# Top 20 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Finland in May 2026

## Ilkka Paananen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech

Ilkka Paananen, is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the Helsinki-based mobile games developer behind Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. Since its founding in 2010, Supercell's five games have amassed 100m daily players and remain in the global top 10 years after launch. In June 2016, Supercell became thefirst European technology start-up to reach a valuation of $10 billion.In addition to his role at Supercell, Ilkka helps other entrepreneurs as both an investor and as an active member of the Nordic startup community where he mentors and coaches other founders. Alongside his co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, he has established the We Foundation to fight social inequality and help disadvantaged children in Finland.Prior to founding Supercell, he was the CEO & co-founder of Finnish games developer Sumea, which was later acquired by Digital Chocolate, where he worked as President until 2010. Ilkka holds a Master of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology.

## Ali Omar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.

## Laurel Bowden
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series D
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Laurel is a General Partner at 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which she joined in 2008. Her areas of focus include: software, internet and fintech. Laurel has led investments in many leading European companies, including Just Eat (LSE: JE), Qliktech (NASDAQ: QLIK) and Hybris (acquired by SAP).Her current company boards and investmentsinclude Workable, Mirakl, NotontheHighStreet, Wonga, Wandera, iZettle, BlueVine, Ebury and Investec PLC & Ltd.Laurel was previously at GE and JVP. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from INSEAD.

## Lasse Järvinen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Marketplace, Restaurants, Software

Lasse Järvinen - Co-Founder @ Bonusway

## Juha-Petteri Kukkonen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: News, Internet, Wellness

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.

## Christian Jantzen
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Danish angel investor, based in London.

## Elias Aalto
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: News, Video, Internet

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

## Timo Soininen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Shoes

Timo Soininen is the co-founder at Small Giant Games.
Timo Soininen is the CEO and co-founder of Small Giant Games, maker of the hit game Empires & Puzzles.
Small Giant joined Zynga, Inc (ZNGA) in December 2018, when Zynga acquired 80% of Small Giant at $700M valuation.
Prior to Small Giant he was the longtime CEO of Habbo Hotel and is also anactive angel investor in several technology startups ranging from biomaterials and digital health to games (Spinnova, Aiforia, Critical Force).
Timo holds a M.Sc. degree in Marketing from Helsinki School of Economics/Aalto University and just loves tennis.

## Olli Sirkiä
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketplace, Real Estate

Olli has background in management consultancy (McKinsey & Company 2007-2009) and software business (LeadDesk Oyj (publ) 2010-2018).

## Risto Siilasmaa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Risto Siilasmaa is the Founder at F-Secure. Risto Siilasmaa attended Aalto University.

## Stefan Lindberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Fitness, Software

Stefan Lindberg is co-owner of YSUB.

## Arto Rastas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tampere, Western Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Marketplace, Food Processing

I am a cook who never found it just as the journey on the trail. Thus, I decided to walk through several trails. What I mean is that, one day I can do a very modern and innovative cuisine, and again on the second day I can and I want to do something else. However, both of these must be in its own address.

## Niklas Hed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Finland, Minnesota, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health

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.

## Mikael Hed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Consumer Electronics, Hardware

Investor, Executive Chairman at Kaiken Entertainment Ltd.

## Dan Bragiel
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Logistics, Mobile

Dan Bragiel has co-founded 2 companies and has been involved in startups for the past 10 years.
He began with mobile gaming at Paragon 5 focusing on running the offices in Poland, Netherlands and Argentina. He then co-founded the startup Meetro, a pioneer in the location/mobile space. He then went on to start Lefora that was sold in 2010.

## Peter Carlsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Food and Beverage, AgTech

Peter joined Tesla from NXP Semiconductors where he was responsible for purchasing and outsourcing. As CPO, he took the purchase organization from a tactical decentralized structure to a strategic global commodity organization.
Before starting at NXP, Peter was CPO at Sony Ericsson. Peter had a total of 13 years experience from different roles withEricsson and Sony Ericsson in Sweden and the US. He led the team that built and implemented Ericsson's framework for Supplier Quality Assurance.
Peter has a Master's degree with specialization in Production and Quality Control from Luleå Technical University in Sweden. In his spare time he enjoys running, mountain biking, golf, cooking and travel.

## Sebastian Östman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health

Sebastian Östman is an Angel Investor.

## Lukasz Gadowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Lukasz Gadowski is the Founder and CEO of Team Global. He previously worked at Circ as a Co-Founder. Lukasz Gadowski attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.

## Kalle Katevuo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health

Kalle Katevuo is an Angel Investor.

## Rasmus Östman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Nutrition, Personal Health

Rasmus Östman is an Angel Investor.

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