8 VCs and 1 funds investing in Scientific Research
Partner
Big Pi Ventures
Check: Firm-wide: Big Pi publishes equity tickets of €0.5M–€30M across its early-stage and growth funds. The current site does not publish Alex's personal range or the early-stage fund's narrower ticket policy, so the full platform range should not be read as his standard check.
Alex backs research- and engineering-led companies that start with a real problem, create defensible technical capability or intellectual property, and translate inventions into globally useful products. His GenAI analysis distinguishes durable innovation from undifferentiated model wrappers: proprietary data, deep domain knowledge, workflow integration, and a credible technical moat matter more than access to the same foundation models as everyone else.
Founding Partner
Nordic Science Investments
Check: Nordic Science Investments does not publish a standard check-size range; its official site describes a €60M fund.
Alexandra Gylfe invests or supports investment work through Nordic Science Investments's published strategy: Create and back Nordic university spinouts from incubation through follow-on Series A and B rounds, pairing scientific diligence with company-building support.
Founding Partner
Nordic Science Investments
Check: Nordic Science Investments does not publish a standard check-size range; its official site describes a €60M fund.
Matti Hautsalo invests or supports investment work through Nordic Science Investments's published strategy: Create and back Nordic university spinouts from incubation through follow-on Series A and B rounds, pairing scientific diligence with company-building support.
Founding Partner
Nordic Science Investments
Check: Nordic Science Investments does not publish a standard check-size range; its official site describes a €60M fund.
Jari Strandman invests or supports investment work through Nordic Science Investments's published strategy: Create and back Nordic university spinouts from incubation through follow-on Series A and B rounds, pairing scientific diligence with company-building support.
Founding Partner
Nordic Science Investments
Check: Nordic Science Investments does not publish a standard check-size range; its official site describes a €60M fund.
Anssi Uimonen invests or supports investment work through Nordic Science Investments's published strategy: Create and back Nordic university spinouts from incubation through follow-on Series A and B rounds, pairing scientific diligence with company-building support.
Partner
Nordic Science Investments
Check: Nordic Science Investments does not publish a standard check-size range; its official site describes a €60M fund.
Gerard de Bourbon invests or supports investment work through Nordic Science Investments's published strategy: Create and back Nordic university spinouts from incubation through follow-on Series A and B rounds, pairing scientific diligence with company-building support.
Analyst
Nordic Science Investments
Check: Nordic Science Investments does not publish a standard check-size range; its official site describes a €60M fund.
Hanna Hämäläinen invests or supports investment work through Nordic Science Investments's published strategy: Create and back Nordic university spinouts from incubation through follow-on Series A and B rounds, pairing scientific diligence with company-building support.
Partner
Nordic Science Investments
Check: Nordic Science Investments does not publish a standard check-size range; its official site describes a €60M fund.
Mart Maasik invests or supports investment work through Nordic Science Investments's published strategy: Create and back Nordic university spinouts from incubation through follow-on Series A and B rounds, pairing scientific diligence with company-building support.