Geographies/Finland/2012

Finland startup funding in 2012

European tech funding raised by Finland startups during 2012.

In 2012, 33 startups in Finland closed 36 funding rounds and raised €63M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Software was the most active sector, and Lifeline Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€63M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Software

Finland: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2010	€42M	+38.5%	19	+72.7%	—
2011	€94M	+124.1%	26	+36.8%	—
2012	€63M	-33.0%	36	+38.5%	—

Break down 2012 by period

Half-year

Rank in Europe

#11

1.6% of European funding

Top-10 round share

85.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€6.2M	7
Feb	€1.3M	3
Mar	€20k	3
Apr	€4.8M	4
May	€4.7M	3
Jun	€4.7M	2
Jul	€850k	2
Aug	€90k	1
Sep	€35M	6
Nov	€2.4M	4
Dec	€3.1M	1

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Finland — top sectors by capital, 2012
Cloud	€20M
Robotics	€13M
Software	€7.5M
Gaming	€6.0M
Marketing	€5.4M
Transportation	€3.6M
Hardware	€3.3M
Healthtech	€2.7M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Finland — stage mix, 2012
Series B	€23M
Series A	€18M
Seed	€14M
Early VC	€5.1M
Other	€3.4M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Nebula	Series B	Sep 2012	€20M
ZenRobotics	Series A	Sep 2012	€13M
Kiosked	Seed	Jun 2012	€4.6M
IndoorAtlas	Seed	Jan 2012	€3.3M
Applifier	Series B	Dec 2012	€3.1M
MariaDB	Series A	Apr 2012	€3.0M
Arctic Diagnostics	Early VC	May 2012	€2.7M
MariaDB	Series A	May 2012	€1.9M
Grand Cru	Seed	Jan 2012	€1.5M
Jongla	Early VC	Sep 2012	€1.2M

View all 36 Finland deals in 2012 →

Top investors

most active in 2012, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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