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Michael Widenius

Europe, Southern Finland, Finland, Tuusula

Description

Michael “Monty” Widenius is the “spiritual father” of MariaDB, a renowned advocate for the open source software movement and one of the orig...

Investor Profile

Michael Widenius has backed more than 3 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 0 rounds, about 0% of its total and boasts 2 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series Unknown, Series A rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, Finland, Sweden.
  • Strong thematic focus on Software, Big Data, Information Technology.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (33%)
  • Series Unknown (33%)
  • Series A (33%)

Country Focus

  • United States (33%)
  • Finland (33%)
  • Sweden (33%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Big Data
  • Information Technology
  • Fitness
  • Health Care
  • Wellness
  • Mobile
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Who does Michael Widenius frequently co-invest with?

Wellington Partners
Europe, Bayern, Germany, Munich
Co-Investments: 1
Sting Capital
Europe, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, Kista
Co-Investments: 1
AME Cloud Ventures
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 1
Finnvera Venture Capital
Europe, Eastern Finland, Finland, Kuopio
Co-Investments: 1
OpenOcean
Europe, Southern Finland, Finland, Helsinki
Co-Investments: 1
Inventure
Europe, Southern Finland, Finland, Helsinki
Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does Michael Widenius often collaborate with?

SI
North America, Colorado, United States, Denver
Shared Deals: 1
DA
Europe, Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom, Windsor
Shared Deals: 2
AM
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
GK
North America, Nevada, United States, Crystal Bay
Shared Deals: 1
LM
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Shared Deals: 1
SD
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Michael Widenius?

Beddit

Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland

Beddit offers consumer focused sleep tracking.

FitnessHealth CareWellness
Series UnknownSep 5, 2014
Amount Raised: $3,500,000
import.io

San Antonio, Texas, United States

import.io offers a Web Data Integration solution that provides global businesses with high-quality, scalable data from the web.

Big DataInformation TechnologySoftware
SeedSep 4, 2014
Amount Raised: $3,000,000
MoSync

Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden

MoSync enables web developers to create native mobile applications using standard web technologies such as HTML5 and JavaScript.

MobileSoftware
Series ASep 2, 2009

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