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Gorilla Capital

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Helsinki · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Gorilla invests in capital-efficient founders building sustainable businesses rather than pursuing hypergrowth. The firm emphasizes disciplined, probability-based investing focused on founders with customer focus, integrity, and the competencies to execute their business models. Capital deployment is tied to milestones to avoid premature scaling, with exits measured by realistic positive outcomes rather than unicorn status.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
Helsinki, FI
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Last 12 months
2 investments
Tracked investments
134

Team · 8 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Sebastian Geust· Investment Manager

What they invest in

from 111 of 134 portfolio companies

SaaS ×70AI & Machine Learning ×36Enterprise Software ×28Marketing Tech ×20Fintech ×17Data & Infrastructure ×13Consumer ×11Future of Work ×10

HQs:Finland×49Sweden×21Estonia×5Denmark×3United States×2Canada×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 49 portfolio companies
63%
solo founders
31 of 49 mapped founding teams
32%
repeat founders
of 56 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×312 founders×123 founders×24+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 51 founders with education data

University of Tartu ×7Aalto University ×5Hanken School of Economics ×5Stockholm University ×3University of Oulu ×3Lund University ×2Stockholm School of Economics ×2TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 50 founders with field-of-study data

Business & Management ×21Computer Science ×8Economics ×8Engineering ×7Finance & Accounting ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Law ×2Physics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 56 founders with career history

Nokia ×4Puolustusvoimat - Försvarsmakten - Finnish Defence Forces ×4Bigbank ×2CaterMate ×2Co-operative Soulinc ×2Danske Bank ×2Future Board ry ×2Levercode ×2

2 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 56 with degree data)

Investments · 134 tracked

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By year:2025 · 62024 · 39 dated

3Dbear3dbear.ioin

3DBear offers Simuna, a browser-based digital learning solution for vocational education that uses simulation content and AI-driven pedagogy to help students practice real work-life situations.

AI & Machine LearningEdTech

Jussi Kajala(Founder)in

Co-investorsRethink Capital Partners

4Straction4straction.com

4straction provides a digital platform for continuous strategy work and implementation that helps organizations design strategies through facilitated workshops, model strategy processes, and manage implementation via integrated dashboards, meeting management, and performance tracking tools.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Agentonagenton.aiin𝕏Pre-Seed · Jun 2025 · $150K

Agenton provides AI-powered call handling and customer communication solutions designed for automotive dealerships to capture missed business opportunities.

AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaSFinland, FI

Alliesallies.digitalin

Allies helps European companies access specialized talent across the continent and build internal engineering capabilities, supporting their expansion and growth into global markets.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechNordic region, SE

Co-investorsCore Innovation CapitalFinTLV VenturesHamilton LaneLumir VenturesMS&AD VenturesNew Era Capital Partners+2 more

Autovexautovex.fiin𝕏

AutoVex operates an online marketplace where consumers in Finland sell used cars by submitting a single request that hundreds of car dealerships across the country bid on competitively.

ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & Transportation

Sebastian Frick(Founder)in

Axitareaxitare.com

Axitare is a Finnish health technology company that develops an automated, cup-based medication dispenser with alarm for elderly people living at home, serving home care organisations and wellbeing services counties.

Digital HealthHardwareHealthtechIoTMedical DevicesHelsinki, FI

Badrapbadrap.ioin

Badrap offers interactive, step-by-step cyber security playbooks with automation, smart recommendations, and alerts to help people and organizations apply security best practices at work and home.

CybersecuritySaaSOulu, FI

Jani Kenttälä(Co-founder, Product & Customer Success)inHeikki Kortti(CEO, Co-founder)Joachim Viide(Co-founder, Software Developer)Hillar Aarelaid(Co-founder)in

Billenderbillender.comin𝕏

Billender operates a Swedish mobile app that lets consumers scan and pay their bills on time, with options to defer payment to their next paycheck or split it into three installments while the company pays the bill via bank transfer and is repaid later.

ConsumerFintechStockholm, SE

Sini Lehtonen(Founder)in

Binarybrainsbinarybrains.com

Binary Brains builds AI models that learn from historical data to generate forecasts and optimizations, aiming to identify patterns and anticipate market movements.

AI & Machine Learning

Jacob Kihlbaum(Founder)in

Biocellanalyticabiocellanalytica.sein

BioCell Analytica provides effect-based analysis using cultured cells to detect health- and environment-hazardous contaminants in water, soil, and sediment, capturing the combined "cocktail effect" of multiple substances.

BiotechCleantechDeep TechUppsala, SE

Agneta Oskarsson(Medgrundare, Professor i livsmedelstoxikologi)inJohan Lundqvist(Medgrundare och VD)in

Buennobuenno.fiin𝕏

Buenno is a customer experience management platform that analyzes all customer feedback, surfaces key themes, and directs the right information to the right people with alerts, recommendations, and weekly summaries.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Sami Pääkkönen(Founder)inAaku Asujamaa(Founder)in

Cambricambri.ioin𝕏

Cambri is a product research and concept testing platform that helps brands and product teams run iterative consumer insights studies to validate product and service concepts before launch.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSHelsinki and Stockholm, FI

Oskar Korkman(Co-founder)Dr Heli Holttinen(Founder)Dani Kamras(Co-founder)inDr Outi Somervuori(Co-founder)

Co-investorsOctopus VenturesOpenOceanS4S VenturesThe 98Spintop VenturesTrind Ventures

Citycity.fi

City.fi is a Finnish online media outlet publishing news and lifestyle articles covering topics such as entertainment, food and restaurants, science, and consumer affairs.

ConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Clevenioclevenio.comin𝕏

Clevenio is a sales intelligence platform that provides real-time data integration and a target group builder to improve prospect data coverage, along with multi-channel outreach, automated follow-ups, pipeline management, and analytics tools.

Data & InfrastructureSaaSSales TechJyväskylä, FI

Aleksi Halsas(Founder)in

Clevercomplianceclevercompliance.ioin

Clever Compliance offers a compliance management system that automates product compliance processes, helping businesses identify applicable directives and standards (such as CE marking) and manage compliance tasks throughout the product lifecycle.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS

Tobias Rydell(Chief Strategy Officer & Founder)inSaid Damoun(Chief Executive Officer)

Click2Contractclick2contract.com

Click2Contract is a sales tool that lets salespeople create proposals, quotes, and contracts for customers and close deals via electronic signatures.

LegalTechSaaSSales Tech

Collectivecrunchcollectivecrunch.comin

CollectiveCrunch builds AI-powered forest data products, using country-specific lidar and satellite data to deliver forest inventory, bark beetle and storm damage detection, biodiversity indexing, and land/timber assessment.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate Tech

Jarkko Lipponen(Founder)

Creativedatabasecreativedatabase.ioin

Creative Database matches companies with vetted freelance creatives from a network of 2000+ professionals, either placing individual specialists or assembling full teams with project management to deliver marketing projects from brief to delivery.

B2B MarketplacesFuture of WorkMarketing Tech

Tim Winter(Founder)in

Crowdsorsacrowdsorsa.comin

Crowdsorsa runs a mobile game that pays citizens to complete microtasks such as recording video of cycle lanes, photographing drain covers, and removing invasive plant species.

Climate TechGamingGovTechTampere, FI

Dashboadashboa.comin

Dashboa provides an autonomous organic growth platform that combines AI-driven intelligence with human expertise to continuously optimize website search visibility and performance.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Tuomas Laitinen(CEO & Founder)inAntti Eloranta(COO)inRasmus Araviita(Head of Sales)Daniel Laine(Chief Customer Officer)in

Daymidaymi.coin

Daymi is a workflow management platform designed for financial and operational teams to plan, execute, and document controls, tasks, and procedures.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Carl-Fredrik Svensson(CEO and Co-founder)in

DealGurudealguru.seinSeed · Jan 2024 · $980K

Itzagud is a community platform where users collect points through various activities to redeem Steam game keys, participate in giveaways, and bid in auctions.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerGamingMarketplacesStockholm, SE

Johan Selin(Founder)in

Co-investorsInnovestor VenturesInnovestor

Diffosolutionsdiffosolutions.comin

Diffo Solutions provides software for managing transport fleet operations, including automatic reporting on performance and emissions tracking, and workforce time management compliant with transport industry regulations.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS

Timo Pernu(CEO / Founder)inMatias Kylätie(CXO / Founder)inMarkus Taskila(CTO)

Din Psykologdinpsykolog.sein

Din Psykolog is a Swedish online mental health service offering video sessions with licensed psychologists without a waiting list, along with free digital CBT (iKBT) treatment programs.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health

David Tystberger(Founder)in

Co-investorsFSG

Dsharpdsharp.fiin

DSharp is a data modeling platform that allows teams to build unified data models either from business questions or from existing data sources, then automatically generates governed data pipelines and code.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTurku, FI

Easystepsgoeasystepsgo.io

EasyStepsGO offers a platform for managing product and supplier sustainability, transparency, and traceability compliance, letting companies run materiality assessments, life-cycle analyses, and supplier risk evaluations, and report under frameworks like VSME, ESRS, and ISO 26000.

Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Sofia Linde(Founder)in

Eemeleemel.comin

Eemel provides invoicing, document signing, and business management software for service companies and accountants.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTampere, FI

Eideasyeideasy.comin𝕏

eID Easy provides qualified electronic signature (QES) solutions through an API that integrates with over 80 qualified trust service providers globally, enabling organizations to offer legally binding digital signatures compliant with eIDAS and other regional regulations across Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaSEstonia, EE

Margus Pala(Founder)in

Elevoltelevolt.ioin

Elevolt develops solutions to decarbonize buildings of any age and improve their energy efficiency, supporting the transition to sustainable energy.

CleantechEnergyIoTPropTechEspoo, FI

Miska Karvinen(CEO & Founder)in

Ezyinsightsezyinsights.comin𝕏

EzyInsights offers a real-time news gathering and analytics platform that monitors millions of stories daily across websites and social media, filtering relevant content by source, keyword, category, and language for newsrooms.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Duane Atkins(Founder)in

Co-investorsVendep Capital

Feelingstreamfeelingstream.com

Feelingstream provides an AI-powered conversation intelligence platform that transcribes and analyzes customer conversations across multiple languages using speech-to-text and NLP models.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTallinn, EE

Terje Ennomäe(Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder)inLauri Ilison(Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder)in

Co-investorsInnovestor Ventures

Fiksuvuokrausfiksuvuokraus.fiin𝕏

Fiksuvuokraus is a Finnish online rental platform connecting private landlords with apartment seekers, handling listing, applicant pre-screening, viewings, credit checks, and digital lease signing.

MarketplacesPropTechEspoo, FI

Fiugefiuge.comin

Fiuge operates a mobile app-based delivery and logistics platform in Finland that connects people needing items transported with a crowd of drivers, replacing central warehouses with a virtual, community-driven system.

Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & Transportation

Jukka Tarkiainen(CEO (toimitusjohtaja))in

Flashnodeflashnode.comin

Flashnode builds software integrations that connect business systems such as e-commerce platforms, ERP and accounting software, and CRM tools so data transfers automatically between them.

Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

Foxiefoxie.aiin𝕏

Foxie.ai is a customer experience automation platform for agencies that collects client feedback through personalized outreach and identifies churn and revenue risks early.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Anna Kilponen(Founder)in

Fundrellafundrella.comin

Fundrella provides a data-driven platform for professional investors to search, evaluate, and select investment funds using a dataset of 700+ data points per fund.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaS

Futuresplatformfuturesplatform.comin𝕏

Futures Platform provides a software platform designed to help corporate foresight teams synthesize market insights and trend analyses into actionable strategic recommendations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS

Goavagoava.comin

Goava is an AI-powered sales intelligence platform that analyzes millions of Nordic companies in real time to recommend leads, surface buying signals, and score prospects against a customer's ICP.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechStockholm, SE

Gomunchigomunchi.comin
Gravitogravito.netin

Gravito provides a consent management platform that captures structured consent and human-likeness signals at page load, enabling privacy-safe analytics, personalization, and marketing automation on verified human visitors.

AdTechMarketing TechSaaSHelsinki, FI

Matti Volotinen(Founder)inOlli Riekkinen(Founder)inJouni Mannerhovi(CEO)inPatrick Glantz(COO)in

Habbiehabbie.se

Habbie is a digital service for rehabilitation, habilitation, and preventive training, providing a virtual physiotherapist that guides patients through individualized exercise sessions with video guidance and feedback options.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Hoivanethoivanet.fiin

Hoivanet provides flexible childcare and home services for families, including regular and on-demand babysitters, sick-child care, and corporate childcare benefits for employers.

ConsumerMarketplacesWellness & Fitness

Milja Saksi(Founder)in

Hotelwayhotelway.aiin𝕏

Hotelway provides AI-powered chatbots designed to enhance guest communication for hotels, making interactions simple, meaningful, and profitable.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & HospitalityAustin, US

Hukkahukka.aiin

Hukka provides a data-based tool for professional and commercial kitchens to measure, analyze, and reduce food waste.

Climate TechFoodTechSaaS

Hydrohexhydrohex.comin

Hydrohex provides pre-filmed, studio-produced aquatic fitness classes that play on a humidity-resistant poolside screen without an instructor on deck, delivered as a complete package including the display, player, platform, installation, training and support.

HardwareSports TechWellness & FitnessTurku, FI

Heikki Ruohola(Founder)inTommi Wallenius(Founder)in

Hytradehytrade.ai

Hytrade provides AI-powered software and managed services that help renewable energy producers and green industry consumers optimize electricity trading and manage price volatility in the power market.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy

Co-investorsInnovestor Ventures

Ivaloivalo.comin

IVALO.COM is an international fashion marketplace featuring over 100 sustainable fashion brands, with a focus on ecology, ethics, and social responsibility.

Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesIvalo, FI

Three Finnish friends

Klinikklinik.fi𝕏

Klinik provides digital healthcare tools, including an online symptom assessment and patient triage system that routes patients to appropriate care within healthcare organizations.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsCanadian Business Growth FundKensington Capital Partners Limited

Kodaritkodarit.comin𝕏

A coding school offering programming education for children.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechTampere, FI

Suvi Syrjalainen(CEO)inHector Rojas(COO, Internationalization manager)in

Konvolokonvolo.cominSeed · Nov 2025

Konvolo runs short, AI-led adaptive customer interviews that ask follow-up questions and cluster the responses into structured insights with evidence, volume and trends.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsAlmi Invest

Kwiziekwizie.aiin

Kwizie is a platform that converts training videos into interactive assessments with AI-generated questions, completion rules, certificates, and participant records for workplace, professional, and educational learning.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSHelsinki, FI

Janne Jormalainen(Serial entrepreneur)inChris Petrie(Product leader)in

LOla pandalolapanda.cominMay 2024

Lola Panda offers a collection of educational games and learning applications for children aged 3-8, designed to teach reading, math, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

ConsumerEdTechGamingTampere, FI

Manna Insectmannainsect.comin

Manna Insect operates a comprehensive platform for black soldier fly (BSF) farming that provides educational content, farm management tools, remote monitoring of production units, and a marketplace for trading products and services.

AgTechCircular EconomyFoodTechIoT

Co-investorsG-Force

Meploymeploy.mein

Meploy is a platform that connects companies with qualified temporary workers for production and assembly line roles, enabling rapid hiring of verified local staff for short-term or extended engagements.

B2B MarketplacesFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesKøbenhavn, DK

Mestamastermestamaster.com

Mestamaster builds takt production scheduling software for construction teams, letting site managers plan takt schedules, track task progress in real time via a mobile app, and monitor delays through a dashboard.

Construction TechPropTechSaaSHelsinki, FI

Mikko Hell(Onboarding & Founder)

Mindaminda.fiin

Minda is a sales performance platform that combines behavioral data, sales results, and daily activity into one view to help sales leaders understand what drives top performance, develop teams, and make hiring decisions.

HR TechSaaSSales Tech

Mjukmjuk.fiSeed · Apr 2025

Mjuk operates online stores selling products to consumers across the EU, with dedicated storefronts for Finland and Sweden and an English-language store for the rest of the EU.

ConsumerE-commerce

Max Heino(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlliance VC

Mobalmobal.ioinNov 2025

Mobal provides software tools designed to simplify marketing and visibility management for businesses with single or multiple locations.

Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS

Alexander Silén(Founder)in

Co-investorsKorpun Siemen OyLifeline Ventures

Moderansolutionsmoderansolutions.comin

Moderan provides customized property management software for commercial real estate owners and investors to manage properties, leases, and operations.

Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSTallinn, EE

Co-investorsThorgate Ventures

Modernpathmodernpath.aiin

ModernPath is an agentic engineering platform that maintains a real-time system of record for software requirements, architecture decisions, and business rules, with AI agents that analyze code repositories and systems to generate specifications and drive development workflows.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSOulu, FI

Pasi Vuorio(CEO)inSusanna Kämäräinen(CRO)inGaurav Khullar(CPO)in

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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Gorilla Capital made?
Gorilla Capital has 134 tracked investments, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Gorilla Capital invest at?
Gorilla Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Gorilla Capital focus on?
Gorilla Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Gorilla Capital located?
Gorilla Capital is headquartered in Helsinki, FI.
Does Gorilla Capital lead rounds?
Gorilla Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Gorilla Capital co-invest with?
Gorilla Capital most often shares deals with Innovestor Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Thorgate Ventures, among 20 tracked co-investors.

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