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IPR.VC

Lönnrotinkatu 5, Helsinki, 00120, Finland

Overview

IPR.VC offers institutional investors access to media content asset investments through standard LP/GP fund structures. IPR.VC funds feature fast capital distribution, downside protection and attractive risk/return ratio. IPR.VC invests in TV and film content in North America, the UK and Europe. IPR.VC has a proven investment model and verified track of substantial fast distributions to its investors and attractive risk-return ratio. The media content business does not correlate with general economic cycles and other asset classes, so the fund offers an avenue for diversifying investment portfolio. Investors include fund-of-funds, pension and insurance investors, foundations and family offices . A sustainable fund complying with SFDR Article 8.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
5

Sector focus

  • Content Creators
  • Digital Media
  • Media and Entertainment
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Investment portfolio

  • Lightneer

    Participated · Seed · Aug 2017

    Lightneer is a Finnish learning game studio that developed Big Bang Legends in collaboration with science experts. The game employs a “Learn To Play” model that combines stealth-learning of physics and chemistry with in-depth learning content. It offers subscription content starting at $0.99 per month and 30-second mini-lectures from scientists such as Marcus du Sautoy and Rolf Landua. Lightneer launched the game in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Finland and plans a global unveiling in January 2018 with activities focused on the US and the UK. The company is led by CEO Lauri Järvilehto and its team includes veterans from Rovio, Digital Chocolate and Gameloft; the advisory board includes Marcus du Sautoy, Rolf Landua and Tom Kalinske. Lightneer closed a $5M seed funding round to support its product rollout and expansion. Lightneer is a learning game development studio founded in 2015 in Helsinki, Finland, that builds interactive education experiences combining entertainment and learning. Its first title, Big Bang Legends, is a role-playing puzzler that brings the periodic table to life as collectible characters and is slated to arrive globally on iOS and Android in 2017. The team includes industry veterans from Rovio Entertainment, Digital Chocolate and Gameloft. The company has appointed Peter Vesterbacka as a company evangelist and added a high-profile advisory board including Tom Kalinske, Ian Livingstone, Marcus du Sautoy and Pasi Sahlberg. Financially, Lightneer completed a €2.8m financing round that brought total investment to €3.5m.

Team

  • Jarkko Virtanen

    Founding Partner, Chairman

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  • Timo Argillander

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner

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  • Tanu-Matti Tuominen

    Partner, Co-Founder

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  • Tuomas Anttonen

    Director, Back Office

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