42 Gaming Startups in Finland to Watch in 2023
Finland's Gaming sector is booming. This year’s list of the best 42 Finland Gaming startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between.
Last update: September 06, 2023
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Redhill Games are a free to play PC game studio formed by a team of industry veterans.
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Latest Funding
$19 Million
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Employees
11 to 50
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Investors
Play Ventures
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Business Model
B2C
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Contact
•••••@redhillgames.com
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Gaming advertising platform.
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Latest Funding
$4 Million · Seed
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Employees
11 to 50
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Investors
Techstars, Ludus, Change Ventures
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Business Model
SAAS
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Industries
Gaming, Adtech
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Locations
Helsinki
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Contact
•••••@themonetizr.com
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Hame developers.
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Latest Funding
$5.3 Million · Seed
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Employees
1 to 10
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Investors
Index Ventures
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Business Model
B2C
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Industries
Gaming, Video
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Locations
Helsinki
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Contact
•••••@bit-odd.com
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Mainframe Industries is a pan-Nordic game venture with studios in Helsinki and Reyjavik.
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Latest Funding
$23 Million
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
A16Z, Sisu Game Ventures, Maki.vc, Play Ventures
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Contact
•••••@themainframe.com
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Yahaha develops a platform where developers and game players can use the engine to develop their own games and publish it on the platform.
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Latest Funding
$40 Million
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Industries
Gaming, Consumer Social
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
51 to 100
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Contact
•••••@yahaha.com
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Social shopping app.
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Latest Funding
$6.6 Million · Seed
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile, Ecommerce
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
General Catalyst, Fabric Ventures, FJ Labs, Peak Capital
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Contact
•••••@blidz.com
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Lightheart Entertainment is a new mobile game development studio based in Helsinki, Finland.
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Latest Funding
$6.8 Million · Series A
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile, Media and Entertainement
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Sisu Game Ventures
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Contact
•••••@lightheart.games
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Reworks publishes mobile apps that combine lifestyle content and social gaming.
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Latest Funding
$4.3 Million
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile, Community & Lifestyle
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
EQT Ventures, Play Ventures
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Contact
•••••@reworksgames.com
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Savage Game Studios is a dynamite team with expertise across all operational functions from art to tech and gameplay.
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Latest Funding
$4.4 Million · Seed
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Play Ventures
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Contact
•••••@savagegamestudios.com
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Skunkworks is a bold and innovative new studio based in the heart of Helsinki
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Latest Funding
$2.8 Million
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Creandum, Moonfire Ventures, Sisu Game Ventures
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Contact
•••••@skunkworksgames.com
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Social First is a game studio that creates Rich Social Multiplayer and MMO games.
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Latest Funding
$2.5 Million · Pre Seed
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Play Ventures
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Contact
•••••@socialfirstgames.com
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We make casual multiplayer games for mobile.
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Latest Funding
$4.7 Million
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Sisu Game Ventures
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Contact
•••••@superplusgames.com
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Social MMO games for the East and West
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Latest Funding
$6.8 Million · Series A
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Spintop Ventures, byFounders, Sisu Game Ventures
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Contact
•••••@dazzle.rocks
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The future of cloud native gaming.
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Latest Funding
$6 Million
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2B, B2C, SAAS
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Investors
Bitkraft Ventures, VGames, Sisu Game Ventures
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Contact
•••••@returnentertainment.com
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Tribo Games is a new mobile-first web3 game studio.
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Latest Funding
$1.2 Million · Pre Seed
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Industries
Crypto & web3, Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Sisu Game Ventures, Play Ventures
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Contact
•••••@tribo.games
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Puzzle games developer.
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Latest Funding
$4.4 Million · Seed
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Contact
•••••@cosmiclounge.com
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Taking VR to the masses - Cross-platform Virtual Reality Multiplayer Technology and Games (TechStars London '18)
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Latest Funding
$200 Thousand · Pre Seed
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Industries
Gaming, AR / VR, Developer Tools
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2B
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Investors
Sisu Game Ventures
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Contact
•••••@hipfirevr.com
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Matchmade is a marketing platform connecting creators and advertisers for targeted and measured campaigns.
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Latest Funding
$1.2 Million
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Industries
Gaming, Adtech, Sales and Marketing
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
DN Capital, Global Founders Capital (GFC)
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Contact
•••••@matchmade.tv
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Order of Meta is a gaming studio brought to professional game creators.
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Latest Funding
$1.5 Million · Seed
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Play Ventures
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Contact
•••••@orderofmeta.com
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Papukaya is a mobile games studio. Bringing the joy of gaming to new audiences
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Latest Funding
$3.1 Million
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile
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Locations
Helsinki
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@papukaya.com
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We create premium custom editing consoles for Creative and Live Streaming verticals.
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Latest Funding
$2.4 Million
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Industries
Gaming, Hardware, Manufacturing
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2B
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Contact
•••••@loupedeck.com
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Bring your imagination. Makea Games is building a UGC powered multiplayer universe.
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Latest Funding
$1.3 Million · Pre Seed
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Industries
Crypto & web3, Gaming
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Locations
Tampere
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Investors
Play Ventures
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Contact
•••••@makea.games
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Seppo is a web application that allows teachers to design, build, and share educational map based games.
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Latest Funding
$1.2 Million
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Industries
Edtech, Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Contact
•••••@seppo.io
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StageZero Technologies is an AI company and innovator of the ground-breaking MicroTasks technology used for ethical data creation.
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Latest Funding
$1.8 Million · Seed
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Industries
Gaming, Data and Analytics, Business Intelligence
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Investors
Nordic Game Ventures
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Contact
•••••@stagezero.ai
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3DBear is a Finnish high-technology startup
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Latest Funding
$1.8 Million
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Industries
Edtech, Gaming, Manufacturing
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2B
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Contact
•••••@3dbear.io
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4Good Games develops casual games to raise awareness and mobilize resources and funds.
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Latest Funding
$370 Thousand · Pre Seed
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@4goodgames.com
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Mobile game studio based in Helsinki, Finland. We make games for the way people play today!
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Latest Funding
$900 Thousand · Pre Seed
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Industries
Edtech, Gaming, Mobile
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@lightneer.com
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Peili Vision has created a Virtual Reality platform to be used in neurological rehabilitation.
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Latest Funding
$330 Thousand · Pre Seed
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Industries
Health Tech, Edtech, Gaming, AR / VR
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Contact
•••••@peilivision.fi
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Playmore Games is a gaming company that designs and publishes table top games.
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Latest Funding
$1.3 Million
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@playmoregames.com
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Development and production of animations, cost of production and distribution. Industry consulting and events.
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Industries
Gaming, Media and Entertainement, Sales and Marketing
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@gutsy.fi
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Haruworks is a Finland-based animation start-up studio.
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Industries
Gaming, Media and Entertainement, Creative Tools
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@haruworks.com
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Everywear Games is world\'s leading wearable games company.
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Industries
Gaming, Hardware
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@everyweargames.com
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Futurefly is a social AR and 3D studio, built up of veterans from the gaming scene & computer vision specialists.
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Industries
Gaming, Hardware
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@futurefly.net
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GameRefinery is a provider of feature level analytics, market insights and benchmarks for the global mobile games industry.
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@gamerefinery.com
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Grand Cru develops mobile and social games supporting player interaction.
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@grandcrugames.com
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HypeHype Inc. is a developer of HypeHype mobile game creation and playing platform
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@hypehype.com
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Next Games is a free-to-play developer based in Helsinki, Finland. Our priority is to create compelling and easy gameplay experience.
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
101 to 250
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Contact
•••••@nextgames.com
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Supercell is a video game development company for tablets and smart phones.
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Industries
Gaming
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Locations
Helsinki
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Employees
251 to 500
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Contact
•••••@supercell.com
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Better video analysis - tell better stories. AISpotter automatically analysis any video with fast video analysis service based on AI.
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Latest Funding
$230 Thousand · Pre Seed
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Industries
Gaming, AI, Media and Entertainement, Data and Analytics, Video, Business Intelligence, Communications, Productivity Tools, Creative Tools
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Locations
Oulu
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Employees
1 to 10
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Business Model
B2B, SAAS
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Contact
•••••@aispotter.com
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A mobile game developer and publisheer based in Oulu, Northern Finland.
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile
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Locations
Oulu
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Employees
51 to 100
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Business Model
B2C
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Contact
•••••@fingersoft.com
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Hatch is an online game streaming platform that enables users to play, watch, and share games.
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Industries
Gaming, Mobile, Media and Entertainement
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Locations
Espoo
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Employees
11 to 50
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Business Model
SAAS
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Contact
•••••@playhatch.com
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The pioneers of gaming surrogacy.
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Industries
Gaming, Hardware
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Locations
Espoo
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Employees
11 to 50
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Contact
•••••@surrogate.tv
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