We provide pre-seed funding for extremely promising companies emerging from the Finnish and Nordic startup ecosystems.
Location: Finland, Mainland Finland, Helsinki
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2016
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 41
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 07.09.2026 | Fluencify | fluencify.io | $4.3M | Sweden |
| 20.06.2025 | Natively | natively.dev | - | - |
| 06.06.2025 | Solace Car... | solace.care | - | United Sta... |
| 03.05.2025 | Sustashift | sustashift.com | - | - |
| 03.05.2025 | Tzafon | tzafon.ai | $9.71M | Sweden |
| 03.05.2025 | Bought | bought.app | - | - |
| 03.05.2025 | Exa Labora... | exalaboratories.com | - | - |
| 03.05.2025 | Bahn Expre... | bahnexpress.fi | $953.83K | - |
| 11.01.2025 | Kenley | answergrid.ai | - | - |
| 30.12.2024 | Vetnio | vetnio.com | - | - |
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Persons 8
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Antonia | Eneh | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Helmi | Puustinen | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Elis | Hodzic | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Zechen | Ma | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Joona | Puro | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Erik | Kymäläinen... | CEO | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | Bror | Nordström | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Emma | Kettunen | Marketing ... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 14
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.09.2026 | Fluencify secures $4.3M to scale its creator campaign platform | Stockholm-based creator marketing platform Fluencify has raised an oversubscribed $4.3 million pre-seed round led by byFounders, with participation from Wave Ventures. As part of the investment, Magnus Hambleton of byFounders will join Flue... |
| 19.06.2026 | Nordic Venture Powerhouse Secures €10M Fund, Fuels Founder Innovation | Wave Ventures has finalized its €10 million third fund. This significantly amplifies its early-stage investment capacity for Nordic startups. The fund represents a fivefold increase from its predecessor. Concurrently, the firm introduced th... |
| 17.06.2026 | Wave Ventures Raises €10 Million For Third Fund | Wave Ventures announced the final close of its third fund at €10 million, marking a significant expansion of the firm’s investment platform. The new fund is five times larger than Wave Ventures’ previous fund, reflecting the firm’s growing ... |
| 16.06.2026 | Wave Ventures marks decade with €10M fund and founder grants | Nordic venture capital firm Wave Ventures has announced the final close of its third fund at €10 million, marking a significant increase from its previous €2 million fund and a decade since it was founded as a student-led initiative in Hels... |
| 19.05.2026 | CRACI raises €1.4M for EU cybersecurity compliance platform | Finnish cybersecurity startup CRACI has raised €1.4 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Lifeline Ventures, with participation from First Fellow Partners and Wave Ventures. The funding will support product development and the expan... |
| 25.09.2025 | Hedda lands €1.5M for AI bid writing technology | Stockholm-based Hedda, a startup developing an AI-powered bid writing platform, has raised €1.5 million in pre-seed funding from Zenith Venture Capital, Antler, and WaveVentures. Hedda is an AI-powered, centralised platform for bid writing ... |
| 15.05.2025 | Meet Wave Ventures, the Finnish Gen Z VC fund for Gen Z Founders announcing a €7 million fund | Helsinki-based Wave Ventures, a Gen Z-run VC firm, announces its third fund at €7 million, tripling the size of its previous fund – aiming to become the leading early-stage backer of Gen Z Founders across the Nordics and Baltics. Wave’s thi... |
| 23.04.2024 | Finnish e-commerce Daze raises a pre-seed round | Finnish e-commerce Daze raises a pre-seed round 23 April, 2024, 11:45 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Daze, a Helsinki-based e-commerce startup dedicated to post-purc... |
| 15.06.2023 | Finnish biotech Solu raises €1M to deal with antibiotic resistance | Finnish biotech Solu raises €1M to deal with antibiotic resistance 15 June, 2023, 11:34 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Helsinki-based biotech startup Solu ... |
| 13.03.2023 | Finnish proptech Komu Homes raises €475k in a pre-seed round | Finnish proptech Komu Homes raises €475k in a pre-seed round 13 March, 2023, 10:57 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Helsinki-based proptech startup Komu Home... |
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