Mikko Silventola

I am the Chairman of the Board and Partner of Frontier (frontiernordic.vc), Hugo Technologies (hugoapp.com) and Taxify’s First Investor. Taxify (now Bolt) is the Fastest Growing Ridesharing Platform in the World. + 50 other tech start-up investments. + Portfolio companies raised a total of >$2B in venture financing. + 3 Unicorns as Investor, 15 Secondary Share Sale Exits, 2 Exits as Founder, 1 Gaming Company Exit.
Type Angel Investor
Website linkedin.com

Investment info

Invests in
Idea
Product or prototype
Go to market
Growth and expansion
Investment range
€ < 25K
€ 25 - 50K
€ 50 - 100K
€ 100 - 500K
Primary markets
Consumer, Companies, Marketplace, Government
Investing in countries
Finland

Focus areas

Consumer Goods
Consumer Goods
Education
Education
Energy & Greentech
Energy & Greentech
Media & Entertainment
Media & Entertainment
See all 29 focus areas

Investments

Transfluent

Smarp

Buddy Healthcare

Meizi Games

Hipfire Games

Koukoi Games Oy

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FundedByMe

EA

Enter Advice

See all 9 investments

Key people

MS
Investor

Mikko Silventola

Invests in SDGs

More about Mikko Silventola

I have founded 3 international media companies which in total have generated over 35MEUR in sales over just a few years.

I have a solid track record in internationalization of the companies in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. I have also operated in the private equity sector focusing on advising early stage companies, angel investing, M&A advisory and fundraising.

Seed Investments:

Bolt (previously Taxify, first investor & hands-on advisor, raised >$320M from Daimler, Didi etc.)

Smarp (raised >$12M from Nauta Cap etc.)

Koukoi Games (raised >$3M from IPR.VC etc.)

Rappi (raised >$1.5B from Softbank, Sequoia, a16z, DST etc.)

Flutterwave (raised $5M from Omidyar etc.)

Embark (raised $100M from Sequoia, Tiger Global etc.)

TLBiolabs (raised >$4M from Andreessen Horowitz, YC etc.)

SendHelper (raised >$1M from Muru-D etc.)

TribeStudios (exit, acquired by Palringo)

FundedByMe (raised >$5M from Link Ventures etc.)

PayMongo (raised >$2.7M from Stripe, Founders Fund, Peter Thiel etc.)

Cafe X (raised >$10M from Jason Calacanis, Social Capital, The Thiel Foundation etc.)

Buffer (raised >$4.5M Guy Kawasaki, AngelPad etc.)

BrewDog (valued at £2bn after investment from TSG etc.)

Pronto (ride sharing in LatAm, raised >$5M from Y Combinator etc.)

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