Jonathan Andersin, Partner

Jonathan focuses on venture capital investments and has assisted numerous Finnish startups and growth companies as well as domestic and foreign venture capital investors in financing rounds. In addition to venture capital, Jonathan also advises on a broad range of other corporate and M&A transactions, including private equity deals, debt financing transactions and fund formation, and on general corporate law matters.

Jonathan is a sought-after trainer on topics related to venture capital investments and startups and speaks regularly at various trainings as well as events such as Slush. Jonathan is also the author of the first Finnish handbook on VC investments “Venture capital -sijoitukset – käsikirja rahoituskierroksille” (2021).

In addition to obtaining his law degrees from the University of Turku (Master) and Åbo Akademi University (Bachelor), Jonathan has studied finance at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and the Hanken School of Economics.

Credentials

Education

Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2012
Bachelor of Laws, Åbo Akademi University, 2010

Memberships

Finnish Bar Association

Experience

Prior Experience

2018 to 2020, Senior Legal Counsel, another law firm
2014 to 2018, Legal Counsel, another law firm
2012 to 2014, Associate Lawyer, another law firm

Selected recent references

Advising Voima Ventures as lead investor on its investment in Liquid Sun Ltd, a Finnish green tech company revolutionizing the production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF)
Advising Fireframe Studios in connection with several movie productions
Advising Rettig in connection with capital raise for Medix Biochemica
Advising Seaber on funding round led by GTT Strategic Ventures
Advising Onego Bio on $40 million Series A funding round
Advising Carelin Oy and its shareholders in the sale of Carelin Oy to AFRY
Advising Admicom Plc on its acquisition of Trackinno Oy
Advising Rhapsody Venture Partners as the lead investor on their investment in the €3.8 million Series A financing round of SpinDrive
Advising Gorilla Capital Management Oy on the first closing of Gorilla Capital Fund III Ky, a venture capital fund focused on early stage technology enabled companies
Advising Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) in connection with fiber optic provider Valoo’s (Adola Ltd) debt and equity funding round worth over €250 million
Advising Ecolab Inc. on their investment in the €23 million financing round of Paptic
Advising Nordic Inertial Oy on Series A investment from Murata Group
Advising MVision AI on their €5.4 million funding round
Advising WasaTrade Oy and its shareholders in the sale of WasaTrade Oy to Ramirent Finland Oy
Advising Bladefence on growth investment from EAB Private Equity
Advising Voima Ventures on their investment in The Human Touch Robotics Oy
Advising Helppy Oy on their seed financing round
Advising Fairpoint Capital as the lead investor on their investment in the €7.2 million financing round of ONEiO
Advising Peak Capital as the co-lead investor on their investment in the €6 million financing round of Blidz
Advising Superhero Capital on their investment in Sniffie
Advising Superhero Capital on their investment in Builderhead
Advising Open Ocean on their investment in Workfellow
Advsing EQT Ventures I and EQT Growth in connection with DoorDash’ acquisition of Wolt
Advising Superhero Capital on their investment in Vapaus Bikes Finland Oy
Advising Plarium on its acquisition of Futureplay Oy
Advising H&M Group as the lead investor on their investment in the €30 million financing round of Infinited Fiber Company
Advising Sponsor Capital on the contemplated sale of Myllyn Paras group
Advising Nordic Eye Venture Capital on their investment in ContractZen Oy
Advising True Capital Management and other investors represented by them on their investment in the US$100 million (€80 million) financing round of Oura
Advising Neubit Oy on their pre-seed financing round
Advising ePassi Group on the acquisition of Sodexo Benefits & Rewards Services’ business in the Nordics, including Sodexo Pass Sweden and Eazybreak Oy
Advising Open Ocean on their investment in Cambri (Oppobot Oy)
Advising Bregal Milestone as the lead investor on a strategic growth investment of US$80 million (€67 million) in M-Files