Top 40 Social Network Startup Investors in Finland in May 2026
Top 40 Social Network Startup Investors in Finland in May 2026
| Investor | Social Network Finland investments |
|---|---|
| 5Y Capital | 3 |
| Xiaomi | 3 |
| Miki Kuusi | 2 |
| Superhero Capital | 2 |
| Riku Mäkelä | 2 |
| Ilkka Paananen | 2 |
| BAI capital | 2 |
| BITKRAFT Ventures | 1 |
| Bilibili | 1 |
| 37 Interactive Entertainment | 1 |
| Team Builder Ventures | 1 |
| Coatue | 1 |
| David Helgason | 1 |
| Hillhouse Investment | 1 |
| Kristian Segerstrale | 1 |
| Tesi | 1 |
| Factor | 1 |
| F4 Fund | 1 |
| Pekka Aakko | 1 |
| FOV Ventures | 1 |
| Tuulenkantajat | 1 |
| Icebreaker.vc | 1 |
| Nomad Ventures | 1 |
| Sedona Holdings | 1 |
| Wave Ventures | 1 |
| Temasek Holdings | 1 |
| Markus Maki | 1 |
| P2 Ventures | 1 |
| Symbolic Capital | 1 |
| SwissBorg | 1 |
| Alphanonce | 1 |
| Alibaba Group | 1 |
| Alexis Bonte | 1 |
| Jussi Laakkonen | 1 |
| Bret Terrill | 1 |
| ZhenFund | 1 |
| Taihecap (Formerly TH Capital) | 1 |
| Shunrong Gufen | 1 |
| Illusian Founder Office | 1 |
| dao5 | 1 |
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- Manufacturing, Software, Hardware
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Z.ai — Z.ai develops artificial intelligence models and services built upon large-scale pretrained architectures. The company offers ChatGLM, a dialogue-focused language model series designed for smooth conversation and easy integration. It also provides Ying, a text-to-video model capable of generating short video clips from text or images, and AutoGLM,a voice-driven AI agent that performs smartphone tasks based on complex user instructions. Z.ai supports integration through an API platform and offers migration assistance for developers moving from other AI ecosystems. The company’s technology stems from research at Tsinghua University’s KEG lab and emphasizes general-purpose cognitive intelligence models.
- ShareChat — ShareChat is India's own social network in 14 Indian languages Install ShareChat from Google Play Store for FREE!
- SeeYA Technology — SeeYA Technology is a high-tech company specializing in R&D, design, production and sales of new-generation semiconductor OLEDoS display, and providing customers with micro-display components, modules and related solutions. There is a comprehensive product line to full fill different demands from AR/VR, drones, thermal devices, nightvision equipment etc.
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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- 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.
- Zenniz — Zenniz is an ITF approved game tracking solution that provides real-time info, such as automated line calling, stroke and serve speeds, shot charts, match statistics and more. Players and coaches at all levels can use Zenniz on and off the court to help improve their game. For tennis clubs, Zenniz is an easy and cost-effective way to upgrade to thenext level. Due to a new, innovative sensor technology, they’ve been able to keep the cost to a minimum, making Zenniz accessible for all clubs, coaches and players.
- Taito.ai — Taito.ai provides an AI platform that allows users to develop and deploy intelligent applications. It supports various tools and features for building machine learning models. Users can access resources for training and optimizing their AI solutions.
Some call you founders. We call you Superheroes. Seed stage VC investing in insight-driven startups in Finland and the Baltics. Tickets 100 K€ - 1000 K€.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Finland, Lithuania, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Zadaa — We are the world’s first marketplace to make selling and buying secondhand as simple as in an online store. We have revolutionised C2C logistics regarding pricing and marketplace integration between multiple logistic companies operating on different markets. Zadaa is live on German, Danish and Finnish markets.
- ADESANTE — SurgeryVision is a Virtual Reality solution for Surgeons. Product is intended to be used for planning surgical procedures.
- Copla — Simplify cybersecurity compliance with automated workflows, audits, and risk management. Our expert CISO team tailors solutions to your organization's needs.
Riku Mäkelä is a COO at Wolt. He Attended Aalto University.
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- 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.
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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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
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.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- BottleCap AI — BottleCap AI is a company that focuses on architecture-first, efficiency-focused basic LLMs designed to reason better per unit of CPU and enable previously impossible applications.
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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- Internet, Software, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- INS — INS is an innovative commercial real estate operator that offers a one-stop experience platform focused on music, wine, and social interaction.
- 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.
- ThetaWave AI — Turn lectures into notes, mindmaps, quizzes & flashcards in real-time. Trusted by 50,000+ students from Stanford, MIT & more. Free to try.
We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming and emerging technology.
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- Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Airoclip — Airoclip is a gaming studio that uses AI to create highly personalized casual puzzle game experiences. Enjoy our flagship game, Hexa Dreams.
- Studio 369 — METALCORE is a free-to-play, first-person/third-person multiplayer mechanized combat game powered by towering War Machines fighting for dominance in large-scale battles.
- Yield Guild Games — Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for investing in non fungible tokens (NFTs) used in virtual worlds and blockchain-based games. The organization’s mission is to create the biggest virtual world economy, optimizing its community-owned assets for maximum utility, and sharing its profits with its token holders.
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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- 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.
37 Interactive Entertainment (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "37 IE") was founded in 2011. In 2015, the listing for the entire company was completed and quickly climbed to the top of China's stock market (Stock code: 002555). In 2017, 37 IE was named by Newzoo as one of the Top 25 Public Companies by GameRevenues. They were also named as one of the "New China Nifty 50" companies by Goldman Sachs. They are now included in the CSI 300 index and MSCI index (China A). They have offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Anhui, Jiangsu, Beijing, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, as well as North America and Europe.They have multiple game publishing platforms such as 37Games(China), 37Mobile and 37Games(Overseas). They also have several elite game studios such as Aurora Studio. 37 IE has four main corporate values:dedication, precision, team work and innovation. They have been able to establish a stronghold within the market due to their ability to recruit an retain staff who specialize within the internet and entertainment industries.As a leading game publisher and developer, they are expanding their business to other areas such as film, music and animation production, the development of VR content and healthy & lifestyle industry. Their goal is to build a global-leading cultural and creative company.
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- Food and Beverage, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- China, Canada, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Tingyu Technology — Tingyu Cloud is an edge cloud service platform based on massive edge nodes, providing customers with high-performance, high-reliability, and low-cost computing, distribution and storage services.
- FangQing Technology — Fangqing Technology is a company mainly engaged in multiple areas of the communications equipment and software industry. Its core business activities include software development and sales, software outsourcing services, information system integration services, and computer system services.
- Shengwei Digital Technology — Shengwei Digital Technology offers research and development of AI chip instruction set and cloud application ecosystem integration service.
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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- Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- TruckLabs — TruckLabs is a trucking technology company with a mission to transform the industry through combining a first-hand understanding of trucking with technology. With more than one hundred million miles driven, we are hardware engineers, software developers and data scientists who are serious about trucking.
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
- Planted — Plan. Build. Repeat. High-density racking, solar design software, and robotic construction to help turn more solar sites into good sites and build clean energy resources faster.
Coatue is a lifecycle investment platform focused on turning big ideas in world-shaping technology companies.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, China, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- DeepJudge — Powered by world-class enterprise search that serves up immediate access to all of the institutional knowledge in your firm, DeepJudge enables you to build entire AI applications, encapsulate multi-step workflows, and implement LLM agents.
- Jasper — Jasper is the best AI writer and AI art generator for teams with over 3,000 5-star reviews. Create blog posts, marketing copy, and AI-generated images fast.
- Braintrust — Braintrust is the new model for how work gets done. We connect organizations with top technical talent to complete strategic projects and drive innovation.
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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- Software, Gaming, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Denmark, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- Noah — API-first stablecoin payments, enterprise-grade compliance and real-time settlements, powered by stablecoin technology.
- Flow Engineering — Requirements management, made collaborative
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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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Sainte — Sainte is a company which provides professional nutritional solutions for babies with different nutritional needs
- Vita Dynamics — Vita Dynamics involves learning through real-world interactions by developing robots that can physically engage with their environment, they can adapt more naturally and efficiently.
- Horizon Continental Technology — Horizon Continental Technology is a joint venture between Continental Group and Horizon Robotics
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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- Gaming, PC Games, Online 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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- Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
- Wirepas — Wirepas offers a standards-based, ultra-reliable mesh connectivity for infrastructure-grade IoT. Proven in millions of devices worldwide.
- Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.
Factor operates as a venture capital firm.
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- 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 — Phaver is platform to start communities around products, places, web pages and apps while earning affiliate revenue on recommendations. With Phaver, experts can generate recurring revenue from their knowledge and users can discover better products and places.
- Kinetex — Cross-chain DeFi aggregator and highly efficient trading protocol. Instant transfer of liquidity between networks based on zero-knowledge proofs.
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- Gaming, FinTech, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Finland
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- Boby.ai — Boby.ai develops artificial intelligence-supported mobile applications for end users
- Camera Intelligence — Content creators, we built this for you. Alice Camera an AI camera works with your smartphone to shoot and share better content in a fraction of the time
- Benjamin — Start saving more money with our cash back app that automates the cash back earnings for people and businesses.
Pekka Aakko is an Advisor/organizer of Assembly Organizing. Pekka Aakko attended University of Helsinki.
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- Apps, Gaming, Mobile
- Seed, Angel
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Flymaas OY — LYGG is the first regional air mobility platform, on a mission to connect regions, empower people, and sustain the future. It's about time.
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
FOV Ventures invests in early-stage European companies across Spatial Computing, AI, 3D, and Robotics.
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- Software, Gaming, 3D Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Finland, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Roro — Roro is a new mobile gaming studio that creates imaginative play experiences using Unreal Engine. Roro is a small, nimble company with a clear vision wanting to expand with more craftspeople who can help build the future.
- Spogen.ai — Spogen.ai is a speaking AI assistant that improves machinery operation and maintenance efficiency.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
Tuulenkantajat is a non-profit organization that provides project management, event hosting, and business consulting services.
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- Software, Video Chat, Communities
- Pre-Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Starstuff — Play with friends. Craft avatars and games with AI.
Founded in 2016, Icebreaker has invested in over 50 fast-growing tech startups built by domain expert founders from companies like Rovio, Nordea, Pipedrive, Eniram, IBM and BCG. In addition to the fund, Icebreaker also runs a community of more than 1000 founders and pre-founders with 5+ years of relevant industry experience and the will to start,build or join strong tech companies.With the initial ticket sizes of €150k - 800K Icebreaker provides enough funding for companies to get to a position of strength and avoid post-accelerator limbo without having to resort to disreputable sources of capital and unfriendly deal terms.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Finland, Estonia, Sweden
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- Lutso — Empowering older adults to live independently, safely, and with dignity. Lutso is the smarter way to support aging at home.
- Cytely — Transforms microscopy from image-driven to data-driven through AI-powered autonomous targeting that captures high-resolution data of critical cellular events, enabling researchers to solve complex biological problems in minutes instead of years.
- NROC Security — Prevent data leaks, govern shadow AI, prove compliance, and save 50% on GenAI subscriptions
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- United States, Finland, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Phaver — Phaver is platform to start communities around products, places, web pages and apps while earning affiliate revenue on recommendations. With Phaver, experts can generate recurring revenue from their knowledge and users can discover better products and places.
- WilsonAI — Wilson takes care of document redlines, key term extractions and contract questions. So you can take care of business.
- 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.
Sedona Holdings is an investment firm.
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- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Series A
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
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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- Software, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Finland, Sweden, Germany
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- Bought — A fully automated secondhand marketplace unleashing the 95% of hidden secondhand supply with AI.
- 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 — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.
Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore with a multinational staff of over 960 people. Our portfolio is valued at S$434 billion.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Series B, Series C, Series D
- United States, China, India
Portfolio highlights
- Waymo — Waymo stands for a new way forward in mobility. it is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.Waymo improves transportation by building software and sensor technology developed in Google’s labs since 2009. In October 2015, they achieved the world’s first fully self-drivingtrip on public roads, in a car without a steering wheel or pedals. They refine Waymo technology through one billion miles of simulation testing each year, and the cars have self-driven over two million miles on public roads across four U.S. cities.It was founded in 2009 and is located in Mountain View, California.
- Glympse Bio — Glympse Bio is developing a powerful new paradigm in diagnostics to enable noninvasive and predictive monitoring of multiple human diseases. The company’s technology uses precisely engineered diagnostic agents that interrogate the body for certain disease states, and then carry the message to the urine for analysis. Glympse Bio’s platformtechnology was originally developed at MIT, and is founded by a team of world-renowned experts in nanomedicine and biomedical engineering.
- Black Forest Labs — Black Forest Labs creates advanced generative deep learning models for images and videos. They focus on making these technologies widely accessible and transparent, ensuring that their innovations are easy to use and understand. This approach aims to democratize access to cutting-edge technology and foster greater trust and utility.
Markus Maki is an Executive Chairman at Remedy Entertainment.
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- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Angel
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Polygon Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on early-stage Web3 startups.
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- Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- OpenEden — Mint and redeem TBILL tokens instantly 24/7 on the OpenEden TBILL Vault, and enjoy direct exposure to the U.S. risk-free rate.
- BabylonChain — Babylon is a VC-backed blockchain project founded by Claude. E. Shannon Award recipient, Professor David Tse from Stanford University. The project’s mission is to bring Bitcoin’s unparalleled security to all PoS blockchains in the world. To this end, we are building, as the bridge between Bitcoin and the PoS world, a new public Cosmos-based PoSblockchain called Babylon with a native token.
- SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
Symbolic Capital is a crypto VC founded by web3 founders. We provide web3 investing with global impact.
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- Blockchain, Web3, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Skate — Skate is a universal application layer that empowers apps to run on thousands of chains in one state. Skate uses the first and only line of code. This line of code is awesome and helps developers integrate quickly and easily.
- Moso — Get started today! Shop online and earn crypto at 2,000+ stores.
- Cleveland Diagnostics — Cleveland Diagnostics is developing a breakthrough technology to discover new class of diagnostics tests with high sensitivity and specificity for many cancers - early on, when cancer is still curable.
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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- Cryptocurrency, Internet, Blockchain
- Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Italy, France, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Phaver — Phaver is platform to start communities around products, places, web pages and apps while earning affiliate revenue on recommendations. With Phaver, experts can generate recurring revenue from their knowledge and users can discover better products and places.
- 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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- Blockchain, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Finland, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Phaver — Phaver is platform to start communities around products, places, web pages and apps while earning affiliate revenue on recommendations. With Phaver, experts can generate recurring revenue from their knowledge and users can discover better products and places.
- 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.
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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- E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- China, United States, India
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- Z.ai — Z.ai develops artificial intelligence models and services built upon large-scale pretrained architectures. The company offers ChatGLM, a dialogue-focused language model series designed for smooth conversation and easy integration. It also provides Ying, a text-to-video model capable of generating short video clips from text or images, and AutoGLM,a voice-driven AI agent that performs smartphone tasks based on complex user instructions. Z.ai supports integration through an API platform and offers migration assistance for developers moving from other AI ecosystems. The company’s technology stems from research at Tsinghua University’s KEG lab and emphasizes general-purpose cognitive intelligence models.
- Magic Leap — Magic Leap is a proprietary wearable technology that enables users to interact with digital devices in a completely visually cinematic way.Magic Leap is an Augmented Reality US-based startup that is innovating in the AR space to create new hardware and software that will give its users a never-before-seen AR experience and redefine how we accessscreens and visualize data. The headset combines a user's inherent visual ability with mobile computing – giving visual output equivalent to real-world experience but powered by mobile tech. Using their Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal, they generate images indistinguishable from real objects and place those images seamlessly into the real world.
- Sun Art Retail Group — Sun Art Retail Group is a retail company with hypermarket and fast-growing e-commerce businesses. Sun Art Retail operates its hypermarket business under two recognized banners – “Auchan” and “RT-Mart”.As of December 2019, Sun Art Retail had a total of 486 outlets in China with a total gross floor area (“GFA”) of approximately 13 million squaremeters, covering 232 cities across 29 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities.The priorities of Sun Art Retail Group is to restructure hypermarket complexes, to explore multi-formats and omni-channels, and to become a leader in digital transformation for physical stores and a benchmarking enterprise for New Retail.
Alexis Bonte is based out of Madrid, Madrid, and is the President and Group CEO of Stillfront Group. Alexis previously worked at eRepublik Labs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Alexis Bonte attended Regent's University London.
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- Gaming, Video Games, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Finland, Portugal, United States
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- AudioMob — Monetizing mobile games non-intrusively using audio ads! AudioMob are the creators of Audio Enhanced Banners & Rewarded Audio
- CASAFARI — CASAFARI brings transparency to chaotic property markets by building a clean and complete real estate database. The company's proprietary technology allows agents to collect, clean, match duplicates, and evaluate every property coming to the market and to source the best investment opportunities in real-time.
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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- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Seed, Angel
- Finland
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- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
- Neon Koi — 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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- Gaming, Online Games, Social Network
- Angel
- Finland
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- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
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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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- China, United States, Singapore
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- Teable — Teable is an AI-driven, no-code, enterprise-grade database built on PostgreSQL that uses a spreadsheet-like interface to enable rapid creation of complex applications. It supports AI integration, real-time collaboration, and private deployment, offering a fast, scalable, and secure solution for efficient app development without coding.
- ImageDT — ImageDT is a Enterprise services company.
- Zhaogang.com — Zhaogang.com is a website that is specialized in steel trading information services for buyers and suppliers. Zhaogang.com obtained ten millions of dollars in angel funding at the end of 2011. It was launched in 2012.
Investment Bank, Financial Services
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- Software, EdTech, Retail
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, Finland
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- 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.
Shunrong Gufen is a manufacturer of automotive plastic fuel tanks and testing equipment.
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- Mobile, Online Games, Manufacturing
- Series A
- China, Finland
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- 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.
Illusian is the Founder Office of people who have founded and scaled companies like Supercell, Zalando, Wolt, Aiven, Pigment, and Smartly. While the group is still busy running their businesses, they've aligned their networks, capital, and expertise to simultaneously support the next generation of builders.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, United States, Germany
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- Ever — Shop Ever Certified EVs, get instant sell offers, and finance online with delivery or pickup.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- Ovido — Ovido company specialises in supply chain and product data automation, with a focus on providing full product traceability and the establishment of Digital Product Passports (DPPs).
An experimental cryptocurrency investment fund that will convert into a decentralized autonomous organization.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, Australia
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- Greenlane — Greenlane is a distributor of premium cannabis accessories, packaging, vape solutions, and lifestyle products. It serves a diverse and expansive customer base with more than 8,000 retail locations, including licensed cannabis dispensaries, smoke shops, and specialty retailers. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.
- Flora Growth Corp. — Flora Growth is a global cannabis company that leverages natural, cost-effective cultivation practices to supply cannabis derivatives to its diverse business divisions of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, hemp textiles, and food and beverage.The company makes organic cannabis oils, food and drink with added cannabidiol, and pharmaceutical-, medical-,and cosmetic-grade cannabis plant derivatives.Flora Growth was established in 2019 by
- Cluster Protocol — Cluster Protocol is the co-ordination layer for AI agents, a carnot engine fueling the AI economy making sure the AI developers are monetized for their AI models and users get an unified seamless experience to build that next AI app/ agent within a virtual disposable environment facilitating the creation of modular, self-evolving AI agents.
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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 is aninvestment firm of Morningside Group.It was headquartered in Xuhui, Shanghai, China in 2008 by Ken Shi and Richard Liu.
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Naxions
— Naxions is a Healthcare company.
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Aureka Biotechnologies
— Aureka Biotechnologies is a pioneering biotech firm dedicated to democratizing the pharmaceutical sector in order to conquer sickness.
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Medbanks
— Medbanks Network Technology provides data processing services to the healthcare industry. It develops an oncology database of clinical and professional medical services using information collected from hospitals. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Beijing.
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