Gateway to Startup innovations

We match international corporations with startups and provide tools to help build successful venture partnerships.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH STARTUP COLLABORATION

Understanding where the world is going is vital for maintaining competitive advantage and achieving continued success.

With Innovestor as your corporate venturing partner, you get insights about the latest technologies and innovations, meet the shapers of tomorrow, put tools into action, and make an impact through startup collaboration.

UNIQUE OFFERING FOR CORPORATIONS

Access to VC insights and experience

As a corporate venturing services provider, Innovestor is unique in possessing the insights and experience of being one of the most active VC investors in Finland. We also manage the largest venture-backed portfolio in Finland, consisting of 90 companies within Technology and Life Science & Health segments.

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Focus on Technology and Life Science & Health

We provide corporate venturing services within Technology and Life Science & Health. Similarly, our VC investment activities are focused on Technology and Life Science & Health. We see significant synergies and value-add for startups and corporations of being both an active VC investor and service provider in our focus segments.

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Proprietary data

Through extensive own deal flow analysis for VC investments as well as tailored scouting for corporate partners, we continuously gather data for specific industry sectors and technology domains. By combining our proprietary data with external market data sources, we are able to provide a unique overview of the early-stage innovation landscape.

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Tested tools and tailored cooperation models

We use tested tools and frameworks for constructing optimal startup cooperation models around the specific goals of each corporate partner. Our team is unique in having the experience of facilitating hundreds of successful partnership programs and events between startups and corporations.

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Our solutions

PALO program

Innovestor’s acceleration and investment program supporting selected startups building growth and corporate collaboration.

Startup scouting

Tailored VC level access to innovation, technology and startup deal flow.

Co-creation

Build joint business plan with selected startups and execute piloting, investment and/or M&A actions.

Venture investments

VC funds and direct investments into selected startups with Innovestor.

CORPORATE VENTURING IN NUMBERS

1M

Access to startups globally

20

Corporate customers annually

5,000

Vetted startups annually

“Working with Innovestor has been smooth and agile.

Their knowledgeable experts have been able to identify important strategic aspects for us and have added to our own understanding of corporate venture operations.

Innovestor provided us a concrete plan forward with what activities we should focus on to strengthen our collaboration with startups and how to achieve our strategic goals.”

TIINA MIKKOLA, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, ALVA-YHTIÖT

“The investment in Ekkono supports our strategy, and we were very satisfied with Innovestor’s smooth and comprehensive process,

Innovestor Corporate Venturing team carried out a tailored scouting process for Nordic startups suitable for Etteplan’s strategic goals. The Venture Capital level startup search produced several potential partner candidates for Etteplan, one of which they wanted to deepen the cooperation with. During the co-creation process facilitated by Innovestor, the companies’ joint business plan was built, which contributed to Etteplan’s investment decision in Ekkono Solutions.”

PETRI IKONEN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES, ETTEPLAN

“Through our cooperation with Innovestor, we have found a new startup partner, Optiwatti Oy, whose innovative energy-saving solution complements our product portfolio.

In light of our successful cooperation, it was natural to continue the partnership and seek new  startups with Innovestor.

The Growth Board operating model was particularly important in the cooperation, as the aim of the Growth Board was to create a joint business model with the startup.”

ARI TOLONEN, CEO, LANDIS+GYR 2008-2018