Failup Ventures
Failup Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed-stage technology companies in the Nordics and the United States. With offices in Helsinki and San Francisco, it backs technical founders building for the AI era. Its investment themes are AI for Work, AI Advancement and AI for Life. Typical initial investment: USD 500K-1M. Its website lists Failup Fund I Ky's current size as EUR 35M. Per Crunchbase, Failup Ventures has made 29 investments, 10 as lead investor across 25 portfolio companies, with 2 exits.
Investing activity
Failup Ventures has made 29 investments according to Crunchbase across 25 portfolio companies, and has led 10 rounds and seen 2 exits.
Failup Ventures appears in 2 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $7M. The most recent are Confidentialmind (Seed, $4.1M (EUR 3.5M), Apr 2026) and Bracket (Seed, $7M, Feb 2026).
Failup Ventures most often invests alongside D11Z.Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Blackfinch Ventures, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Failup Ventures
What AI companies has Failup Ventures invested in?
Failup Ventures's AI investments include Confidentialmind and Bracket. The 2 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Failup Ventures based?
Failup Ventures is based in Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland.
What stage does Failup Ventures invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Failup Ventures has invested at Seed, with a median round of $7M.
Who does Failup Ventures co-invest with?
Failup Ventures's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are D11Z.Ventures (1 deal), Lifeline Ventures (1 deal), Macquarie Group’s Commodities (1 deal), Blackfinch Ventures (1 deal) and Global Markets business (1 deal).
How can founders reach Failup Ventures?
Founders on Lounge can see Failup Ventures's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Failup Ventures to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.