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Sami Ahvenniemi

General Partner at Vendep Capital

Helsinki, Uusimaa

Overview 

Sami Ahvenniemi is a General Partner at Vendep Capital in Helsinki, Uusimaa, with a strong background in venture capital and start-ups. He has invested in notable companies like Hopsworks and BehavioSec, showcasing his expertise in Series A and Seed stages within the Cloud Infrastructure and SaaS sectors. As a seasoned investor and advisor, Sami has made impactful contributions to various companies, including serving as a Board Member for Hopsworks and MyTelescope, and as an Angel Investor for Edge Impulse and MarketMuse.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2020 - Current

    Vendep invests in seed to series A b2b SaaS companies and founders originating from the Nordic & Baltic countries.

  • Chairman

    2023

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Angel Investor

    2020

Edge Impulse is the platform for developing intelligent devices using embedded machine learning.

Raised $54,400,000.00 from Momenta, Knollwood Investment Advisory, Fika Ventures, Canaan Partners, Acrew Capital and Coatue.

  • Advisor & Angel Investor

    2015

MarketMuse accelerates content research and builds AI-driven content strategies.

Raised $9,238,000.00 from LunaCap Ventures.

  • Advisor & Angel Investor

    2015

Construction Software, Project Management

Raised $6,400,000.00 from Toy Ventures, Dan Miller-Smith, The MBA Fund, Kevin Moore, Hustle Fund, Garuda Ventures, Sundeep Ahuja, Henry Courtemanche, Gaingels and Sahil Lavingia.

  • Angel Investor

    2015

  • Member of the Board 2011-2012 & 10/2018->, Chairman 2012-2017

    2011 - 2022

BehavioSec is the pioneer for behavioral biometrics and continuous authentication, protecting millions of users and billions of transactions

Raised $25,681,285.00 from ABN AMRO Ventures, Cisco Investments, Conor Venture Partners, Forgepoint Capital and Octopus Ventures.

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