Top 20 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Finland in October 2023

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• ÄIO — Innovative food technologies to replace palm oil, coconut oil and animal fats with sustainable and healthier alternatives.
• Alba Health — Discover your baby's gut health & microbiome for the best start in life.
• Quantagonia — Advanced quantum algorithms, for your most important business problems, delivering breakthrough performance on today's high-performance computers, with seamless migration for later use on quantum computers.

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• ROCSYS — Meet the world's first autonomous charging solution for electrical vehicles in public transportation, logistics, material handling, and passenger cars.
• Trucksters — We are a transportation company that focuses on providing long distance FTL trucking service through an innovative relay system based on artificial intelligence. We achieve transit times similar to air transport while reducing the costs of traditional road transportation.
• Masdar Capital — Masdar Capital is developing & deploying commercial-scale renewable energy projects.

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• ÄIO — Innovative food technologies to replace palm oil, coconut oil and animal fats with sustainable and healthier alternatives.
• eniferBio — Enifer Bio is an expert at squeezing every last drop of value from biorefining operations. The solution is built on decades of Finnish expertise to allow the production of valuable protein-rich feed from streams previously considered worthless. The company has developed a new, sustainable production process for high-quality fish feed raw material.The company's method enables the efficient production of a single cell protein from fish by-products as a raw material for fish feed. The protein can replace soy, which is commonly used in fish feed and whose cultivation poses ecological challenges, such as deforestation in South America.
• Chromologics — Chromologics produce natural sustainable colors. Our flagship product is ChromoRed which performs better than existing natural, red colorants. ChromoRed is also applicable with vegan, kosher and halal diets.

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• Aibidia — Discover the Aibidia TXM Platform and our digital transfer pricing applications, eliminating billions of euros in tax inefficiencies and risks.
• Fixably — Fixably is the repair management solution to seamlessly connect all users, from the end customer to the technician, and all repair systems within your service business.
• IPRally — Improve your invalidity, patentability and FTO searches. Easy-to-use patent search web application, powered by unique AI knowledge graph technology.

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• Virta — The Virta platform for electric vehicle charging gives you an accelerated and cost-effective channel to launch, operate, and grow an EV charging business.
• Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.
• 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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• JOKR — Grocery shopping is easier now with JOKR, your instant delivery app. Order your groceries and favorite products in our online supermarket and get them instantly at your door. Download the app now and make your first grocery order on us. Available in IOs and Android. Access www.jokr.com for more info
• Databricks — Databricks combines data warehouses & data lakes into a lakehouse architecture. Collaborate on all of your data, analytics & AI workloads using one platform.
• Harbinger — Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans.

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• Moximed — Moximed Inc. is dedicated to improving the standard of care for patients with osteoarthritis, and is investigating therapies to treat a number of affected joints. The lead product, the KineSpring® Knee Implant System, is designed for patients with knee osteoarthritis.
• Tridek-One — Tridek-One is a private biotechnology company founded in 2018, based on groundbreaking research by our scientific founders at INSERM, Paris on the role of CD31 in the modulation of the immune response.
• PIC Therapeutics — PIC Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on fundamentally changing how we treat cancer by developing a new generation of therapeutics based on the modulation of RNA translation.

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• Convion — Convion is a fuel cell system developer committed to commercializing solid oxide fuel cell systems in range of 50–300kW for distributed power generation. The company's products are designed for premium energy efficiency, reliability, and operational flexibility. Convion will provide its customers with sustainable power generation solutions forpower security, energy independence, and premium efficiency.Convion was founded 2012 and is based in Finland.
• Mobidiag — Mobidiag is a commercial stage, fast-growing Finnish-French biotechnology company that develops and markets innovative molecular diagnostic solutions for gastrointestinal infections, antimicrobial resistance management, healthcare associated infections (HAIs), respiratory infections and sepsis. Based on well-established qPCR and microarraytechnologies, Mobidiag offers a broad range of tests and automated platforms. These include a comprehensive range of fast, reliable and cost-effective molecular diagnostic solutions for the detection of infectious diseases adapted to laboratories of all sizes. They allow detection of most clinically relevant bacteria, parasites, viruses and markers for antibiotic resistance.
• Finbiosoft — Finbiosoft is a company focused in developing Validation Manager™ software service. Validation Manager is the perfect tool for clinical laboratories and diagnostic companies to digitalize, automate and standardize the time-consuming and error sensitive data handling of validations and verifications.

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• Dispelix — See-through, full color waveguide combiners for a wide range of XR applications. From near-eye to head-up.
• Quanturi Oy — Quanturi's robust wireless temperature monitoring systems are specifically designed for monitoring hay, compost, grain and many other fermentable materials during storage. Our systems decrease fire risks and ensure quality certification.
• Solar Foods — The Finnish company Solar Foods Oy produces an entirely new kind of nutrient-rich protein using only air and electricity as the main resources. The goal of the company is to start commercial production of the environmentally revolutionary protein in 2020.Solar Foods’ concept redefines the basics of food production, as it is not dependent onagriculture, the weather, or the climate. The price of the protein product is also competitive compared to sources such as soy protein.

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• eniferBio — Enifer Bio is an expert at squeezing every last drop of value from biorefining operations. The solution is built on decades of Finnish expertise to allow the production of valuable protein-rich feed from streams previously considered worthless. The company has developed a new, sustainable production process for high-quality fish feed raw material.The company's method enables the efficient production of a single cell protein from fish by-products as a raw material for fish feed. The protein can replace soy, which is commonly used in fish feed and whose cultivation poses ecological challenges, such as deforestation in South America.

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• STEM — Kano provides a system of kits and coding platform that enables users to develop apps, games, and music. It teaches kids and adults about computers and coding by way of a variety of do-it-yourself hardware building kits. Also, its computing platform enables someone to build real devices, learn how they work, code them step by step, and share theircreations with the world.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, England.
• 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.
• ABAKA Holdings — ABAKA is world's first digital saving and retirement enterprise SaaS platform, powered by Artificial Intelligence. Our innovative technologies enable financial institutions to power digital saving and retirement solutions and deliver scalable and affordable advice on pensions, savings and investments to their retail customers. ABAKA’s libraryof modular applications helps our enterprise clients to power conversational AI, personalised and behavioural nudges, big data insights, financial dashboards and outstanding customer experiences.Today over 9 million people have access to the ABAKA technologies through our clients, and our technologies are licensed by Tier one international banks, pension providers and asset managers across multiple countries.ABAKA’s enterprise solutions enable financial institutions to power: • Conversational AI: on pensions, savings and investments, for both fully digital and hybrid advice. The proprietary NLP models take vast quantities of user behavioural and financial data to intelligently manage a human like conversation. • Intelligent Behavioural Nudges: machine learning models to identify persona segmentation, power personalised insights and nudges to increase engagement and up-sell opportunities, across digital channels. • Digital financial dashboards: data aggregation technology powering Open Banking, Pension Tracing and Pension Dashboards. • Financial Planning Engine: retirement planning, cash flow modelling, suitability assessment, Monte-Carlo simulations for outcome & scenario driven advice

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• Battlesnake — Controlled by a web server you build, and the code you write, Battlesnakes move to find food, avoid others, and stay alive.
• Inflection.io — Marketing technology for product-led companies
• Nanoflex Robotics — Nanoflex Robotics develops a soft robotic system that precisely inserts specially made guidewires and catheters deep into the brain. The company provides patented magnetic navigation technology but also the necessary surgical devices. Nanoflex Robotics was established in May, 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland.

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• Oculis — The Oculis drug delivery platform consists of a novel technique to facilitate drug absorption to both anterior and posterior parts of the eye. The advantage is a drug delivery system where diseases of the posterior part of the eye can be treated with a simple topical application. The Oculis drug delivery platform allows diseases such as DME(diabetic macular edema) at the posterior part of the eye to be treated with a non-invasive topical application. Furthermore, the technique has been demonstrated to allow diseases at the anterior part of the eye to be treated with a reduced number of topical applications compared to conventional eye-drops.
• CatalYm — Catalym develops antibodies against a placental factor which is overexpressed by various tumour types.
• Mediar Therapeutics — Mediar Therapeutics is a preclinical stage biotechnology company developing antibody-based therapeutics to halt fibrosis in a variety of organ systems, including lung, liver, kidney, and skin.

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• Metroc — Creating sales and marketing solutions for the construction & real-estate industry.
• Measurlabs — We provide testing services for any material, product, or chemical, helping product developers and quality managers get the information they need about their products.
• Steady Energy — Steady Energy aims to decarbonize the energy-intensive heating industry starting with residential and district heating.

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• Quindar — Satellite Mission Management for startups. Operate faster than your competition.
• Instabase — Instabase combines the latest AI breakthroughs with industry expertise to create real business value for your business.
• Few and Far — Few and Far is the next-generation platform for experiences in Web3, including NFTs, DeFi, gaming, and more. They help NFT projects with launchpad services, minting tools, outbound marketing, and more. They offer creators the liquidity, ability to earn, and listings alongside the top collections on NEAR.

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• Fixably — Fixably is the repair management solution to seamlessly connect all users, from the end customer to the technician, and all repair systems within your service business.
• Valosan — Scale your international PR into any local market. With Valosan, you connect with PR specialists in local markets and pitch your story to real journalists
• Vensum Power — Revolutionizing power conversion. More power in same package, less energy waste and low maintenance.

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• Solu — Solu.co is a Fastest Growing hub for Technology, How-to, Gadgets, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Digital Marketing And Business Ideas.
• Solu — Discover the next generation toolkit for analyzing, storing and sharing bacterial genomes.
• Taika Tech — Taika Tech builds a novel interface for controlling the surrounding technology by making sense of your hand movement and location with a smart ring

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• Kaiku Health — Kaiku Health is a digital health company with a mission to improve quality of life through health data science. We have built an intelligent digital platform for monitoring patient-reported outcomes in several therapy areas, such as cancer care, fertility treatments and preventive health care. Its unique algorithms enable early interventions andpersonalized patient support. Currently over 30 European hospitals and clinics are using our platform to better monitor their patients, reducing manual work and allowing prioritization of clinical actions. This along with the capture and analysis of real-world data paves way for more personalized and effective care of each patient. The company, founded in 2012 by five software developers deeply passionate about health care technology, has now grown to team of 20+ dedicated employees. The company is backed by Reaktor Ventures, along with other venture capital funds and private investors, and is supported by Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation.
• VideoVisit — Oiva Health on digipalveluiden asiantuntijayritys, joka palvelee kattavasti sosiaali- ja terveysalan toimijoita.
• 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.

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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.
• IndoorAtlas — Discover the power of indoor positioning technology with IndoorAtlas. Build innovative indoor location-based solutions using our cross-platform SDK. Explore case studies and start developing today.

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• SynergyXR — SynergyXR is a no-code, cloud platform that lets companies design, onboard, sell, and support across all XR devices without writing a single line of code
• HVR Cardio — HVR Cardio Transformative Mitral Valve Repair Solutions The Future of Mitral Valve Repair Our mission is to develop solutions for mitral valve interventions that are faster, easier to use, and less invasive without compromising clinical efficacy. About HVR Cardio Utilization of new technologies and less...
• Teitur Trophics — Teitur Trophics is a biotech company developing circular peptides for neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.