Antler (II)

About Antler (II)

Antler (II) is a venture capital firm based in Finland, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFinland

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Pre-idea AI founder seeking co-builder, capital & community

inception-stage

AI-first

global

category-defining

pre-seed

Bullish Signals

1,800+ portfolio companies globallyexternal

12,000+ founders supportedexternal

30 locations, fastest-growing AI portfolioexternal

Airalo unicorn exit from inceptionexternal

Antler Elevate fund adds Series A+external

Lovable, Capsa AI notable portfolio winsexternal

Europe unicorn founder study: 3,000+ analysedexternal

HIFI raised $8M at $45M valuationexternal

Portfolio spans fintech, deeptech, AI, satelliteexternal

Jenny Fleiss (Rent the Runway) in networkexternal

Tactiq, Wrtn, fileAI: AI portfolio breadthexternal

Glīd, Satlyt: deep-tech hardware betsexternal

Salmon, Marco: emerging market fintech playsexternal

Harper, Rebolt: insurance & marketing betsexternal

AminoChain: biotech decentralized network betexternal

Clout Kitchen, Sweatpals: consumer AI playsexternal

Contrarian Signals

Cohort model — competitive, high rejectionexternal

Hundreds of hours vetting before checkexternal

Program-gated entry, not direct pitchexternal

Founder Do's

Be building AI or deep-tech

Join before having a co-founder

Show category-defining ambition

Leverage Antler's global network

Apply at idea/inception stage

Founder Don'ts

Don't come post-traction seeking Series A+

Don't expect passive capital only

Don't pitch trend-chasing ideas

Key GPs & Partners

Magnus Grimeland

Founder & CEO

visionaryoperatorglobal-builder

Jeff Becker

Host / Partner

thought-leadernetworker

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€100M

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Website

Key People

Jussi Kallasvuo

Magnus GrimelandFounder & CEO

Jeff BeckerHost / Partner