Gorilla Ventures
Lapinlahdenkatu 16, Helsinki, 00180, Finland
Overview
Gorilla Ventures Oy is a seed-stage angel fund for Finnish startups. It finances 10 to 15 early-stage Finnish startups every year. Gorilla Ventures Oy also provides advice to startups in various high impact situations, including product or market fit, strategy, funding, go-to-market, customer development, international expansion, and other fundamental issues to make better strategic choices. It was launched in 2012 by Timo Tiihonen, Petri Lehmuskoski, Risto Rautakorpi, and Reijo Syrjäläinen. Gorilla Ventures Oy is headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- EatAndTheCity
Participated · Equity · Nov 2017
EatAndTheCity provides an AI-powered white-label restaurant discovery platform that allows users to discover and book eating experiences in their city. The platform combines feedback from journalists, food critics and local users into unbiased reviews of nearby restaurants and takeaways. Led by cofounder Ilkka O. Lavas, the company collaborates with partners including Michelin’s Bookatable, HERE mapping service and Wolt delivery. It has offices in Helsinki, Berlin, London, Sheffield and Tallinn, and its first international media partner is Munich-based Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The company raised €3.3M in funding and intends to use the funds to expand its platform. The startup works with a range of corporate partners to distribute its white-label offering.
Team
No current team members are available.