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Best Energy Efficiency Tech Companies in Finland

The 67 best Energy Efficiency Tech companies in Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: LIFAair.

67companies tracked
$38.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
14have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECH × FINLAND

Our analysis of 50 Energy Efficiency Tech companies

$7.8b in tracked funding; 86% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
86%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2014median founding year
641kcombined LinkedIn audience
95%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Energy Efficiency Tech companies in Finland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1LIFAair
Manufacturer of air purification equipment and medical grade respiratory masks
$23M127 mo agoLate StageVesa Makipaa
Founder & CEO
1988Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+15——
2Sensire
Provider of HSEQ software solutions for safety management and condition monitoring
$7M84 mo agoAcquiredJukkapekka Asikainen
Founder and CEO
2001HubSpot CMS HubAzureSegment+1929 patents
IoT tracking sensors, calibration methods, and wireless sensor network infrastructure.
1 job opening
3OptiWatti
Room level optimization for temperature
$4M109 mo agoPublicJyri Seppa
Co-Founder
2013WordPressMySQLPHP+239 patents
Load control and energy management for electricity distribution networks
—
4Lumous
IoT and Cloud-based OLED lighting solutions for commercial facilities
$3M161 mo agoSeries AKauko Vainamo
Founder
2007———
5Nuuka
Provider of SaaS & AI-powered building diagnostics software solutions
$644K85 mo agoSeedPetteri Terho
CEO
2012WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+28——
6BaseN
Provider of a platform for digital twin and IoT solutions
$516K133 mo agoFunding RaisedPasi Hurri
Founder & CEO
2001WordPressMySQLPHP+3219 patents
Adaptive software migration and self‑determining runtime for heterogeneous IoT/edge devices
—
7Fourdeg
Solution to control building heating system
$127K114 mo agoSeed—2012—5 patents
Adaptive predictive heating control and dynamic heat‑load balancing for HVAC systems
—
8Enreport
Cloud based platform for energy management
$20K36 mo agoSeedAliya Shaykhullina
Co-Founder
2022———

Top 12 Energy Efficiency Tech companies in Finland

#1
Seed · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2022 · 5 employees
$20Kraised
▾

Cloud based platform for energy management. It automates and optimizes the operation of generation and distribution companies in the energy industry. It offers energy forecasting solution to manage energy resources.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 497 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • 2023Seed$20K
Founders & team
Aliya ShaykhullinaCo-FounderDmitry NovikovFounder
Investors
Techstars
#2
Late Stage · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 1988
$23.1Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of air purification equipment and medical grade respiratory masks. Products include air purifiers for indoor environments, ventilation duct cleaning machinery, and protective face coverings. These devices remove airborne particles and contaminants to maintain air quality in residential and commercial settings. The equipment utilizes filtration technology to capture fine particles and gases. Additional offerings include cleaning robots and cameras designed for maintenance of ventilation systems.

Founders & team
Vesa MakipaaFounder & CEO
Investors
Edifier
Tech stack
BunnyCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#3
Acquired · Joensuu, North Karelia · founded 2001 · 20 employees
$6.8Mraised
▾

Provider of HSEQ software solutions for safety management and condition monitoring. The company delivers digital product safety, temperature and condition monitoring, and task and document management. It offers features such as a dashboard and mobile application, real-time condition monitoring, and audit and reporting tools. The company's solutions support food, healthcare, retail, and public service industries.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2019Series A$6.8M
Founders & team
Jukkapekka AsikainenFounder and CEO
Investors
Yokogawa, SAP.iO, Innovestor
Tech stack
AosApache Http ServerAzureBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#4
Public · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2013
$4.4Mraised
▾

Room level optimization for temperature. They install room sensors for each room and a controlling device for each heating element. The system takes into account the outside temperature and the price of electricity as well and also shows heat leaks on their dashboard. Users can monitor the temperature settings, energy saved, and leaks through their SaaS product.

Funding rounds
  • May 2017Series A$4.4M
  • May 2015Seed—
Founders & team
Jyri SeppaCo-Founder
Investors
Butterfly Ventures, Taaleri
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#5
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2012 · 14 employees
$643.9Kraised
▾

Provider of SaaS & AI-powered building diagnostics software solutions

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2019Conventional Debt$7.8M
  • Jan 2017Seed$643.9K
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$107.3K
  • Aug 2015Seed—
Founders & team
Petteri TerhoCEOSusanne HedblomManaging Director
Investors
Loudspring, Zhejiang ZhongRui Low Carbon Technology, Businessfinland, Joint Effects
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-JsGodaddyGoogle Analytics
#6
Series A · Porvoo, Uusimaa · founded 2007 · 2 employees
$2.7Mraised
▾

IoT and Cloud-based OLED lighting solutions for commercial facilities. Their solutions are used for street, park, parking, and industrial lighting. iLUMNET intelligent lighting system is a wireless platform with modular points which can consist of a system as small as an independent fixture to multiple fixtures which can all be continuously connected by means of an iMASTER node if need be.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 769 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2013Series A$2.7M
Founders & team
Kauko VainamoFounder
Investors
VNT Management
#7
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.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2015Grant (prize money)$516.4K
Founders & team
Pasi HurriFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa, OpenOcean, VentureOut
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyes
#8
Seed · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2012 · 2 employees
$126.9Kraised
▾

Fourdeg has developed a solution to control water based building heating system. Company's solution include hardware device to connect radiators to cloud, a cloud system that uses neural networking for optimizing heating performance. All the devices are brought to a single platform from where they can be controlled. Solution can also balance the district heating network loading thus reducing cost. Company won the pitching competition at the Arctic15 conference and is backed by Finnish funding agency Tekes and Butterfly VC.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 340 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$126.9K
  • Oct 2016Seed—
  • Jan 2016Grant (prize money)—
Investors
INCENSe Accelerator, Europa, Butterfly Ventures, Vincit, Takeoff Partners, Businessfinland
#9
Public · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2007 · 33 employees
—raised
▾

Indoor farming solutions provider enabling sustainable food production through advanced technology. The company offers superior indoor farming solutions for the retail and food industry, addressing food security challenges. It specializes in vertical farming technology, enabling the production of high-quality leafy greens, herbs, and other crops. The technology is highly efficient in terms of space, water, energy, and labor, promoting sustainable agriculture. The company delivers turn-key projects for customers worldwide, focusing on comprehensive solutions for vertical farming and faster business scalability. The company is a technology company that is enabling social impact through its business model.

Funding rounds
  • 2021Seed—
Investors
Tesi, Finnvera, Innovestor
#10
Funding Raised · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2012 · 6 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of solutions to improve the efficiency of the gas turbine. It provides technology to enable power generation with the electrical efficiency of Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) along with the reliability, the availability, the ability to use several different fuels, and the reduced emissions of gas turbines. Its solution is based on pulsed deflagration combustion.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 532 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Pathwaze Energy BV) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Timo EramaaCo-Founder & CEOHeikki SalminenCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
New Energy Challenge, Maria 01, Corporatum
#11
Seed · Vantaa, Uusimaa · founded 2015 · 2 employees
—raised
▾

SenzoLive provides cloud-based software to monitor the building occupancy. Uses occupancy sensors and desk sensors to monitor the desk, room, floor, and building-level occupancy. Offers heatmaps and reports for accessing daily office utilization patterns. Also offers an open API that supports integration into 3rd-party real estate software, facilities management, meeting room & desk booking systems and BMS/HVAC for occupancy-based ventilation control. Claims to enable CRE professionals to optimize the workspace, reduce operating costs and achieve efficiencies. Partners include Cisco, JLL, SAP and more.

Funding rounds
  • 2017Seed—
Investors
Superhero Capital, Paper Plane Ventures
#12
Series A · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2016 · 47 employees
—raised
▾

Leanheat offers building owners analytics-based optimization tools that reduce the cost of heating and enable preventive maintenance of buildings. By installing sensors in each flat, and with a central gateway acting as a light Building Management System, Leanheat can improve energy efficiency by 10-15% to homeowners and district heating providers. Over 6000 apartments are already in Leanheat control and maintenance.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 567k LinkedIn followers — 88.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2016Series A—
Investors
Danfoss
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpBootstrapWp RocketThe Events Calendar

Funding & investor landscape

$38.2Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
9disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Tesi4 rounds
Innovestor3 rounds
Businessfinland2 rounds
Butterfly Ventures2 rounds
Europa2 rounds
Maria 012 rounds
Midinvest2 rounds
2VK Invest1 rounds
Alder1 rounds
Argentum1 rounds

Notable founders

Aliya Shaykhullina
Co-Founder · Enreport
Dmitry Novikov
Founder · Enreport
Vesa Makipaa
Founder & CEO · LIFAair
Jukkapekka Asikainen
Founder and CEO · Sensire
Jyri Seppa
Co-Founder · OptiWatti
Petteri Terho
CEO · Nuuka
Susanne Hedblom
Managing Director · Nuuka
Kauko Vainamo
Founder · Lumous
Pasi Hurri
Founder & CEO · BaseN
Timo Eramaa
Co-Founder & CEO · Finno Exergy
Heikki Salminen
Co-Founder & CTO · Finno Exergy
Jani Hursti
CEO · Asema Electronics
Prism market signals · Finland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 230,588 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Energy Efficiency Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Finland

How research on Energy Efficiency & Buildings is moving in Finland

A read on the academic research around Energy Efficiency & Buildings — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 197 Finland-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201820222026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 33% → 39% across 2018–2026.
top research entities
  • Aalto University84
  • Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology38
  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland30
  • Tampere University15
  • Åbo Akademi University15
leading researchers
Risto Kosonen · Juha Jokisalo · Ron Zevenhoven · Jarek Kurnitski · Janne Hirvonen · Pedro H. J. Nardelli · Matti Lehtonen · Tor-Martin Tveit
▲ Breakthroughs37 · 19%
▲ 0%→20% share
11 median citations68% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→20% of field), led by Energy management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Energy management4→11
  • Grid1→4
  • Renewable energy2→5
  • Electricity1→4
  • Microgrid2→4
Newly emergingHeat pump 0→6 · Photovoltaic system 0→5
Landmark Home energy management system based on power line communication · 272 cites
◆ Advancements116 · 59%
▲ 0%→58% share
4 median citations62% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→58% of field), led by Heat pump.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Heat pump9→27
  • Electricity1→12
  • Energy management system2→10
  • Energy management2→10
  • Photovoltaic system1→8
Newly emergingHeat exchanger 0→6
Landmark Home energy management system for smart buildings with inverter-based air conditioning system · 80 cites
▼ Concerns24 · 12%
▲ 0%→15% share
7 median citations79% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→15% of field), led by Heat pump.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Heat pump1→6
Newly emergingElectricity 0→6
Landmark Success factors of energy management in energy-intensive industries: Development priority of energy performance measurem · 59 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Finland

Where energy efficiency 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.

Espoo112 · +0.46
Hot · Heat pumpAdvancing · Thermal energy storageOpportunity · Passive coolingConcern · Boiler (water heating)
Lappeenranta38 · +0.42
Hot · Energy management systemAdvancing · Energy managementOpportunity · Photovoltaic system
Turku18 · +0.48
Hot · Coefficient of performanceAdvancing · Heat pumpOpportunity · Waste management
Tampere16 · +0.47
Hot · ElectricityAdvancing · Smart gridOpportunity · Grid
Helsinki6 · +0.03
Opportunity · Heat pump

Common questions

How many Energy Efficiency Tech companies are there in Finland?
Radar tracks 67 indexable Energy Efficiency Tech companies headquartered in Finland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Energy Efficiency Tech companies in Finland?
The Energy Efficiency Tech companies in Finland on this list have raised a combined $38.2M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Energy Efficiency Tech company in Finland?
LIFAair is the highest-funded Energy Efficiency Tech company in Finland, with $23.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Energy Efficiency Tech companies in Finland are funded?
8 of the 67 Energy Efficiency Tech companies in Finland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Energy Efficiency Tech unicorns are there in Finland?
None of the Energy Efficiency Tech companies in Finland on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Finland Energy Efficiency Tech companies?
The most active investors in Finland Energy Efficiency Tech companies on this list include Tesi, Innovestor, Businessfinland, Butterfly Ventures, Europa.
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