Vendep Capital

Vendep Capital, established in 2013 and based in Espoo, Finland, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. It focuses on pre-series A funding for technology companies, with a particular emphasis on B2B SaaS and B2B marketplaces in the Nordics and Baltics. The firm typically invests between 0.1 to 3 million euros per company, providing not only capital but also leveraging its extensive SaaS expertise and global networks to support and accelerate the growth of promising startups.

Samuli Aheristo

Investment Analyst

Sami Ahvenniemi

General Partner

Artis Bisers

Investment Analyst

Timo Felin

Investment Director

Janiina Lammi

Investment Director

Sakari Pihlava

General Partner

Past deals in Nordic Europe

Bookboost

Venture Round in 2025
Bookboost AB is a company based in Lund, Sweden, that specializes in developing a guest communication platform aimed at enhancing direct bookings for hotels. Founded in 2016, Bookboost offers a range of products designed to facilitate interactions between hotels and their guests. These include tools for connecting with guests, engaging them throughout their stay, and assisting staff in managing communications. The platform also features chatbots to automate frequent inquiries, streamlining hotel operations and improving guest relationships. By providing a cost-efficient and contactless experience from reservation to checkout, Bookboost enables hotels to strengthen their marketing effectiveness and enhance the overall guest experience while traveling.

Claimlane

Seed Round in 2024
Claimlane is a company based in Copenhagen that has developed a platform aimed at improving the handling of product complaints within the retail and fashion industries. Founded by a team of fashion wholesalers, IT specialists, and a surfer, Claimlane addresses the inefficiencies associated with managing complaints, helping retailers and brands resolve issues related to faulty goods, repairs, product warranties, and return claims. The platform offers an omnichannel software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed to streamline the claims process, ultimately enhancing customer satisfaction by transforming negative experiences into positive outcomes. Through its innovative approach, Claimlane seeks to eliminate time-wasting procedures and frustrations for both businesses and customers.

Hopsworks

Series B in 2023
Hopsworks, founded in 2016 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, is a developer of a data platform that focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company offers Hops Enterprise Services, which utilizes deep learning, stream processing, and SQL capabilities. Hopsworks provides an on-premise data management and data science platform called Hopsworks Enterprise, which includes tools for planning, pricing, and calculating return on investment for data scientists. The platform is designed to support the development and management of feature, training, and inference pipelines at scale, catering to diverse data teams and sources. Hopsworks specializes in technologies such as TensorFlow, Flink, MySQL, and HDFS, enabling clients to implement AI solutions for complex business challenges with optimal performance and availability.

Leadfeeder

Series A in 2019
Leadfeeder Inc. is a web analytics company based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing a tool designed for B2B companies that identifies website visitors and converts them into sales leads. The Leadfeeder tool integrates with Google Analytics via an API, allowing users to access detailed information about their website traffic, including which companies visited their site and the specific pages they viewed. This functionality enables businesses to identify promising leads and facilitate communication with their sales teams or directly integrate leads into their customer relationship management systems.

Hostaway

Seed Round in 2018
Hostaway Oy is a technology company based in Helsinki, Finland, specializing in an online platform designed for vacation rental managers. Founded in 2015, the company provides tools that enhance property management by facilitating bookings, guest communication, and financial reporting. Hostaway's platform enables property managers to optimize their operations by integrating with various listing sites, allowing them to manage existing and create new listings across multiple sales channels. This functionality helps users increase their client base, synchronize calendars, adjust pricing, and streamline the approval process for bookings, ultimately leading to more bookings and higher revenues.

Giosg.com

Venture Round in 2018
Giosg.com Ltd is a company that specializes in providing online tools for real-time customer analysis and communication. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Giosg.com offers a suite of services that includes designer tools, CSS editors, and custom JavaScript for website customization. The company's solutions enable businesses to analyze website visitors' behavior in real-time and assess the potential value of each visitor. By allowing users to set up rules and build workflows, Giosg.com helps businesses effectively target the right visitors at the right moment. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including banking and insurance, automotive, real estate, e-commerce, telecommunications, retail, and travel. In addition to its headquarters, Giosg.com has offices in London, Stockholm, Oslo, and Tampere.

Utopia Analytics

Venture Round in 2017
Utopia Analytics Oy, established in 2014 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, specializes in developing text analytics software that delivers automated real-time moderation for user-generated content. The company utilizes a scalable SaaS language service powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, enabling the automatic processing, analysis, and visualization of large volumes of unstructured text across various languages. Its AI Moderator technology actively monitors online discussions, social media posts, and peer-to-peer commerce sites, identifying, flagging, and removing unwanted or suspicious content in real time. With a team composed of experts in text analytics, artificial intelligence, and software development, Utopia Analytics aims to transform the management and utilization of user-generated content.

Leadfeeder

Seed Round in 2017
Leadfeeder Inc. is a web analytics company based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing a tool designed for B2B companies that identifies website visitors and converts them into sales leads. The Leadfeeder tool integrates with Google Analytics via an API, allowing users to access detailed information about their website traffic, including which companies visited their site and the specific pages they viewed. This functionality enables businesses to identify promising leads and facilitate communication with their sales teams or directly integrate leads into their customer relationship management systems.

EzyInsights

Venture Round in 2016
EzyInsights is an online platform designed for viral content discovery, catering to publishers and content providers. Launched in February 2012 and based in Helsinki, Southern Finland, the platform functions as a social media analytics tool accessible directly through users’ web browsers. EzyInsights enables users to search for engaging content, track its performance in real time, detect plagiarism, and benchmark against competitors. By providing these capabilities, the platform assists publishing businesses in saving time, increasing traffic, and enhancing audience engagement.

Leadfeeder

Seed Round in 2016
Leadfeeder Inc. is a web analytics company based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing a tool designed for B2B companies that identifies website visitors and converts them into sales leads. The Leadfeeder tool integrates with Google Analytics via an API, allowing users to access detailed information about their website traffic, including which companies visited their site and the specific pages they viewed. This functionality enables businesses to identify promising leads and facilitate communication with their sales teams or directly integrate leads into their customer relationship management systems.

Zoined

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Zoined is a Finnish company that offers a cloud-based reporting and analytics platform tailored for merchants across various sectors, including fashion, specialty retail, food retail, coffee shops, and restaurants. Founded in 2011, Zoined allows users to implement its services without the need for extensive IT projects. The platform automatically collects data from merchants' point-of-sale systems and other sources, identifying trends and insights related to sales, inventory, and overall performance. Users receive daily, weekly, and monthly updates, which can be accessed through a browser-based portal compatible with both desktop and mobile devices. The platform enables users to filter and group data, as well as create custom views, charts, and graphs. This analytical capability assists businesses in understanding customer behavior, targeting markets, forecasting demand, and planning product assortments for cross-selling and up-selling opportunities.
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