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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Wilson Tukiainen

Investment Manager at Maki.vc (Web3)

Check size: Maki's sweet spot is first rounds below EUR 5 million; this describes the firm's target round, not Wilson's personal authority. He sources and evaluates opportunities within that day-zero mandate.

Pre-SeedSeedFirst RoundSeries APortfolio SupportDeep TechSpace TechnologyDefense TechnologyClimate TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceEnterprise SoftwareIndustrial TechnologySustainabilityNordics

Their Thesis

Wilson sources and evaluates Nordic first-round opportunities across Maki's sector-agnostic mandate, with a research-driven lens and responsibility for ESG development. His first publicly attributed 2026 investment highlights critical deep-tech infrastructure: technically defensible systems addressing a rapidly worsening physical-world problem, with government and commercial customers and a concrete path from development into operational proof.

How to Pitch Them

Bring a research-quality market and technical case: the urgent operational gap, founder expertise, architecture, benchmarks, IP, customer discovery, commercialization, and milestone budget. Show how the first round below EUR 5M reaches an MVP or field proof, how ESG risks and benefits are measured, and why Nordic technical advantage can translate into global infrastructure.

What Excites Them

Ambitious founders reshaping industries with bold ideas and new technology, deep domain expertise, infrastructure that customers increasingly depend on, widening gaps between legacy capabilities and real operational needs, measurable technical performance, sustainable long-term advantage, and hands-on collaboration through the full investment lifecycle.

What They Pass On

No personal pass list is published. His role and attributed investment imply weaker fit for research without an execution plan, technology without a specific customer need, unsupported ESG claims, local-only ambition, and infrastructure unable to prove performance in real operations. These are inferred filters.

Key Frameworks

Operational-gap evidence

Quantify how quickly the real-world need is worsening, where current systems fail, who bears the cost, and which performance threshold triggers customer adoption.

Pre-seed proof plan

Tie the first-round budget to an MVP, benchmark, field deployment, first customer, certification, and the specific evidence required for the next financing.

Material-ESG review

Identify sector-specific environmental, social, governance, safety, security, and reputational risks; define measurable benefits and mitigation ownership without relying on generic ESG claims.

Recent Writing

AAVUUS — Advanced orbital tracking infrastructure for the next era of space safetyInvestment Thesis

Rapid satellite growth creates a widening orbital-safety gap that a deeply expert team can address with precise laser tracking and globally important decision infrastructure.

Maki.vc (Web3) Portfolio

Top Sectors

AI4
Quantum2
Consumer1
Foodtech1
Fintech1

Stage Distribution

Series A+8
Seed1
IQMQuantum
Series A+
IXIConsumer
Series A+
ever CARSAI
Series A+
RiffAI
Series A+
DistanceAI
Seed
StriseAI
Series A+
QMillQuantum
Series A+
Onego BioFoodtech
Series A+
EnfuceFintech
Series A+
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