Manu Makela

Co-Founder and Partner

Jari Mieskonen

Managing Partner

42 past transactions

Verto Analytics

Series C in 2019
Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’ behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com.

Verto Analytics

Series C in 2018
Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’ behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com.

Blackwood Seven | Part of Kantar Group

Private Equity Round in 2018
Blackwood Seven is a media analytics platform which strives to increase the effect of company’s media spend using our predictive analytics framework built on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Using real-time modelling and advanced KPI prediction we are able to increase a company’s media ROI by up to 15-25%.

TactoTek

Series B in 2018
TactoTek develops and licenses injection-molded structural electronics (IMSE®) technologies. Automotive, aviation, connected home, industrial control, and medical brands use TactoTek innovations to create next-generation user experiences that are compelling, differentiated, and more sustainable. Designers use TactoTek IP to integrate circuits and components directly into plastic parts, transforming conventional structures into smart interactive surfaces. TactoTek licenses its intellectual property, including over 280 patents and critical know-how developed over a decade of intensive R&D and quality testing, to global manufacturers who use reliable, standardized manufacturing processes to produce curved-shape and conformal electronics

Zervant

Series B in 2018
- Zervant offers a market leading online invoicing platform with integrated payment and financial products for micro enterprises across Europe. - Zervant was founded back in 2010 and is based in Espoo (Finland). - Zervant's current core markets are Finland, Sweden, the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Austria.

TactoTek

Venture Round in 2017
TactoTek develops and licenses injection-molded structural electronics (IMSE®) technologies. Automotive, aviation, connected home, industrial control, and medical brands use TactoTek innovations to create next-generation user experiences that are compelling, differentiated, and more sustainable. Designers use TactoTek IP to integrate circuits and components directly into plastic parts, transforming conventional structures into smart interactive surfaces. TactoTek licenses its intellectual property, including over 280 patents and critical know-how developed over a decade of intensive R&D and quality testing, to global manufacturers who use reliable, standardized manufacturing processes to produce curved-shape and conformal electronics
Blackwood Seven is a media analytics platform which strives to increase the effect of company’s media spend using our predictive analytics framework built on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Using real-time modelling and advanced KPI prediction we are able to increase a company’s media ROI by up to 15-25%.

Zervant

Series A in 2016
- Zervant offers a market leading online invoicing platform with integrated payment and financial products for micro enterprises across Europe. - Zervant was founded back in 2010 and is based in Espoo (Finland). - Zervant's current core markets are Finland, Sweden, the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Austria.

Verto Analytics

Series B in 2016
Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’ behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com.

Supponor

Series B in 2016
Supponor is an innovative sports media and technology company whose DBRLive technology is revolutionizing perimeter advertising in sports. We replace traditional perimeter advertising in sports broadcasts with virtual, digital content. Fans across the world watching a live sporting event see live TV feeds identical in every way – but with pitch-side advertisements relevant to them. There are three core elements to what Supponor does: • We manage and operate DBRLive, a technically innovative and operationally robust media platform which integrates with live broadcasts • We create new value for rights holders by enhancing and acquiring packages of their perimeter billboard inventory • We deliver marketing opportunities to brands around the world looking to engage specific sports audiences with relevant marketing Supponor’s headquarters are in the UK, and our operations teams are continually on the road, working with local partners as specialists at live sporting events across the globe. Supponor’s highly skilled software engineers in the research and development team in Espoo, Finland, work constantly to refine and further develop the technology underpinning DBRLive, pushing boundaries to create new value for our clients and partners. Supponor is a privately-held company, owned by management, private investors and VC funds – Sports Investment Partners, Northzone, and Conor.
Blackwood Seven is a media analytics platform which strives to increase the effect of company’s media spend using our predictive analytics framework built on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Using real-time modelling and advanced KPI prediction we are able to increase a company’s media ROI by up to 15-25%.

Sticky

Series A in 2015
Sticky’s marketing optimization platform uses visual and emotional insights to uncover what real people see, miss, and feel when engaging with websites, ads, emails, videos, and much more. As a leader in SaaS visual marketing technology, Sticky provides the only biometric solution in the market that helps digital marketers measure and optimize the Visual Web. With Sticky's flagship platform, Insight & Audit, content creators and marketers can optimize their digital media in near real-time. Using Sticky's disruptive technology publishers, brand advertisers and agencies can achieve significant savings, operational efficiency and increased engagement, all at a fraction of the time and cost of more traditional methodologies. www.sticky.ai

Zervant

Seed Round in 2015
- Zervant offers a market leading online invoicing platform with integrated payment and financial products for micro enterprises across Europe. - Zervant was founded back in 2010 and is based in Espoo (Finland). - Zervant's current core markets are Finland, Sweden, the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Austria.

TactoTek

Venture Round in 2015
TactoTek develops and licenses injection-molded structural electronics (IMSE®) technologies. Automotive, aviation, connected home, industrial control, and medical brands use TactoTek innovations to create next-generation user experiences that are compelling, differentiated, and more sustainable. Designers use TactoTek IP to integrate circuits and components directly into plastic parts, transforming conventional structures into smart interactive surfaces. TactoTek licenses its intellectual property, including over 280 patents and critical know-how developed over a decade of intensive R&D and quality testing, to global manufacturers who use reliable, standardized manufacturing processes to produce curved-shape and conformal electronics

Neo4j

Series C in 2015
Neo4j provides a graph database platform that enables organizations to unlock the business value of connections. It gives developers and data scientists the tools to quickly build today’s intelligent applications and machine learning workflows. The p[latform is available as a fully managed cloud service or self-hosted. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Verto Analytics

Series B in 2014
Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’ behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com.

Verto Analytics

Series A in 2014
Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’ behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com.

Scoopshot

Series A in 2013
Scoopshot connects mobile photographers and news media worldwide. We're building a worldwide ecosystem for crowdsourcing news photos. Users download our free app, snap newsworthy photos, and send them for sale on the Scoopshot Store, worldwide.

TactoTek

Venture Round in 2013
TactoTek develops and licenses injection-molded structural electronics (IMSE®) technologies. Automotive, aviation, connected home, industrial control, and medical brands use TactoTek innovations to create next-generation user experiences that are compelling, differentiated, and more sustainable. Designers use TactoTek IP to integrate circuits and components directly into plastic parts, transforming conventional structures into smart interactive surfaces. TactoTek licenses its intellectual property, including over 280 patents and critical know-how developed over a decade of intensive R&D and quality testing, to global manufacturers who use reliable, standardized manufacturing processes to produce curved-shape and conformal electronics

Omegawave

Seed Round in 2013
Omegawave specializes in the development of training and performance management solutions, providing athletes, teams and coaches a faster way to maximize results while avoiding injuries and overtraining. With our products, athletes can quickly, non-stressfully and non-invasively assess how their body is responding to previous exertion while gaining insights to optimize their next training session. Routine Omegawave assessments can be fluidly integrated into any training process to provide coaches with real-time data and crucial physiological information about their athletes. Omegawave products are currently used by multiple Olympic Federations, premier soccer teams, franchises from the NFL, MLS, NHL, and MLB as well as by numerous other sports organizations and individual athletes. After devoting fifteen years to the support of so many world-class competitors, in April 2014 Omegawave was recognized by the UK-based Sports Technology Awards as the developer of the ‘Best Performance Technology for Elite Athletes.’

Rakuten Fits Me

Series A in 2013
Fit Origin is the ultimate fit recommendation solution for eCommerce fashion retailers which puts fit and body shapes at the heart of the online shopping experience. It combines garment data and shopper data to determine which size garment will fit them, the way they want to wear it. Each shopper’s measurements are calculated based on height, weight, age and body shape. Deep statistical analysis of thousands of detailed body scans allows their data scientists to use these limited data points to infer high quality information about the shopper’s measurements. Every garment is analysed by their garment technologists, taking many factors into account including silhouette, stretch and fit preference. A shopper’s body measurements are used in conjunction with garment measurements to interpret how each size will fit a shopper. Fit Origin recommends the best size to fit shoppers, with the ability to compare sizes based on their own fit preferences. Their fit recommendation solution allows your shoppers to buy with confidence. At Rakuten Fits Me they are all about ‘Me’ fashion, not mass fashion. They are the only size and fit solution provider to align your product data with shopper body data so they get the perfect fit, first time, every time.

Sticky

Series A in 2013
Sticky’s marketing optimization platform uses visual and emotional insights to uncover what real people see, miss, and feel when engaging with websites, ads, emails, videos, and much more. As a leader in SaaS visual marketing technology, Sticky provides the only biometric solution in the market that helps digital marketers measure and optimize the Visual Web. With Sticky's flagship platform, Insight & Audit, content creators and marketers can optimize their digital media in near real-time. Using Sticky's disruptive technology publishers, brand advertisers and agencies can achieve significant savings, operational efficiency and increased engagement, all at a fraction of the time and cost of more traditional methodologies. www.sticky.ai

crystalsol

Series A in 2013
crystalsol develops an entirely new type of flexible photovoltaic technology. The patented technology combines the advantages of high efficiency single-crystalline materials and low cost roll-to-roll production. The technology is based on decades of research for the Russian military and Philips semiconductor know-how from the 1960s. The core innovation is the light absorbing layer made of a patented new crystalline semiconductor powder. The light absorbing active layer of the film is made of crystalline semiconductor particles with a typical diameter of 40 μm arranged as a single layer fixed by a polymer film. The semiconductor particles contain the abundant and low-cost elements copper, zinc, tin, sulphur, and selenium (CZTS). Every semiconductor particle is coated with an extremely thin buffer layer to create the p/n junction. Before the crystalline powder enters the module production it is already a finished working solar cell. The module production process is based on roll-to-roll technology ensuring high throughput and yield similar to the printing industry. Consequently the required investment in crystalsol’s manufacturing equipment is significantly below current capital requirements for photovoltaic plants. Main reason is the elimination of vacuum technology for the active layer and the low process temperatures. Due to the characteristics of crystalsol’s technology upscaling issues – common for thin film technologies – are minimized. As every semiconductor particle is a tiny photovoltaic cell it does not make a difference how large the finished film is. This is an advantage compared to all thin film technologies where all upscaling to larger areas requires costly and time consuming development.

Neo4j

Series B in 2012
Neo4j provides a graph database platform that enables organizations to unlock the business value of connections. It gives developers and data scientists the tools to quickly build today’s intelligent applications and machine learning workflows. The p[latform is available as a fully managed cloud service or self-hosted. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

AnaCatum

Venture Round in 2012
AnaCatum Design AB is a joint Venture between Cognicatus AB and AnSyn AB. AnSyn AB provides EDA software for analog and mixed-signal design. AnSyn offer a system that let designers take full advantage of optimization and parallel simulation to reducer design time, improve performance, and ensure yield. Cognicatus ABs mission is to be a leading provider of advanced silicon IP for integration in products with human friendly behaviour and interfaces. Cognicatus target applications are robust, adaptive sensor networks applications where cognition plays a role.

TactoTek

Seed Round in 2012
TactoTek develops and licenses injection-molded structural electronics (IMSE®) technologies. Automotive, aviation, connected home, industrial control, and medical brands use TactoTek innovations to create next-generation user experiences that are compelling, differentiated, and more sustainable. Designers use TactoTek IP to integrate circuits and components directly into plastic parts, transforming conventional structures into smart interactive surfaces. TactoTek licenses its intellectual property, including over 280 patents and critical know-how developed over a decade of intensive R&D and quality testing, to global manufacturers who use reliable, standardized manufacturing processes to produce curved-shape and conformal electronics

Neo4j

Series A in 2011
Neo4j provides a graph database platform that enables organizations to unlock the business value of connections. It gives developers and data scientists the tools to quickly build today’s intelligent applications and machine learning workflows. The p[latform is available as a fully managed cloud service or self-hosted. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Scint-X

Venture Round in 2011
Scint-X AB offers Scintillator Matrix technology for manufacturing x-ray imaging detectors. Its customers include suppliers and manufacturers of digital x-ray systems. The company is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Sensinode

Venture Round in 2011
Sensinode is a pioneer and world leader in technology and software solutions for the Internet of Things; the next evolution of the Internet where devices of all types and capabilities can be accessed through web services. There software products enable optimized Internet IP and web services access to networks and devices that are constrained by bandwidth, processing power, memory and power consumption, and improve bandwidth utilization by up to 900%. There main markets include all Machine-to-Machine (M2M) market segments, including Smart Grid, Building Automation, Wireless Health, Asset Tracking, Logistics, and Security. We are major contributors in the IETF for the standardization of key technologies for the Internet of Things, 6LoWPAN and CoAP, were a founder of the IPSO Alliance and are active members of other key industry forums such as the Zigbee Alliance.

Neo4j

Seed Round in 2009
Neo4j provides a graph database platform that enables organizations to unlock the business value of connections. It gives developers and data scientists the tools to quickly build today’s intelligent applications and machine learning workflows. The p[latform is available as a fully managed cloud service or self-hosted. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

crystalsol

Seed Round in 2009
crystalsol develops an entirely new type of flexible photovoltaic technology. The patented technology combines the advantages of high efficiency single-crystalline materials and low cost roll-to-roll production. The technology is based on decades of research for the Russian military and Philips semiconductor know-how from the 1960s. The core innovation is the light absorbing layer made of a patented new crystalline semiconductor powder. The light absorbing active layer of the film is made of crystalline semiconductor particles with a typical diameter of 40 μm arranged as a single layer fixed by a polymer film. The semiconductor particles contain the abundant and low-cost elements copper, zinc, tin, sulphur, and selenium (CZTS). Every semiconductor particle is coated with an extremely thin buffer layer to create the p/n junction. Before the crystalline powder enters the module production it is already a finished working solar cell. The module production process is based on roll-to-roll technology ensuring high throughput and yield similar to the printing industry. Consequently the required investment in crystalsol’s manufacturing equipment is significantly below current capital requirements for photovoltaic plants. Main reason is the elimination of vacuum technology for the active layer and the low process temperatures. Due to the characteristics of crystalsol’s technology upscaling issues – common for thin film technologies – are minimized. As every semiconductor particle is a tiny photovoltaic cell it does not make a difference how large the finished film is. This is an advantage compared to all thin film technologies where all upscaling to larger areas requires costly and time consuming development.

PlexPress

Seed Round in 2009
PlexPress provides a high-content gene expression analysis platform to support the next wave of gene function analysis. With TRAC 2 to 150 genes can be easily monitored in 10 to 1000s of samples. The Key to this is a novel multiplexing method to generate reliable data fast and at low cost.

Imbera Electronics

Series B in 2009
Imbera provides embedded solutions with state-of-the-art embedding technology. Imbera's pioneering and patented Integrated Module Board (IMB) technology, the result of over a decade of research on embedding technologies, is the answer to the demand for new, more efficient ways to package electronics today and tomorrow. Imbera's IMB technology enables the embedding of both discrete active and passive components inside a printed circuit board. The technology efficiently miniaturizes electronic products while providing improved electrical performance and competitive overall cost level.

Eniram

Series B in 2009
Eniram provides maritime energy management systems for the shipping industry. It offers Eniram Vessel Platform, a real-time data collection platform that measures vessel performance and fuel consumption; Dynamic Trimming Assistant, a system used for maintaining optimum trim; Optimum Speed Assistant, a speed optimization solution; and Engine Load Assistant, a system that balances the required engine load for multiple engines helps to enable fuel savings. Eniram also provides Vessel Performance Manager, a solution that helps vessel’s crew analyze and track energy efficiency of the vessel; Fleet Performance Manager, a system that enables onshore monitoring and management of vessel performance for optimizing fuel efficiency; Eniram Engine, a tool for TFDE LNG carriers' engineers and officers that suggests optimal engine combination and fuel types for the prevailing conditions in order to save fuel; and Eniram analytics services that include vessel performance data analysis to save fuel, including hull fouling, dry-dock impacts, hull-ageing, and custom analysis. Eniram's products are used in cruise ships, ferries, container ships, tankers, bulkers, and LNG vessels. Henrik Dahl and Jussi Pyörre founded Eniram in 2005, with its headquarters in Helsinki in Finland. Eniram has additional offices in Singapore, the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. It operates as a subsidiary of Wärtsilä as of July 1, 2016.

Supponor

Series A in 2008
Supponor is an innovative sports media and technology company whose DBRLive technology is revolutionizing perimeter advertising in sports. We replace traditional perimeter advertising in sports broadcasts with virtual, digital content. Fans across the world watching a live sporting event see live TV feeds identical in every way – but with pitch-side advertisements relevant to them. There are three core elements to what Supponor does: • We manage and operate DBRLive, a technically innovative and operationally robust media platform which integrates with live broadcasts • We create new value for rights holders by enhancing and acquiring packages of their perimeter billboard inventory • We deliver marketing opportunities to brands around the world looking to engage specific sports audiences with relevant marketing Supponor’s headquarters are in the UK, and our operations teams are continually on the road, working with local partners as specialists at live sporting events across the globe. Supponor’s highly skilled software engineers in the research and development team in Espoo, Finland, work constantly to refine and further develop the technology underpinning DBRLive, pushing boundaries to create new value for our clients and partners. Supponor is a privately-held company, owned by management, private investors and VC funds – Sports Investment Partners, Northzone, and Conor.

Eniram

Series A in 2008
Eniram provides maritime energy management systems for the shipping industry. It offers Eniram Vessel Platform, a real-time data collection platform that measures vessel performance and fuel consumption; Dynamic Trimming Assistant, a system used for maintaining optimum trim; Optimum Speed Assistant, a speed optimization solution; and Engine Load Assistant, a system that balances the required engine load for multiple engines helps to enable fuel savings. Eniram also provides Vessel Performance Manager, a solution that helps vessel’s crew analyze and track energy efficiency of the vessel; Fleet Performance Manager, a system that enables onshore monitoring and management of vessel performance for optimizing fuel efficiency; Eniram Engine, a tool for TFDE LNG carriers' engineers and officers that suggests optimal engine combination and fuel types for the prevailing conditions in order to save fuel; and Eniram analytics services that include vessel performance data analysis to save fuel, including hull fouling, dry-dock impacts, hull-ageing, and custom analysis. Eniram's products are used in cruise ships, ferries, container ships, tankers, bulkers, and LNG vessels. Henrik Dahl and Jussi Pyörre founded Eniram in 2005, with its headquarters in Helsinki in Finland. Eniram has additional offices in Singapore, the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. It operates as a subsidiary of Wärtsilä as of July 1, 2016.

Aito Technologies

Series A in 2007
We are a world leader in Customer Experience Analytics for mobile operators. Aito provides better understanding and management the entire customer life cycle helping them identify key relationships and the context between business drivers, customer segments, networks, services, and devices, throughout the customer life cycle.

Concilio Networks

Venture Round in 2006
Concilio Networks provides technology that brings social networks to every mobile phone. Concilio's Community Connect Solution - CCS – can be used with any mobile handset without a special client application in the handset. People can call, chat and see the presence status of their community contacts, remotely set their own presence, subscribe to news feeds, post and see the contents of social media sites and much more. CCS is the solution to convert social networks into an intimate mobile experience.

Helmi Technologies

Series B in 2006
Helmi Technologies, Inc. provides user interface software solutions for enterprise Web developers. The company provides Rich Internet Application Platform that includes Virtual Browser, Intelligent Web Application Structure, UI component library, and Plug-ins for Web-development tools, as well as services, including custom component creation, migration service for current applications, consultation, and support. Helmi Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Oulu, Finland. The company also has offices in San Jose, California and Helsinki, Finland.
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