Inventure
Venture capitalHelsinki · Pre-Seed–Series A · 14 people tracked
Investment thesis
Inventure is a conviction-driven generalist investor focused primarily on the Nordics and Baltics. The firm backs founders it believes in fully, prioritizing people over ideas and aiming to support entrepreneurs building futures others cannot imagine. Since 2005 it has invested in more than 100 companies spanning deep tech, consumer, healthtech, AI, and B2B SaaS. Its philosophy centers on backing 'the few'—selective, high-conviction bets in ambitious founders—and building lasting, two-way trust with the companies it partners with.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 43 of 82 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×21SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×7Digital Health ×5Healthtech ×5Cloud Computing ×4E-commerce ×4EdTech ×4
HQs:Finland×5United States×5Estonia×2Denmark×1Sweden×1
Investments · 82 tracked
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Solva provides AI infrastructure for insurance operations, combining deep insurance domain expertise with advanced AI engineering to handle real claims processing, documents, and regulatory compliance at scale.
AI & Machine LearningFintechHealthtechInsurTechNew York City, US
Herman Båverud Olsson(CEO & Co-founder)inSorena Amini(COO & Co-founder)inLinus Malmén(Co-founder and CTO)in
Starcart provides an agentic commerce infrastructure that lets websites, content publishers, marketplaces, and AI assistants enable in-site purchasing through AI agents that handle cart building, checkout, payment, and delivery tracking across merchants.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail Tech
Pasi Ilola(Founder & CEO)Tom Liljeholm(Co-founder & CTO)
Quantum algorithms for complex life sciences problems.
Avenue is an operational monitoring and alerting platform that connects to various data sources and tools to help operations teams identify and resolve issues in real time.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Avenue Biosciences operates a platform that engineers N-terminal signal peptides to modulate the secretory pathway and improve protein yield, combining high-throughput chemistry, synthetic biology, and machine learning.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Creating proteins for health and manufacturing
Capalo AI develops AI-powered software to optimize energy storage systems, lower price volatility, and reduce carbon emissions.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyHelsinki, FI
Henri Taskinen(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inRiku Kukkonen(Co-Founder & Chief Sales Officer)inEerik Jauhiainen(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inTeemu Lappalainen(Co-Founder & Development Director)in
Platform powering global music rights transactions.
Commsignia develops C-ITS and V2X (vehicle-to-everything) technologies that connect vehicles with road infrastructure and each other to enhance traffic safety and optimize traffic flow.
Cloud ComputingIoTMobility & TransportationSanta Clara, US
Jozsef Kovacs(Executive Officer, Director)Endre Attila Sagi(Director)Laszlo Virag(Director)Tommi Uhari(Director)Csaba Kakosy(Director)
Comptek Solutions develops semiconductor passivation technology based on its proprietary Kontrox nanosurface engineering process, addressing native oxidation in III-V materials to improve power efficiency and manufacturing of compound semiconductor devices.
Deep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsTurku, FI
Product industrialization reimagined for teams.
Finch is an AI-native platform for building design that lets architecture and AEC teams generate floor plans, area calculations, and BIM geometry, encode firm design standards, and run generative design simulations.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechPropTech
Martin Kretz(Co-founder)Pamela Nunez Wallgren(Co-founder)Jesper Wallgren(Co-founder)
Generative copilot for better buildings (proptech/B2B SaaS).
On a mission to simplify cancer testing (Switzerland, Healthtech)
Real-time and sovereign AI and advanced MLOps platform (Sweden).
Jobbatical provides an automated visa and immigration compliance platform for HR teams managing international hires across 30+ countries.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR Tech
Social performance tracker for gamers
Lingvist develops AI-powered language learning software that uses big data and machine learning to adapt course content in real time for individual learners.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechTallinn, EE
Mait Müntel(Co-founder)Jalakas Ott(Executive Officer, Promoter)Jaan Tallinn(Director)Andrus Oks(Director)Eamonn Carey(Director)Takahito Aiki(Director)
Medoma provides a platform for coordinating and delivering hospital-level ("hospital at home") care to patients in their homes, including a patient app and tools for remote care interventions.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Personalized treatment of high cholesterol
MONCYTE Health develops a personalized diagnostic test that helps clinicians choose more effective cholesterol-lowering treatments for patients with high cholesterol.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtech
Simon Pfisterer(CSO & Founder)Tamara Alagirova(CEO & Founder)
Improving quality of life for people with skin issues
AI-powered real-time customer journey optimisation (Sweden, B2B SaaS).
NOW Interact provides a platform that scores website visitors in real time to gauge purchase intent, hesitation and conversion likelihood, then triggers targeted messages, content or incentives while the visitor is still on-site.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Next generation health coaching platform (Lithuania, Healthtech)
On-demand insurance for the circular economy
Qvin develops the Q-Pad, an FDA-cleared diagnostic menstrual pad that collects menstrual blood samples for non-invasive health monitoring and disease diagnosis.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Sara Naseri(Founder)Søren Therkelsen(Founder)in
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Inventure invest at?
- Inventure invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Inventure's typical check size?
- Inventure typically writes checks of $330K – $5.5M.
- What sectors does Inventure focus on?
- Inventure focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Deep Tech, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Inventure located?
- Inventure is headquartered in Helsinki, FI.
- Does Inventure lead rounds?
- Yes, Inventure leads investment rounds.
Co-investors · 28
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Balderton Capital's portfolio page listing companies it has backed across stages, sectors, and geographies, primarily in Europe.
Voima Ventures is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs founders building global solutions across people, planet, and industry, from technology spin-offs to scaling companies.
Qualcomm Ventures is the corporate venture investment arm associated with Qualcomm, backing technology companies from early to growth stage across multiple sectors.
Credo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on backing founders from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region and its global diaspora, active since 2009.
Icebreaker is an early-stage venture capital firm that has backed over 100 teams from the idea stage to seed and beyond since 2017, investing in the Nordic and Baltic region.
Trind Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs consumer and community-driven startups across Europe, supporting founders from the first investment through multiple rounds.
Spintop Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in software-based technology companies from the Nordics, helping them become sector leaders.
Luminar Ventures is a Nordic seed-stage venture capital firm founded by former founders and angel investors, backing pre-seed and seed companies across sectors.
Insight Partners is a venture and growth-stage software investor featuring a large portfolio of technology companies across multiple sectors and regions.
SV Angel is an investment firm that partners with and supports founders building transformative companies, providing long-term backing and close advisory relationships.
▶16 more co-investors
Offline VenturesAltaIR Capital23andMefoobar.vcYes VCCrane Venture PartnersCalm/Storm VCAlchemist JapanAtlantic LabsRiver Venture PartnersTrue Global VenturesLondon Venture PartnersMaki.vcBackingMindsMustard SeedRevalence Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Inventure, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Inventure's recorded portfolio.
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