Series A · AI & Machine Learning · Helsinki, Finland · Founded 2022 · 51–200 employees
Inven is an AI-native deal sourcing platform that helps M&A professionals find acquisition targets across the global private market by analyzing millions of websites and company data points. The company has raised €11.2 million in Series A funding led by Ventech and Vendep Capital, with participation from notable angel investor Risto Siilasmaa (founder of F-Secure and former Nokia Chair). Founded by former McKinsey and BCG consultants in 2022, Inven serves over 800 private equity firms, investment banks, and VCs with proprietary data on 21 million companies. Their platform enables deal teams to source opportunities 10x faster than traditional manual research methods, addressing a major bottleneck in private market deal sourcing.