Elina Koivumäki

Founder & lawyer at Lexperience * Board, advisory board & interim director * FiBAN board chair 2024 & 2025 / angel investor * Speaker, writer & host

📍 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2022
VC🌍 Finland
12
Total investments
1
Early stage
6
Mid stage
2
Late stage
13y
Years active

Portfolio

10 investments · sorted by recency
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Late stage
Investor, vaikuttajaomistaja
Feb 2022
Bonfire Agency Oy brings fire to your marketing! Our services includes: - B2B -influencers marketing and thought leadership services - bonfireagency.fi - Business media - bonfire.fi Bonfire Agency helps B2B -brands to identify and reach their most valuable target groups through influencers. Our B2B -influencers are well-known professionals in their own field of expertise, for example entrepreneurs, consultants or TOP-level executives from ICT, marketing, HR, sales, law or finance. Read more about our influencer marketing and thought leadership services from bonfireagency.fi and lets talk more how can we help you! Bonfire.fi business media is the newest and hottest business media in Finland. There you can find lots of quality business content from our Bonfire -influencers, such as blogs, videos and podcasts. If you are interested to procure advertising or commercial contents as a B2B -customer, please do not hesitate to contact us and lets plan a profitable co-operation together! Contact info: myynti@bonfire.fi info@bonfire.fi
Board Member
Oct 2020
FiBAN is a Finnish non-profit association of private investors and one of the largest and most active business angel networks in Europe with 600+ investor members in 12 countries. A matchmaker of growth-ready early-stage startups and private investors. Our three main activities are: 👉 Matchmaking startups and private investors 👉 Sharing and developing angel investing best practices via certified investor training. 👉 Representing private investors​ interest in societal matters and through producing data from the early-stage investment landscape. FiBANs Data: www.fiban.org/data For Startups: www.fiban.org/apply For Members: www.fiban.org/join In all FiBAN events and contexts, we expect our members and partners to follow our Code of Conduct. Please find it here: https://fiban.org/code-of-conduct/ FiBAN Notification Channel for reporting inappropriate behavior: https://fiban.ilmoituskanava.fi/ and on the footer of our website.
Investor
Sep 2020
Learning Intelligence Group is a leading education technology (edtech) pioneer in the Nordic region. We select, fund and grow edtech innovations from the Nordic region into profitable global brands. Born from decades of combined experience in building and funding edtech companies, LIG consists of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who leverage their resources, networks and funds to other entrepreneurs looking to aggressively innovate the undisrupted global education market. The LIG story begins in 2013 in Helsinki, when entrepreneurs Vesa Perälä and Mervi Palander, first founded CLANED, a revolutionary cloud-based social learning environment. Their 4-year journey in making CLANED a success story revealed how edtech companies in the Nordic region lack the funding, business development support and networks to enable their success. The next major step in LIG story took place this year when LIG acquired GraphoGame, a research-driven literacy game and learning environment, to leverage the founders’ experience and networks in building Nordic edtech phenomena. So the LIG journey is moving forward with carefully selected companies and partners. Our vision is to become the world’s leading edtech business development group, enabling global success for the top entrepreneurs and technologies from the Nordic region. The LIG mission is to provide our portfolio businesses with an integrated support system through funding, mentoring and partner network exposure, while simultaneously fostering the nascent edtech ecosystem. The Learning Intelligence team is a diverse mix of highly experienced entrepreneurs, executives, advisors and investors. Collectively they boast: +10 exits +900M€ raised in funding +100 years of entrepreneurial experience +50 years of corporate experience Board members in 30 companies C-level positions at world leading companies, such as IKEA, Stora Enso, GN Netcom, Coloplast Board members of multinationals, such as Amer Sports, Novo Nordisk, Neste and Citi Group We are currently running an investment round together with Invesdor. More information at https://www.invesdor.com/fi/pitches/843 or contact Vesa Perälä, CEO LIG (vesa@claned.com)
Investor
Jan 2019
Nature doesn’t need you. You need nature. Naava is a nature-inspired technology company from the Nordics. The global market leader in living green walls & biological indoor air purification with proprietary software & patented technology. We improve physical & mental health and connect you with nature. We have been recognized as one of Europe’s fastest-growing and hottest companies by Financial Times (2020), Inc (2018), and WIRED (2017). Naava creates the most compelling design furniture with living plants by combining nature, technology, and Scandinavian design. We are on a mission to re-seed the respect for nature and thus drive people and the planet towards healthier and more sustainable urban living. Experience the power of nature with Naava. For more information: https://linktr.ee/Naava.io
Investor
Nov 2018
Taiga Chocolate offers a range of assorted organic gluten-free and nut-free TAIGA chocolates with unusual Nordic flavours. Our unique products are inspired by arctic nature, health and happiness. We appreciate the origin. We choose wild and tasty combinations of flavours. We tempt the daredevils and tease the adventurers. Currently, mesmerising TAIGA chocolate collection includes dark and milk chocolate with Finnish bilberries, raspberries, sea buckthorne, lingonberries, reindeer, smelt fish and crickets. Do you dare to taste? Follow the story of Taiga Chocolate here and stay tuned for the latest news. We hope you enjoy this journey with us! Instagram: @taigachocolate Website: www.taigachocolate.com Inquiries: info@taigachocolate.com Best wishes, Taiga Chocolate Team
early stageFood & Beverages
Investor
Mar 2018
Receive and pay your bills on time - every time.  KleverApp is the easiest and most comprehensive invoice payment application ever created for people. Klever gathers all your invoices in one application and allows users to collect, receive and pay invoices with one click. Klever Ab Oy is a newly founded start-up company in the FinTech industry that is in the product development stage. Klever is currently available on the App Store and Google Play. Download Klever for iOS here: http://m.onelink.me/e8848f31 Download Klever for Android here: http://m.onelink.me/ba3feb33 Contact info@kleverapp.com for more information!
Investor
Sep 2016
HUONE is an exceptional place for B2B meetings & events. Creative rooms and excellent service combined with free booking & event management system make meeting organizing easy. www.huone.events What Huone truly is? https://vimeo.com/177252900
mid stageHospitality
Investor & advisor
Aug 2016
The idea for Kyrö, a Finnish all-rye distillery was dreamed up in a sauna, fueled by a sip of rye whisky. Founded by five friends, Kyrö Distillery Company has been in commercial production since April 2014. We currently export to around 30 countries. Kyrö Napue Gin was selected as the best gin for G&T in 2015. Kyrö Malt rye whisky was awarded a gold medal at IWSC in 2020 and Kyrö Vodka gold in 2024. Kyrö has been on the list of Worlds Most Admired Whiskies four years in a row. Our distillery is located in an old dairy in Isokyrö, with sales offices in Helsinki and Berlin.
Board Member
Oct 2015
HUONE is an exceptional place for B2B meetings & events. Creative rooms and excellent service combined with free booking & event management system make meeting organizing easy. www.huone.events What Huone truly is? https://vimeo.com/177252900
mid stageHospitality
Experience · 18 entries
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2022
Board Member
Nov 2022
Autoliitto (The Automobile and Touring Club of Finland) is the spokesperson for private car owners in Finland offering different membership benefits for its members. Autoliitto members get benefits from vechile maintenance services and products and different services in the area of travelling.
Investor, vaikuttajaomistaja
Feb 2022
Bonfire Agency Oy brings fire to your marketing! Our services includes: - B2B -influencers marketing and thought leadership services - bonfireagency.fi - Business media - bonfire.fi Bonfire Agency helps B2B -brands to identify and reach their most valuable target groups through influencers. Our B2B -influencers are well-known professionals in their own field of expertise, for example entrepreneurs, consultants or TOP-level executives from ICT, marketing, HR, sales, law or finance. Read more about our influencer marketing and thought leadership services from bonfireagency.fi and lets talk more how can we help you! Bonfire.fi business media is the newest and hottest business media in Finland. There you can find lots of quality business content from our Bonfire -influencers, such as blogs, videos and podcasts. If you are interested to procure advertising or commercial contents as a B2B -customer, please do not hesitate to contact us and lets plan a profitable co-operation together! Contact info: myynti@bonfire.fi info@bonfire.fi
2020
Board Member
Oct 2020
FiBAN is a Finnish non-profit association of private investors and one of the largest and most active business angel networks in Europe with 600+ investor members in 12 countries. A matchmaker of growth-ready early-stage startups and private investors. Our three main activities are: 👉 Matchmaking startups and private investors 👉 Sharing and developing angel investing best practices via certified investor training. 👉 Representing private investors​ interest in societal matters and through producing data from the early-stage investment landscape. FiBANs Data: www.fiban.org/data For Startups: www.fiban.org/apply For Members: www.fiban.org/join In all FiBAN events and contexts, we expect our members and partners to follow our Code of Conduct. Please find it here: https://fiban.org/code-of-conduct/ FiBAN Notification Channel for reporting inappropriate behavior: https://fiban.ilmoituskanava.fi/ and on the footer of our website.
Investor
Sep 2020
Learning Intelligence Group is a leading education technology (edtech) pioneer in the Nordic region. We select, fund and grow edtech innovations from the Nordic region into profitable global brands. Born from decades of combined experience in building and funding edtech companies, LIG consists of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who leverage their resources, networks and funds to other entrepreneurs looking to aggressively innovate the undisrupted global education market. The LIG story begins in 2013 in Helsinki, when entrepreneurs Vesa Perälä and Mervi Palander, first founded CLANED, a revolutionary cloud-based social learning environment. Their 4-year journey in making CLANED a success story revealed how edtech companies in the Nordic region lack the funding, business development support and networks to enable their success. The next major step in LIG story took place this year when LIG acquired GraphoGame, a research-driven literacy game and learning environment, to leverage the founders’ experience and networks in building Nordic edtech phenomena. So the LIG journey is moving forward with carefully selected companies and partners. Our vision is to become the world’s leading edtech business development group, enabling global success for the top entrepreneurs and technologies from the Nordic region. The LIG mission is to provide our portfolio businesses with an integrated support system through funding, mentoring and partner network exposure, while simultaneously fostering the nascent edtech ecosystem. The Learning Intelligence team is a diverse mix of highly experienced entrepreneurs, executives, advisors and investors. Collectively they boast: +10 exits +900M€ raised in funding +100 years of entrepreneurial experience +50 years of corporate experience Board members in 30 companies C-level positions at world leading companies, such as IKEA, Stora Enso, GN Netcom, Coloplast Board members of multinationals, such as Amer Sports, Novo Nordisk, Neste and Citi Group We are currently running an investment round together with Invesdor. More information at https://www.invesdor.com/fi/pitches/843 or contact Vesa Perälä, CEO LIG (vesa@claned.com)
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