Icebreaker.vc

Icebreaker is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Helsinki, Finland, specializing in investments within the software sector. The fund focuses on financing unique software-driven companies at the idea, angel, and seed stages, typically investing between EUR 40,000 and EUR 350,000. As part of its operations, Icebreaker manages a community that connects hundreds of members, providing access to a network of potential team members, clients, and advisors. The fund's goal is to support the growth of innovative tech companies in Finland.

Lasse Lehtinen

General Partner

Aleksi Partanen

General Partner

Riku Seppälä

General Partner

Past deals in Finland

Fixably

Seed Round in 2023
Fixably is a Finland-based software as a service company that provides an after-sales service management platform for repair shops, with a focus on Apple Authorized Service Providers. The platform integrates tools to perform and track repairs, manage internal resources and workflows, handle transactions, oversee logistics, and automate customer communications while aligning with Apple requirements. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Helsinki, Fixably aims to streamline day-to-day device repair operations by combining hands-on repair expertise with software development and support capabilities. The solution helps technicians and service teams improve efficiency and coordination across service orders, resources, and customer interaction.

Hemby

Seed Round in 2022
Helppy is a provider of elderly care services focused on delivering comprehensive support to seniors across Europe. Originating in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, it quickly established itself as the largest private elderly care provider in the area, subsequently expanding to Lauttasaari. Helppy combines a dedicated team of local in-house nurses with structured resources, training, and partnerships with local retailers, hospitals, and pharmacies. This approach allows Helppy to offer a range of services, including personal and medical care, assistance with household chores, and support for outdoor errands. By enhancing municipal home care services, Helppy aims to facilitate a happier and more stress-free life for elderly individuals and their families.

Fixably

Seed Round in 2022
Fixably is a Finland-based software as a service company that provides an after-sales service management platform for repair shops, with a focus on Apple Authorized Service Providers. The platform integrates tools to perform and track repairs, manage internal resources and workflows, handle transactions, oversee logistics, and automate customer communications while aligning with Apple requirements. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Helsinki, Fixably aims to streamline day-to-day device repair operations by combining hands-on repair expertise with software development and support capabilities. The solution helps technicians and service teams improve efficiency and coordination across service orders, resources, and customer interaction.

Hemby

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Helppy is a provider of elderly care services focused on delivering comprehensive support to seniors across Europe. Originating in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, it quickly established itself as the largest private elderly care provider in the area, subsequently expanding to Lauttasaari. Helppy combines a dedicated team of local in-house nurses with structured resources, training, and partnerships with local retailers, hospitals, and pharmacies. This approach allows Helppy to offer a range of services, including personal and medical care, assistance with household chores, and support for outdoor errands. By enhancing municipal home care services, Helppy aims to facilitate a happier and more stress-free life for elderly individuals and their families.

Tesseract

Series A in 2021
Tesseract is a digital asset management company that provides a comprehensive range of yield solutions for digital asset owners and institutions. Founded in December 2017 by Yichen Wu in Helsinki, the company enables clients to earn passive income through innovative investment products while ensuring protection through its in-house risk engine and third-party custody. Tesseract's offerings include advanced yield and loan products designed to help institutions attract and retain clients, boost revenue, and focus on their core operations. By leveraging blockchain technology, Tesseract aims to facilitate effective portfolio management and investment strategies, supporting clients in navigating the complexities of capital markets and maintaining financial stability amid market volatility.

Sellforte

Seed Round in 2021
Sellforte is a Finnish private company that specializes in developing a software-based marketing platform. The company focuses on real-time media optimization and employs machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to provide sales analytics. This innovative approach allows retailers to measure the return on investment of their marketing efforts and plan future media investments effectively. Sellforte's team comprises experienced professionals from various fields, including management consulting, media agencies, brand marketing, science, and data analytics. The organization advocates for viewing marketing as a revenue-generating function, emphasizing the importance of robust analytics in achieving this goal.

Fixably

Seed Round in 2020
Fixably is a Finland-based software as a service company that provides an after-sales service management platform for repair shops, with a focus on Apple Authorized Service Providers. The platform integrates tools to perform and track repairs, manage internal resources and workflows, handle transactions, oversee logistics, and automate customer communications while aligning with Apple requirements. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Helsinki, Fixably aims to streamline day-to-day device repair operations by combining hands-on repair expertise with software development and support capabilities. The solution helps technicians and service teams improve efficiency and coordination across service orders, resources, and customer interaction.

Sense of Space

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sense of Space Oy is a Helsinki-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in the design and development of volumetric video content creation software for augmented and virtual reality applications. The company offers Sense XR Studio, a software solution that allows users to import, edit, and enhance videos with augmented reality interactions, facilitating the creation and sharing of immersive volumetric stories. Additionally, Sense of Space provides a 3D polygon streaming platform that enables users to upload and convert large, detailed three-dimensional models for streaming across various digital projects and platforms. This technology streamlines the process of creating three-dimensional content by eliminating the need for extensive manual optimization or heavy data compression, thereby enhancing the user experience in both virtual and augmented reality environments.

Rive

Series A in 2019
Rive is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes. Rive brings simplicity to switching homes by providing liquidity to sellers and fully renovated, move-in-ready homes for buyers while providing real estate agents with a unique combination of tech tools and products to give superior service to their customers. As a result, our customers have access to everything they need for a successful real estate transaction, from cutting-edge real-time market insights to renovation services delivered by local real estate professionals who guide them at every step. ‘Rive’ means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to change your life and property. Since we started in 2017, we have grown from a local iBuyer into a team of more than 300 real estate professionals in Finland, Spain, and Poland, and expanded our offering into a full-service real estate platform that provides a range of solutions for selling, buying, renovating, and financing your home. Rive is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Rive service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.rivehomes.com

Sellforte

Seed Round in 2019
Sellforte is a Finnish private company that specializes in developing a software-based marketing platform. The company focuses on real-time media optimization and employs machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to provide sales analytics. This innovative approach allows retailers to measure the return on investment of their marketing efforts and plan future media investments effectively. Sellforte's team comprises experienced professionals from various fields, including management consulting, media agencies, brand marketing, science, and data analytics. The organization advocates for viewing marketing as a revenue-generating function, emphasizing the importance of robust analytics in achieving this goal.

Sense of Space

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sense of Space Oy is a Helsinki-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in the design and development of volumetric video content creation software for augmented and virtual reality applications. The company offers Sense XR Studio, a software solution that allows users to import, edit, and enhance videos with augmented reality interactions, facilitating the creation and sharing of immersive volumetric stories. Additionally, Sense of Space provides a 3D polygon streaming platform that enables users to upload and convert large, detailed three-dimensional models for streaming across various digital projects and platforms. This technology streamlines the process of creating three-dimensional content by eliminating the need for extensive manual optimization or heavy data compression, thereby enhancing the user experience in both virtual and augmented reality environments.

Adaptio.io

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Adaptio.io is a regulatory technology company based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2019. It specializes in providing compliance as a service specifically for online gaming businesses. The company's SaaS-based platform offers a streamlined solution that enables operators to access multiple regulatory services through a single integration. This approach significantly reduces the workload for gaming businesses, allowing them to focus on serving their customers while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. By enhancing visibility and efficiency in compliance processes, Adaptio.io helps its clients save both time and resources.

Rive

Seed Round in 2018
Rive is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes. Rive brings simplicity to switching homes by providing liquidity to sellers and fully renovated, move-in-ready homes for buyers while providing real estate agents with a unique combination of tech tools and products to give superior service to their customers. As a result, our customers have access to everything they need for a successful real estate transaction, from cutting-edge real-time market insights to renovation services delivered by local real estate professionals who guide them at every step. ‘Rive’ means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to change your life and property. Since we started in 2017, we have grown from a local iBuyer into a team of more than 300 real estate professionals in Finland, Spain, and Poland, and expanded our offering into a full-service real estate platform that provides a range of solutions for selling, buying, renovating, and financing your home. Rive is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Rive service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.rivehomes.com

Puida

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Puida Ltd. is an information technology company based in Helsinki, Finland, specializing in creative work management systems for artists and creative enterprises. Founded in 2018, the company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline workflows in the creative industry, particularly for animation and game studios. Puida's platform enables users to organize their activities through features such as automatic indexing, file versioning, and archiving, which facilitate quick access and sharing of files among teams. By automating these processes, Puida allows creative professionals to focus on their work and collaborate more effectively, enhancing productivity and unleashing their creativity without the burden of manual organization.

Sellforte

Seed Round in 2018
Sellforte is a Finnish private company that specializes in developing a software-based marketing platform. The company focuses on real-time media optimization and employs machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to provide sales analytics. This innovative approach allows retailers to measure the return on investment of their marketing efforts and plan future media investments effectively. Sellforte's team comprises experienced professionals from various fields, including management consulting, media agencies, brand marketing, science, and data analytics. The organization advocates for viewing marketing as a revenue-generating function, emphasizing the importance of robust analytics in achieving this goal.

Tesseract

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Tesseract is a digital asset management company that provides a comprehensive range of yield solutions for digital asset owners and institutions. Founded in December 2017 by Yichen Wu in Helsinki, the company enables clients to earn passive income through innovative investment products while ensuring protection through its in-house risk engine and third-party custody. Tesseract's offerings include advanced yield and loan products designed to help institutions attract and retain clients, boost revenue, and focus on their core operations. By leveraging blockchain technology, Tesseract aims to facilitate effective portfolio management and investment strategies, supporting clients in navigating the complexities of capital markets and maintaining financial stability amid market volatility.

Rive

Angel Round in 2017
Rive is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes. Rive brings simplicity to switching homes by providing liquidity to sellers and fully renovated, move-in-ready homes for buyers while providing real estate agents with a unique combination of tech tools and products to give superior service to their customers. As a result, our customers have access to everything they need for a successful real estate transaction, from cutting-edge real-time market insights to renovation services delivered by local real estate professionals who guide them at every step. ‘Rive’ means leading edge and groundbreaking, just like the idea Rive was founded on: that selling homes should be simple and stress-free. To make this a reality, the Rive platform brings together all the different solutions that you need to change your life and property. Since we started in 2017, we have grown from a local iBuyer into a team of more than 300 real estate professionals in Finland, Spain, and Poland, and expanded our offering into a full-service real estate platform that provides a range of solutions for selling, buying, renovating, and financing your home. Rive is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Rive service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.rivehomes.com

Connax

Seed Round in 2017
Connax is a private company located in Helsinki, Finland, specializing in B2B software solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Within a short span of two years, Connax has successfully developed and launched two innovative products: the Universal Thing Identity Module (UTIM), which enhances device identification, and Bleam, a platform designed for frictionless payments that leverages PSD2 Payment Initiation Services and the Physical Web. Through these offerings, Connax aims to simplify and secure the integration of IoT technologies in various business applications.
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