Launch your company and get funded in 10 weeks with
—Antler in Finland
Launch your startup, get funded in 10 weeks - We’re a global early stage VC backing founders from day zero. We invest up to €300k through our founder residency – a building sprint where you leverage community, coaching, and intense effort to make 1 year of progress in 10 weeks.
Launch your company and get funded in 10 weeks with
—Antler in Finland
Launch your startup, get funded in 10 weeks - We’re a global early stage VC backing founders from day zero. We invest up to €300k through our founder residency – a building sprint where you leverage community, coaching, and intense effort to make 1 year of progress in 10 weeks.
We bring together exceptional builders and teams to co-found with, explore, and validate ideas. Together, we can turn your vision into reality.
We provide coaching and access to a network of founders and experts so that you can validate your ideas
We invest Pre-Seed and provide follow-on funding up to Series C
We are a global partner for future expansion with 30 locations worldwide
How Antler works
Antler's 10-week residency in Helsinki welcomes both individuals and teams to launch startups with Pre-Seed funding. We connect driven individuals to co-create and build from scratch, while established teams can fast-track their growth with early-stage investment.
Application Process
The entire application process takes about two weeks to complete. After applying via our website, candidates will undergo two interviews. Successful candidates will receive an offer to join the upcoming Antler Residency in Finland. You can both apply as a team and as a solo founder.
Download our Founder Info Brochure to learn more about our application process and our next residency
The Residency
Build your company alongside a cohort of pre-vetted, exceptional potential co-founders, validate your ideas, engage with customers, develop your MVP, refine your business model, and create your go-to-market strategy before pitching to the investment committee.
Investment terms
We invest up to €300k to catalyze your pre-seed raise, with reserves for later rounds. If you pass our investment committee, we first write you a check for €100,000 for 10% of your company. Founders can then unlock an additional €200,000 of follow-on funding. We can continue with follow-on investments in our companies with larger amounts until Series C.
Post-investment, we foster an even higher touch relationship, where founders continue to work with Antler weekly. Focus areas include customer and revenue growth, and future fundraising preparation. As portfolio companies progress toward their next round, Antler introduces their most recent investment cohort of downstream investors.
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FAQs
By helping thousands of founders launch and scale the next generation of great companies that address some of the most pressing challenges of our time, we move society forward and make progress a certainty.
We’re looking for highly ambitious operators, technologists, or serial entrepreneurs who can motivate themselves and others to join their mission to build a game-changing business. Whether you’re an individual or team at the early stages of their journey, we are here to help as a partner obsessed with your success.
We are focused on providing founders better access to capital at the very beginning of their journey, so we back founders at the ideation stage. We'll invest as early as a clearly defined product statement and roadmap to your MVP, we'll even help you incorporate your new venture if necessary. We always aim to be the first institutional check into our portfolio companies.
Antler's Nordic residencies take place at our offices in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, and Helsinki. The residency is a full-time commitment. This means that you are 100% dedicating your time to building your company. That said, it is not “mandatory” to be in the office from 9-5PM daily. The intention is to foster an engaged and supportive community of founders building together in person. As long as you show up for cohort activities and receive value from the community, you can spend your time in any way you see most fit to build your company. Most founders come in 4-5 days a week.
Our standard terms are €100k for 10% equity. If your startup has already closed a round at a significantly higher valuation, or are currently closing a round, your specific case can be brought up to the Investment Committee for consideration.
Our standard terms include an investment of up to 300K EUR in the companies that are successful at our investment committee.The first part is 100K EUR for 10% ownership.The second part of 200K EUR is conditional on further capital being raised from other investors within nine months following our first investment. If your startup has already closed a round at a significantly higher valuation, or are currently closing a round, your specific case can be brought up to the Investment Committee for consideration.
We commit to pre-seed investing 300K EUR in the companies that are successful at our investment committee:
- The first part is 100K EUR for 10% ownership.
- The second part of 200K EUR is conditional on further capital being raised from other investors within nine months following our first investment.
In addition to this, we can support our companies with larger amounts as follow-on investments until Series C.
The details:
Initial investment (first part):
- 100K EUR for 10% ownership
- Done as part of our residency
Pre-committed next investment (second part):
- We’ll invest one-third of the total amount raised in the next funding round
- Within nine months after our initial investment
- The round needs to involve professional or semi-professional investors
- On the same terms as those investors
- Up to €200,000
Further investments (after initial and next investments):
- Potential pro rata investments
- Until Series C
- No amount limits
We are industry agnostic. We invest in scalable companies and exceptional people. However, we do not invest in the following areas: drugs, narcotics, adult entertainment, and gambling.
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Meet our team
Mike is a Partner at Antler Australia and co-leads the Australia operations. He's a seasoned operator and investor who kickstarted his career in equity capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.Mike's journey with Uber began as the second employee in Asia and the 121st globally. As the Head of Operations for Australia and New Zealand, he played a pivotal role in building a thriving multi-billion-dollar business locally. Over the course of six years, he witnessed the local team's remarkable growth, scaling it from just three members to a formidable team of over 500. This experience gave him invaluable insights into scaling businesses and driving growth in challenging markets.Following his time at Uber, Mike co-founded and led Kaddy, a B2B marketplace. Under his leadership as CEO, Kaddy was acquired for $34 million within three years. Mike also brings over 20 years of investment experience, including numerous direct and indirect angel investments. His diverse background and extensive experience have made him a sought-after advisor and mentor, offering valuable insights to early stage businesses.
Jussi started his career in finance, but has since turned entrepreneur and investor. During the past 20 years he has worked or studied in Europe, USA and Asia and loves Antler’s international spirit. Jussi has founded and exited two companies and, in addition to doing a variety of sports and being outdoors, gets his kicks from seeing entrepreneurs thrive.
Antti started his career at OliverWyman and then McKinsey&Company with a brief stint to public sector in the middle. Since then, he has founded two start ups, exited one and worked for the last years in wealth management in leadership roles. During his career, Antti has worked across the Middle East, Europe, US and South America. Antti is also a passionate cyclist and outdoor enthusiast.
Sebastian has joined Antler after working at Slush as Head of Partnerships, with a great passion for the local startup ecosystem. He is looking after our founders in Finland to facilitate the magic that happens during the program. In his free-time he can be found playing a variety of ball sports, or on the beach during the short summer of the Nordics.
Stella joined Antler after leading Slush’s international satellite events and connecting with nascent startup ecosystems worldwide. Now, she looks after the residency ensuring founders maximize their experience during the 12-week program in Helsinki. Otherwise, she enjoys being outdoors, preferably by the sea or mountains.