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Sisu Game Ventures

Sisu Game Ventures is a global VC fund born out of the Nordic game industry.

Funds Raised — $51.1m:

In Jul’15 Sisu raised $1.1m;
In Jun’21 Sisu announced a new fund of $50m.

Fund’s contacts:

Samuli Syvähuoko — Founding Partner, 25+ years experience in game industry, entrepreneurship, investments. Co-founder of Remedy Entertainment, Fathammer, Helsinki GameWorks, Lightheart, Return Entertainment;
Paul Bragiel — Founding Partner, 20+ years experience in entrepreneurship, investments. Co-founder of i/o ventures, GameFounders, Savannah Fund, Golden Gate Ventures, Presence Capital, Bragiel Brothers;
Moaffak Ahmed — Founding Partner and Chairman, 25+ years experience in entrepreneurship, investments. Co-founder of Trema, Cooler Future, Startup Foundation and Superhero Capital, partner at Nordic Makers;
Kalle Kaivola — Venture Partner, 20+ years experience in the game industry and entrepreneurship. Previously worked at Rovio, Recoil Games, and Next Games. Co-founder of Helsinki GameWorks and Lightheart;
Eric Gloersen — Partner, 28+ years experience in the game industry and entrepreneurship. Founder of Funcom, previously studio director at Looking Glass, Epic Games, Disney Mobile and Take2. Recently incubated several game studios including Neon Giant and Exit Plan;
Jere Partanen — Associate, “wunderkind” with 5+ years of project & event management experience, games enthusiast. Previously worked at the Slush startup conference on all things games related.

Recent Investments

Sisu Game Ventures
Sisu Game Ventures

General Information:

Sisu Game Ventures is a global VC fund born out of the Nordic game industry


Website: https://sisugameventures.com/


Primary office: Helsinki, Finland


Year founded: 2014


Team: 6 members

Investment Focus: 

Stage: Early-stage (pre-seed, seed)


Check size: from $60k to $500k


Geography: Worldwide with focus on the Nordics and Eastern Europe


Industry: Game developers (mobile F2P focused); game service companies; cloud native gaming