Maki Fund III.

About Maki Fund III.

Maki Fund III. is a venture capital firm based in Finland, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Deep Tech, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFinland

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Deep Tech

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Nordic deep tech founders moving from lab to company

deep tech

quantum computing

Nordic focus

science-to-company

frontier technology

Bullish Signals

Active in Aalto quantum cohort judgingexternal

Strong Nordic deep tech ecosystem tiesexternal

Backing quantum & frontier tech earlyexternal

Europe quantum thesis: IQM, QMill, Quanscientlinkedin

Engaged doctoral/post-doc founder pipelinelinkedin

Co-judging with IQM & VTT leaderslinkedin

Quantum: computing, simulation, secure infralinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Heavy Nordic/Aalto network focusexternal

High technical risk tolerance requiredexternal

Founder Do's

Think early about customers & adoption

Bridge lab research to scalable business

Move early on technical risk

Build from deep technical advantage

Reference Europe quantum leaders (IQM, QMill, Quanscient)

Founder Don'ts

Don't stay purely research-focused

Don't ignore commercialization path

Don't skip customer discovery

Key GPs & Partners

Pirkka Palomäki

Partner

deep techquantum-focusedecosystem builder

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€100M

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Key People

Aavo Räisänen, Lkka Kivimäki, Irkka Alomäki

Pirkka PalomäkiPartner