Best Auto Tech Companies in Helsinki, Finland
The 33 best Auto Tech companies in Helsinki, Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Virta.
Our analysis of 223 Auto Tech companies
$72.2b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Auto Tech companies in Helsinki
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virta Provider of electric vehicle charging solutions and related energy services | $108M | 42 mo ago | Series D | Christian Girardeau CEO | 2013 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27 | — | — |
| 2 | Whim Online platform for booking multiple categories of on-demand services | $62M | 83 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 3 | RightWare Graphical user interface solutions for the Automotive industry | $10M | 161 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2009 | WordPressPleskApple iCloud Mail+23 | 31 patents UI transition animation, graphics rendering optimization, and power consumption measurement for displays | — |
| 4 | eMabler Saas and AI-enabled platform offering comprehensive electric vehicle charging and energy management solutions | $769K | 65 mo ago | Seed | Ville Parviainen Co-Founder | 2019 | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+14 | — | — |
| 5 | BaseN Provider of a platform for digital twin and IoT solutions | $516K | 138 mo ago | Funding Raised | Pasi Hurri Founder & CEO | 2001 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | 19 patents Adaptive software migration and self‑configuring host/IoT systems based on device capabilities | — |
| 6 | EkoRent Online car rental platform | $158K | 124 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 7 | FlyNano Developer of lightweight personal electric aircraft | $123K | 102 mo ago | Deadpooled | Aki Suokas Founder & Cheif Designer | 2010 | — | 3 patents Micro aerial vehicle design, propulsion, and control systems for ultra‑compact drones | — |
| 8 | ParkMan App to find parking spaces in real-time | — | 13 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | HubSpot CMS HubMaterial Design LiteZURB Foundation+20 | — | — |
Top 11 Auto Tech companies in Helsinki
#1
Series D · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2013 · 200 employees$107.9Mraised▾
Provider of electric vehicle charging solutions and related energy services. The company offers a platform for managing charging networks. It provides options for standard and modular charging solutions. The company also offers services for businesses, charge point operators, and installers. Resources include customer stories, guides, and a knowledge base.
- Apr 2023Series D$71.9M
- Apr 2023Grant (prize money)$22.1M
- Apr 2021Series C$36M
- Apr 2020Series A—
#2
Acquired · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2011 · 62 employees$62.4Mraised▾
Online platform for booking multiple categories of on-demand services. The company integrates on its platform transport services like rental cars, taxis, public transport more. Users can book services by providing locaiton, user details, payment details, and more.
- Nov 2019Series A$32.7M
- May 2019Series A—
- Aug 2018Series A$10.3M
- Aug 2017Series A$16.8M
#3
Acquired · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2009 · 86 employees$9.5Mraised▾
Rightware provides graphical user interface solutions for automotive and other embedded industries. It offers Kanzi to solve the implementation and differentiation problems of 3D user interfaces and enable UI designers and engineers to focus on the creation, testing, and deployment of 3D user interfaces.
- May 2013Series B$5.2M
- Jan 2010Series A$4.3M
#4
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2019 · 7 employees$769Kraised▾
Saas and AI-enabled platform offering comprehensive electric vehicle charging and energy management solutions. The platform offers API enabled solution for users to manage and integrates mobile payment, business systems, data, electricity management, etc. It offers features like operate with multi-vendor network, claims to optimize customer base, etc.
- Jun 2021Seed$769K
#5
Funding Raised · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2001$516.4Kraised▾
Provider of a platform for digital twin and IoT solutions. The platform offers tools for managing data, monitoring networks, and optimizing industrial assets. It supports sectors including telecommunications, manufacturing, energy, and public infrastructure. The platform facilitates security monitoring, predictive maintenance, and resource optimization.
- May 2015Grant (prize money)$516.4K
#6
Deadpooled · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2010$123.2Kraised▾
FlyNano develops single-seater personal lightweight electric aircraft. The aircraft weighs 70 kg, is powered by lithium polymer batteries and can attain a max speed of 120 km/h. The aircraft is suited for water operations and water sports.
- Apr 2018Grant (prize money)$60.6K
- Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$62.5K
#7
Deadpooled · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2014 · 9 employees$158.1Kraised▾
EkoRent is an online platform offering electric vehicles for companies & private customers. It offers car rental, car sharing & ridesharing services. Routes are adjusted according to customer needs, time of the day, or day of the week. Rides are reserved and paid via the mobile app. The lock of the car can be opened with the company's app & at the end of the trip user has to return the car to any designated location post usage.
- 2016Seed$158.1K
#8
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2010 · 35 employees—raised▾
ParkMan is an app that allows the user to find parking spaces in real-time and pay from within the app. Parkman also works with local municipalities and private providers to take their parking inventory online. User can also get information on nearby parking spaces from other users. App is available for iOS, Windows and Android platform.
- Sep 2025Seed—
#9
Acquired · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2017 · 20 employees—raised▾
Online C2B auction marketplace that enables users to sell their used cars direct to dealerships. Sellers can put their vehicle on auction by specifying vehicle details along with some personal information. The platform allows partnered dealerships to place their bids on the vehicle. The seller gets multiple non-obliged offers from dealers that can be accepted or rejected as convenient.
- May 2018Seed—
#10
Acquired · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 1978—raised▾
App-based platform offering taxi-hailing services. The platform enables users to find and book rides in their vicinity by providing location, passenger details, etc. It offers features like live vehicle tracking, online payments, etc. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.
#11
Deadpooled · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2015—raised▾
AutoBuy is an online dealership to buy new cars. The company takes care of things like paperwork, verification, etc. Few services for customers are live while some of the services are WIP. Based out of Helsinki, Finland. The platform is not fully functional yet (May, 2016).
- 2015Seed—
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- University of Helsinki5
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