Ekaterina Gianelli
Venture Partner at Calm/Storm
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Overview
Work Experience
Venture Partner
2024 - Current
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
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
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.
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
Investor
2022 - 2023
The object storage purpose-built for AI, allowing the customers to cut resource usage by up to 60% without compromising speed.
UltiHash is the operator of a data infrastructure platform designed to sustainably grow data.
Raised $2,500,000.00 from The Nordic Web, Tiny VC, Antti Karjalainen, PSV, Futuristic.vc and Inventure.
Investor
2018 - 2023
The first and only FDA-cleared diagnostic menstrual pad that tests for critical health conditions just like a lab test.
Qvin is the first and only healthcare service to use menstrual blood as a non-invasive lab test.
Raised $12,266,023.00 from SeaX Ventures.
Board Observer
2022 - 2023
A Nordic virtual ward company offering patients acute hospital level care in their home.