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    Tesi

    Helsinki, FinlandFounded 1995

    Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) is a state-owned, market-driven investment company that invests in venture capital and private equity funds and directly in growing Finnish companies. Founded in 1995, it acts as a fund-of-funds anchor investor and direct co-investor to help Finnish startups, growth companies, and industrial scale-ups succeed.

    Deal activity increased 40% year-over-year (14 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $48.7M (across 44 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    76

    Fund Size

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    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    14

    Team

    Laura Pälve

    Laura Pälve

    AI Business Partner

    Antti Ritala

    Antti Ritala

    Investment Director

    Asseri Lehtiniemi

    Asseri Lehtiniemi

    Investment Director

    Enni Rautio

    Enni Rautio

    Investment Director

    Esa Koponen

    Esa Koponen

    Investment Director

    Heli Kerminen

    Heli Kerminen

    Director

    Joni Karsikas

    Joni Karsikas

    Investment Director

    Juha Lehtola

    Juha Lehtola

    Director, Venture and Growth Investments

    Jussi Hattula

    Jussi Hattula

    Director, Industrial Investments

    Juuso Puolanne

    Juuso Puolanne

    Investment Director

    Kalle Vaitti

    Kalle Vaitti

    Restructuring Director

    Keith Bonnici

    Keith Bonnici

    Investment Director

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    126 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    EEniferBioSeries A—Sep 2026
    CurifyLabs logoCurifyLabsSeries A$14MJul 2026
    Verda logoVerdaUnknown$117MApr 2026
    Capalo AI logoCapalo AISeries A—Feb 2026
    VEXLUM logoVEXLUMSeed—Feb 2026
    Basemark logoBasemarkUnknown—Jan 2026
    Kelluu logoKelluuSeries A—Jan 2026
    ICEYE logoICEYEUnknown—Jan 2026
    CurifyLabs logoCurifyLabsSeries A$14MJan 2026
    RRen-GasGrowth—Dec 2025
    ICEYE logoICEYESeries E—Dec 2025
    IQM Quantum Computers logoIQM Quantum ComputersSeries A—Nov 2025
    NestAI Oy logoNestAI OyGrowth$115MNov 2025
    DataCrunch logoDataCrunchSeries C—Sep 2025
    DataCrunch logoDataCrunchSeries A—Sep 2025
    IQM Quantum Computers logoIQM Quantum ComputersSeries B—Sep 2025
    IIQM FinlandSeries B$50MSep 2025
    IQM Quantum Computers logoIQM Quantum ComputersUnknown$320MSep 2025
    IQM logoIQMSeries B—Sep 2025
    Steady Energy logoSteady EnergyUnknown—Jul 2025
    Steady Energy logoSteady EnergyGrowth—Jul 2025
    HederaDx logoHederaDxSeries A—May 2025
    TILT Biotherapeutics logoTILT BiotherapeuticsSeries B$25.6MMay 2025
    TILT Biotherapeutics logoTILT BiotherapeuticsSeed$25.6MMay 2025
    IIXISeries A$32.2MApr 2025
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026