Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Companies in Finland
The 60 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Foreship.
Finland's Aerospace, Maritime and Defense sector earns a proper look. This directory ranks 60 companies operating across those industries in Finland, ordered by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum.
Foreship leads the field with $359,639 in disclosed funding, which tells you something about where the capital is concentrating: maritime consulting and naval architecture, not flashy defense tech. Patria Group, Aker Arctic, and Allstars Engineering Group follow with no disclosed rounds on record, a pattern I'd read as private financing rather than dormant pipelines. Globally, the aerospace and defense market sits at roughly $1,076.6B with a 5.9% CAGR through 2027, and geopolitical pressure is only compressing that timeline. And as shown in 2020 research, material and structural innovation keeps reshaping what these companies actually build. So what's driving near-term activity? Median app install growth across maritime, defense, and aerospace tools is running at roughly 15% year-over-year, a quiet signal that digital operations are scaling fast alongside the hardware. Investors including Europa and Aboa Venture Management are the ones writing the checks here, if you're tracking where conviction sits.
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Our analysis of 50 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies
$6.7b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Finland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foreship Provider ship design and engineering services | $360K | 66 mo ago | Acquired | Lauri Haavisto Chief Executive Officer | 2002 | Apache HTTP ServerCloudflareLodash+7 | 9 patents Ship hull drag reduction and lubrication, seawater cooling systems, and reservation optimization | — |
| 2 | Patria Group Provider of defense, security, and aerospace technology and lifecycle support | — | 31 mo ago | Acquired | Esa Rautalinko CEO & President | 1997 | Cart FunctionalityDrupalAddsearch+25 | — | — |
| 3 | aker arctic Aker Arctic is a manufcaturing company that specializes in the design, development, and testing services for… | — | — | Private | — | 2005 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | 95 patents Advanced marine propeller designs and propulsion efficiency technologies for ships | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 4 | Allstars Engineering Group Provider of ship engineering, design, and project management services | — | — | Unfunded | Jukka Suonpaa CEO & MD | 1983 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22 | — | 1 job opening |
| 5 | Ammunity Manufacturer of ammunition for defense, law enforcement, and sport shooting | — | — | Acquired | Beate Krauze-Cebotare Growth Driven Leader | 2014 | — | — | 2 partnerships |
| 6 | Aquador Manufacturer of cabin cruisers, offering a range of precision-engineered boats | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1970 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — | — |
| 7 | ASCE AB Provider of consulting services to the shipping industry. | — | — | Private | — | 1996 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Bella Boats Manufacturer of bella boats | — | — | Acquired | — | 1970 | Cart FunctionalityWindows ServerKendo UI+17 | — | — |
Top 2 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Finland
#1
Acquired · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2002 · 80 employees$359.6Kraised▾
Provider ship design and engineering services
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$359.6K
#2
Acquired · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 1997 · 3000 employees—raised▾
Provider of defense, security, and aerospace technology and lifecycle support. The company delivers protected mobility solutions, weapon systems, and intelligence and surveillance technologies. Sustainment solutions include comprehensive support, aerostructures, research services, and system integrations. It offers situational awareness, cyber defense, underwater systems, and spare parts.
Funding & investor landscape
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Aerospace, Maritime and Defense coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Defense Technology is moving in Finland
A read on the academic research around Defense Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 20 Finland-affiliated papers.
- Tampere University13
- Aalto University3
- National Defence University3
- University of Oulu2
- Finnish Defence Forces1
- Electronic warfare3
- Adversary2
- Telecommunications2
- Transceiver2
- Jamming2
- Electronic warfare8
- Jamming6
- Telecommunications3
- Wireless3
- Radio frequency3
- Electronic warfare2
- Computer security2
- Spectrum management1
- Ultra high frequency1
- Robustness (evolution)1
Where defense tech is researched across Finland
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.