Spintop Ventures

Spintop Ventures is a Swedish venture capital firm established in 2009 and headquartered in Stockholm. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, primarily targeting technology startups within the Scandinavian region. Spintop Ventures is backed by a network of experienced tech entrepreneurs and seasoned investors, which has enabled the firm to make over 35 investments in emerging companies. With a focus on fostering growth, Spintop Ventures has successfully exited from four of its investments, demonstrating its commitment to supporting innovative businesses in their development.

Mats Johansson

Investor

Ari Korhonen

Investor

Sami Niemi

Partner

Erik Wenngren

Partner

Past deals in Finland

Cambri

Series A in 2021
Cambri is concept testing software that helps global brands accelerate their innovation process.

IPRally

Seed Round in 2021
IPRally is a web application designed to enhance the patent business through advanced artificial intelligence technology. Founded by Juuso Piskonen, Juho Kallio, and Sakari Arvela, the company employs a team of five experts in patents, software, and AI to develop an AI system that mimics the reasoning of patent professionals. By leveraging historical patent examination data, IPRally trains its neural network to perform tasks such as rapid and precise patentability evaluations, invalidation searches, and freedom-to-operate analyses. This innovative approach aims to streamline and improve the efficiency of various patent-related processes.

Dazzle Rocks

Series A in 2020
Dazzle Rocks Oy is a mobile games development studio based in Helsinki, Finland, established in 2014 by industry veterans. The company specializes in creating social multiplayer mobile games that connect global players through immersive experiences, fostering community building in a massive multiplayer online environment. Its games, including "7 Legends" and the "Summer Update," are designed to appeal to both East Asian and Western markets, featuring user interface and user experience elements that are particularly accessible to female players. Dazzle Rocks utilizes a highly scalable proprietary engine that supports virtual world building, a virtual economy, and real-time social interaction during gameplay. The company's first game is currently in beta testing, with plans for launch in the latter half of 2020.

Small Giant Games

Venture Round in 2018
Small Giant Games was founded in early 2013 with the belief that small, talented teams can do extraordinary things. We bring years of experience to the table, with a crew of top players in game development, software engineering and graphic design. We’re based right in the heart of downtown Helsinki, Finland.

Flashnode

Seed Round in 2017
Flashnode Oy specializes in providing integration services that connect various business applications, both cloud-based and on-premise. The company’s platform facilitates communication between different software systems, allowing e-commerce businesses to synchronize their web shops with other applications and enabling sales organizations to link their CRM systems with essential customer data. Additionally, accountants can integrate their accounting software with clients' business applications for streamlined operations. Flashnode serves a diverse range of industries, including SaaS providers, CRM and ERP systems, payment processing, and logistics. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Jyväskylä, Finland, Flashnode aims to automate and optimize business processes through efficient data integration.

Freska

Venture Round in 2017
Freska, voted one of the hottest tech start-ups in Finland, is an online home services company currently disrupting the traditional home cleaning industry in the Nordics, backed by top-tier VCs (Acton, Spintop and Addventure) post Series A. Freska delivers top quality cleaning services with total flexibility for the customer to select a time, decide on the service and manage the subscription in an easy-to-use online interface or a native app. However, Freska does not only clean homes, it creates real jobs. All Freska cleaners have been subject to a thorough recruitment process followed by a thorough Freska-onboarding. They are all skilled professionals and core members of the Freska family, knowing that they will earn a good living from their job and have a community that supports them.

Small Giant Games

Series A in 2017
Small Giant Games was founded in early 2013 with the belief that small, talented teams can do extraordinary things. We bring years of experience to the table, with a crew of top players in game development, software engineering and graphic design. We’re based right in the heart of downtown Helsinki, Finland.

Flashnode

Seed Round in 2015
Flashnode Oy specializes in providing integration services that connect various business applications, both cloud-based and on-premise. The company’s platform facilitates communication between different software systems, allowing e-commerce businesses to synchronize their web shops with other applications and enabling sales organizations to link their CRM systems with essential customer data. Additionally, accountants can integrate their accounting software with clients' business applications for streamlined operations. Flashnode serves a diverse range of industries, including SaaS providers, CRM and ERP systems, payment processing, and logistics. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Jyväskylä, Finland, Flashnode aims to automate and optimize business processes through efficient data integration.

Small Giant Games

Seed Round in 2014
Small Giant Games was founded in early 2013 with the belief that small, talented teams can do extraordinary things. We bring years of experience to the table, with a crew of top players in game development, software engineering and graphic design. We’re based right in the heart of downtown Helsinki, Finland.

MariaDB

Series B in 2013
MariaDB Corporation Ab develops and delivers an open source relational database designed for database administrators and application developers. The company offers MariaDB Enterprise, an enterprise-grade database solution that includes features such as backup and recovery, support, and monitoring. This subscription-based service supports organizations using MariaDB and MySQL in production environments. In addition to its core offerings, MariaDB provides a variety of services including architecture planning, database migration, performance tuning, and training. The company has a significant presence in the cloud, operating in major public clouds and Linux distributions, and serves a diverse range of clients, including many Fortune 500 companies. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Espoo, Finland, with additional offices in California, MariaDB is supported by the MariaDB Foundation, which promotes continuity and collaboration in the MariaDB ecosystem.