Co-founder & CEO, Supercell
Finland’s most visible angel today. Through his founder office Illusian, Paananen has made around 40 startup investments across software and gaming . Typical cheques are ~€50–100k. He is known for mentoring founders and providing global connections.

Founder, F-Secure; ex-Chairman, Nokia
A veteran entrepreneur and statesman. Well known for angel investments in Wolt, Frosmo, Enevo . In 2016 he co-founded First Fellow Partners, a family office investing in SaaS and AI startups, with deals including Quanscient, Vuo AI and Kilo Health.

Co-founder, Jaiku & Lifeline Ventures
After selling Jaiku to Google, Koponen co-founded Lifeline Ventures (2009), now one of Finland’s top seed funds . He personally invests occasionally, but most of his activity is through Lifeline, which backed Wolt and Oura. He is an influential board chair and mentor.

Co-founder, MySQL & MariaDB
The open-source pioneer. After MySQL’s $1B exit, he co-founded OpenOcean (2008), investing in database and data-intensive startups. His bets include MariaDB and other open-source ventures.

Co-founder, Jaiku; Partner, Yes VC
With two exits to Google and Groupon, Engeström has invested in Unity, Oura Health, Iceye. Through Yes VC, he writes €100k+ cheques into early-stage frontier tech (AI, Web3, space). Splits time between Helsinki and San Francisco.

Co-founder & ex-CEO, Small Giant Games
After Zynga’s $700M acquisition of Small Giant, Soininen became an active angel. Confirmed investor in Spinnova and Aiforia/Fimmic. His scope spans gaming, biotech, and sustainability.

Co-founder & ex-CEO, Rovio (Angry Birds)
Now invests through Kaiken Entertainment and privately. Backed Naava (green wall biotech) and sits on the board of CGTrader (3D marketplace).
Focus: consumer, entertainment, and digital platforms.

Physician-turned-entrepreneur. FiBAN’s Angel of the Year 2019. Portfolio of 25 companies, mostly medtech and SaaS.

Healthcare executive, Angel of the Year 2016. Holds a portfolio of 16 startups (e.g., Nightingale Health, Surgify). Focus: biotech, women-led companies.

Serial entrepreneur, one of Finland’s most active tech angels. Over 35 investments including Smartly.io, Next Games, Nosto. Also co-founded Sisu Game Ventures.

Among Finland’s earliest professional angels. 38 investments over 13+ years. Active via Lagoon Capital; backed MariaDB, Small Giant Games.

Ex-founder of Blancco. Invested in ~20 companies. Known for “co-entrepreneur” style.

Co-founder of FiBAN. Invested in 50+ companies with 10 exits. Also co-founded Evli Growth Partners.

Ex-Nokia exec, former FiBAN chair, current EBAN board chair. Invested in 20+ high-tech and education startups.

Founder of Gorilla Capital. Among Finland’s most active early-stage investors since 2010; focuses on SaaS and consumer internet.