Top 50 Wellness Startup Investors in Finland in November 2024

The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.

Finnvera makes direct investments in early-stage enterprises through Seed Fund Vera Ltd. Finnvera's goal is to cover shortcomings existing on the market between product development funding and private equity investments. Finnvera does not compete with private financiers; instead, it strives to supplement the financial market.Finnvera'sinvestments enable, start and accelerate growth and internationalisation among investment targets. Enterprises are developed to make them attractive targets for further financing by other investors and industrial actors. Investments are made in technology enterprises at an early stage and in technology-intensive or innovative service enterprises that have potential for developing into international growth enterprises.Finnvera is also known as a specialised financing company owned by the State of Finland. It provides its clients with loans, guarantees, venture capital investments and export credit guarantees.

A private investment firm run by Risto Siilasmaa and Kim Groop. Grounded in a deeply held set of values around entrepreneurship, trust, integrity and helping solve the world’s problems. We partner with strong and ambitious technology entrepreneurs driven by a mission to fix or build something important in the world.

Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Reaktor Ventures has moved to the next phase by focusing its efforts to actively supporting current portfolio companies. This means that the fund has ended its investment period and is not investing into new companies. Between 2013 and 2018 we have invested into 42 different companies and one early stage fund. We will naturally keep makingfollow-up investments to current portfolio companies.

Stefan Lindberg is co-owner of YSUB.

Oy Hammaren & Co Ab provides financial services and insurance activities.

We are PROfounders. We are the proactive European early-stage venture fund.

Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.

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

Takoa Invest is a Finnish family-owned investment company that owns and develops companies and properties with growth potential in Finland and abroad. Takoa Invest is a Finnish family-owned investment company. It owns and develops companies and properties with growth potential in Finland and abroad.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

IPF Partners is a alternative financing provider focused on the European healthcare sector. IPF invests directly in emerging, commercial-stage European pharma/biotech, medtech and diagnostics companies.

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.

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.

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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.

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Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests in the Europe, North America, and Israel.

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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

Voima Ventures’ mission is to solve major global problems by combining science, entrepreneurship, and value adding capital. They shed light on the ideas and technology which require time and courage to build. Industry domains include bio and new materials, medical technologies and life sciences, imaging and optics, IoT and electronics, robotics,software & ICT and AI. In addition, Voima Ventures has invested in more than 30 deep tech startups, including companies like Solar Foods, Infinited Fiber Company, and Dispelix. Cornerstone investors are VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and European Investment Fund (EIF), backed by Finnish private and institutional investors.

Wellington Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences companies, focusing on Digital Media, Software, Electronics & Photonics, Resource Efficiency, and Biotech/Life Sciences. It is committed to providing outstanding entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to fund their strategies. We typically leadfinancing rounds ranging from € 0.5 million to € 20 million. Depending on the maturity of the company, its own commitment can go as high as € 15 million.Wellington was established in 1998 and has offices in Munich, London, and Zurich.

Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.

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.

Lance Armstrong is a father, cancer survivor, advocate and philanthropist. In 1996, at age 25, Lance found himself struggling for his life against testicular cancer that had spread to his brain, lungs and abdomen. Lance aggressively educated himself about his diagnosis and treatment. Even as he battled against overwhelming odds, he made thedecision to declare himself a cancer survivor rather than a victim. During his personal battle with cancer, Lance recognized the lack of resources available to those facing this disease. In an effort to help fellow survivors and their families, Lance created a foundation with the express purpose of helping others manage life through and beyond a cancer diagnosis.In the years since, the organization Lance founded – now the LIVESTRONG Foundation – has served millions of people affected by cancer through direct support services that fill critical financial, emotional, physical and practical gaps in care for them and their loved ones. The Foundation has raised more than $500 million to serve cancer survivors, advocated on behalf of cancer patients in major policy debates and fought the stigma many cancer survivors throughout the world face.Lance has personally devoted himself to becoming a leading advocate for cancer survivors. He has lobbied Capitol Hill, testified before Congress, served two terms on the President’s Cancer Panel, advocated for smoke-free measures across the U.S. and addressed the United Nations.In 2004, the now-iconic yellow LIVESTRONG wristbands associated with the Foundation became an international phenomenon and a grassroots symbol of support for survivors. Thanks to its partnership with Nike, the Foundation has sold and distributed more than 87 million wristbands to advance the Foundation’s work improving the lives of people affected by cancer.In 2007, Lance helped unite support for the largest state-level initiative for cancer prevention in history, one that was overwhelmingly approved by voters and provided $3 billion for cancer research and prevention in Texas. The Constitutional amendment created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, which has awarded nearly $840 million in cancer prevention, research and commercialization grants since 2009.In 2009, after more than a decade of advocacy work in the U.S., Lance led the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign, an initiative to address the cancer burden worldwide. The landmark event of the Campaign was the first-of-its-kind LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit, held in Dublin, Ireland. The unprecedented gathering of more than 500 world leaders, corporations, non-governmental organizations and advocates from more than 65 countries blazed a new trail for reducing the global burden of cancer. The Summit produced 300 new commitments to cancer control representing an investment of more than $200 million and established a unified global cancer movement for the first time in history.The same year, Lance’s vision for a permanent home for the Foundation was realized when the organization moved into a renovated warehouse in East Austin, an underserved part of the city. This home paved the way for the 2011 opening of the LIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation Center, marking a critical milestone in the continuing expansion of cancer support services the Foundation specializes in to patients, survivors and their families. One of just two facilities of its kind in the U.S., this community-based facility provides free, confidential, one-on-one support to anyone affected by cancer. In addition to the Center, the support services are also available online and by phone nationwide. To date, the LIVESTRONG Foundation has served more than 2.5 million people through its cancer support services.In 2012, Lance resigned his leadership role with the Foundation. He remains the Foundation’s single biggest donor and the progress he has helped generate within the field of cancer survivorship stands as a lasting legacy.

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.

We have created brands for startup successes Supercell, Oura, Peak, Festicket and Fy! Being investors, we have an uniquely commercial branding approach.

Raoul Scherwitzl - CEO and co-founder @ Natural Cycles

MSD Capital was formed to exclusively manage the capital of Michael Dell and his family.

Butterfly Ventures is a seed-stage focused VC in the Nordics, investing in deep tech, hardware, and hardware interfacing software. The company prefers to get involved with companies early on; 80% of Butterfly Ventures portfolio companies don't have any revenue at the time of their entry. Butterfly Ventures was founded in 2012 and ever sincethen it has been one of the most active early stage VCs in the region. The company has offices in Oulu, Helsinki and Stockholm.

Gorilla Capital invests in early stage Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Estonian technology companies

Fabian Sepulveda

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.

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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.

Rasmus Östman is an Angel Investor.

Kalle Katevuo is an Angel Investor.

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.