Hottest Finnish Startups Hiring Right Now 🇫🇮🔥
Source: LinkedIn post by Bendik Fjeld
🦄 Series C+
| Startup | What they do | Funding |
|---|
| ICEYE | SAR satellite constellation for defense | €150M Series E + €300M credit facility (1 satellite/week) |
| ŌURA | Smart ring for 24/7 health tracking | 875M Series E — 11B valuation |
| RELEX Solutions | AI supply chain for retailers | Series D — $5.68B valuation |
💼 Series B
| Startup | What they do | Funding |
|---|
| IQM Quantum Computers | Full-stack superconducting quantum computers | $320M Series B — Europe’s quantum unicorn |
| Verda | European AI cloud on 100% renewable energy | €100M Series B (Apr 2026) — €51.3M revenue run rate — 100+ hires |
| Supermetrics | Marketing intelligence pulling 15% of global ad spend | $100M+ Series B — 200K+ customers |
📈 Series A
| Startup | What they do | Funding |
|---|
| NestAI | Physical AI for autonomous defense | €100M — Nokia & Tesi — 200+ hires |
| Kelluu | Autonomous hydrogen airships for NATO surveillance | €15M Series A (Apr 2026) — led by NATO Innovation Fund |
| ReOrbit | Sovereign satellite systems | €45M Series A — Finland’s largest all-equity A ever |
| Hycamite | Clean hydrogen from methane, zero CO₂ | €44M Series A — 5.5 tons/day |
| Steady Energy | Nuclear microreactors for district heating | €32M — 15 reactors pre-agreed |
| Quanscient | AI-powered multiphysics simulation for hardware engineering | €10M Series A (May 2026) |
| SemiQon | Mass-manufacturable silicon quantum processors | €19.4M — shipping to 4 countries |
| Agileday | AI ops platform for consulting firms | €6.4M — 70+ clients |
🌱 Seed & Early
| Startup | What they do | Funding |
|---|
| Tangled | Open-source GitHub alternative | $4.5M seed — backed by former GitHub CEO |
| Donut Lab | In-wheel electric motors for EVs & drones | €25M seed — 10+ OEM contracts — 30x demand after CES |
| Willo | Wireless power for moving & rotating devices | €2.9M pre-seed — Best of CES 2026 |
| Gosta Labs | AI that cuts cancer documentation time by 2/3 | €7.5M seed — live in 4 countries |
| Capalo AI | AI battery energy trading | €3.8M seed — 300+ MW live across 4 markets |
| Carbonaide | CO₂ mineralized into concrete | €3.7M seed — first carbon credits sold |
| CeLLife Technologies | Battery diagnostics in under 5 seconds | €4.5M seed + EIC grant |
| TheStorage | Sand-based thermal energy storage | €2.15M seed — pilot live Jan 2026 |
| LOUHE | Real-time AI security for campuses & buildings | €3M seed — Yle, Kela & Finavia live |
| Groundhawk.io | AI 3D mapping of underground infrastructure | €2M seed |
| CRACI | Software supply chain security & CRA compliance | €1.4M pre-seed — led by Lifeline |
| Test of Things | AI cybersecurity compliance for IoT | €1.2M pre-seed |
| Skene | AI agents that grow SaaS without a sales team | €800K pre-seed — NVIDIA angels |