# Top 50 Gaming VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Finland in May 2026

## Lifeline Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 12
- 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.

## Play Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Grand Cayman, Midland, Cayman Islands
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain

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

## Sisu Game Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Virtual Reality

Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused 100% on games. We set up shop in 2014 to support the most promising founders in the industry. Sisu has deep roots in the Nordic region, but our network of founders is fully global.The Sisu team consists of Samuli, Paul, Erik, Kalle, Moaffak, Kadri, and Jere - all of whom haveextensive backgrounds in the game industry and startup circles, both as entrepreneurs and investors. We've founded and built sixteen game companies since the early 90s and had several successful exits. Apart from funding companies, the team uses their expertise to act as a studio builder. Individual founders are supported in building their team, honing their product strategy and in gathering the right group of investors.

## Initial Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Software

Initial Capital is an investor in seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services & technology enablers.

## LVP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Mobile

LVP is a venture capital seed fund with a difference - they're operating experts in the games sector, and they only ever invest in the games ecosystem. That means they bring real experience and deep understanding. They speak the same language, share the same references, understand the same challenges - and they believe in the same vision.They know instinctively where the opportunities lie; where there are strengths to be harnessed and exposures to be covered. In fine-grain, no-hiding, straight-talking detail. They know when to bide time, when to iterate and when to go wide. And how.They invest in people. That means founders with the potential to build the best in the world; teams with terrific, creative games development skills, or fantastic ideas for revolutionary games technology or services… and a vision that sets them apart.

## First Fellow Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

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.

## PROfounders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Apps, Travel

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

## Inventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## Visionplus
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

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## Supercell
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, PC Games

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

## Creandum
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.

## Butterfly Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Illusian Family Office
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Illusian is a Family Office founded in 2014 by Ilkka Paananen, entrepreneur, investor, co-founder and CEO of Supercell, the global leader in mobile games. They support founders and makers who shape society through technology and create impact at scale. Their mission is to unleash the potential of European entrepreneurship to solve the world’sbiggest problems. Illusian's activities consist of three pillars: investing, philanthropy, and family services. They often partner with leading venture capital funds to help bring their vision to life.

## Xiaomi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Hardware

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## GSV Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Education, EdTech, E-Learning

GSV Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs and their companies in the $75 billion learning and talent technology sector. The mission of GSV Ventures is to back innovative learning and talent technology entrepreneurs working to give all people access to the future.

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

## Spintop Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## IPR.VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Video Games

IPR.VC is a private equity investor focused on media and entertainment content. IPR.VC invests in collaboration with international distribution companies.

## Brighteye Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, Software

Brighteye Ventures is the first and largest vertical EdTech Venture Capital firm in Europe. If you are an entrepreneur using technology to reinvent learning and education, we want to hear from you!

## Maki.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Maki.vc is an early-stage venture capital firm partnering with deep tech & brand-driven startups obsessed with challenging category norms. 

## Business Finland
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Makers Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Online Games

Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.

## 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.

## Galaxy Interactive
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games

Play the Future. Galaxy Interactive is a leading sector-focused VC investing in interactive entertainment, at the intersection of content, social, finance and technology.

## 5Y Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Xuhui, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Biotechnology

5Y Capital is a firm engaged in providing early-stage venture investments. It was formerly known as Morningside Venture Capital.The investment firm manages USD 5bn in dual-currency funds in USD and RMB, backed by world-renowned sovereign wealth funds, family offices, fund of funds, university endowments, pensions, and foundations.It washeadquartered in Xuhui, Shanghai, China in 2008 by Ken Shi and Richard Liu.

## Northzone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Northzone is a venture capital fund with a perspective shaped by lives as entrepreneurs. Since 1996, they've made over 175 investments and invest from Seed to Growth. They've partnered with the founders of Spotify, Avito, iZettle, Klarna, Hopin, and hundreds of others to build category-defining businesses. They've raised €1bn inSeptember 2022.

## Finnvera Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuopio, Eastern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Heartcore Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Heartcore Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm devoted to backing founders building category-defining consumer internet brands.Founded as Sunstone Capital in 2007, Heartcore has raised over $500 million in committed capital across four fund generations. The firm has offices in Copenhagen, Berlin, and Paris but invests across Europe andoccasionally in the United States. Heartcore has backed more than 70 exceptional founding teams.

## Kowloon Nights
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games

Kowloon Nights is a video game fund dedicated to independent developers globally.

## Verdane
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology

The preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe.

## BAI capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Internet, Software, Financial Services

BAI Capital is a leading venture capital fund in China. Since 2008, the team of BAI Capital has invested in more than 200 portfolios, including 17+ IPOs and 40+ unicorns. BAI Capital has two main focuses: China-based global companies and China’s structural transformation. BAI Capital seeks to partner with and empower outstanding Chinese companiesand entrepreneurs that can leverage the multiplier effect of China’s technology, talent, and supply chain advantages and to expand globally in consumer retail and services, fintech, media and content innovation, Web3 and metaverse. On the other hand, at the turning point of China’s structural transformation, the fund will also seize major cross-cycle disruption opportunities in frontier and infra tech, electric vehicles and autonomous driving, and industrial upgrade driven by enterprise software development.The investor base for BAI Capital includes institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds, large insurance companies, internet giants and fund of funds globally, as well as Bertelsmann. BAI Capital has its background from Bertelsmann Asia Investments, part of the Bertelsmann Group.

## EQT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## EOS VC Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Gaming

Galaxy Digital is a NYC-based multi-strategy investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain technology.

## NetEase Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Video Games, Gaming, PC Games

NetEase Capital is the venture arm of NetEase and looks at early-stage VC investments in the technology sector around the world. The group, with a mandate to invest $500 million USD globally, has led venture investments throughout Asia and North America.NetEase is a leading Chinese Internet company listed on the Nasdaq with a marketcapitalization of over $10 billion, and a cash balance over $3 billion. The company has products including a top email service with over 700 million registered users, a top information and entertainment portal, mobile apps with hundreds of millions of downloads, and a top game platform in China.

## General Catalyst
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

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## 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

## BACKED VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Blockchain

BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders at Seed in Europe. Welcome to Different.

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

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## Crowberry Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology

Crowberry Capital invests at seed and early stage in emerging technology ventures in the Nordics. Our mission is to back people that are good for companies and build companies that are good for people. We have a strong follow-through philosophy and commit to putting your company first.

## Alfabeat
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketing, Internet

Welcome to Alfabeat, a specialist seed and early stage venture capital fundfocused on Enterprise SaaS companies from Central and Eastern Europe,backed by successful enterprise software founders.

## Sparbanken Miljö
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage

Sparbanken Miljö fund's investments can be roughly divided into four different asset classes: capital investments, ie direct investment in companies or projects,
direct investments in listed shares, investments in equity funds , fixed-income investments. The goal is for approximately a quarter of the fund's assets to be invested inprojects that have a clear environmental theme, e.g. to build a wind farm. In the choice of the fund's direct equity investments, it is taken into account that part of the company's turnover must come from activities that benefit the environment. Other environmental criteria have also been set for the companies.

## Ananda Impact Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

We are the home for entrepreneurs with a big vision who want to create something less ordinary. Something that matters. For all of us.

## Idinvest Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

Idinvest Partners is a pan-European private equity manager focused on the low and middle-market segments. With over 6 billion euros under management, the company has developed several complementary areas of expertise, including equity investments in buyout deals focusing on both mid-size as well as young innovative European companies; primaryinvestments in European private equity funds focusing primarily on the middle market segment; secondary investments; mezzanine investments in Europe; and private equity consulting.Idinvest Partners’ recent success stories include Criteo, Clear2Pay, Meetic, Prosensa, Converteam, Kwik Fit, Lastminute.com, Dailymotion, Deezer, Talend, Synthesio, Menlook, Vestiaire Collective, Pretty Simple, Curse.com, Withings, Kantox, Secret Escapes, Happn, Peakon, Dayuse, Botify, Financefox, Azalead and many more.

## FV Group Holding AB
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage

FV Group Holding AB is owned by Swedish Rolf Karlsson, the man behind the national taxi organization Fågelviks Group.

## Shunrong Gufen
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wuhu, Anhui, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Online Games, Manufacturing

Shunrong Gufen is a manufacturer of automotive plastic fuel tanks and testing equipment.

## Ålands Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag,
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Farming, Seafood, Food and Beverage

Ålands Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag (Åland's Mutual Insurance Company) is an Åland-based non-life insurance company.

## Qualcomm Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Information Technology

As a global corporate venture firm, we invest in entrepreneurs who are building revolutionary businesses that redefine the world around us.

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

## 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.

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