Sisu Game Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Helsinki, Finland

Total investments

52

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

39

Rounds per year

5.20

Lead investments

1

Follow on index

0.25

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Venture
Areas of investment
InternetSoftwareGamingPC GamesMobile AppsAugmented RealityVirtual RealityOnline GamesVideo GamesMMO Games

Summary

The company was established in Europe in Finland. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Helsinki.

Besides them, we counted 4 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Sisu Game Ventures, startups are often financed by Technology Development Fund, Presence Capital, Initial Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lifeline Ventures, David Helgason, Bragiel Brothers. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tekes, Bragiel Brothers, Volvo Cars Group.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The typical startup value when the investment from Sisu Game Ventures is 50-100 millions dollars.

The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 2 or 3 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Umbra, Nextmind, Network Next. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Finland. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Virtual Reality, Music Streaming.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Gaming/Esports
Stage focus
Series ASeries B
Geo focus
Generalist

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
52
Lead investments
1
Exits
1
Rounds per year
5.20
Follow on index
0.25
Investments by industry
  • Gaming (30)
  • Video Games (22)
  • Virtual Reality (10)
  • Online Games (8)
  • PC Games (7)
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Investments by region
  • United States (8)
  • Finland (19)
  • Sweden (4)
  • Germany (1)
  • Japan (2)
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Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
4
Avg. valuation at time of investment
6M
Group Appearance index
0.88
Avg. company exit year
15

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Latest deals

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