Innovestor

Innovestor is a Nordic venture capital investor and financial services company based in Helsinki, with offices in Jyväskylä, Stockholm, and Moscow. The firm specializes in providing funding and strategic insights to early-stage growth companies in various sectors, including commercial products, information technology, industrial, and cybersecurity. Innovestor Growth Fund III, launched in 2020, is focused on investing in growth opportunities across Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden. For investors, Innovestor curates attractive investment opportunities in carefully selected companies, while for growth companies, it offers competitive funding terms and access to a team of experienced professionals and industry experts. Innovestor is supervised by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.

Tomi Asanti

Director of Properties

Janne Juhola

Partner

Hannu Jungman

Partner

Petri Laine

Partner

Wilhelm Lindholm

Group Chief Executive Officer

Sari Matikainen

Director Of Administration

Mikko Rautiainen

Investment Manager

Myron Seto

Partner

Pekka Simula

Partner

Stefan Sonnerstedt

MD Sweden

Tommi Äijälä

CEO & Co-founder

49 past transactions

OGOship

Seed Round in 2021
OGOship / Nettivarasto is an easy and flexible logistics solutions for growing online stores. It makes it possible for companies to easily outsource their entire physical goods warehousing and logistics. The company provide the entire warehousing and logistics package: warehouse and maintain stock, send goods globally with the best possible freight forwarders, and provide a variety of added value services usually available only for larger retailers.

Brinter

Seed Round in 2021
Brinter™ 1 – Revolutionary modular 3D bioprinter for global markets. A comprehensive 3D bio solution offering variable printing modalities in a single printing platform. Innovating medical, pharmaceutical, and life science industries. Brinter™ will extend the human life span and relieve famine in the world. Brinter™ is a revolutionary modular 3D-bio printer for global markets designed for medical, pharmaceutical, and life science industries. Using different bio inks, Brinter™ can be used to print anything from living tissues and transplantable organs to personalized medicine and food. Built alongside globally recognized medical facilities, educational institutes, and research centers. Our partners and clients are on the bleeding edge of bio innovations. Modular technology allows for infinite future modules for new bio applications, client ideas, and improvements. Revolutionize your industry with Brinter™ bioprinters.

Fiksu Ruoka Oy

Funding Round in 2021
Fiksu Ruoka Oy is an online grocery retailer based in Espoo, Finland, founded in 2016. The company specializes in offering a wide range of affordable food and household goods, including shelf-stable items, through its online platform. Fiksu Ruoka aims to reduce food waste by sourcing surplus groceries from various suppliers, including food producers, importers, distributors, and wholesalers, and selling them at discounted prices to consumers and businesses. This approach not only provides an economical option for customers but also promotes environmentally friendly shopping practices. The company's expertise in data and analytics supports its efforts in procurement, pricing, and optimizing digital marketing strategies.

Aatos.app

Seed Round in 2021
Online legal platform for consumers

Maculaser

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of novel laser therapy technology designed to prevent blindness by targeting major retinal diseases. The company's technology builts electroretinography signals to control laser-induced retinal heating to treat common retinal disorders which can be diagnosed at an early phase in a personalized and safe manner, enabling clinicians to perform previously infeasible laser therapy and control retinal pigment epithelium layer to battle degenerative changes in the eye.

Surgify

Series C in 2021
Surgify Medical Oy, founded in 2015 and based in Espoo, Finland, specializes in developing innovative surgical technology aimed at enhancing patient safety during neurological procedures. The company has created a neurological burr designed to minimize the risk of nerve and blood vessel injuries often associated with traditional surgical drills. This technology is compatible with existing surgical equipment, eliminating the need for additional training for surgeons and their teams. Surgify is also focused on the commercialization of its novel technology for bone surgery, collaborating closely with the Neurosurgical Department of Helsinki University Central Hospital to ensure effective communication with clinicians and to refine its solutions. Financial backing from Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, has supported these efforts. The company's advancements have potential applications in both orthopedics and dentistry.

PromoRepublic

Seed Round in 2020
PromoRepublic is a SaaS company based in Kyiv, Ukraine, that specializes in social media content automation for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2014, the platform enhances the quality of social media posts on networks such as Facebook and Instagram by providing automation tools and customizable templates. PromoRepublic enables users to create and manage engaging marketing campaigns, including contests and sweepstakes, to attract and retain customers. The company serves a diverse clientele, including digital agencies and large corporations, and has achieved consistent growth, with over 50,000 registered users and 2.5 million social media posts published through its platform. Its technology aims to improve online visibility and maintain brand integrity for businesses with multiple locations.

Monidor Oy

Venture Round in 2020
Monidor Oy, established in 2015 and based in Oulu, Finland, specializes in the development of innovative electronic devices. The company is best known for its product, Monidrop, an automated infusion monitor designed for intravenous infusion therapy. Monidrop aims to enhance the safety and efficiency of infusion processes in medical settings, reflecting Monidor's commitment to advancing healthcare technology.

Yield Systems

Seed Round in 2020
Yield Systems Oy, an AI company, develops machine learning solutions for agri-food value chain enhancement and video intelligence. Its technologies and solutions include digital phenotyping for plant breeding and decision making; yield modelling that understands interactions between plant genome and environmental conditions; and video intelligence and observation automation solutions. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Espoo, Finland.

Fiksu Ruoka Oy

Seed Round in 2019
Fiksu Ruoka Oy is an online grocery retailer based in Espoo, Finland, founded in 2016. The company specializes in offering a wide range of affordable food and household goods, including shelf-stable items, through its online platform. Fiksu Ruoka aims to reduce food waste by sourcing surplus groceries from various suppliers, including food producers, importers, distributors, and wholesalers, and selling them at discounted prices to consumers and businesses. This approach not only provides an economical option for customers but also promotes environmentally friendly shopping practices. The company's expertise in data and analytics supports its efforts in procurement, pricing, and optimizing digital marketing strategies.

Luxmet

Venture Round in 2019
Luxmet Ltd. develops electric arc furnaces and related monitoring and control systems for high temperature metallurgical processes. The company’s products include Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process control system, which measures and analyses optical emissions of the ongoing process inside the EAF; TempSpec, which is an on-line temperature measurement and monitoring system for high temperature metallurgical processes; ladle furnaces; blast furnaces; and converters. It serves steel and metal industries. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Oulu, Finland.

PromoRepublic

Seed Round in 2019
PromoRepublic is a SaaS company based in Kyiv, Ukraine, that specializes in social media content automation for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2014, the platform enhances the quality of social media posts on networks such as Facebook and Instagram by providing automation tools and customizable templates. PromoRepublic enables users to create and manage engaging marketing campaigns, including contests and sweepstakes, to attract and retain customers. The company serves a diverse clientele, including digital agencies and large corporations, and has achieved consistent growth, with over 50,000 registered users and 2.5 million social media posts published through its platform. Its technology aims to improve online visibility and maintain brand integrity for businesses with multiple locations.

Sensmet

Venture Round in 2019
Sensmet was launched in 2017 spinning off from several years' research on the micro-discharge analyser technology and related application development. The Sensmet team has extensive experience in industrial R&D as well as measurement science and technology. They are currently building strategic partnerships in selected industrial sectors to develop the first real-time multi-element water measurement applications. If you got interested and want to realise the benefits offered by the unique μDOES™ water analyser technology please contact us. Let us optimise your water process. Together.

Synoste Oy

Venture Round in 2018
Synoste Oy, founded in 2007 and based in Espoo, Finland, is focused on developing innovative medical solutions for the treatment of skeletal deformities. The company's primary objective is to enhance patient comfort during bone-lengthening and bone-deformation correction procedures. By leveraging smart materials, Synoste aims to improve the traditional limb lengthening process, which is often associated with complications and discomfort. Their technology platform addresses various conditions, including congenital and trauma-related limb discrepancies, adult and pediatric deformities, and craniomaxillofacial deformations. As a subsidiary of Globus Medical, Inc., Synoste is committed to providing safer, more effective treatments that facilitate quicker recovery and restore patients' quality of life.

Forendo Pharma

Venture Round in 2018
Forendo Pharma is a drug discovery and development company based in Turku, Finland, established in 2013. The company specializes in creating novel therapies for urological and endocrinological diseases, focusing on tissue-specific regulation of sex hormone mechanisms. Its primary product, Fispemifene, is a selective estrogen receptor modulator designed to address the symptoms of low testosterone in men. Additionally, Forendo Pharma is developing a 17HSD1-inhibitor targeting endometriosis, which aims to meet unmet medical needs in both women's and men's health. Through its innovative approach, Forendo Pharma seeks to enhance treatment options for a range of gynecological and urological conditions.

Aranda Pharma

Venture Round in 2018
Aranda Pharma Oy discovers and develops small molecule drugs to treat diseases of elderly with unmet medical needs. The company’s research programs primarily focus on treatment options for patients with advanced prostate cancer or neurodegenerative diseases. It focuses on developing androgen receptor (AR) antagonist, a treatment for castration resistant prostate cancer. The company’s development portfolio includes ADA-409, a small molecule program with mode-of-action leading to cytoprotection; and ADA-308 program, an AR antagonist that retains antagonism in treatment-resistant cells making it suitable drug candidate for patients who have undergone treatment with 1st or 2nd generation AR antagonists. Aranda Pharma Oy was founded in 2015 and is based in Kuopio, Finland.

E3 Innovations

Venture Round in 2017
E3 Innovations Oy, founded in 2014 and based in Lohja, Finland, specializes in automotive telematics systems that enhance vehicle performance and safety. The company provides computer programming services and develops solutions that enable drivers to operate their vehicles more intelligently by utilizing real-time data collected from the vehicle and external sources. Their technology tracks and analyzes driver behavior, monitors vehicle performance, and assesses road conditions, offering valuable insights through a device connected to the vehicle's Controller Area Network (CAN) bus. This comprehensive approach helps vehicle owners optimize maintenance, improve safety, and prolong the lifespan of their vehicles.

Ledistys

Seed Round in 2017
Ledistys Oy is a Finnish company based in Oulu, specializing in the design, manufacture, and sale of LED lighting solutions. Founded in 2012, Ledistys produces modular LED luminaires tailored to meet the specific needs of various sectors, including industry, agriculture, retail, hospitality, and leisure. The company emphasizes customer-driven service by defining requirements and providing optimal lighting solutions. In addition to manufacturing LED lights, Ledistys offers a comprehensive range of services, including project management, energy-saving reports, design, installation supplies, and maintenance. This focus on customization and energy efficiency enables clients to achieve effective and sustainable lighting solutions.

IndoorAtlas

Series B in 2017
IndoorAtlas offers solutions to developers in building location based apps and scale their plans worldwide. IndoorAtlas helps users answer the key question "Where am I?" indoors. With no additional hardware, no BLE or Wi-Fi needed, its technology offers a moving blue dot with 1-2 meter accuracy on your smartphone in real time. Our patented technology utilizes built-in magnet in smartphones to detect magnetic anomalies inside buildings to help you find your way. IndoorAtlas was founded in 2012 by Professor Janne Haverinen and four PhDs in computer science, as a spin-off from the University in Oulu, Finland. Find us on iOS and Android.

Navigine

Venture Round in 2017
Navigine is a provider of advanced mobile technologies that facilitate indoor navigation, marketing, and tracking solutions for various industries, including retail, transportation, and logistics. Founded in 2011 and based in Moscow, Russia, the company offers a comprehensive platform featuring several key products. These include a mobile SDK that integrates indoor navigation and analytics into applications, a software system for tracking assets and vehicles within large buildings, and a platform for online-to-offline customer attribution to enhance foot traffic monetization. Navigine's services support interactive mapping, real-time motion analysis, and location-based notifications, catering to diverse venues such as airports, shopping malls, hotels, and hospitals. With over 500 client installations globally, Navigine aims to improve user experience while enabling businesses to effectively leverage indoor positioning technology.

Taitori

Seed Round in 2017
Taitori Oy develops and provides space management, booking, and reporting solutions. The company’s software solutions include Taitori Space Reservation that allows users to manage conference rooms and display their reservation status in real time on different terminals, as well as on the conference room doorbell screen; and Taitori Visitor Management, a one all-in-one package that allows users to make room reservations, order meals, and automatically send visitors arrival instructions. It also offers TAITORI Catering Order to order catering for a meeting; and TAITORI Info screen to gather and distribute all the essential information related to the everyday activities of the workstation on all screens. Taitori Oy was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Yepzon

Venture Round in 2017
Yepzon Oy is a safety technology company based in Tampere, Finland, specializing in mobile location solutions for customers in the European Union and the United States. Founded in 2012, the company develops wearable locator devices that utilize Bluetooth, GPS, and mobile network technologies to deliver accurate location information through a mobile application compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows phones. These devices are designed to help users locate people, pets, and belongings, and are available for purchase online. Yepzon's innovative approach incorporates multiple location capturing technologies, enhancing its positioning in the market. The company also has a subsidiary in London and a joint enterprise in Nevada, reflecting its commitment to expanding its presence in the location technology sector.

Tenboron

Series A in 2017
Tenboron is the developer of a boron neutron capture therapy intended to treat locally invasive malignant tumors

Transfluent

Equity Crowdfunding in 2017
Transfluent is the ultimate high-tech solution for language translations in social media, web, and apps. We do what traditional translation companies cannot – fast, dynamic, and yet, high quality. Imagine typing a Tweet in English and having it appear in fluent Chinese a few minutes later in Weibo, the leading Chinese social media site. This is no longer just a dream. Transfluent makes it possible to post in English and have the contents professionally translated into practically any language in nearly realtime. Transfluent is integrated to services such as Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Weibo, Magento, Zendesk and Unity. And if this is not enough, our API makes it possible to embed professional translation to any platform out there. For game developers, we’ve even added native support for translating iOS and Android resource files. Today no machine is really able to understand the content. Hence no machine is able to translate text, apart from single words and the most simple expressions. To translate content, humans are needed. And not just anyone, but professionals who are native speakers of the target language. That’s just what we have.

Dottli

Venture Round in 2017
Dottli is a digital health company based in Finland. Improving life with diabetes is Their first area of focus. Their app for diabetes is designed to help manage and monitor your health better. The number of people with health problems is on the rise globally. Obesity is a growing problem and diabetes, especially type II, is expanding rapidly. There are already over 400 million diabetics in the world and according to Reuters, diabetes kills more people than HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Unfortunately, someone dies of diabetes every six seconds.

Spectral Engines

Venture Round in 2017
Spectral Engines Oy develops and produces advanced spectral sensors for process spectroscopy, agriculture, food and beverage, and gas sensing fields. It offers OEM sensors, application development kits, gas sensors, portable instruments, and SW development kits. The company serves moisture, polymers, hydrocarbons, CO2, APIs in pharma, beverages, and food composition applications. Spectral Engines Oy was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. As of May 3, 2018, Spectral Engines Oy operates as a subsidiary of m-u-t AG.

Seed Fund Vera Ltd

Acquisition in 2016
Seed Fund Vera Ltd is an evergreen fund specializing in investments in seed and start up stage. The fund seeks to invest in companies in technology enterprises, technology-intensive or innovative service enterprises.

Alvega Technologies

Series A in 2016
Alvega Technologies, Inc. has developed a new clean and cost efficient process technology (SALT) for alkylate production for the oil refining industry. Alkylate is a key component in cleaner gasoline grades (e.g. EURO-5/6). With the tightening of emission standards (worldwide), the demand for alkylate is expected to grow substantially. Alvega Technologies, Inc. has in laboratory test verified the SALT technology (proof-of-concept). Investors are now offered to participate in the next development phase, where the company will construct a pilot plant, and prepare for commercialisation of the technology.

Mobile Storytelling

Seed Round in 2016
Mobile Storytelling help companies and organizations to build a stronger brand by combining the latest technology with gamification and innovative storytelling, creating a total solution beyond the ordinary.

OneClinic

Seed Round in 2016
OneClinic is a software company focused on the healthcare sector, offering solutions that enhance logistics and operational efficiency. The company develops a healthcare logistics platform aimed at optimizing the management of processes and care chains. Its software streamlines the order-delivery chain for medicines, medical supplies, and other essential materials, while also improving inventory management. By providing these tools, OneClinic enables healthcare providers to concentrate on delivering high-quality care to their patients.

Trussmatic

Seed Round in 2016
Trussmatic was founded in 2015. The company has developed the world’s first fully automatic production line for the wood roof truss industry. The core invention consists of proprietary process automation systems using industrial robotics, patented Internet-of-Things supported technologies and online monitoring and support capabilities.

Yepzon

Venture Round in 2016
Yepzon Oy is a safety technology company based in Tampere, Finland, specializing in mobile location solutions for customers in the European Union and the United States. Founded in 2012, the company develops wearable locator devices that utilize Bluetooth, GPS, and mobile network technologies to deliver accurate location information through a mobile application compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows phones. These devices are designed to help users locate people, pets, and belongings, and are available for purchase online. Yepzon's innovative approach incorporates multiple location capturing technologies, enhancing its positioning in the market. The company also has a subsidiary in London and a joint enterprise in Nevada, reflecting its commitment to expanding its presence in the location technology sector.

Venuu

Seed Round in 2016
Venuu Oy provides online booking service for banquets, meeting rooms, sauna, and event facilities in Finland and Sweden. The company offers its services for corporate and private events such as parties, meetings, dinners, lunch and breakfast events, summer and Christmas parties, and graduations and birthdays parties. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Linkker

Venture Round in 2016
Linkker Oy develops and integrates electric vehicle products and public transportation systems in Finland. The company offers energy efficient BEV systems, and lightweight electric bus and conversion kits for bus retrofits. It also provides lightweight bus construction, energy efficient BEV, and charging infrastructure solutions. The company serves cities, bus operators, drivers, and passengers. Linkker Oy was founded in 2014 and is based in Nastola, Finland.

Navigine

Venture Round in 2016
Navigine is a provider of advanced mobile technologies that facilitate indoor navigation, marketing, and tracking solutions for various industries, including retail, transportation, and logistics. Founded in 2011 and based in Moscow, Russia, the company offers a comprehensive platform featuring several key products. These include a mobile SDK that integrates indoor navigation and analytics into applications, a software system for tracking assets and vehicles within large buildings, and a platform for online-to-offline customer attribution to enhance foot traffic monetization. Navigine's services support interactive mapping, real-time motion analysis, and location-based notifications, catering to diverse venues such as airports, shopping malls, hotels, and hospitals. With over 500 client installations globally, Navigine aims to improve user experience while enabling businesses to effectively leverage indoor positioning technology.

Sooma

Venture Round in 2016
Sooma is developing a non-invasive brain stimulation device, a treatment option for major neurological and psychiatric disorders. Our products are used in over 100 clinics worldwide. Sooma is the first company to launch a medically approved home-based therapy for depression. Mental health. Digital health. Telemedicine.

Linkker

Venture Round in 2015
Linkker Oy develops and integrates electric vehicle products and public transportation systems in Finland. The company offers energy efficient BEV systems, and lightweight electric bus and conversion kits for bus retrofits. It also provides lightweight bus construction, energy efficient BEV, and charging infrastructure solutions. The company serves cities, bus operators, drivers, and passengers. Linkker Oy was founded in 2014 and is based in Nastola, Finland.

Yepzon

Venture Round in 2015
Yepzon Oy is a safety technology company based in Tampere, Finland, specializing in mobile location solutions for customers in the European Union and the United States. Founded in 2012, the company develops wearable locator devices that utilize Bluetooth, GPS, and mobile network technologies to deliver accurate location information through a mobile application compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows phones. These devices are designed to help users locate people, pets, and belongings, and are available for purchase online. Yepzon's innovative approach incorporates multiple location capturing technologies, enhancing its positioning in the market. The company also has a subsidiary in London and a joint enterprise in Nevada, reflecting its commitment to expanding its presence in the location technology sector.

Labrox

Seed Round in 2015
Labrox is a privately owned Finnish instrument company, founded 2011. They specialize in design, development and manufacturing of multimode plate reader platforms, detection systems, modules and components. Their vision is to offer Their partners and users turnkey solutions from single technology modules to the highest quality multimode readers. Their long history with detection systems, mechanics, electronics, software and plate reader development principles guarantees that Their customers will receive instrument solutions meeting the highest standards.

Plantui

Series A in 2015
Plantui Oy designs, manufactures, and markets Smart Garden, a soil-free indoor gardening device. Its device enables users to grow herbs, salad greens, and edible flowers. The company also provides plant capsules that include seeds for growing the plants in the Smart Garden. It offers products online, as well as through its sales network in Finland, Denmark, and Germany. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Turku, Finland.

Tridify

Venture Round in 2015
Tridify Convert provides seamless end-to-end project workflow from architectural 3D BIM and CAD models to Unity end product using IFC data.

Linkker

Series A in 2014
Linkker Oy develops and integrates electric vehicle products and public transportation systems in Finland. The company offers energy efficient BEV systems, and lightweight electric bus and conversion kits for bus retrofits. It also provides lightweight bus construction, energy efficient BEV, and charging infrastructure solutions. The company serves cities, bus operators, drivers, and passengers. Linkker Oy was founded in 2014 and is based in Nastola, Finland.

LNGTainer

Series A in 2014
LNGTainer Ltd. develops plug-in containers for liquefied natural gas transportation, storage, and direct usage. Its solutions are used in ships, gas stations, and small power stations. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Transfluent

Series A in 2014
Transfluent is the ultimate high-tech solution for language translations in social media, web, and apps. We do what traditional translation companies cannot – fast, dynamic, and yet, high quality. Imagine typing a Tweet in English and having it appear in fluent Chinese a few minutes later in Weibo, the leading Chinese social media site. This is no longer just a dream. Transfluent makes it possible to post in English and have the contents professionally translated into practically any language in nearly realtime. Transfluent is integrated to services such as Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Weibo, Magento, Zendesk and Unity. And if this is not enough, our API makes it possible to embed professional translation to any platform out there. For game developers, we’ve even added native support for translating iOS and Android resource files. Today no machine is really able to understand the content. Hence no machine is able to translate text, apart from single words and the most simple expressions. To translate content, humans are needed. And not just anyone, but professionals who are native speakers of the target language. That’s just what we have.