IPR.VC

IPR.VC is a venture capital firm based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2014. The firm focuses on investing in the European digital media, communications, and entertainment sectors, specifically targeting high-quality and original content in areas such as film, television, animation, games, and internet media. IPR.VC aims to transform creators and storytellers from subcontractors into intellectual property developers and business owners, supporting the growth of a vibrant content creation ecosystem in Europe. The firm is committed to identifying productions with significant audience potential and credible international distribution plans. With a team that combines industry expertise and investment experience, IPR.VC seeks to prove to its investors that content investing can yield exceptional returns.

Tuomas Anttonen

Director

Timo Argillander

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Tanu-Matti Tuominen

Co-Founder, Partner & Director, Investor Relations

Jarkko Virtanen

Chairman and Founding Partner

7 past transactions

Blidz

Seed Round in 2022
Blidz is a mobile shopping app founded in 2017 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. It operates in the US, Canada, and Australia, offering a unique online shopping experience that combines gamification and artificial intelligence. Inspired by the Chinese platform Pinduoduo, Blidz transforms the traditional shopping process into an engaging activity by incorporating game mechanics that make finding deals entertaining. The app provides tailored offers and innovative flash deals, enhancing user engagement while allowing customers to enjoy the thrill of a bargain hunt.

Lightneer

Seed Round in 2017
To be able to address a rapidly changing market we created a market first / market fast approach to game development. Our world-class team takes the best concepts to market in just a handful of weeks from dozens of original ideas. We look for strong marketability and high player engagement from the outset to help determine if games have hit potential.

Guardian Angel

Seed Round in 2017
Guardian Angel utilizes human potential technology to permanently change users' lives. The first stage in GA development is focused on a creating an app based platform for Suicide Prevention. The platform contains multiple unique components all aimed at helping the depressed and suicidal learn to normalize and manage their feelings and behaviors. This is accomplished through the synergistic blend of a social network specifically designed for the suicidal combined with celebrity endorsement and buy-in while utilizing clinically researched and validated coping techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and finally applying all these components to a unique algorithm that will aid in predicting future suicide attempts and then taking action to prevent suicidal behavior. Using technology to alter potential outcomes from detrimental to productive is what we call Human Potential Technology. The goal is to teach people how to control and change their behavior. This is accomplished by applying the most advanced research in neuroscience and behavior coupled with the clinically tested and peer approved techniques in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Changing behavior: this concept will radically disrupt targeted verticals creating the first product of it's kind that can treat multiple afflictions in society such as Rage/Violence/Shootings, Obesity, Smoking, Anxiety, Relationships, Depression, Drug Addiction and Domestic Violence. The predictive algorithm will also give clinicians real time data from their patients as well as the ability to send data to organizations such as the National Suicide Prevention Hotline, thereby enabling these organizations to make better decisions faster, resulting in more lives saved. GA will also provide corporate wellness solutions to healthcare companies and large institutions such as the NFL by creating the first programs aimed at increasing productivity through mental health and decreases damaging behaviors such as Domestic Viole

Koukoi Games

Venture Round in 2016
Koukoi Games Ltd. is a mobile game development company based in Oulu, Finland, founded in January 2015 by Antti Kananen. The company specializes in creating a diverse range of mobile games, including original, high-definition, and story-based titles. Among its offerings is "Crashing Season," a mobile game featuring animal characters. Koukoi Games aims to provide gamers with an innovative gaming experience through its engaging entertainment platform.

TUBECON

Seed Round in 2016
Tubecon Oy organizes Tubecon Conference, which brings together Youtube influencers, fans, and brands to explore the opportunities in Youtube and video marketing. It organizes arena-sized events serving online creators and provides sponsoring brands and partners tailored access to young audiences. The company conducts events in Finland, Sweden, and Spain. Tubecon Oy was founded in 2014 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Lightneer

Seed Round in 2016
To be able to address a rapidly changing market we created a market first / market fast approach to game development. Our world-class team takes the best concepts to market in just a handful of weeks from dozens of original ideas. We look for strong marketability and high player engagement from the outset to help determine if games have hit potential.

Lightneer

Seed Round in 2016
To be able to address a rapidly changing market we created a market first / market fast approach to game development. Our world-class team takes the best concepts to market in just a handful of weeks from dozens of original ideas. We look for strong marketability and high player engagement from the outset to help determine if games have hit potential.