Investors

Upstream Engineering is a privately held company owned by the management, board and investors. Our backers include:

Inventure - Inventure Oy is a venture capital management company concentrating on investments within the ICT sector in Scandinavia and especially in Finland.

Teollisuussijoitus - Finnish Industry Investment Ltd - is a government-owned investment company. It engages in equity capital investment and invests in venture capital funds, private equity funds and directly in selected target companies. Finnish Industry Investment Ltd is administered by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

OKO venture Capital - OKO Venture Capital Oy is a daughter company of OKO Group Oyj, a public company listed in Helsinki Stock Exchange. It's investment focus is in SME ownership arrangements and growth financing. OKO Venture Capital is founded in 1990 and it manages funds totalling over 90M euros.

Sitra - The Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra) is an independent public foundation under the supervision of the Finnish Parliament. Its activities are designed to promote the economic prosperity of the Finnish people. Sitra's activities are financed by the yield from its own endowment capital and the return on its venture-capital investments.

TEKES - Tekes is the major public funding organisation for research and development in Finland. Tekes funds industrial projects as well as projects in research institutes, and especially promotes innovative, risk-intensive projects. Tekes offers partners from abroad a gateway to the key technology players in Finland.

Finnvera - Finnvera plc is a specialised financing company owned by the State of Finland. It provides its clients with loans, guarantees, venture capital investments and export credit guarantees. Finnvera has official Export Credit Agency (ECA) status.