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Ekaterina Gianelli

Venture Partner at Calm/Storm | Board Member at Greens Ventures | Kauffman Fellow

Helsinki, Uusimaa

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Venture Partner

    2024

    The early-stage digital health investor in Europe.

  • Advisor & Board Member

    2024

    First cheques in pre-seed startups with founders who are alumni of Nordic unicorns.

  • Investor

    2023

    The world’s first true glasses-free mixed reality solution, which fundamentally changes how people see and interact with the world around them.

  • Kauffman Fellow | Class 25

    2020

    With 800+ Fellows across 65 countries, Kauffman Fellows is the largest network of VCs and innovation leaders in the world. As a network, Kauffman Fellows represent over $290 billion in assets under management, have collectively raised over $790 billion dollars in capital, and have been responsible for over $8.5 trillion in exits to LPs. www.kauffmanfellows.org

  • Expert Advisor

    2020

    The European Innovation Council Accelerator is Europe's flagship innovation programme designed to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough innovations. The EIC work programme 2024 opens funding opportunities worth over €1.2 billion for strategic technologies and scaling up companies. The majority is dedicated to startups to develop and scale up deep tech innovations in critical fields such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), space, critical raw materials, semiconductors and quantum technologies.

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2024

    2024: Acquired by Searchspring 2014: Pre-seed by Inventure Klevu AI is the best search and product discovery in ecommerce, trusted by the world’s leading brands and retailers.

2014 - 2024

  • Venture Partner

    2023 - 2024

  • General Partner

    2018 - 2023

    Inventure is a Nordic venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. The team has been in venture with over 100 companies ranging from deep tech to consumer internet brands, including Wolt, Swappie, and Lassie. With its €380 million of assets under management, Inventure focuses on seed rounds across the Nordics and the Baltics, with offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.

  • Investment Director

    2014 - 2018

2022 - 2023

  • Investor

    2022 - 2023

    The object storage purpose-built for AI, allowing the customers to cut resource usage by up to 60% without compromising speed.

2018 - 2023

  • Investor

    2018 - 2023

    The first and only FDA-cleared diagnostic menstrual pad that tests for critical health conditions just like a lab test.

2022 - 2023

  • Board Observer

    2022 - 2023

    A Nordic virtual ward company offering patients acute hospital level care in their home.