Sisu Game Ventures

Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on gaming, founded in 2014 and based in Helsinki, Finland. It concentrates on investing in Nordic gaming startups while maintaining a global founder network. The team draws on extensive experience in the game industry and startups, having founded and built numerous game companies since the 1990s and delivered several exits. Beyond funding, the firm leverages its expertise as a studio builder to help founders shape their teams, refine product strategy, and assemble the right investor syndicate for growth.

Paul Bragiel

Co-Founder and Partner

Erik Gloersen

General Partner

Kalle Kaivola

Partner

Jere Partanen

Associate

Samuli Syvähuoko

Partner

Past deals in Finland

Quicksave Interactive

Seed Round in 2021
Quicksave Interactive develops a chat game platform that enables interactive games within social messaging apps. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, the company aims to define the evolving gaming platform for messaging environments. The platform provides WebGL, HTML5 and TypeScript based development tools to help developers create engaging web experiences that can be embedded in messaging conversations, with options for traditional and blockchain-enabled game development.

Lightheart Entertainment

Series A in 2021
Lightheart Entertainment Oy is a mobile game development studio located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 2019 by a team of experienced developers, the company focuses on creating engaging mobile gaming experiences. Lightheart aims to innovate the game development process by minimizing time-to-learning and establishing scalable development practices. The studio emphasizes the importance of data and craftsmanship in decision-making, with the goal of not only producing high-quality games but also enhancing the methodologies used to create them.

Dazzle Rocks

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2014, Dazzle Rocks is a Finnish mobile game development studio based in Helsinki. The company designs and develops social multiplayer games, with a focus on creating immersive experiences that connect global players and empower them to build communities together within evolving massive multiplayer online worlds.

Superplus Games

Venture Round in 2020
Superplus Games Oy is a Helsinki-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in the development and commercialization of casual multiplayer games for mobile platforms. The company has achieved significant success with its flagship game, Hills of Steel, which has garnered over 50 million downloads and received recognition as an Editors’ Choice on Google Play. Unlike many developers who focus on competitive genres such as real-time strategy, role-playing, and first-person shooters, Superplus Games aims to introduce playful competition within the casual gaming sector. The company's mission is to create engaging games that players will enjoy for extended periods, and it employs a data-driven approach to inform its development decisions and strategies.

Mainframe Industries

Series A in 2020
Mainframe Industries is a game development company founded in 2019, with headquarters in both Helsinki, Finland, and Reykjavik, Iceland. The company specializes in creating an open-world, social sandbox MMO designed for cloud gaming, which enables cross-platform play across mobile devices, PCs, and televisions. By leveraging the expertise of teams with backgrounds in AAA, MMO, and mobile gaming, Mainframe aims to enhance the gaming experience through friction-free access from social networks and streaming platforms. This innovative approach is intended to broaden the creative possibilities for game developers and provide players with immersive gaming experiences.

Mainframe Industries

Seed Round in 2019
Mainframe Industries is a game development company founded in 2019, with headquarters in both Helsinki, Finland, and Reykjavik, Iceland. The company specializes in creating an open-world, social sandbox MMO designed for cloud gaming, which enables cross-platform play across mobile devices, PCs, and televisions. By leveraging the expertise of teams with backgrounds in AAA, MMO, and mobile gaming, Mainframe aims to enhance the gaming experience through friction-free access from social networks and streaming platforms. This innovative approach is intended to broaden the creative possibilities for game developers and provide players with immersive gaming experiences.

Immersal

Venture Round in 2019
Immersal Ltd., based in Helsinki, Finland, specializes in augmented reality (AR) technologies, focusing on a visual positioning and mapping solution known as the Immersal AR Cloud SDK. This innovative platform enables markerless, persistent, and battery-efficient AR experiences, making it suitable for a variety of applications, including indoor navigation, product discovery, multiplayer gaming, and advertising. Immersal's technology is particularly valuable for large venues such as retail stores, exhibition centers, stadiums, and movie theaters, facilitating shared infotainment experiences. With a team of ten AR experts, Immersal aims to enhance the AR infrastructure, allowing developers to create immersive and interactive applications that blend digital and physical realities.

Lightheart Entertainment

Seed Round in 2019
Lightheart Entertainment Oy is a mobile game development studio located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 2019 by a team of experienced developers, the company focuses on creating engaging mobile gaming experiences. Lightheart aims to innovate the game development process by minimizing time-to-learning and establishing scalable development practices. The studio emphasizes the importance of data and craftsmanship in decision-making, with the goal of not only producing high-quality games but also enhancing the methodologies used to create them.

Quicksave Interactive

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Quicksave Interactive develops a chat game platform that enables interactive games within social messaging apps. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, the company aims to define the evolving gaming platform for messaging environments. The platform provides WebGL, HTML5 and TypeScript based development tools to help developers create engaging web experiences that can be embedded in messaging conversations, with options for traditional and blockchain-enabled game development.
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