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Sisu Game Ventures

Founders Kalle Kaivola Moaffak Ahmed

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Total investments 53
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 40
Rounds per year 5.30
Lead investments 1
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Exits 1
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Venture

Areas of investment

  • Gaming
  • Video Games
  • Virtual Reality
  • Online Games
  • PC 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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Bitmagic

$4M02 Jul 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Rocky Road

Gaming
$3M21 Sep 2023 Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland

Jam & Tea Studios

Digital Entertainment
Gaming
Video Games
$3M31 Aug 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States

Unagi

PC Games
Sports
$5M17 Feb 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Esports Coaching Academy

Education
eSports
Gaming
Software
Sports
Training
$750K17 Nov 2022 Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland

Tribo Games

Digital Entertainment
Gaming
$1M10 Oct 2022 -

W4 Games

Computer
Gaming
$8M13 Sep 2022 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

12traits

Information Technology
Machine Learning
Psychology
$21M18 Aug 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

New Tales

$1M31 May 2022 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Total investments 53
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 5.30
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.25
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Bitmagic

$4M02 Jul 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Rocky Road

Gaming
$3M21 Sep 2023 Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland

Jam & Tea Studios

Digital Entertainment
Gaming
Video Games
$3M31 Aug 2023 Los Angeles, California, United States

Unagi

PC Games
Sports
$5M17 Feb 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Esports Coaching Academy

Education
eSports
Gaming
Software
Sports
Training
$750K17 Nov 2022 Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland

Tribo Games

Digital Entertainment
Gaming
$1M10 Oct 2022 -

W4 Games

Computer
Gaming
$8M13 Sep 2022 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

12traits

Information Technology
Machine Learning
Psychology
$21M18 Aug 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

New Tales

$1M31 May 2022 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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