# Top 40 Community Startup Investors in Finland in October 2023

## Business Finland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Butterfly Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Reaktor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care

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.

## 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.

## Visionplus
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

WE HELP YOU TO GROW FASTER!

## TukkuHeino
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Children, Education

TukkuHeino

## Play Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Grand Cayman, Midland, Cayman Islands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain

Play Ventures is a venture funding that invests globally in games and game services startups.

## Tesi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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

## Jerry Pruttz Holding Ab
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Database, Automotive

Investor

## PINC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Cooking, Children

PINC invests in attractive start-ups leveraging four major consumer trends: Conscious Consumption, Holistic Health, Personalized Convenience, and Authentic Experiences.

## Siena Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music, Events, Sports

Holding company

## Click Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Secondary Market
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Mobile

Click Ventures is a Seed to Series A venture capital firm investing in highly scalable technology startups across promising sectors.

## Peter Vesterbacka
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Computer, Education

Peter Vesterbacka served as the Chief Marketing Officer and Mighty Eagle of Rovio Entertainment Oy. Vesterbacka manages the Rovio Entertainment’s business strategy, including expanding Angry Birds into broader entertainment franchise. He serves as Senior Advisor of Transfluent Oy. Previously, he has founded Some Bazaar, he has held severalcommunications industry related positions at Hewlett Packard and founded the Hewlett Packard Mobile E Services Bazaar and he is the co-founder and original initiator of MobileMonday. He serves as a Director of Star Wreck Studios, Start Up Sauna, BlueGiga Technologies Oy, Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab and American Chamber of Commerce in Finland. He served as a Director of F-Secure Oyj since 2014 until April 7, 2015. Vesterbacka has studied marketing at Åbo Akademi.

## EQT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totalling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totalling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totalling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris and San Francisco, taking a locals with locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.

## Falkensteiner Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vahr, Bremen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, SaaS, Travel

We support selected founders in hotel, lodging, leisure and elderly care from the concept-, early stage-, pre-seed or seed-phase with specific know how, professional network, investment and infrastructure. Our geographical focus for traction in the first acceleration phase is German speaking Europe - and where you are.

## Andy Phillipps
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Communities, Software

Andy Phillipps is the Advisor, IC and Venture Partner at IQ Capital.

## Spintop Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Founded in 2009, Spintop Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by a network of successful tech entrepreneurs who have invested in Spintop alongside institutional investors, family offices and some of the most experienced private investors in early stage growth companies.

## Nidoco
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Nidoco AB is a Swedish investment company whose strategy is to create long-term value through active ownership of public and private companies.

## Lifeline Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## The Flying Object
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Drones, Information Technology

The Flying Object is a sector-focused global fund investing in breakthrough solutions across the Technology of Flight.

## Kari Vatanen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle

Kari Vatanen

## River Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, SaaS

River Venture Partners is an angel syndicate that focuses on supporting early-stage entrepreneurs in digital media, marketing, e-commerce, entreprise and education technology.

## Practica Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, B2B

 Practica Capital 

## Moaffak Ahmed
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Music, Cryptocurrency, Video Conferencing

Serial entrepreneur and hands-on early stage investor with over 25 years of marketing and business development experience in Europe, North America and Asia.

## Rkapital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Travel, Leisure

Rkapital competitors, funding, market capitalization, and similar companies in the venture capital and business services industries.

## Nutshell Invest OU
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle

Nutshell Invest OU

## S & S Sivonen Oy - Sami Sivonen
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Database, Automotive

Supercar racingteam owner

## Sidekick Simo Oy
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Database, Automotive

Simo Hämäläinen

## Nuard Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: IaaS, Real Time, Predictive Analytics

Nuard Ventures invests in innovative early stage companies. 

## 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.

## CIP Consulting Oy
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Database, Automotive

Seed phase startup investments

## Anton Gauffin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Mobile Apps

Anton Gauffin is the Founder of Sumoing.

## Amor & Labor Oy
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Women's, Hardware, Software

Amor & Labor Oy is a venture capital that offers early stage investments for businesses.

## Partner Up Finland
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle

 Partner Up Finland

## Finnvera Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuopio, Eastern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Jaakko Ollila
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Hotel, Events

Jaakko Ollila - VP of International Sales @ Booxmedia

## Mavaconsult
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle

Mavaconsult

## Nicolas Brabeck-Letmathe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, Computer, Lifestyle

Nicolas Brabeck-Letmathe

## Aristo-Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Children, Education

Aristo-Invest is a family office of CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen.

## Pluupi Ventures Oy - Seppo Kolari
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Database, Automotive

Automotive industry software development

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