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Top 40 Wellness Angel Investors in Finland in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 40 angel investors that invest in Wellness startups based in Finland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Wellness companies from Finland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 40 Wellness Angel Investors in Finland in January 2026

Investor	Wellness Finland investments
Stefan Lindberg	2
Julia Jouhki	1
Kalle Katevuo	1
Martti Suomela	1
Juha-Petteri Kukkonen	1
Kim Groop	1
David Shuman	1
Lance Armstrong	1
Kristian Ranta	1
Teemu Takala	1
Sebastian Östman	1
Elias Aalto	1
Steve Chen	1
Reima Linnanvirta	1
Dave Morin	1
Will Smith	1
Jeremy Yap	1
Michael Widenius	1
Juha Pinomaa	1
Ryan Rzepecki	1
James Corden	1
Torsti Tenhunen	1
Juha-Petteri Kukkonen	1
Charles Plowden	1
Rasmus Östman	1
Mahesh Kumar	1
Kevin Lin	1
Katja Toropainen	1
Harpreet Rai	1
Petteri Lahtela	1
Shaquille O'Neal	1
Paul Polman	1
Jaan Tallinn	1
Shamma Raghib	1
Ilari Kallio	1
Raoul Scherwitzl	1
Sami Inkinen	1
Niklas Hed	1
Johannes Schildt	1
Jyri Engestrom	1

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Stefan Lindberg is co-owner of YSUB.

Investment focus

Nutrition, Wellness, Fruit
Seed, Pre-Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

YSUB — YSUB produces a beverage containing hemp - lemonade with a hint of hemp seeds, soothing botanicals, and some vitamins. It also has CBD beverage, but cannot sell due to regulations in Finland and other Nordic countries and is trying to create a campaign to create awareness.
Vegemi — Vegemi is a free smartphone app that promotes eating fruits and vegetables through gaming. The software was designed with the entire family in mind, but especially to demonstrate youngsters the health advantages of fruits and vegetables in a way that motivates and inspires them.
StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities

Julia Jouhki is an Angel Investor.

Investment focus

Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.

Kalle Katevuo is an Angel Investor.

Investment focus

Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.

Martti Suomela - Co-Founder & Partner @ Kodit.io

Investment focus

Fitness, Software, Wellness
Pre-Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities

Juha-Petteri Kukkonen runs family office KVKI Capital, which helps food & beverage startups and growth companies with their world-shaping ideas. He has founded the digital agency Piraija Interactive and a mobile app company, CreateTrips. He also have a strong background in advertising and PR and have worked for agencies like SEK & Grey,Satama Interactive, Mindshare Worldwide, and Valve.

Investment focus

Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

YSUB — YSUB produces a beverage containing hemp - lemonade with a hint of hemp seeds, soothing botanicals, and some vitamins. It also has CBD beverage, but cannot sell due to regulations in Finland and other Nordic countries and is trying to create a campaign to create awareness.
Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.

Kim Groop - Managing Partner & co-founder @ First Fellow Partners

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Finland, Sweden, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Mendor — Mendor is a Finnish company, committed to the design, development and marketing of advanced diabetes management products. Mendor has launched a revolutionary, discreet, easy to use, portable all-in-one blood glucose meter and web-based software application for the daily management of diabetes. Mendor has designed its products together with usersand diabetes experts to address the needs of people with diabetes requiring regular blood glucose monitoring.
Youredi — Youredi is the leading integration solution provider for the Supply Chain and Logistics industries.
Detectify — Detectify's external attack surface management tool - assess, prioritize, remediate continuously growing external attack surfaces.

David Shuman

Investment focus

Wellness, Fitness, Wearables
Pre-Seed, Series A
Finland, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Alyte — Alyte Social Fitness App is a new way to hang out online. Think yoga and pilates, on demand, on your schedule with your mates. Get launch notification.
Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.

Lance Armstrong is the Managing Partner and Founding Partner at NEXT VENTŪRES.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, B2B, Real Time
Series A, Series C, Funding Round
United States, Israel, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Throne — Throne is a health company that focuses on individual gut wellness and hydration maintenance.
Rev Energy Gum — Rev Energy Gum - The #1 caffeine gum in the US bringing you the best source of on-the-go energy! The best tasting sugar free gum and coffee alternative that is equal to a shot of espresso in every piece - like having the energy of 6 energy shots in your pocket!
Athletic Brewing — Athletic Brewing Company is revolutionizing beer for the modern adult by proudly brewing great-tasting, craft non-alcoholic beer & hop-infused sparkling water.

Kristian Ranta is a Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Meru Health.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

AIATELLA — Automating medical image analysis
Solu — Discover the next generation toolkit for analyzing, storing and sharing bacterial genomes.
Vital — Vital API allows developers to access health data from wearable devices and at-home test kits. The company was founded in 2021 by Maitham Dib and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Teemu Takala

Investment focus

Fitness, Software, Wellness
Pre-Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities

Sebastian Östman is an Angel Investor.

Investment focus

Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.

Elias Aalto is Wolt's Advisor and a Co-Founder before that.

Investment focus

Internet, News, Video
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Finland, Sweden, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Cluby — Cluby is a technology platform that provides restaurants with the best tools for managing and communicating with loyal consumers.
ArcticStartup — ArcticStartup is the leading startup news publication covering the Nordics and Baltics delivering the latest insights on the hottest startups in the region
Flowstep — Flowstep is a copilot that helps you create better designs, 10x faster. Just type and get user flows, high-fidelity UI, JTBD and more.

Steve Chen was an internet entrepreneur and the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of YouTube. Born in August 1978 in Taiwan. Raised in Taiwan, Chen and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 15.After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chen worked at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley andJawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube, a website designed to simplify video sharing online.Chen was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0 magazine in 2006. That year, he and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.Chen most recently co-founded AVOS Systems with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Artue — Artue is pioneering the art industry's digital transformation.
E-Pal — E-Pal connects high-caliber gamers worldwide, offering you supportive gaming companions anytime, anywhere. You'll never battle alone!
Beaubble — beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] playground for beauty enthusiasts

Angel investor and board professional with a passion on helping startups and growth companies to fulfil their true potential.

Investment focus

Software, Marketplace, Fitness
Seed, Pre-Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Bahn Express — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.
StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities
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.

Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, France, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Zeel — Zeel delivers Massage On Demand:registered: - top-quality massages from licensed, vetted massage therapists to homes, hotels, workplaces, and events in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. With Zeel, customers enjoy a massage in the comfort, convenience, safety, and privacy of the place and time of their choosing, 7 days a week, 365days a year, with start times as early as 8 am and as late as 10:30 pm. Services by app for iPhone or Android . Our first service offering is Massage On Demand:registered:. Zeel has been offering Massage On Demand since December 2012, launching the app on April 2, 2013. Massage On Demand:registered: is disrupting the $15B US and $80B global massage market.The Zeel app allows customers to get massage at their home, hotel, workplace or event in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. They choose between a soothing Swedish and invigorating deep tissue massage. Customers pay a set price (including tax & tip), charged to their credit card on file. All therapists are fully vetted in person, licensed in their state of practice, insured (minimum of $1M), background-checked and trained by the Zeel team to reach the highest levels of customer service and experience. In September 2013, Zeel launched Massage Zeelot, the first-ever same-day, on-demand massage subscription service. Customers receive at least one in-home, on-demand Zeel Massage per month at a preferred rate, along with a free professional-grade massage table, theirs to keep.
Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.
Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS

Will Smith is an actor, producer and musician, two-time Academy Award® nominee four-time Grammy nominee and winner Will Smith has enjoyed a diverse career encompassing films, television and multiplatinum records.Smith’s vast filmography includes transformative portrayals of true-life icons in “Ali,” “The Pursuit of Happyness” and “Concussion.” Hehas headlined an extraordinary list of films, including “Hitch,” “I am Legend,” “I, Robot,” “Independence Day,” “Men in Black I, II, and III” and “Suicide Squad".Currently, Smith can be seen in Walt Disney Pictures “Aladdin” in the iconic role of the Genie. The movie was directed by Guy Ritchie and has made over $1 billion worldwide since its release on May 24, 2019. Smith will next be seen staring in Ang Lee’s action/thriller, “Gemini Man” out this fall. Next year, he’ll grace the screen once again in the beloved franchise, Sony’s “Bad Boys for Life,” premiering around the world in January 2020, in which he will once again reprise his iconic role as Detective Mike Lowrey opposite Martin Lawrence. Smith will next go into production on Warner Brother’s “King Richard” where he will star in the titular role of Richard Williams, the father of renounced tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.Recently, Smith created the daring Facebook Watch series, “Will Smith’s Bucket List” where he challenges himself to a different item from his bucket list each week, including performing standup comedy with Dave Chappelle, skydiving in Dubai, swimming with sharks, and racing a Formula 1 car in Abu Dhabi. The show was a massive success for the platform. He began his career as a musician selling millions of records worldwide before crossing over into television with the beloved “Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” In 1998 he and partner James Lassiter founded production and management company Overbrook Entertainment, which has produced numerous top film and television projects.In addition to his artistic achievements, Smith is a successful business owner. Along with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, he launched a new media venture, Westbrook Inc. This is a cross-platform holding company formed to execute the Smith Family’s global content and commerce business strategy. Westbrook Inc. will encompass subsidiary companies including the existing Overbrook Entertainment, Red Table Talk Enterprises and the recently formed Westbrook Studios, Westbrook Media, and Good Goods, the latter an elevated merchandise business. Additionally he and Jada founded the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation. WJSFF is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization committed to improving lives and investing in organizations and initiatives that empower traditionally overlooked communities.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Series A, Seed, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Portfolio highlights

HempNFibers — Growing hemp. Making a bio fuel to start. Than also an insulation out of it as well. Will look at doing more as company grows. I also know a way to power a whole warehouse by just the plants it’s self but I need funding to get this started. I’m building the transportation side just so I can gain an income to try and get this started.
Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
Invisible Universe — Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet.

Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Snaplet — Snaplet gives developers production-accurate data and preview databases they can code against, so they can focus on shipping. Ditch the seed script forever!
Dust — Break down knowledge silos and amplify team performance with data-augmented, customizable and secure AI agents. Deploy in minutes, no coding required.
Terminal 3 — We empower an equitable digital future

Michael “Monty” Widenius is the “spiritual father” of MariaDB, a renowned advocate for the open source software movement and one of the original developers of MySQL, the predecessor to MariaDB. In addition to being chief server architect for MariaDB Corporation, he also serves as a board member of the MariaDB Foundation. He was a founder at SkySQL,and the CTO of MySQL AB until its sale to Sun Microsystems (now Oracle). Monty was also the founder of TCX DataKonsult AB, a Swedish data warehousing company. He is the co-author of the MySQL Reference Manual and was awarded the Finnish Software Entrepreneur of the Year prize in 2003. In 2015, Monty was selected as one of the 100 most influential persons in the Finnish IT market. Monty studied at the Helsinki University of Technology and lives in Finland.

Investment focus

Big Data, Software, Mobile
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Sweden, Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Beddit — Every morning, the Beddit Sleep Tracker shows how you've slept. Scoring high enough gets you to the green zone and helps you learn what those good nights are made out of! You can easily dig deeper into your sleep details including your resting heart rate, respiration, sleep cycles, snoring and more.Beddit is placed right under the bedsheet, connected to your mobile device and all you need to do is sleep. Sleep tracking made as easy as stepping on weight scale!The company has been working with sleep technology since 2007 specializing in ballistocardiography, a scientific method for measuring the physical micro-movements caused by cardiac activity. Beddit has become a global leader in consumer focused sleep tracking solutions.
MoSync — Mosync: Your go-to solution for fast, secure & automated cloud data sync, storage & file sharing. Transfer CIFS, NFS & more with ease. Try it today!
import.io — Unlock a world of data with Import.io. We deliver the web data you need to power your business with intuitive apps, powerful APIs, and expert services.

Juha Pinomaa, serves as CEO at Omegawave. Juha served as President of Sports Instruments at Amer Sports Corp. since 2005 and served as its Member of the Executive Board. Mr. Pinomaa served as President of Suunto Oy from September 1, 2005 to March 17, 2010. Mr. Pinomaa has made an extensive career in Nokia Mobile Phones, where he has during thepast 17 years held several executive positions in general management, international sales and product marketing both in Finland as well as in the USA and Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

Wellness, Health Care, Service Industry
Angel
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Heltti — We are Heltti! We help people and knowledge workplaces feel better.

Ryan Rzepecki was the founder and CEO of NYC-based JUMP Bikes (acquired by Uber in 2018), focused on developing innovative solutions for urban transportation. Early in his career, Rzepecki worked as a planner in the bikes division of New York City’s Department of Transportation. During that time, he worked extensively to bring bike facilities tomore New Yorkers. It was this experience that led him to design a high-tech bike share model that he entered in the Copenhagen Design Competition. By 2010, he founded the company under its original name Social Bicycles, and set out to realize his vision of using bicycles as a smarter, cleaner, and more fun mode of urban transportation. His company pioneered "smart bike" technology, allowing bike share to go dockless and become more accessible and convenient for riders.In 2013, Rzepecki was named one of the 100 Coolest People in Tech by Business Insider and one of the Top 100 City Innovators Worldwide by UBM’s Future Cities. He received his master’s degree in urban planning from Hunter College of the City University of New York and his bachelor’s degree in marketing and international business from Pennsylvania State University.

Investment focus

E-Learning, EdTech, Education
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Turkey, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Bümo — BumoCare offers on-demand weekday and weekend child care for busy parents. We provide educare -- care powered by our globally recognized curriculum.
Soar — Soar is a real-time streaming platform for volumetric video
Subject — Subject provides high school learners access to premium, on-demand courses for credit or study support

James Corden

Investment focus

Financial Services, Apps, Mobile
Series A, Funding Round
United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Hintsa — Discover a better you, with methods proven in Formula 1 and Fortune 500.
MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
Imprint — Imprint partners with today's top brands to offer their customers branded credit cards, debit cards, and rewards programs at a fraction of the cost.

See https://www.linkedin.com/in/ttenhunen/

Investment focus

Fitness, Software, Wellness
Pre-Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities

Investment focus

News, Internet, Wellness
Seed, Convertible Note
Finland

Portfolio highlights

YSUB — YSUB produces a beverage containing hemp - lemonade with a hint of hemp seeds, soothing botanicals, and some vitamins. It also has CBD beverage, but cannot sell due to regulations in Finland and other Nordic countries and is trying to create a campaign to create awareness.
Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.
ArcticStartup — ArcticStartup is the leading startup news publication covering the Nordics and Baltics delivering the latest insights on the hottest startups in the region

Charles Plowden is a Retired considering options at Baillie Gifford.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile, Content
Funding Round
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Hintsa — Discover a better you, with methods proven in Formula 1 and Fortune 500.

Rasmus Östman is an Angel Investor.

Investment focus

Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.

Mahesh Kumar

Investment focus

Fitness, Software, Wellness
Pre-Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
Asterix — Asterix offers digital ownership and unlocks new possibilities.
Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps

Katja Toropainen is the founder of Inklusiiv. Prior to that, she served as a chief program curator at Slush. Katja holds a master's degree in information and service management from Aalto University.

Investment focus

Software, iOS, Apps
Pre-Seed
Sweden, Finland

Portfolio highlights

imagi — Programming has never been this much fun! Learn to create with code, share your designs with friends on the imagiLabs app and customize your imagiCharm - a fun, easy-to-use, colorful, and educational toy for girls. Imagine it. Code it. Wear it.
StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities

Harpreet Singh Rai is the chief executive officer of Oura and a member of its board. He was previously at Eminence Capital, a L/S Equity Hedge Fund where he was a TMT Portfolio Manager. Previously he was at Morgan Stanley in their M&A Group in New York.

Investment focus

Wellness, Health Care, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Arya — Arya is building the Couples Wellness category, poised to become the next billion-dollar cornerstone in the global wellness market.Couples are falling into routine and many are experiencing increased loneliness. While billions are spent on fitness, mindfulness, and sleep, emotional and physical intimacy is often neglected. We invest in swipingfor the right partner and then trying to fix it (or spend a fortune divorcing them)... but not much in between.Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, both inside and outside the bedroom - a crucial ingredient to a successful relationship.
Explorex Technologies, Inc. — The Indian restaurant industry has already adopted technology to adapt to the growing demands and match the expectations of today's customers but the absence of a full-stack cloud-based software is extremely frustrating to business owners today. The existing systems lack modularity, lack the ability to integrate with services, and hencearen't plug and play. Also, Restaurants are extremely frustrated with all the 5-6 independent systems that don't talk to each other. We are solving these problems by building a full-stack solution for the 30 million+ restaurants in India, by solves order management, operations management, online delivery, payment processing, reports & analytics, and guest identification and re-engagement all using one system - Explorex.
Function Health — Test your whole body and own your health. Function, co-founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, is a lifelong routine of 100+ lab tests for the whole body including thyroid, hormones, fertility, autoimmunity, heart, kidney, liver and more. Lab results direct to you with insights from top doctors.

Petteri Lahtela serves as a co-founder president and chief innovation officer at ŌURA.

Investment focus

Wellness, Health Care, Nutrition
Seed, Pre-Seed
Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Nucu — The Nucu Pad is a multisensory baby pad that soothes your baby to sleep with womb-like feelscapes.
Elo Health — Elo Health pioneers in delivering Smart Nutrition through personalized supplements, formulated with scientific precision to meet your unique health and performance goals.
Alba Health — Discover your baby's gut health & microbiome for the best start in life.

Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, nicknamed Shaq, is an American retired basketball player and NBA Hall of Fame member since 2016. Shaq is also a former rapper, actor, fashion trend setter, investor and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA

Investment focus

Health Care, Wearables, Apps
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Edsoma — Edsoma is an EdTech company with a subscriber based revenue model. Our product is a literacy tool that uses data to keep users engaged.
Limbo — Lose 12 percent of your bodyweight in 3 months using wearable tech. No calorie counting, no complicated rules.
Bored Ape Yacht Club — Bored Ape Yacht Club develops a series of cartoon ape characters for auction in exchange for cryptocurrency. BAYC is a collection of 10,000 Bored Ape NFTs, which are digital collectibles on the Ethereum blockchain.

Paul Polman was elected to the Dow Board of Directors in February 2010, and serves on the Environment, Health, Safety and Technology Committee.Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V. – Chief Executive Officer, January 2009 to date. Nestlé S.A. – Executive Vice President of Americas, January 2008-September 2008; Chief Financial Officer 2006-2008. TheProcter & Gamble Company (a provider of consumer, pharmaceutical, cleaning, personal care and pet products) – Group President Europe, 2001-2006; CFO of the Year 2007, Investor Magazine; Carl Lindner Award 2006, University of Cincinnati; WSJ/CNBC European Business Leader of the Year 2003. Member of United Nations high level task force on post 2015 development goals. President of the Kilimanjaro Blindtrust/Chair of Perkins International Advisory Board. Board member of Global Consumer Goods Forum. Member: International Business Council of WEF, Swiss American Chamber of Commerce and vice chair of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Member of the B-Team (a global initiative to help transform the future of business). Honorary degrees from Universities of Northumbria, UK in 2000 and University of Cincinnati in 2009.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Sustainability, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, Finland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Toast Ale — Toast ale is an award-winning craft beer brewed with surplus fresh bread that would otherwise be wasted. All profits go to the charity, Feedback, to end food waste.
Freja — Award-winning bone broths from Freja Foods. Responsibly sourced and conveniently packaged, Freja bone broth is available online and via leading retailers.
Basecamp Research — Novel proteins from nature. We sample the most extreme and exciting places on the planet to build the world's largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity.

Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Estonia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

LawZero — LawZero is committed to advancing research and creating technical solutions that enable safe-by-design AI systems.
TENYX — Discover innovative solutions for digital transformation at Tenyx. Explore our cutting-edge technology services designed to drive business growth and elevate your digital presence.
Lightyear — Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.

Shamma Raghib

Investment focus

Fitness, Software, Wellness
Pre-Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities

Ilari Kallio

Investment focus

Fitness, Software, Wellness
Pre-Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

StepOut.pro — A digital platform for fitness & wellness freelancers to streamline their business activities

Raoul Scherwitzl - CEO and co-founder @ Natural Cycles

Investment focus

Wellness
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

Nucu — The Nucu Pad is a multisensory baby pad that soothes your baby to sleep with womb-like feelscapes.

Sami Inkinen is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Virta Health, a specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Previously, Mr. Inkinen was the co-founder of the leading online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO andpresident and board member until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group. He also worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors. A physicist by training, Mr. Inkinen started his career as a radiochemist at a nuclear power plant and holds a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Helsinki University of Technology. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. He thinks his greatest luxury today is a small vegetable garden at his San Francisco Bay area home.

Investment focus

Health Care, Fitness, Medical
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Edamam — Edamam provides nutrition solutions to businesses in the food, health and wellness sectors, leveraging its proprietary cloud-based, structured-data semantic technology platform. Unlike traditional competitors, we deliver value-added nutrition data in real time and at fraction of the cost, saving clients both time and money. Clients include Nestle,Samsung, Epicurious, Gannett and The New York Times.
Augmedix — Augmedix is a tech-enabled service that reclaims the hours physicians spend on the computer entering or retrieving data from electronic health records and refocuses them on what matters most: patient care. It uses wearable technology to connect its clinic with the Augmedix charting service. It is powered by Google Glass and Smartphone devices. Itwas founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Cricket Health — Interwell Health is a kidney care management company that partners with physicians on its mission to reimagine healthcare. Learn more online today.

Niklas Hed is the Co-Founder of Rovio. He steers Rovio's Research and Development efforts on new technologies, platforms and ventures to ensure Rovio’s products are always at the forefront of innovation.

Investment focus

Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health
Seed
Finland

Portfolio highlights

4Good Games —
Taimi.love — Taimi manufactures optimized nutrients for a balanced life.

Johannes Schildt, a true serial entrepreneur who founded or co-founded more than 3 companies, started his first company while still in school. Schildt later made a meteoric career at Stardoll working alongside people like Henrik Torstensson & Marcus Gners. Johannes successfully launched Stardoll's first official Facebook game, reaching1,000,000 monthly unique users within 3 months after launch. Today, Johannes is the CEO & Co-founder of Kry. By combining new technology with leading medical expertise KRY has built a platform to make healthcare digital.

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Health Care, Software, Apps
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Sweden, Finland, United States

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Hemby — Hemby is Europe’s first on-demand like elderly home care service. Get personally-dedicated carers in hours, not days. Made possible by our own end-to-end technology platform. We operate in Germany and Finland. We’re backed by leading Nordic VC funds Alliance and Icebreaker as well as three superstar angels, whom all founded their own unicorns,namely: Johannes Schildt (Co-Founder & CEO of KRY), Elias Aalto (Co-Founder of Wolt), Ilkka Paananen via Family Office Illusian (Co-Founder of Supercell) and Yury Yakubchyk (Founder & CEO of Elemy). In the future, care will be on-demand, and personal. Follow us and join our team!www.hemby.com/en www.hemby.de www.hemby.fi www.hemby.co.uk
Vital — Vital API allows developers to access health data from wearable devices and at-home test kits. The company was founded in 2021 by Maitham Dib and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Volter — Volter software offers a comprehensive solution for commercial and industrial property owners to deploy, manage, and improve solar assets.

Jyri Engeström is an Investor and Partner of Yes VC. He attended Lancaster University

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Finland, Canada

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Jow — Jow is a grocery shopping app that simplifies shopping and gives advice of what to eat. This app offers free and simple recipes that adapt to the customer's taste. It automatically creates a customized menu with delicious recipes and fills the cart with all the ingredients necessary for cooking.Jow was founded in 2017 and is headquartered inParis, France.
Spell — Operationalizing AI for NLP, Computer Vision, and Speech Recognition has never been easier
Orchid Labs — Orchid Labs is an open-source project committed to ending surveillance and censorship on the internet. Orchid uses an overlay network built upon the existing internet, which is driven by a peer-to-peer tokenized bandwidth exchange, creating a more inclusive, liberated internet. Orchid Labs was founded in 2017 by Dr. Steven Waterhouse, Jay Freeman,Brian J. Fox, Gustav Simonsson, and Stephen Bell.

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