Failup Ventures
Venture capitalHelsinki · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Failup Ventures invests on the conviction that AI is transforming every industry, and that the strongest opportunity lies in backing exceptional technical founders tackling system-level problems. The firm positions itself as an AI generalist rather than committing to predefined industry categories, reasoning that the best founders create new categories rather than fitting existing ones. It focuses on areas where it sees outsized value creation emerging in the current AI era.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 25 of 36 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×11SaaS ×7Consumer ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Cleantech ×2Deep Tech ×2Developer Tools ×2
HQs:United States×9Finland×6United Kingdom×2France×1
Investments · 36 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathSono (Closio Oy) builds AI-powered voice phone assistants that automate high-volume customer-service and sales calls, handling tasks such as booking appointments, routing calls, answering FAQs, and running satisfaction surveys.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechHelsinki, FI
Studio 555 is a Nordic tech company building a digital interior design product that blends interior design with elements of mobile gaming and social apps, using AI and a design-first approach.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerPropTechHelsinki, FI
Joel Roos(CEO)
AfterQuery is an applied research lab that curates training data solutions for foundation model development by capturing expert reasoning and decision-making processes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Carlos Georgescu(Co-Founder)inSpencer Mateega(Co-Founder)in
BIM Engine is an AI platform for architects and engineers that reduces documentation work and covers construction project workflows from RFQ to payment, including AI-driven material suggestions matched to project specs and site scanning via smartphone or robot fleet.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechPropTech
Bracket provides a treasury management platform that connects to banks and ERPs to consolidate financial data and automate workflows, offering cash visibility, FX exposure capture, hedging insights, and forecasting.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSUK, GB
Capitol builds sovereign AI infrastructure for regulated institutions including financial services firms, professional services organizations, and government agencies.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkGovTechWashington, US
Shaun Modi(Founder & CEO)inthomas hallaran(Founder)in
Secure generative-AI infrastructure platform enabling enterprises to deploy LLMs and agents on-premises with full data control.
ConfidentialMind provides a software platform for building and deploying generative AI applications and agents that can safely process confidential data while maintaining security.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareEspoo, FI
Markku Räsänen(Co-founder & CEO)Severi Tikkala(Co-founder & GM North America, Field CTO)Esko Vähämäki(Co-founder & CTO)
Autonomous robotic warehousing systems eliminating human bottlenecks and optimizing fulfillment and logistics operations.
Independent game studio headquartered in Los Angeles creating immersive, visually striking games blending innovative gameplay with narrative design.
Los Angeles, US
Hao Sheng(Executive Officer)
Ever operates an AI-native electric vehicle retail platform, buying and selling EVs both online and in-person across the United States.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketplacesMobility & TransportationRetail TechSan Francisco, US
Lasse-Mathias Nyberg(Co-Founder & CEO)inTJ Casner(Co-Founder & CTO)inMaximilian Quertermous(Co-Founder & COO)in
FounderNest operates a company intelligence platform that aggregates data on over 50 million companies globally from regulatory filings, patents, news, and other sources.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
it's electric installs and maintains Level 2 EV chargers on property owners' curbs across U.S. cities, analyzing site suitability and handling permitting and maintenance at no cost to property owners.
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationNYC, US
Kidre operated an online marketplace for children's second-hand items, where sellers could consign products for resale to parents.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Liquid Sun develops a technology that captures CO₂ emissions and combines it with renewable energy to produce eSAF, a synthetic sustainable aviation fuel compatible with existing aircraft engines.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Lotus Health combines AI with licensed doctors to provide continuous, personalized, 24/7 medical care for consumers.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDigital HealthHealthtech
KJ Dhaliwal(Co-Founder & CEO)Zekka Nelson(Founder & CTO)Aidan Cole(Founding Chief Growth Officer)
Nvelop offers an AI-driven platform for creating and managing procurement sourcing projects, with built-in compliance controls.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSHelsinki, FI
Mikko Valorinta(Co-founder & CEO)Nithin Nadagouda(Co-founder & CSO)Ilkka Uuhiniemi(Co-founder & CTO)
arXiv is a free, open-access archive and distribution service hosting nearly 2.4 million scholarly articles across physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.
EdTechMedia & Entertainment
Mobile app-based platform offering access to over 150 fixed-price home services with fast bookings and vetted professionals.
Paradigm provides an AI agent orchestration platform that works with spreadsheet-like structured data, allowing users to deploy multiple intelligent agents to work with tabular information.
Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Anna Monaco(Founder)inKelli Newman(Cofounder)
New York, US
Joshua Baiad(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Mary Margaret Diehl(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Structural-learning layer above frontier models enabling AI to apply learned patterns across domains without retraining.
Routine builds an AI-powered work platform that integrates and centralizes data from third-party services like GitHub, Salesforce, Slack, and Dropbox into a unified workspace for project tracking and team collaboration.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSParis, FR
Julien Quintard(Founder)inQuentin Hocquet(Founder)in
Seven Stars is a mobile game studio that develops casual games, including "Castaway Isle," a merge-and-restore game with a mystery narrative.
ConsumerGaming
The Token Company builds a compression model called Bear-2 that reduces the size of LLM inputs such as documents, websites, and transcripts before they enter an LLM context window.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Otso Veisterä(Founder)in
Viven offers a 360° women's health analysis in Finland that combines a 75-marker blood test panel (including sex hormones, thyroid, metabolic, and cardiovascular markers) with a biological age (PhenoAge) assessment.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtech
Jenni Hyysalo(Doctor)
ZSCC designs AI silicon chips (XPU) optimized for energy efficiency in machine learning inference and training, targeting the infrastructure demands of recursive self-improvement and advanced AI systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US
Elias Almqvist(Founder/CEO)inPrithvi Raj(Founder)in
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesParadigm · crowdfundinsider.com · Jul 9, 2026
Routine · opensecrets.org · Jul 8, 2026
Capitol AI · ionanalytics.com · Apr 23, 2026
AfterQuery · siliconangle.com · Apr 10, 2026
The Token Company · ycombinator.com · Mar 3, 2026
Motives · leadsontrees.com · Oct 2, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Failup Ventures invest at?
- Failup Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Failup Ventures's typical check size?
- Failup Ventures typically writes checks of $200K – $1M.
- What sectors does Failup Ventures focus on?
- Failup Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Failup Ventures located?
- Failup Ventures is headquartered in Helsinki, FI.
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