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Wave Ventures

Founders Andreas Saari Anton Backman Janne Korpela Olli Rissanen

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Total investments 26
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$490K
Portfolio companies 21
Rounds per year 3.25
Lead investments 1
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.12
Key employees 7
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Health Care
  • Mobile
  • Internet of Things
Summary

Wave Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2016. The company was established in Europe in Finland. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Helsinki.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Wave Ventures, startups are often financed by Horizon 2020, Starlight Ventures, Propel Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lifeline Ventures, Starlight Ventures, Mika Ihamuotila. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Starlight Ventures, Mika Ihamuotila, Lifeline Ventures.

The real fund results show that this VC is 10 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Sweden. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Information Technology, Health Care. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Insurello.

The fund was created by Andreas Saari, Anton Backman, Janne Korpela, Olli Rissanen.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Synergi

Software
08 Oct 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Daze

$236K19 Apr 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Solu

Cloud Computing
Electronics
$1M16 Jun 2023 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Solu

Biotechnology
Life Science
$1M15 Jun 2023 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Taika Tech

Augmented Reality
Electronics
Hardware
Human Computer Interaction
Internet of Things
Smart Home
$206K01 Jul 2022 Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland

Brick Technology

Battery
Internet of Things
Mobile
Mobile Apps
Sharing Economy
Software
$2M14 Jan 2022 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

ZENOO

$354K28 Jun 2021 -

Brick Technology

Battery
Internet of Things
Mobile
Mobile Apps
Sharing Economy
Software
$240K01 Mar 2021 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Internet
$600K21 Jan 2021 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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Total investments 26
Average round size 490K
Rounds per year 3.25
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.12
Group Appearance index 0.85

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Synergi

Software
08 Oct 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Daze

$236K19 Apr 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Solu

Cloud Computing
Electronics
$1M16 Jun 2023 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Solu

Biotechnology
Life Science
$1M15 Jun 2023 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Taika Tech

Augmented Reality
Electronics
Hardware
Human Computer Interaction
Internet of Things
Smart Home
$206K01 Jul 2022 Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland

Brick Technology

Battery
Internet of Things
Mobile
Mobile Apps
Sharing Economy
Software
$2M14 Jan 2022 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

ZENOO

$354K28 Jun 2021 -

Brick Technology

Battery
Internet of Things
Mobile
Mobile Apps
Sharing Economy
Software
$240K01 Mar 2021 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Internet
$600K21 Jan 2021 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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