# Top 50 Biotechnology Startup Investors in Finland in May 2026

## Tesi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

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

## Lifeline Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce

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.

## Business Finland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Business Finland finances business R&D projects and public research projects at universities, research institutes and universities of applied sciences. Read more about R&D and business funding.

## Finnvera Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuopio, Eastern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## Voima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

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.

## Butterfly Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

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.

## Springvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Energy

## Icebreaker.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Innovestor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing

Welcome to Innovestor! We are a Finnish investment company focusing on venture capital, corporate venturing services, and real estate.

## Inventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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

## Broadview Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device

Broadview Ventures, Inc. (Broadview) was established in 2008 as a new program conceived by the Leducq family. Through Broadview, the trust will work to accelerate the development of promising technology in cardiovascular and neurovascular disease through targeted investment in and support of early stage technology ventures.The FoundationLeducq, based in Paris, France, is the beneficiary of a charitable trust. In order to further the Foundation Leducq's mission in cardiovascular and neurovascular disease, the trust has made funds available to Broadview to develop a program which will promote early state technology in these fields through investments, licensing agreements and consortium funding arrangements, as well as professional, management and consulting support.With this initiative the trust joins other leaders in the venture philanthropy movement in seeking creative solutions to the problem of what is commonly referred to as the 'translational gap', a significant component of which is a lack of funding at a critical moment in the development of new technology and science.

## Nordic Foodtech VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Seafood, Life Science

We are investing in #FutureFood. Nordic FoodTech VC is the first fund in the Nordics investing explicitly in the future of food

## Sofinnova Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Sofinnova Partners is a leading European venture capital firm in life sciences, specializing in healthcare and sustainability. Based in Paris, London and Milan, the firm brings together a team of professionals from all over the world with strong scientific, medical and business expertise.

## Sitra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics

Sitra is the venture capital investment arm of Sitra specializing in investments in seed, start-ups, early stage opportunities, and other funds. The firm invests through its three programmes namely, Health Care Programme, the Food and Nutrition Programme, and the Environmental Programme. Within the Health Care Programme, investments are focused oncompanies engaged in paper-free health care, seamless services, decentralised specialised health care, and support services. Within the Food and Nutrition Programme, investments are made in enterprises engaged in the food and nutrition sector, including value-adding upgrading of raw materials and new applications and service concepts in food and nutrition technology.

## Pontos Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Genetics, Hospital, Automotive

Pontos is a family owned Finnish private equity and real estate investment company operating in Finland, the Baltic States, and Portugal.

## EQT life science
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

EQT life science develops innovative medicines, devices, and tools to address the single important thing that matters to the preservation of health. The organization believes that such opportunities add value to all stakeholders.

## Leena Niemistö
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, E-Commerce

Leena Niemistö

## HealthCap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

HealthCap, a life science investor and company creator. Our motivation is to find innovative ideas and invest that could impact healthcare and society.

## VTT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, 3D Technology

VTT is a powerhouse of technology development and scientific research. Many of the most significant Finnish technology start-ups were brought to life at VTT. Do you want to invest in ongoing ventures?

## Sauli Törmälä
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Life Science, Biotechnology

Sauli Törmälä is the Board Member, CFO at Promilless Oy. He attended University of Oulu.

## European Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

European Investment Bank (EIB) provides lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily in the European Union.The company offers project loans for the public and private sectors; loans to banks and other intermediaries; structured finance products; guarantees and securitization instruments for senior and subordinated debts; project bonds;equity and fund investment products such as infrastructure equity and debt funds, and environmental funds; and venture capital funds and security packages for funds.The company also offers microfinance; risk sharing finance for research, development, and innovation projects; finance and technical expertise for sustainable energy projects; infrastructure project advisory services; support for urban development projects; guarantees for transport infrastructure; and funding for public-private partnerships and small- and medium-sized enterprises.EIB serves the transportation, global loans, energy, industry, health, education, water, sewerage, infrastructure, services, telecommunications, agriculture, and fisheries sectors.European Investment Bank was founded in 1958 and is based in Luxembourg.

## Wave Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Internet

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.

## K5 Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

K5 Global is a new media and financial services advisory and consulting firm. The company works with corporations, government entities, and start-ups, and is involved in a range of industries, including sports, technology, politics, and entertainment. K5 functions as a liaison for high-level startups and deal flow, connects influencers andcelebrities to entrepreneurs and brands, and incubates global business opportunities with A-list talent.

## Advent Life Sciences
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Advent Life Sciences is a venture team investing in life sciences businesses. The team consists of 11 professionals with extensive scientific, medical and operational experience, and a long-standing track record of entrepreneurial and investment success across the UK, Europe and the US. The Firm invests in a range of sectors within life sciences,principally in new drug discovery, enabling technologies, and med tech. Realizations in the last three years include Algeta, Avila, CN Creative, EUSA, Micromet. Current investments include Acutus, Biocartis, Cellnovo, f2G, NeRRe,

## Eqvitec
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

Eqvitec Partners is a privately owned and independent Nordic private equity firm, advising six funds with a total capital base of over €500 million. Equity funds invest in technology companies in all phases from early-stage to buyouts. Mezzanine funds focus on buyouts and expansion financing.Eqvitec Partners offers a combination of experienceand expertise to companies with an attractive business model and solid growth potential. They spend a lot of time with the portfolio companies working closely with the management on a board level. Their aim is to add significant value, particularly via intellectual capital, with a focus on strategy implementation and business development. In addition, they bring a significant network and financial know-how to their portfolio companies. Eqvitec funds typically exit the investments after 3-6 years through a trade sale or a stock exchange floatation.Eqvitec Partners was established in 1997 and currently has 15 employees in the Helsinki and Stockholm offices.They are a member of the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA), Swedish Venture Capital Association (SVCA), European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and Nordic Venture Network (NVN).

## Lynx Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Therapeutics, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical

cross-border, healthcare, life science, investment, VC, China, US

## Valio
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Life Science, Biotechnology

We are Valio Group: the most innovative dairy and food company in the world.

## Horizon 2020
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

The EU framework programme for research and innovation

## Keksintösäätiö
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Health Care, Biotechnology

Keksintösäätiö

## Novartis Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Our primary focus is on the development of novel therapeutics and platforms. We balance the therapeutic focus with investments in medical devices, diagnostics or drug delivery systems. In our investments we look for unmet need and clinical impact, novel proprietary science and understanding of mechanism, management and board experience and capitalefficiency in the program.We prefer to have our initial investment at the early stage to build the company and follow with additional investment in pace with the company:tm:s progress. We continue our approach of larger focused investments and anticipate total investments up to USD 30 to 50 mio per company over its life, but it can be as little as 100'000 USD to get started. We will increase our activities to lead or co-lead deals further and remain open to participate in larger syndicates. SectorsNew therapeutics & platformsMedical devices/implantsDiagnostics/biomarkersDrug delivery/biopolymersGeographyUSA/CanadaEuropeSwitzerlandAsia/Pacific

## Granström Mari
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering

Granström Mari is the Chief Science Activist at Origin by Ocean.

## Athensmed
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, mHealth

Athensmed Oy

## Visionplus
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

WE HELP YOU TO GROW FASTER!

## Mikael Westerlund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Raseborg, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering

Mikael Westerlund is the Founder and Chief Business Activist at Origin by Ocean.

## Green Campus Innovations Oy
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, Battery, Biotechnology

Provide an effective, outsourced incubation and acceleration platform .

## Jorma Ollila
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Life Science, Market Research, Quantum Computing

Master of Political Science (University of Helsinki), Master of Science (Econ.) (London School of Economics), Master of Science (Eng.) (Helsinki University of Technology).Chairman and CEO, Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Nokia Corporation 1999-2006, President and CEO, Chairman of the Group Executive Board of Nokia Corporation1992-1999, President of Nokia Mobile Phones 1990-1992, Senior Vice President, Finance of Nokia 1986-1989. Holder of various managerial positions at Citibank within corporate banking 1978-1985.Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Otava Ltd and member of the Board of Directors of Fruugo Inc. Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Helsinki. Chairman of the Boards of Directors and the Supervisory Boards of The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA and Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA. Member of The European Round Table of Industrialists. Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Vice Chairman of the Independent Reflection Group of the Council of the European Union considering the future of the European Union.Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company 2000-2008. Vice Chairman of UPM-Kymmene Corporation 2004-2008.

## Metsola Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Medical, mHealth, Health Care

Metsola Ventures

## Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Linhai, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical

Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is a Phermaceutical Company.

## XR Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Medical Device, Sensor, Medical

XR Invest is an investment firm focused on medtech and digital health early-stage start-ups.

## H&M Group Ventures (Prev. H&M CO:LAB)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Textiles

H&M CO:LAB is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group.

## Oy Hammaren & Co Ab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Finland, Minnesota, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, GreenTech

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

## Loudspring
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Grant
- Focus: SaaS, Smart Building, Property Management

Loudspring is a cleantech accelerator in the Nordic region, boasting several fast growing and high impact companies that solve global challenges. The portfolio companies are active in energy- and resource efficiency as well as decentralized renewable energy and are based in Finland, Sweden and Germany. The company management consists of companybuilders and investors who have been active within the cleantech space for over a decade.The company is listed on First North Finland under the ticker LOUD and on First North Stockholm under the ticker LOUDS.

## Fortum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology

Fortum Oyj is a global learning and development firm specializing in strategy execution for companies in a broad array of industries.

## Conor Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Semiconductor

Conor Venture Partners is a new breed technology venture capital fund and management company. Conor invests in early-stage companies originating from Nordic and Baltic countries. Investment areas include information and communications technology, embedded software, semiconductor technology, electronics, new materials and optics.

## Takoa Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Mobile, Retail

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.

## KPMG
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax & Advisory services.

## Valve Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, CleanTech, Oil and Gas

Valve Ventures is a Helsinki-based angel and early-stage venture investor.

## Stockholm Techstars Accelerator
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Pet, FinTech, Finance

The Stockholm Techstars Accelerator invests in early-stage, high-growth companies looking to build and expand in the Nordic-Baltic startup ecosystem.

## Haakon Overli
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Advertising, SaaS, Software

Dawn is Europe’s largest specialist B2B software investor, with assets under management of $1.5bn. Dawn partners with founders building the next generation of global software leaders, supporting them to harness extraordinary teams.Haakon has served on the boards of Self Trade and Wonga.com amongst others, and currently represents Dawn’sinterest at Conversocial, Crate.io, LeadDesk, Minute Media and Neo Technologies.Prior to formalising early stage investing at Dawn, Haakon worked with early stage companies from their first commercial efforts through to managing accelerated growth, often by serving as an interim manager or board member. They include G-Cluster (sold to Softbank Broadmedia) and Lateral Logic (sold to Electronic Arts).Mr. Overli studied Mathematics at the University of Oslo and holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from University of Durham.In his investment-banking career when the world was covered in ice, Haakon was a Director and Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking at ING Barings. Prior even to that, Haakon worked for JP Morgan in the M&A departments of New York and London.

## Riitta Ekengren
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering

Riitta Ekengren is an Angel Investor.

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