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Ilkka Paananen

Direct investorLimited partner

Angel · Helsinki, Finland

#4,310 Investor rankamong investors on Dealroom
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42 Portfolio companies+100% in 5 years
4 Unicorns
44 Investments
May 2026 Last investment
01 · Fund commitments

The funds Ilkka Paananen backs.

Ilkka Paananen is a limited partner in 7 funds. 1 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.

Seedcamp
United Kingdom
#94 Power Law
BackingMinds
Sweden
FR8
Finland
Frst Capital
France
La Famiglia
Germany
Maki.vc
Finland
Pale Blue Dot
Sweden
02 · Biggest holdings

Ilkka Paananen’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Ilkka Paananen still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for Ilkka Paananen, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 N8nUnicorn · Enterprise Software · Germany $5.2B
  2. 2 Nord SecurityUnicorn · Security · Lithuania $3.0B
  3. 3 LinearUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.2B
  4. 4 OmioTravel · Germany $40M

Unicorns and thoroughbreds Ilkka Paananen has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Ilkka Paananen’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 38 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Finland13
  2. USA11
  3. Germany6
  4. UK5
  5. Lithuania2
  6. Czechia1
  7. France1
  8. Kenya1
  9. Netherlands1
  10. Sweden1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software15
  2. Media7
  3. Fintech5
  4. Food4
  5. Gaming4
  6. Sports4
  7. Health3
  8. Marketing3
  9. Security3
  10. Education2
  11. Transportation2
  12. Energy1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed26
  2. Series A7
  3. Series B+5
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage18
  2. Early Growth17
  3. Late Growth7
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Ilkka Paananen’s portfolio.

The 42 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 38 tracked.

Hopin
Event Tech
$38M
Wolt
Food · Unicorn
$8.1B
Omio
Travel
$40M
N8n
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.2B
Nord Security
Security · Unicorn
$3.0B
Linear
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.3B
FightCamp
Sports
$360M
Kevin.
Fintech
Spacelift
Enterprise Software
$204M
Isometric
Energy
$160M
HiveMQ
Fintech
$176M
Supermetrics
Marketing
$176M
Dance
Transportation
$91M
Riot
Security
$120M
Cytora
Fintech
$132M
IXI
Health
$132M
Gilion
Fintech
$44M
Noice
Gaming
$84M
Born
Gaming
$60M
Elo Health
Food
$40M
Agemo
Enterprise Software
$36M
Huuva
Food
$15M
Whatifi
Media
$40M
StarStock
Sports
$32M
Revyze
Media
$24M
Instant Commerce
Marketing
$24M
Kapu
Health
$32M
BottleCap AI
Enterprise Software
$30M
Blidz
Gaming
$26M
getpaid
Fintech
$24M
Droppe
Health
$16M
Arcane
Marketing
$20M
Flow AI
Media
$18M
Arctic Security
Security
$6.6M
Uplause
Sports
$3.3M
Frontier
Jobs Recruitment
$11M
Frontier
USA
$11M
Taito.ai
Enterprise Software
$11M
Eastnine
Wellness Beauty
$11M
Grey Area
Gaming
$10M
Rens Original
Fashion
Freeed
Media
$4.0M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Ilkka Paananen’s portfolio founders come from.

91 founders across the 42 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Finland32
  2. United States13
  3. Germany12
  4. United Kingdom10
  5. France7
  6. Lithuania3
  7. Netherlands3
  8. Czechia2
  9. Poland2
  10. Sweden2
UniversityCount
  1. Aalto University13
  2. HEC Paris4
  3. University of Helsinki4
  4. University of Sherbrooke3
  5. ENPC Paris - IP Paris2
  6. Harvard Business School2
  7. KTH Royal Institute of Technology2
  8. National University of Singapore2
  9. Reserviupseerikoulu - Reservofficersskolan - Reserve Officer School2
  10. Stockholm School of Economics2
Previous companyCount
  1. Microsoft4
  2. Unity Technologies4
  3. Aalto University3
  4. Accenture3
  5. Alphabet | Google3
  6. Finnish Defence Forces3
  7. McKinsey & Company3
  8. Nokia Corporation3
  9. Varjo3
  10. Aalto Entrepreneurship Society2
06 · Similar investors

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

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Techstars
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Sequoia
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#3 rank 1,921 companies $23T portfolio
NEA
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#36 rank 1,186 companies $2.5T portfolio
Accel
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#32 rank 1,156 companies $2.9T portfolio
Plug and Play
Venture Capital · Sunnyvale
#410 rank 1,576 companies $290B portfolio
Global Founders Capital
Venture Capital · Berlin
#231 rank 605 companies $1.7T portfolio
Antler
Accelerator · Singapore
#1,199 rank 2,027 companies $22B portfolio