文章介绍赫尔辛基风投生态，盘点包括 Lifeline Ventures、Innovestor 在内的13家机构，并提供其投资数据概览。
Finland's capital has a well-earned reputation as a place where great tech companies get their start. A strong community of venture capital firms is a big reason why.
You'll find established players like Lifeline Ventures, with nearly 200 investments, alongside others like Inventure, which has seen more than 20 of its companies exit. The city is full of opportunities for founders looking for the right partner.
Below is our list of the best 13 VC firms in Helsinki.
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As a fund started by serial entrepreneurs, Lifeline Ventures backs resilient founders from their earliest stages with funding, talent, and hands-on support. They take a sector-agnostic approach to help build category-leading companies like Aiven, focusing on investments from inception through Series A.
Year Founded2009 FoundersTimo Ahopelto Total Funding€207.1MAverage Check Size€7MIndustriesClimate & Sustainability, Consumer, Gaming, Hardware, Healthcare, Fintech, SaaSInvestment StageEarly Stage, Late Stage, SeedNº of Investments180 (65 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits20 (1 IPO'd) Top Portfolio StartupsAiven, Flowrite, GriffinContacttimo@lifelineventures.com / +358 407727007As a Nordic venture capital investor and financial services company, Innovestor backs early-stage growth companies with capital. They support their portfolio with competitive funding terms and strategic insight from a team of experienced industry professionals.
Year Founded2014 FoundersTommi Aijala Investment StageEarly Stage, Private EquityNº of Investments80 (50 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits4 Contactinfo@innovestor.fi / +358 10 3233 880Inventure backs early-stage founders across the Nordics and Baltics, fighting fiercely for a select few they believe can build transformative futures. This dedicated approach has helped launch successful companies like the delivery platform Wolt, proving their model of building lasting, two-way trust.
Year Founded2005 FoundersKevin Lösch, Sami Lampinen, Timo Tirkkonen Total Funding$230MAverage Check Size$10MIndustriesSaaS, Deep Tech & Hard Science, AI & ML, Healthcare, Education, Gaming, Devops, Cybersecurity, IoT, Consumer, InsurTech, Hardware, AR & VR, Food & Beverage, Enterprise, Marketplace, Big Data & Analytics, Manufacturing, Marketing, Automotive, TelecommunicationsInvestment StageEarly Stage, Seed, Series ANº of Investments162 (78 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits21 (1 IPO'd) Top Portfolio StartupsMojo, Coudescene, WoltContacthello@inventure.vc / +46 76 600 95 60As a European private equity and venture capital firm, 3TS Capital Partners supplies expansion capital and buyout funding to technology companies like Tresorit and 123Formbuilder. Their team operates as active partners for small and medium-sized businesses, delivering value beyond capital through a network of sector experts and co-investors.
Year Founded1998 Founders— Total Funding€447.4MAverage Check Size€10MIndustriesHardware, Internet & Mobile, E-Commerce, Consumer, Healthcare, SaaSInvestment StageEarly Stage, Late Stage, Private Equity, SeedNº of Investments61 (32 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits18 (1 IPO'd) Top Portfolio StartupsTresorit, Vector Watch, 123FormbuilderContactinfo@3tscapital.com / +43 1 890 16 98Focusing on the Nordic and Baltic tech scene, Icebreaker.vc provides pre-seed and seed funding to startups built by founders with deep industry expertise. Their community-driven approach supports founders from idea to launch, helping companies like HoxHunt and Logmore get to a position of strength and avoid the common post-accelerator limbo.
Year Founded2017 FoundersAleksi Partanen, Lasse Lehtinen, Riku Seppälä, Teddie Wardi Total Funding€126MAverage Check Size€800kIndustriesCybersecurity, IoT, Travel & Hospitality, Advertising, AI & ML, Big Data & Analytics, Proptech & Real Estate, AR & VR, Automation, Developer Tools, Media, Entertainment, Automotive, Energy, Human Resources, Legal, SaaS, Hardware, E-Commerce, EducationInvestment StageConvertible Note, Early Stage, Seed, Pre-SeedNº of Investments126 (71 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits4 Top Portfolio StartupsHoxHunt, Logmore, FlowhavenContactinfo@icebreaker.vcOpenOcean provides early-stage capital to European B2B software companies building the data economy. The firm's team, which includes key people behind MySQL and MariaDB, uses its deep operator experience to scale startups focused on automation, data infrastructure, and the future of software.
Year Founded2009 FoundersMichael Widenius, Patrik Backman, Ralf Wahlsten Investment StageEarly Stage, Late Stage, SeedNº of Investments87 (36 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits17 (2 IPO'd) Contactinfo@openocean.vc / +358 405075024Superhero Capital backs insight-driven startups in Finland and the Baltics at the seed stage. They invest between €100k and €1M to help founders transform their unique market perspectives into growing companies.
Year Founded2015 FoundersGytenis Galkis, Jakob Storå, Juha Ruohonen, Jussi Harvela, Moaffak Ahmed Total Funding€50MAverage Check Size€1MIndustriesHealth & Wellness, Healthcare, Marketplace, Education, Big Data & Analytics, Entertainment, Future of Work, SaaS, SportsInvestment StageSeed, Early StageNº of Investments76 (41 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits4 Top Portfolio StartupsBuilderhead, Attractive.ai, ZennizContactnexthero@superherocapital.com / 358 40 3511892Nordic Science Investments bridges the gap between academia and business by turning scientific research from the New Nordics into global companies. They invest from pre-seed to Series A in deeptech, healthtech, and life science startups, helping visionary founders commercialize their research and address global challenges.
Year Founded2024 FoundersAlexandra Gylfe, Anssi Uimonen, Jari Strandman, Matti Hautsalo Investment StageEarly Stage, SeedNº of Investments15 (13 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits— Contactanssi.uimonen@nordscience.comAs the first fund in the Nordics investing explicitly in food technology, they support early-stage companies that are transforming the food system. Their portfolio is built around startups creating scalable and healthy solutions, aiming to foster a more sustainable food future.
Year Founded2020 FoundersJari Tuovinen, Lauri Reuter, Mika Kukkurainen, Pekka Siivonen-Uotila, Pekka Siivonen-Uotila Investment StageEarly Stage, SeedNº of Investments27 (15 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits— Contactinfo@nft.vcAs the first Nordic venture capital firm focused on the learning sector, they invest in teams transforming education from early childhood to corporate training. They support companies from the seed to international growth phase, helping them scale their impact on how the world learns.
Year Founded2017 FoundersKai Talas Investment StageEarly Stage, SeedNº of Investments21 (14 as Lead Investor) Nº of Exits3 Contact+3584450697403 Additional Helsinki VC Firms Worth Pitching
Beyond our main list, there are even more firms helping founders get their start. Together, they have funded 75 startups and guided more than 20 of them to an exit.
The group includes some of the area's oldest investors as well as newer ones. Here is a closer look at the other venture capital firms funding what's next in Helsinki.