessly merging the digital and physical worlds. Buy your own augmented reality glasses and embark on a transformative journey of immersive experiences and endless possibilities!
- Card Club — Card Club is focused on animation derivative cards and IPs including Douluo Dalu, Fight Break the Sky, Ghost Slayer, Disney, Pixar, etc.
- Zhejiang China Entertainment — Zhejiang China Entertainment is a company that provides game creation and operation services.
ZhenFund is a seed fund founded by former entrepreneurs to invest in the most promising innovators. New Oriental co-founders Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang established ZhenFund in 2011 in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 800 portfolio companies, including over 30 unicorns based in China. Webelieve that great businesses start with exceptional founding teams. We are dedicated to helping our entrepreneurs build successful companies by providing them with mentorship and the best resources available. Some of our services include biannual demo days to top Chinese VCs, ZhenHR services, marketing and PR consulting, as well as fundraising. Our strong and large CEO network also facilitates entrepreneurs helping each other, especially via our WeChat platform. ZhenFund has been ranked as the “#1 Early-Stage Investment Firm” for six years. Bob Xiaoping Xu, Founder of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2016 and ranked #11 in 2019. Anna Fang, Founding Partner and CEO of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2019 and made her 4th appearance as #12, and #1 on Midas Seed List in 2022.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- China, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Dyna Robotics — We're making Al-powered robotic automation accessible for businesses of all sizes by building affordable, easy-to-deploy Autonomous Al Robots.
- Xinyanyi Code — Xinyanyi Code is an artificial intelligence programming application service provider that focuses on AI Coding and benchmarks the American intelligent code generation product Cursor.
- Nailo Technology — Nailuo Technology is a company which focuses on technical services, technology development and software development.
SwissBorg is revolutionizing wealth management services with a community-centric approach powered by blockchain technology. We are a wealthtech DAO offering Swiss-made crypto investment solutions to the world.
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Investment focus
- Cryptocurrency, Internet, Blockchain
- Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Italy, France, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Phaver — Welcome to the biggest mobile app on Lens Protocol. Access all that Web3 Social has to offer through one easy-to-use app. Engage with your favourite creators, connect your NFT's, earn rewards and more
- Bluwhale — Unlock Web3 Wallet Potential with AI Insights. Supercharge Your Business Growth
- BluWhale — BluWhale's mission is to leverage AI and ML to allow game developers to focus on ways to improve the game rather than wrangling and making sense of astronomical amounts of data. BluWhale's smart automation will do the heavy lifting usually reserved for data analysts and data scientists all in the background, and surface actionable insight
We believe crypto assets innovate the process of value creation to value transfer
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Finland, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Phaver — Welcome to the biggest mobile app on Lens Protocol. Access all that Web3 Social has to offer through one easy-to-use app. Engage with your favourite creators, connect your NFT's, earn rewards and more
- MetaBeat — Experience new distance with your favorite artists' NFT!
- Synesis One — Synesis One provides a play-to-earn model on the Solana blockchain that develops games on the frontend to incentivize users and on the backend creates datasets that train AI. This fully functional system has already been integrated with its beneficiary, Mind AI, which relies on natural language reasoning to produce conversational AI systems. Withcustomers already lined up, Synesis One's key appeal is its ability to attract other projects that will pay to use their AI solutions within the blockchain space and across different industries.
CEO and founder of Applifier, cross-promotion network for social games and apps reaching tens of millions of MAU. Everyplay, Laakkonen's startup in the social gaming space, turned into Applifier recently.Business development director at Bugbear Entertainment, an independent game developer. Expertise in business development, sales,marketing, PR, production and process developmentCo-founder of ASSEMBLY Organizing, the arranger of the 5000+ participants four day computer festival held in Helsinki, Finland held since year 1992.Over five years of experience in data security software industry in R&D, product marketing and process re-engineering at F-Secure Corporation.Laakkonen is from Helsinki, Finland.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Seed, Angel
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
- Savage Game Studios — Savage Game Studios is a dynamite team with expertise across all operational functions from art to tech and gameplay.
Bret Terrill: CEO of Sedona Holdings, and the founder of Super Free Games(retired), at large.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Angel
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
F4 is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in magical products.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, FinTech, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- AfterHour — Join the best stock trading community with over $200M+ in verified positions from retail traders. Get trade signals, due diligence, and real-time alpha.
- Further — Further is on a mission to empower first-time home buyers to achieve their dream of homeownership with confidence and ease. We simplify the complex home buying process through innovative tools and personalized guidance, ensuring that buyers are well-prepared every step of the way. Our platform offers financial planning, tailored insights, andresources designed to make homeownership more accessible. At Further, we believe that with the right support, anyone can realize their goal of owning a home. Join us as we help make the path to homeownership clear and attainable for all.
- Final Boss Sour — Final Boss Sour is a gaming-themed snack brand offering a healthier alternative to traditional sour treats. Inspired by retro gaming aesthetics, our snacks deliver bold flavors and a fun experience for gamers of all ages.
We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming and emerging technology.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Beamable — One line of code is all you need to build your own custom server logic via microservices along with a world of LiveOps tools and live services.
- Appcharge — Appcharge specializes in offering a comprehensive payment solution that supports direct-to-consumer sales through a mobile-first web store. The platform features over 500 payment methods and 100 currencies, ensuring a seamless checkout experience for users worldwide.
- Tarta Labs — Tarta Labs is dedicated to building a next-generation anime IP ecosystem and aims to innovate within the anime gaming space by blending engaging narratives, high-quality visuals, and community-driven gameplay experiences.
Pekka Aakko
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Investment focus
- Apps, Gaming, Mobile
- Seed, Angel
- Finland
Founded in 2016, Wave Ventures is the largest student-run VC in Europe, backed by Nordic unicorn founders, investing in Gen Z entrepreneurs at the earliest stage. We operate both from Finland and Sweden with a team of five people from the top universities in the region.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile Apps, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Finland, Sweden, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Sustashift — Sustashift offers a comprehensive legal CSRD reporting tool, providing tailored audit templates and automated XBRL tagging to streamline compliance and reduce manual reporting efforts.
- Bahn Express — Fast and Effortless Car Transport
- Synergi — Synergi app features smart charging, smart climate, solar charging, and more to help you use electricity when it's cheap and good for the planet. Start saving and earning with smart electricity use!
Mikko Kodisoja
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Music, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Finland, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Vuo AI — Building blocks for advanced AI-based applications
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
- SNAFU Records — snafu (noun) / situation normal, all fucked up.
Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore with a multinational staff of over 900 people. Our portfolio is valued at S$389 billion.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Series B, Series C, Series D
- United States, China, India
Portfolio highlights
- Amogy — Amogy develops a novel carbon-free energy storage system using ammonia as a fuel, exhibiting unprecedented energy density
- Celestial AI — We develop audacious AI computing platforms that elevate performance, energy and economic efficiencies, enabling our customers to rapidly deploy innovations in their AI applications.
- Nali New Materials — Nali New Materials is a new energy industry chain enterprise specializing in the research and development and production of advanced composite current collectors.
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Investment focus
- Software, EdTech, Retail
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Yahaha — Yahaha develops a platform where developers and game players can use the engine to develop their own games and publish it on the platform.
- MegaRobo — AI & Robotics Company based in Beijing,China.
- Kingwills New Materials — The main business of "Qingyun New Materials" is to develop, produce and sell flash-spun metamaterial Kunlun® Hypak® , which is a high-strength, waterproof and breathable special fiber material that is arranged in the form of non-woven fabrics.
Team Builder Ventures is a venture capital fund that helps founders build teams. It aims to make investments in startups focused on developments in enterprise software and consumer internet. offer team building as a value-add for our investments. The fund invests in the most compelling early-stage enterprise software and consumer Internetstart-ups led by the top venture capital funds. It was founded by Steven Lurie in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Investment focus
- Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Automation
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- TruckLabs — We create hardware and software products for semi trucks that make a positive impact on carbon reduction and fuel efficiency. Formerly Xstream Trucking.
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
- Honey Homes — Hassle-free Home Upkeep
Alibaba Group operates as an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers. It provides various e-commerce activities, including retail and wholesale transactions. It also offers cloud computing and digital media services. Alibaba Group serves industries such as retail, logistics, and technology.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- China, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Robot Era — Robot era is an emerging technology business creates embodied intelligence and generic humanoid robot technologies and products. Xingdong Era is committed to the development of universal humanoid robots that can adapt to a wide range of fields, multiple scenarios, and high intelligence, striving to realize the beautiful vision of intelligent robotsentering thousands of households and integrating into the lights of thousands of homes.
- Zhuji Dynamics — Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots
- Yuanluo Technology — Yuanluo Technology is committed to providing innovative robotic solutions across multiple industries, including health, logistics, and service sectors.
Shunrong Gufen is a manufacturer of automotive plastic fuel tanks and testing equipment.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Online Games, Manufacturing
- Series A
- China, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Yahaha — Yahaha develops a platform where developers and game players can use the engine to develop their own games and publish it on the platform.
- Ximmerse — Ximmerse offers a range of mobile visual computing and inertial tracking research solutions for AR/VR devices. The company’s solutions include a cross-platform optical tracking system based around a high FOV stereo camera; and a suite of controller peripherals.Ximmerse was launched by Mike Bailey in December 2014 and is based in Guangdong,China.
- Shenliu Microintelligence — Shenliu Microintelligence focuses on the design of domestic independent controllable GPU chips.
David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.
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Investment focus
- Software, Gaming, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Denmark, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Isometric — Isometric is a carbon removal standard and registry.
- Slope — We handle the lending, underwriting, debt collection and fully pay out to you immediately once the product or service ships.
- Rocky Road — At Rocky Road, we are redefining social gaming with our social gaming network. We are hiring!
Sedona Holdings is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Series A
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Factor operates as a venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
- Database, Internet, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A
- Finland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Rated — Rated offers data on validators and node operators, which makes it easier for users to compare and contrast their performance.
- Phaver — Welcome to the biggest mobile app on Lens Protocol. Access all that Web3 Social has to offer through one easy-to-use app. Engage with your favourite creators, connect your NFT's, earn rewards and more
- Kinetex — Cross-chain DeFi aggregator and highly efficient trading protocol. Instant transfer of liquidity between networks based on zero-knowledge proofs.
Alexis is a Venture Partner at Atomico advising on new investments in France, Spain & Portugal and Eastern Europe as well as sourcing and accelerating growth in the games, blockchain and travels vertical. He is passionate about high-impact, purpose-driven companies, and he currently serves on the boards of Bossa Studios and OhBiBi, Atomico’slatest game investment. He splits his time between London, Paris, Bucharest, Stockholm and Madrid.Alexis is co-founder and CEO of games company eRepublik Labs (eRepublik.com, Age of Lords, World at War, War and Peace) a “free-to-play” pioneer that he sold in June of 2017 to Stillfront Group. Alexis remains the company’s CEO, and is also the Group COO for Stillfront, giving him a unique mix of investor as well as operational expertise. Prior to Erepublik Labs, Alexis was part of the first wave of internet start ups and was with lastminute.com for six years right up to its $1.1B trade sale to Sabre in 2005.Alexis has numerous angel investments, mainly in Europe, and has been active in supporting the development of the European digital ecosystem through events and associations.Alexis is fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian and understands basic Romanian if pushed. A long time ago he was a national sailing champion in Portugal, but now he prefers to stay dry and play chess with one of his three children.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Software
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Finland, Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
- AudioMob — Monetizing mobile games non-intrusively using audio ads! AudioMob are the creators of Audio Enhanced Banners & Rewarded Audio
- Flowdesk — The new standard for market-making and crypto-financial technology. Market-making as a Service, brokerage, custody of cryptocurrencies.
- StageZero Technologies — StageZero inserts in-app ‘MicroTasks’ into mobile games; bite-sized activities that users can complete in exchange for rewards and perks, including coins and extra lives.
Markus Maki is an Executive Chairman at Remedy Entertainment.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Angel
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Coatue is a lifecycle investment platform focused on turning big ideas in world-shaping technology companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, China, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Norm AI — Norm Ai provides solutions for sludge problem by enabling compliance teams to delegate tasks to Regulatory AI via high-level instructions, while at the same time validating the resulting work product.
- Cohesity — Eliminate mass data fragmentation with Cohesity's next-gen data management. Begin with backup, gain instant recovery. Learn more today.
- Albert Invent — 1000’s of scientists, technicians, and engineers across 30+ countries rely on Albert’s end-to-end Cloud Platform to accelerate the innovation of new materials. With Albert, R&D organizations get the data insights and tools needed to increase speed to market, automate regulatory compliance, and heighten the impact of new products.Built fromthe ground up for the chemical and material science industry, the Albert Platform connects R&D processes and creates a single data source of truth across the R&D organization. Augmented with AI, machine learning and a comprehensive materials database, key platform functionality includes inventory, worksheets, workflows, tasks, and more. www.albertinvent.com
Founded in 2005, Hillhouse is a leading global investment management firm, active across public equity, private equity, real estate and private credit. The firm invests over a long-term horizon and partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to deliver sustainable value creation for quality companies.Hillhouse is a full life-cycle private equityfirm, investing for the long term across opportunities in the healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrials sectors. The firm manages capital on behalf of global institutions such as non-profit foundations, endowments, and pensions.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- dinii — Dinii is a mobile order platform for take-out shops.
- Ascentium — At Ascentium, we believe in the power of partnership to realise unlimited growth potential.
- Xingmai Innovation — Xingmai Innovation creates, develops, and sells intelligent swimming pool cleaning robots.
Early stage venture capital focused on consumer technology, marketplaces and new ways for everyday people to make money over the internet.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- United States, Finland, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Phaver — Welcome to the biggest mobile app on Lens Protocol. Access all that Web3 Social has to offer through one easy-to-use app. Engage with your favourite creators, connect your NFT's, earn rewards and more
- WilsonAI — WilsonAI makes the world's best AI paralegal for company's legal teams. It acts as an intelligent legal front door and assists with automating workflows while maintaining oversight.
- Sentient Labs — Creatify is a minimalist, dark-themed Webflow template designed specifically for design agencies and creative studios. It features a timeless design, subtle animations, a fully functioning CMS, and everything you need to elevate your online presence to the next level.
Investors by industry
Proptech
Impact
Hardware
Gaming
Google
Consumer
Energy
Climate
Marketplace
FinTech
Health Care
Community
Artificial intelligence
Biotech
EdTech
Sustainability
Venture Capital
Organic Food
Real Estate
Web3
Big Data
Education
Finance
Video Games
Payments
Publishing
Food and Beverage
Financial Services
Retail
Clean Energy
B2B
Photography
Infrastructure
Beauty
Social Media
Android
Art
Digital Media
Social Network
Franchise
Construction
Local
eSports
Legal
Enterprise Software
Internet
Sports
Medical
Email
Wellness
Music
Manufacturing
Mobile
Platforms
Mobile Advertising
Recruiting
Biotechnology
Hospitality
Cannabis
Fitness
Travel
Automotive
Wine And Spirits
Medical Device
Crowdfunding
Social
CleanTech
Mobile Apps
Transportation
InsurTech
Enterprise
LGBT
Fashion
Oil and Gas
Theatre
Film
Life Science
Non Profit
Renewable Energy
SaaS
Sporting Goods
Restaurants
Social Impact
Celebrity
Software
Cryptocurrency
Machine Learning
Agriculture (agtech)
Media (entertainment)
Facebook
Blockchain
Investors by country
Germany
United Kingdom
India
New Zealand
Canada
Ireland
Australia
United States
South Korea
China
Oceania
Japan
Sri Lanka
Singapore
Europe
Indonesia
South Africa
Vietnam
LATAM
Spain
Armenia
Brazil
Africa
Middle East
Qatar
Asia
Saudi Arabia
Georgia
Ecuador
Bahrain
Faroe Islands
Belize
Egypt
Croatia
Greece
Ghana
Hungary
Finland
Estonia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Ethiopia
France
Belgium
Hong Kong
Barbados
Gibraltar
Bermuda
Belarus
Algeria
Chile
Denmark
Bulgaria
Liberia
Kuwait
Peru
Myanmar
Liechtenstein
Morocco
Norway
Mexico
Panama
Lithuania
Nicaragua
Mali
Lebanon
Mauritius
Philippines
Israel
Jersey
Malaysia
Malta
Italy
Tajikistan
Togo
Seychelles
Poland
Zimbabwe
Tanzania
Puerto Rico
Serbia
Sweden
Senegal
Taiwan
Rwanda
Tunisia
Zambia
Slovenia
Sierra Leone
San Marino
Thailand
Uruguay
Portugal
Uzbekistan
Russian Federation
Turkey
El Salvador
Ukraine
Uganda
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Namibia
Iceland
Azerbaijan
Nigeria
Bahamas
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
Jamaica
Honduras
Bolivia
Isle of Man
Luxembourg
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
Albania
Romania
Grenada
Bangladesh
Argentina
Jordan
Kenya
Cayman Islands
Cambodia
Cyprus
Oman
Latvia
Cameroon
Austria
Switzerland
Marshall Islands
Colombia
Guatemala
Investors in Finland by industry
Restaurants
Transportation
Financial Services
Big Data
Cryptocurrency
Finance
Food and Beverage
Payments
Video Games
Medical
Medical Device
Sports
Fitness
Social Media
Internet
Recruiting
Digital Media
Music
Mobile
Android
Blockchain
Clean Energy
Construction
Enterprise Software
Hospitality
Travel
Biotechnology
Platforms
Enterprise
Consumer
Health Care
Biotech
Climate
EdTech
Energy
Sustainability
SaaS
Impact
Proptech
Community
Artificial intelligence
Hardware
Gaming
Mobile Apps
Fashion
Web3
B2B
Life Science
Oil and Gas
Manufacturing
Automotive
Real Estate
Software
Franchise
Social Network
Wellness
CleanTech
Agriculture (agtech)
FinTech
Media (entertainment)
Machine Learning
Renewable Energy
Education
Infrastructure
Marketplace
Retail