Vendep Capital

Vendep Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Espoo, Finland. Specializing in early-stage investments, it focuses primarily on B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies and B2B marketplaces within the Nordic and Baltic regions. The firm invests between 0.1 and 3 million euros, depending on the stage of the company. Vendep Capital aims to support entrepreneurs by leveraging its extensive expertise in SaaS and a strong global network to accelerate the growth of promising startups.

Samuli Aheristo

Investment Analyst

Sami Ahvenniemi

General Partner

Jupe Arala

General Partner

Artis Bisers

Investment Analyst

Timo Felin

Investment Director

Janiina Lammi

Investment Director

Sakari Pihlava

General Partner

Past deals in Finland

Leadfeeder

Series A in 2019
Leadfeeder is a tool that lets you know more about your website visitors and converts promising visitors into sales leads. It shows you a list of companies that have visited your website and you can see what pages they loaded and how they found you. Leadfeeder connects to your Google Analytics using the API and fetches data about website visitors. When you see an interesting lead, you can email it to your sales team or send it straight to your CRM. Leadfeeder was founded in 2012 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Hostaway

Seed Round in 2018
Hostaway Oy is a technology company based in Helsinki, Finland, specializing in an online platform designed for vacation rental managers. Founded in 2015, the company provides tools that enhance property management by facilitating bookings, guest communication, and financial reporting. Hostaway's platform enables property managers to optimize their operations by integrating with various listing sites, allowing them to manage existing and create new listings across multiple sales channels. This functionality helps users increase their client base, synchronize calendars, adjust pricing, and streamline the approval process for bookings, ultimately leading to more bookings and higher revenues.

Giosg.com

Venture Round in 2018
Giosg.com Ltd, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, specializes in providing online tools for real-time customer analysis and communication. The company offers features such as visitor behavior analysis, which helps businesses gauge the potential of each website visitor. Giosg.com enables users to set up rules and build workflows to engage the right visitors at the optimal moment. Its services cater to various industries, including banking, insurance, automotive, real estate, e-commerce, telecommunications, retail, and travel. In addition to its headquarters, Giosg.com has offices in London, Stockholm, Oslo, and Tampere.

Utopia Analytics

Venture Round in 2017
Utopia Analytics Oy, established in 2014 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, specializes in developing text analytics software that delivers automated real-time moderation for user-generated content. The company utilizes a scalable SaaS language service powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, enabling the automatic processing, analysis, and visualization of large volumes of unstructured text across various languages. Its AI Moderator technology actively monitors online discussions, social media posts, and peer-to-peer commerce sites, identifying, flagging, and removing unwanted or suspicious content in real time. With a team composed of experts in text analytics, artificial intelligence, and software development, Utopia Analytics aims to transform the management and utilization of user-generated content.

Brella

Seed Round in 2017
Brella Ltd. is a Finnish company that specializes in developing a networking platform designed for events, conferences, and live streams. Founded in 2016 and based in Jyvaskyla, Brella's application utilizes a matchmaking algorithm powered by artificial intelligence to facilitate connections among attendees. It enables professionals to discover high-value contacts, such as potential clients, colleagues, investors, and other relevant business connections, thereby enhancing their networking experiences. By streamlining the process of finding and meeting the right people at the right time, Brella aims to simplify and improve the overall effectiveness of networking at various events.

EzyInsights

Venture Round in 2016
EzyInsights is an online viral content discovery platform for publishers and content providers. It acts as a social media analytics tool that runs straight from the users’ web browsers. EzyInsights was launched in February 2012 and is based in Helsinki, Southern Finland.

Zoined

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Zoined is a Finnish company that offers a cloud-based reporting and analytics platform tailored for merchants across various sectors, including fashion, specialty retail, food retail, coffee shops, and restaurants. Founded in 2011, Zoined allows users to implement its services without the need for extensive IT projects. The platform automatically collects data from merchants' point-of-sale systems and other sources, identifying trends and insights related to sales, inventory, and overall performance. Users receive daily, weekly, and monthly updates, which can be accessed through a browser-based portal compatible with both desktop and mobile devices. The platform enables users to filter and group data, as well as create custom views, charts, and graphs. This analytical capability assists businesses in understanding customer behavior, targeting markets, forecasting demand, and planning product assortments for cross-selling and up-selling opportunities.
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