The best founders are not always in your network.
Ventura helps investors discover promising founders beyond warm intros, events, and network gates.
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
Lumen AIAI / ML·Seed·Helsinki, Finland◆
Northwind PayFintech·Pre-seed·Tampere, Finland◆
Atlas HealthHealthtech·Series A·Turku, Finland◆
Verdant GridClimate·Seed·Oulu, Finland◆
LoopDevtools·Pre-seed·Espoo, Finland◆Lumen AIAI / ML·Seed·Helsinki, Finland◆Northwind PayFintech·Pre-seed·Tampere, Finland◆Atlas HealthHealthtech·Series A·Turku, Finland◆Verdant GridClimate·Seed·Oulu, Finland◆LoopDevtools·Pre-seed·Espoo, Finland◆Access founders from across the nation
60+
Validated startup ideas*
10+
Pilot investors onboard
Boost
Turku
Ignite
Helsinki
Forward
Lappeenranta
OuluES
Oulu
Current discovery methods
- Pitch EventsGeographical limits
- Cold EmailOverwhelmed
- Personal NetworksLimits & Bias
- DatabasesNot founder first
- Pitch DecksPoor Engagement
Future
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AI / ML
Lumen AI
Maya Chen · Seed
Autonomous research agents for biotech labs.
LIVE
Fintech
Northwind Pay
Daniel Okafor · Pre-seed
Cross-border payouts for African creators in 60 seconds.
LIVE
Healthtech
Atlas Health
Priya Raman · Series A
AI co-pilot for primary-care physicians.
LIVE
Climate
Verdant Grid
Lukas Berg · Seed
Software that lets factories trade unused renewable energy.
LIVE
Devtools
Loop
Sara Kim · Pre-seed
Replay-based debugging for distributed systems.
Founder first Analysis.
Pitch-driven startup evaluation built for investors.
B2C · Pre-seed
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Founder history
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Founders
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Pilot investors
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