Marko Kyyrönen photo
Investor profile

Marko Kyyrönen

Managing Partner, Sparkmind.vc

About

Marko Kyyrönen is a learning industry and edtech specialist who founded the first Nordic venture capital company focused on the learning sector, bringing his background as an asset management entrepreneur since 2009 to early-stage education technology investing. He advocates for Finland as an education superpower and emphasizes international scalability as a core lens for evaluating edtech startups, regularly speaking as an expert on early-stage startup dynamics and learning innovation. Marko Kyyrönen is a learning industry and edtech specialist who founded the first Nordic venture capital company focused on the learning sector, bringing his background as an asset management entrepreneur since 2009 to early-stage education technology investing. He advocates for Finland as an education superpower and emphasizes international scalability as a core lens for evaluating edtech startups, regularly speaking as an expert on early-stage startup dynamics and learning innovation.

Works at

Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
Education
Climate
Cybersecurity
AI
Defense

Investment details

Avg check size$1M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
Europe
USA
Africa
LatAm
India
Asia-Pacific
Canada
Israel
ANZ
MENA