Top 40 Wellness VC Funds & Investors in Finland (October 2026)

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• FermLabs — Ferm Labs ingredient startup specializing in proprietary, high-yield bioprocessing platforms.
• LimX Dynamics — Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots
• Zhuji Dynamics — Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots

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• ARAUCO — ARAUCO is a diversified global company in the forestry industry. They use world-class technologies and processes throughout the value chain. They are present in the forestry, pulp, timber, panels and renewable energy businesses.
• eMabler — EMabler is an EV charging infrastructure software company that develops an API-first platform used by businesses to operate, manage, and scale electric vehicle charging networks. It provides a centralized system for charge point management, billing, pricing, roaming, and energy optimization, allowing operators to control large networks of EVchargers from a single platform. The software connects charging hardware with business systems such as CRM, payment, and energy management tools through open APIs and a large library of integrations. The company focuses on enabling enterprises, such as energy utilities, parking operators, and retail businesses, to embed EV charging directly into their existing services and digital platforms rather than building standalone charging systems. This includes white-label solutions where charging is integrated into a company’s own app or customer experience under its brand.
• CHAOS — At CHAOS, we strive to democratize data and harness the power of AI and cutting-edge technology, delivering transformative location insights that empower decision-makers to design more liveable cities- sustainable, human-centered where the quality-of-life soars.

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• Verda — Verda provides a full-stack AI cloud platform for the development, training, and deployment of AI models.
• S-Transistors — S-Transistors is one of the few businesses founded on a truly novel core technology that has the potential to serve as an enabling layer for a whole industry.
• Thor Dynamics — Directed Energy Systems for Counter-Drone Defense

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• CRACI — CRACI automates the compliance requirements of the EU CRA for product and service companies. The platform secures software supply chains from attacks.
• Endform — Run your Playwright tests faster with https://t.co/FYIS1dSPdF
• Quanscient — Quanscient develops multiphysics simulation software utilizing quantum computing algorithms to improve simulation technology. Its Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) platform integrates a unique combination of cloud-native multiphysics solvers, advanced cloud computing, and future quantum integration. The platform also offers engineers over ahundredfold increase in simulation throughput to enable fully digital R&D processes, addressing complex technology challenges in industries like fusion energy, 6G/7G, advanced semiconductors, biomedical, automotive, and aerospace.

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• Munchi — Munchi allows restaurants to manage all orders, payments and loyalty in one platform with the power of AI.
• Amplifiles — Amplifiles is a PropTech startup that turns real estate listing photos into fully branded, high-quality videos in minute, no filming or editing required. Our video engine helps agents, photographers, and marketplaces boost engagement, generate more leads, and unlock new revenue streams.
• Nordic Information Control — Inventering och klassificering av information, automatiskt med Nordic Information Control Platform. Automatic Regulatory compliance.

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• Obud — Obud is a wellness reservation systems that is designed for holistic health and lifestyle management purposes. The company's systems offer a comprehensive suite of tools for booking wellness activities, managing schedules, and accessing curated wellness programs, enabling wellness centers to streamline their operations, enhance userengagement, and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
• myluigi.ai — Luigi is an AI-Powered Full-Stack Game Growth-as-a-Service platform designed to help mobile game studios scale user acquisition, engagement and lifetime value without adding headcount. Its dual-engine architecture automates and operates everything from ad campaign creation and real-time creative optimization to personalized in-game offers and LTVforecasting—delivered through a single, easy-to-integrate and unified dashboard. With a flexible per-title pricing model and powerful machine-learning insights, Luigi empowers mid-sized and indie developers to reduce CPI, boost retention and chart a clear path toward sustainable growth and seven-figure ARR.
• RubiLabs — RubiLabs Inc provides a platform for unifying, monitoring, and analyzing organizational data. RubiLabs software enables analysts and operators across risk, compliance, and security teams to collaborate and interpret large volumes of information in real time. The company’s platform is designed to help institutions make sense of complex, fragmenteddata by transforming it into a coherent operational picture for risk detection, continuous monitoring, and investigative workflows.

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• Reduciner — Reduciner's vision to turn industrial CO₂ emissions from a liability into a valuable resource. Its technology converts captured carbon dioxide and biochar into valuable feedstocks such as carbon monoxide and activated carbon, enabling circular carbon use in emissions-intensive industries. Reduciner combines strong scientific expertise withindustrial applicability across sectors such as cement, steel, and chemicals. Its electricity-driven process allows industries to reduce emissions without major changes to existing infrastructure, offering a resilient and cost-competitive way to reduce carbon dependency while creating new value from CO₂ emissions.
• TheStorage — Flexible industrial heat electrification and scalable energy storage. TheStorage offers cost efficient, sustainable grid scale energy storage that can discharge heat, steam or CHP.
• Photoncycle — The year-round solar energy system for heating and electricity

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• Naava — Naava helps you to make safer and healthier indoor spaces - experience Naava green wall, a striking combination of nature and high-end technology.
• Heltti — Heltti redefines occupational healthcare and well-being services with technology and a subscription model. Heltti develops the most lovable digital health care systems. Heltti is a Finnish occupational health care company founded in 2013. It is owned by its employees and a handful of renowned Finnish investors, such as Risto Siilasmaa.
• NaturVention — Naava helps you to make safer and healthier indoor spaces - experience Naava green wall, a striking combination of nature and high-end technology.

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• Atoms — Atoms is a robotics startup that develops industrial robotics and physical AI systems designed to automate tasks across mining, transport, and food-related operations. The company builds specialized, task-oriented machines rather than general-purpose robots, focusing on improving productivity in environments that involve physical labor andlogistics. Its technology centers on applying software-like principles to real-world systems, using robotics, sensors, and data-driven models to manage and execute industrial processes. The company structures its activities into distinct segments aligned with key industries, including food infrastructure, mining operations, and transportation systems. In the food sector, it develops automated infrastructure that supports preparation and production workflows, while in mining, it focuses on increasing operational efficiency through robotic systems designed for extraction and site activities. Its transport-related efforts include building a foundational robotic platform, described as a “wheelbase,” that supports mobility and deployment of machines in logistics and industrial settings.
• Synchron — The endovascular brain computer interface.
• Luxe Software — Building an operating system for jewelry stores. Vertical SaaS.

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• AGADE — Esoscheletri Agade | Il primo esoscheletro intelligente per lavoratori progettato per ridurre il rischio di disturbi muscolari delle spalle nella movimentazione manuale dei carichi.
• BroadBit Batteries — BroadBit is a technology company developing revolutionary new batteries using novel sodium-based chemistries to power the future green economy.
• Aenitis Technologies — We develop innovative devices for cells therapy processing using Acoustic Radiation Forces.

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• Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs
• allies.digital — Allies is a match-making platform curating businesses with IT-, digital and creative agencies. No more miss-matches when buying IT & creative services.
• StarBerry Games — StarBerry Games GmbH is a mobile games company based in Berlin, Germany. The company develops free-to-play casual mobile games and is best known for its games Merge Mayor and Idle Coffee Corp.

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• Hintsa — Discover a better you, with methods proven in Formula 1 and Fortune 500.
• R8tech — R8 Jenny is AI HVAC technology for commercial real estate. It helps you achieve ESG goals while saving up to 30% in energy costs!
• Blueprint Genetics — We offer complete genetic testing and genetic diagnostics to medical professionals worldwide. Learn more about our winning clinical-grade NGS offering!

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• Bliss — Skip long waitlists and expensive therapy. Book licensed online therapists in multiple languages with culturally informed care.
• Snorble — Snorble is a company dedicated to the development of AI-based products designed to support families in fostering healthy habits through magical experiences. Built on our Lullaboo™ platform, we connect advanced technologies and entertainment content with health and wellness. Our flagship product is an AI-driven device named Snorble® who captures theimaginations of children while building healthy habits (with an initial focus on sleep).

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• Evergreen — Omeat is real, lip-smacking meat, grown from cells, outside the animal. No sacrifice required.
• KeyCare — KeyCare is a virtual care platform powered by Epic that was created to assist forward-thinking health systems in increasing patient access and quality by enhancing the alternatives available for virtual care.
• MagicCube — MagicCube is the Software Defined Trust (SDT) category with its software TEE-based platform. The technology enables large-scale deployment and management of IoT and mobile- secure solutions to consumers.

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• Ready — Join over 2 million Argent users and get the best of Ethereum at a fraction of the cost. Easily buy, earn, stake and invest in crypto on Starknet.
• Elo Health — Elo creates a smart nutrition service that uses biomarkers to deliver nutrition with confidence for optimal health and aging. It employs biomarkers, artificial intelligence, and expert guidance to deliver supplements that are precisely calibrated for the individual's needs. It uses Smart Nutrition products to identify and fill nutrient gapsbased on blood testing, activity data, and one-on-one dietitian support.
• Five Lives — Five Lives, your brain health coach. Take the risk assessment and start improving your brain health today!

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• Bliss — Skip long waitlists and expensive therapy. Book licensed online therapists in multiple languages with culturally informed care.
• BatteryPool — BatteryPool offers battery charging solutions for EV fleets and commercial vehicles.
• Apriority Financial — Apriority Financial is a debt optimization platform that manages and optimizes employee personal debt.

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• Vexlum — A #laser company providing high-power #VECSELs for #QuantumTechnology
• Verda — Verda provides a full-stack AI cloud platform for the development, training, and deployment of AI models.
• Kasvu Therapeutics — Kasvu develops first and best-in-class small molecule neuroplastogens for diseases where neuronal connectivity is altered

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• DREV — DREV is a cleantech company manufacturing contamination control solutions for the world’s most advanced manufacturing facilities.
• 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.
• Polar Light Technologies — Polar Light Technologies focuses on developing the next generation of Nano and micro LED technology.

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• Zapflow — Zapflow is the all in one solution for investment professional working in venture capital, private equity and alternative investments.
• Wellness Foundry — MealLogger, your photo food journal and nutrition network, is the fast and easy way to keep track of your personal wellness. App available on iOS and Android
• EatAndTheCity — EatAndTheCity helps international newspapers, magazines, local media & food guides monetise the influence of their content. We enhance the communication between local communities and local media. Their revenue generating restaurant journalism platform for media companies allows users to not only discover but to reserve gastronomic experiences.EatAndTheCity’s white label platform already collaborates with leading companies in Finland and Estonia and Germany. Media and publishing companies are able to leverage their connection with local communities to generate new revenue streams. Combining these features and the business model in cooperation with local media companies differentiates us from the competitors.

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• nyra health — nyra health is an artificial intelligence and evidence-based neurological research tablet app that offers a revolutionary form of therapy. nyra health was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
• Nuclidium — NUCLIDIUM is a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company that develops novel radionuclide PET tracers for precision diagnostics. Using copper isotopes, Copper-61 for diagnostics and Copper-67 for therapeutics, the company is creating a differentiated platform with the potential to overcome existing limitations in radiotheranostics.
• Beren Therapeutics — Founded to serve patients through transformative medicines

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• Khoy — Khoy Company designs and develops comfortable, user-friendly, and sustainable sofa beds.
• AnaCardio — AnaCardio develops drugs targeting a novel mechanism that improves cardiac contractility and aims to improve clinical outcomes in heart failure.
• Bahn Express — Bahn Express is a global car transportation company that supports independent contractors while offering quick and easy auto shipping throughout Europe.

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• Capalo AI — We maximize the value of your energy storage systems. Now and in the future.
• Kinfolk — Resolve 70% of employee requests, run lifecycle programs on autopilot, gain visibility into service delivery and unlock capacity to scale Workforce Ops.
• Backbone — AI platform for food & beverage quality teams. Connects standards, audits, supplier data, and customer requirements into one live picture. Automates the admin. Routes the right intelligence to the right person. Faster decisions, fewer blind spots.

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• Theranica — Theranica is a medical device company that has combined neuromodulation therapy with modern wireless technology to develop proprietary wearable solutions that address various medical conditions and disease states. The noninvasive and therapeutic 'smart' patches are controlled by a smartphone app to allow for personalized, portable, andaffordable care. The patch consists of a proprietary 'smart' chip that delivers electrical pulses to neuro-modulate the sensory nerves under the skin. The first application of the technology is for treatment of migraine headaches.
• Finnadvance — Finnadvance is an Organ-On-Chip company developing high throughput biological barriers on chips to mimic human biology such as vascular, lung and the Blood-Brain-Barriers for small molecule, micro-nano-formulation permeability and toxicity testing with in-vivo like dynamic cell cultures.
• Iiwari Tracking Solutions — Accurate UWB indoor positioning you can build your own applications on. Proven in care homes with Iiwari Care nurse call and staff duress.

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• Rens Original — RENS Original is the World's First Sneaker made from recycled coffee and plastic. We know you've been drinking it, now it is time to wear it.
• Equally — Build engaging games for kids that encourage physical activity, personal development and exploration. Provide parents the data and oversight they need to reward positive behavior.
• Meru Health — Meru Health is an online mental health provider that helps people improve their mental health long-term by treating depression, anxiety, and burnout.

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• Lassie — Lassie is the first proactive and preventive pet insurance company that wants to help pet owners take better care of their pets
• Capalo AI — We maximize the value of your energy storage systems. Now and in the future.
• Algorithmiq — Algorithmiq utilizes its expertise in quantum information, complex systems, and computational physics to develop algorithms to develop new and effective drugs, solve problems in life sciences, and discover new materials.

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• Poxel — Poxel is a dynamic biopharmaceutical company developing innovative drugs for metabolic diseases, with a focus on type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Based in Lyon, France, Poxel was spun out in 2009 from Merck Serono, a global leader in the field of metabolic disorders at that time.They believe that targeting cellular energyregulation pathways for the treatment of metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes is of critical importance as disbalances are at the root of those diseases. All three of their clinical stage pipeline programs address significant targets in the energy metabolism pathways. Imeglimin, their lead program, targets mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondria being the power station of the cell, PXL770 activates the adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), an important energy sensor, and PXL065 (DRX-065) inhibits the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC).
• Patient 21 — Patient21 believes that the doctor-patient connection is the cornerstone to good healthcare and that it is their responsibility to remove any impediments to it. They think that the greatest healthcare necessitates cross-specialty collaboration and universal data access. Always with one purpose in mind: to help patients and physicians make betterdecisions.In comparison to today's linked world, healthcare appears to be trapped in the past. It continues to use the same analogue and isolated processes. Patient21  is on a quest to usher healthcare into the twenty-first century. They use data to help doctors give the most personalized treatments possible. And, with the help of their professional network, they are attempting to give a comprehensive perspective of their client's health.
• Faron Pharmaceuticals — Faron is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for medical conditions with significant unmet needs. The Company currently has a pipeline focusing on acute organ traumas, vascular damage and cancer immunotherapy.

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• Vectra AI — Vectra AI, the cybersecurity AI company that protects modern networks from modern attacks.
• MobStac — Developer of a cloud-based mobile marketing platform designed to connect the digital and physical worlds through the use of innovative technology. The company's platform is based on the principals of proximity marketing and engage customers in a personalized, context-aware way that leverages indoor location and proximity, enabling businessesand brands to leverage BLE beacon technology to deliver context-rich experiences to their end users.
• Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.

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• Heidi Health — Heidi Health develops an ambient AI medical scribe platform that automates clinical documentation and related tasks. It listens to patient-clinician conversations, transcribes key highlights, and then produces structured notes, referral letters, patient summaries, billing codes, and other downstream documents. The system supports customizabletemplates, allows editing during sessions, and integrates with various EHR systems while offering compliance with privacy and security standards. Clinicians in multiple specialties and care settings use Heidi to reduce administrative burden, improve focus on patient care, and streamline workflows.
• VulnCheck — Vulnerability intelligence that predicts avenues of attack with speed and accuracy.
• Grain — Grain offers the only end-to-end embedded cross currency solution that allows software platforms and marketplaces to eliminate FX risk for their end customers. With a simple, automated tool, Grain's partners and their customers can lock currency rates and transfer funds across borders without the hassle of banks or brokers.

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• Archive — We help brands launch their own secondhand resale marketplace.
• Little Otter — Little Otter offers online mental health care for children 0-12, designed by the world experts in childhood mental health and delivered virtually via our app.
• Wizard Wellness — Wizard Wellness is a drug-free allergy care brand reimagining sinus health through nasal microbiome science. It develops wellness-focused products like probiotic nasal sprays, inhalers, oral strips, and sinus rinse kits designed to support nasal balance and reduce irritation from allergens. Founded in 2025, the company blends skincare-styleroutines with biotech-inspired ingredients to deliver daily, non-medicated allergy relief and long-term nasal wellness.

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• Metris Energy — The AI-native operating system for renewable energy.
• Lightspring — Lightspring is a photonics technology company developing advanced 3D optical interconnection solutions for photonic systems.
• Orbital Robotics — Autonomous robotic systems and AI software for in-space servicing, capture, and assembly. Built by engineers from Blue Origin and SpaceX.

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• ICEYE — Gain access to timely and reliable SAR imaging from the world's leading New Space SAR satellite constellation.
• Fennoa Oy — Fennoa Oy It is software that aids in the management and control of business activities. The elements of this online financial management tool are all included, from accounting to improving communication. Features of the software include reporting, documentation, accounting, and more.
• Silmäasema — Silmäasema is the eye care provider and second largest optical retailer in Finland. The company offers optical goods, eye surgery, eye laboratory and specialist services. Silmäasema runs 140 stores and 13 eye clinics covering the whole Finland and Estonia with its network.

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• STRGY AI — The strategy was never the problem. The evidence was correct, sitting in someone's hands, and it died anyway because nothing in the organization was built to carry that evidence from where it was seen to where it could be acted on, and keep it alive long enough to matter. Not a bad plan. Not bad people. A structural gap between signal andauthority that every existing tool — decks, dashboards, status meetings — is too static and too easy to ignore to actually close.STRGY exists because that gap is the default state of every organization above a certain size, and closing it has always required either a heroic individual repeating themselves for years or luck (the corporate pilot needed one person to remember "do not drop this" at the right moment, and no one did). That's not a strategy problem to solve with a better framework — it's an infrastructure problem. You need something that holds the signal, doesn't forget it, doesn't get bored repeating it, and resurfaces it automatically the moment the gap between evidence and action starts to widen. That's what a human can't do reliably at scale, and what software with real memory can.
• Coolbrook — Our RotoDynamic electric technology can cut 30% of industrial emissions annually, delivering hope at industrial scale.
• Solar Foods — Solar Foods is a food-tech startup that specializes in testing a technology that uses electricity to produce hydrogen which is combined with carbon dioxide, water, vitamins, and minerals to feed and grow microbial biomass that can be used as edible protein. The industrial biotech startup develops a protein called Solein, a nutritious, sustainablesubstitute for animal-derived proteins. Solein is created using elements from the air—CO2, water, nitrogen—and electricity. This single-cell protein is cultivated through gas fermentation, essentially deriving edible calories from hydrogen-oxidizing microbes.

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• Nukute — Nukute is a medical device and services development company that intends to design, patent, and market medical devices and services related to sleep apnea. The company's sleep apnea screening and diagnostics solution includes two wireless wearable sensors, a tablet computer, and a cloud application. Wearable sensors record biosignals such asbreathing, blood oxygen saturation, heart rate and sleeping position to be analyzed in the cloud using a machine learning algorithm.Nukute was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.
• CurifyLabs — CurifyLabs enables 3D printed personalized medicines in pharmacies and hospitals. Always close to the patient.
• Koite Health — Koite Health develops medical equipment using antimicrobial photodynamic treatment. It is a health technology firm that pioneered the creation of light-activated antibacterial treatments and preventative measures for oral ailments. It uses LED lighting technology with the light-activated, antibacterial lumorinse mouthwash.

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

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• Entis — Entis is an insect food brand that makes food products that offer an alternative source of protein. Entis' snacks are insect and vegetable protein-based and can be eaten directly from a pack or incorporated into dishes, allowing consumers to get access to tasty snacks that help them achieve daily nutritional goals.
• MailMoo — Create and send personalized sales content to your prospects. Generate AI-powered videos, slideshows, and landing pages to boost your outreach.
• Hydrohex — Hydrohex provides modern water workout solutions to spas, hotels and fitness clubs.

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• Kavall — Kavall is a grocery delivery startup.
• Briqpay — Briqpay provides solutions to enable and make business-to-business sales online more accessible. With Briqpay, merchants can have full control of the entire customer journey, from creating an account to the checkout and finally analyzing the data in their back office.
• Fika — Fika is a dating and social networking platform empowered by Artificial Intelligence, focusing on female users in Asia. Fika focuses on the most fundamental values: growth, authenticity, and equal benefits for all users, to optimize the dating experience and social connections to the highest quality!

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• Heltti — Heltti redefines occupational healthcare and well-being services with technology and a subscription model. Heltti develops the most lovable digital health care systems. Heltti is a Finnish occupational health care company founded in 2013. It is owned by its employees and a handful of renowned Finnish investors, such as Risto Siilasmaa.

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• webAI — Build and deploy enterprise grade AI applications to your network that keep data private and help you solve actual business challenges.
• Tin Can — Far Homes makes to find, buy and manage homes abroad.
• Highwater AI — Revolutionizes ETFs and hedge funds with cutting-edge AI and synthetic data. Explore our FundFlow AI platform and Nano AI models

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• Hilo — Get stress-free readings round the clock with Hilo's clinically validated blood pressure monitor. Learn more
• Harbor Health — Harbor Health is a multi-specialty clinic group that provides smarter health care using technology. The company co-creates a health path that is dedicated to knowing individuals' health goals with the guidance of specialists when needed. Harbor Health was founded in 2022 and is based in Austin, Texas.
• The Baldwin Group — The Baldwin Group is an independent firm that delivers insurance and risk management insights and solutions.It innovates in the insurance industry by taking a holistic and tailored approach to risk management, insurance, and employee benefits, and by supporting its clients, colleagues, insurance company partners, and communities through thedeployment of vanguard resources and capital to drive their growth. The firm was ranked the # 3 Fastest-Growing Broker by Business Insurance.

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• SingOn — SingOn is an on-demand karaoke service for PlayStation 3. It aims to modernize singing games by developing a clean and modern interface design. SingOn’s dynamic streaming services allow its developers to launch with thousands of songs and to update the game every week with new tracks.SingOn provides its users with a wide variety of songs and isconstantly updated with more songs, including songs from the UK Top 20 Charts. It was launched in 2009 by Risto Valkola and Samu Keränen.
• LiveMusicStage — We're a live music venue online. We let you to actually take part in the shows and interact with the bands while they're playing. You're always in the front row
• Logonet promotion — Logonet was established in 1992 in Finland and has since grown to a company with offices in nine countries and three continents.