Petteri Lahtela

Agion is an AI-native transformation company. We help public institutions and mission-driven companies lead in the age of AI & AGI, not just by adopting AI, but by embedding intelligence into how they think, decide, and operate. Built in Finland and active globally, we bring together Silicon Valley-grade AI capability with Nordic values, public trust, and digital sovereignty. Our mission is to accelerate positive AI-native transformation, enabling organizations to move from fragmented automation to full-spectrum intelligence. We help clients: Scale productivity 10x without scaling stress. Design intelligent systems with agents, memory & autonomy. Build their own AI capabilities, ethically and independently. Secure their sovereignty over data, decisions, and infrastructure We’re not a consultancy. We’re not a traditional venture studio. We’re a lean, mission-driven execution partner for those who are ready to lead. Whether it’s co-creating new AI-native workflows, deploying agent systems, or rethinking strategic operations, we help institutions and enterprises transform intelligently and at startup speed. And when the opportunity calls for it, we don’t just transform, we launch entirely new AI-native companies built for the age of intelligence. Our clients are a growing group of ambitious organizations, from government agencies to global industries, taking bold steps to shape their future with AI-native capabilities. Let’s build a future where intelligence belongs to everyone. www.agion.dev Based in Finland. Active across Europe and globally.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, ReOrbit is a fast-growing European space technology company that manufactures sovereign satellites and connected systems for national security. Our technologies provide independent control of critical space assets and enable secure communications for both military and civilian use. Through long-term partnerships and knowledge transfer, we ensure our customers achieve and maintain strategic autonomy. With offices across multiple countries, we bring together a diverse team of experts who bring extensive industry experience and technical excellence to our operations. As we continue to expand, we are opening new locations worldwide and are always on the lookout for talented, ambitious individuals to join our journey.

Nordic Nano is developing the next generation of solar, storage and hydrogen technologies, all of which are based on advanced nanocarbon materials. Our non-toxic innovations capture light across the full solar spectrum, even in scattered or low-light conditions, and are engineered for maximum efficiency, safety, and sustainability. We are currently in an intensive R&D phase and are investing significantly in research, testing and strategic partnerships to transform breakthrough materials into scalable clean energy solutions. From durable solar harvesting to stable, safe energy storage, our products are designed to have a tangible impact and deliver long-term performance.

Audicin is an app with brain-activating audio treatments for nervous system resilience. It delivers the proven benefits of mindfulness in minutes. Just pop on your own headphones and carry on with your day. The app includes curated musical journeys for 24/7 nervous system balance; work, focus, creativity, mood boost, commute, relax and sleep. Audicin effectively combats burnout, insomnia, mind wandering, productivity paralysis, and the many other symptoms of an overstimulated nervous system.

On a mission to make wildly resilient humans

Verge Motorcycles develops and manufactures the worlds most advanced electric superbike. With its patented motor technology and innovative design, Verge challenges conventional ways of thinking with the clear goal of creating the world’s best electric motorcycle from the ground up. Not a motorcycle that looks like yesterday, but a motorcycle that feels like the future.

Solein is a game-changing protein for the global food industry. Produced from air – CO2, water, nitrogen – and electricity, our unique natural single-cell proteins are not dependent on agriculture, weather or the climate. Creating the future of sustainable food with an unlimited diversity of proteins.

Alba Health is on a mission to improve the health of next generations. Join our movement to fight the chronic disease epidemic from childhood.

CardioSignal is a health technology company developing groundbreaking solutions for early detection of heart diseases. We are based in Turku, Finland and Palo Alto, CA, United States. The CardioSignal mobile application is a CE-marked class IIa medical device for the detection of atrial fibrillation, available in over 10 countries. The technology we are developing enables a digital cardiac biomarker for other major heart diseases as well. CardioSignal is a brand and a product by Precordior. Originally an academic spinoff, the company’s patented motion sensor technology is built on a decade of research and algorithm development. Our purpose We are supporting healthcare in battling the #1 killer of people in the world. With heart disease numbers only rising, we are facing a health and economic problem described as an epidemic by researchers and physicians around the world. Early identification and treatment of heart disease, such as atrial fibrillation, would help prevent strokes and heart attacks and improve outcomes for individuals and society.

PAIKKA is all about creating premium level, human-grade pet essentials. We believe every product designed for your pet should be designed as well and profoundly as products for human beings. We re-invent important daily moments in pets´ lives through inventive lifestyle products which are safe to use and equipped with uncompromised ergonomic and functional features. Our PAIKKA pack consists of animal lovers with unique skillset. Together we have long work experience in fast fashion, design, pet industry and assortment management, B2B omni-channel development, global procurement and production. We understand the needs of pet owners through extensive knowledge of dog behavior, ergonomics and wellbeing. PAIKKA delivers outdoor and home products for different life stages in pets’ life. Every product is designed with our end users’ needs in mind – for us pets come first. We don’t cut corners, even the smallest little details have been thought through. Practicality and functionality don’t rule out style, PAIKKA pet products are something you love showing to everyone, also your friends who don’t have pets, yet. We also make our industry expertise available to help third-party retailers grow their pet accessories business. We prepare turnkey strategic assortment and pricing models for our business partners and give them access to our proprietary design, product development and manufacturing system Follow our journey on Instagram.

Prifina is a VC-backed company that offers a personal data infrastructure for developers to build personal AI agents on top of user-held data.

Xiphera, Ltd, based in Finland, designs and implements proven cryptographic security for embedded systems. Our strong cryptographic expertise and extensive experience in digital system design enable us to help our customers to protect their most valuable assets. We offer secure and highly optimised cryptographic Intellectual Property (IP) cores, designed directly for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) without software components. Our broad, fully in-house designed, and up-to-date portfolio, including implementations of Post-Quantum Cryptography, enables cost-effective development projects with fast time-to-market – providing peace of mind in a dangerous world.

Plantiga is a an AI-powered sensor system designed for return-to-play and on-field monitoring. Our IoT sensors can be embedded in orthotics, shoes, sock liners, or our insoles to capture individual limb biomechanics, step-by-step, and stride-by-stride. We know that injuries can be mitigated by identifying and training movement deficits, but there is a gap between what can be measured in controlled environments and what happens in the real world. Plantiga’s unobtrusive, wireless sensors enables lab-quality biomechanical assessment in any environment, so you can make better decisions and drive better outcomes.

We are helping people with Parkinsons disease by providing an accurate and clear picture of their condition to get the best treatment possible, improving their quality of life. Adamant Health is a Finnish health-tech startup on a mission to revolutionize the care of Parkinson’s disease by enabling data-driven disease management, supporting earlier diagnosis and improving patient outcomes. The company was founded in 2020 as a spin-off from the University of Eastern Finland to bring our research-based, innovative technology to patients, clinicians, healthcare service providers and companies developing new therapies. We have developed the first, advanced precision technology able to measure the visible and invisible motor symptoms of Parkinsons disease. Our unique CE-marked data-analysis technology, based on surface electromyography (EMG), provides detailed and accurate symptom data, essential for supporting personalised treatment that can be continuously optimised. The technology is based on over 15 years of research with more than 25 scientific articles published in international publications. In addition to Parkinsons disease, our technology brings also visibility to the symptoms of various other movement disorders.

Agion is an AI-native transformation company. We help public institutions and mission-driven companies lead in the age of AI & AGI, not just by adopting AI, but by embedding intelligence into how they think, decide, and operate. Built in Finland and active globally, we bring together Silicon Valley-grade AI capability with Nordic values, public trust, and digital sovereignty. Our mission is to accelerate positive AI-native transformation, enabling organizations to move from fragmented automation to full-spectrum intelligence. We help clients: Scale productivity 10x without scaling stress. Design intelligent systems with agents, memory & autonomy. Build their own AI capabilities, ethically and independently. Secure their sovereignty over data, decisions, and infrastructure We’re not a consultancy. We’re not a traditional venture studio. We’re a lean, mission-driven execution partner for those who are ready to lead. Whether it’s co-creating new AI-native workflows, deploying agent systems, or rethinking strategic operations, we help institutions and enterprises transform intelligently and at startup speed. And when the opportunity calls for it, we don’t just transform, we launch entirely new AI-native companies built for the age of intelligence. Our clients are a growing group of ambitious organizations, from government agencies to global industries, taking bold steps to shape their future with AI-native capabilities. Let’s build a future where intelligence belongs to everyone. www.agion.dev Based in Finland. Active across Europe and globally.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, ReOrbit is a fast-growing European space technology company that manufactures sovereign satellites and connected systems for national security. Our technologies provide independent control of critical space assets and enable secure communications for both military and civilian use. Through long-term partnerships and knowledge transfer, we ensure our customers achieve and maintain strategic autonomy. With offices across multiple countries, we bring together a diverse team of experts who bring extensive industry experience and technical excellence to our operations. As we continue to expand, we are opening new locations worldwide and are always on the lookout for talented, ambitious individuals to join our journey.

We are The Nordic Institutional Super Angel. We believe in probabilities and statistics, not luck. We rigorously follow our investment criteria and diversify our investments across 100 companies. That is why the risk is lower than in average VC and we can even talk about likely returns. We invest in startups that prefer a cautious and calculated approach to risk. We call these entrepreneurs camels - the ambitious yet resilient players in the startup landscape. For us the camel characterizes the way the company makes its startup journey - displaying curiosity and intelligence and having a remarkable ability to successfully reach their destinations. They use resources efficiently, navigate steadily through diverse market conditions and quickly adapt to changing environment.

Nordic Nano is developing the next generation of solar, storage and hydrogen technologies, all of which are based on advanced nanocarbon materials. Our non-toxic innovations capture light across the full solar spectrum, even in scattered or low-light conditions, and are engineered for maximum efficiency, safety, and sustainability. We are currently in an intensive R&D phase and are investing significantly in research, testing and strategic partnerships to transform breakthrough materials into scalable clean energy solutions. From durable solar harvesting to stable, safe energy storage, our products are designed to have a tangible impact and deliver long-term performance.

Lifeline Ventures is a Helsinki-based early-stage VC. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, we work with early-stage companies in funding, sales, technology, strategy, and operations. Lifeline Ventures invests in future category-leading companies with strong founders. To date, we have invested in over 100 companies. Our investment ticket size ranges from 100 kEUR to 2 mEUR and we participate in angel, seed and series A rounds.