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Daniel Uusitalo

Investor at 4impact capital, based in the Netherlands. Personal library for work, experiences and projects. Always on the look out for interesting people.

NOW / SOURCING THE NORDICS
FILE 01 / BIO

BORN IN FINLAND.
INVESTED IN EUROPE.

Born in Finland, raised in New York, Vienna and London. Now based in The Hague. I invest at 4impact capital, a software-focused impact VC backing pre-seed to Series A founders across the Nordics, DACH and Benelux.

The working thesis: the next generation of European category winners will be impact companies by default, not by label. Finding them early is the job. Writing about it keeps me honest.

I spend a lot of time in the Nordics, where I think founders have historically been too humble about what they're building. I write and speak about that, along with energy tech, European competitiveness, and what it takes to raise capital as an early-stage founder.

Off the clock: public equities, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, reading, ice bathing, and building side projects.

Daniel Uusitalo
IMG/01 / portrait
Daniel speaking at Techarena Zero, Stockholm
IMG/02 / techarena zero
Base
Den Haag, NL
Route
HEL·NYC·VIE·LON
Day job
4impact capital
Languages
EN · FI · SE · DE
Focus
Pre-seed to Series A
Coverage
Nordics · DACH · Benelux
Side quests
Writing · Markets · Sports
House view
Less ruinous humility
01 / CONVICTION

I believe the best companies of the next decade will be built by founders who treat impact as an engineering constraint, not a marketing label. Europe has the talent, the regulation, and the market pull. What it needs is less hesitation and more conviction. I want to find those founders early, back them properly, and write about the patterns I see along the way.

01 / CONTACT SHEET
NO FORMS. NO CALENDLY. JUST MAIL.
daniel@4impact.vc
LinkedIn ↗ X ↗ Medium ↗ GitHub ↗
01 / GALLERY
FILE 02 / WORK

IMPACT ISN'T PHILANTHROPY.
IT'S THE MOST UNDERPRICED
OPPORTUNITY IN EUROPEAN TECH.

■ CURRENT

Investor
4impact capital

Software-focused impact VC out of the Netherlands, backing pre-seed to Series A across Benelux, DACH and the Nordics. My focus: deal work from first call to closing, Nordic sourcing, portfolio support and communications.

AUM €84M
LABEL SFDR Article 9
CHEQUES €250k – €2.5M initial + reserves
PORTFOLIO 25+ companies
NORDICS €20M+ earmarked
TRK/01 Sourcing Thesis-driven coverage of the Nordics: radar, market maps, and a standing coffee rotation through Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen.
TRK/02 Execution Deal execution from first meeting through investment committee. Coordinating due diligence workstreams, financial modelling, and structuring.
TRK/03 Portfolio Closest to Exnaton, GreenShift, Carbon Equity, OurMind and InfoTiles. Board support, follow-ons, check-ins.
TRK/04 Comms Newsletters, website, PR and social media.
TRK/05 Building Building platforms, automations and internal tooling to make the fund run sharper — from deal flow to portfolio intelligence.
02 / THEMES
Energy transition Circularity Smart industry & infra Natural capital Equity & inclusion Health & wellbeing Digital sovereignty Physical AI
02 / RECORD
NOW Investor, 4impact capital Backing Carbon Equity, Satelligence, Deftpower, Equalture and many more. ■ current
PREV Investor, Helen Ventures Energy-focused CVC, early backer of Enspired, Gradyent, Virta, LiveEO. □ archive
PREV Strategy Consultant, Monitor Deloitte Organic growth and strategy for industrials in the Nordics. □ archive
PREV Organiser, Nodus Sustainable Design Research Group Organising events at the intersection of design and sustainability. □ archive
PREV Risk Manager, Nordea Non-financial risk during a global crisis. □ archive
PREV Consultant, Ernst & Young Transforming industrial companies into operational and sustainability champions. □ archive
02 / AFFILIATIONS & MENTORING
WRITING ArcticStartup Contributing writer on Nordic startups, energy tech and European competitiveness. ■ current
CLIMATE The Climate Reality Project Trained Climate Reality Leader. ■ current
NETWORK World Economic Forum Global Shapers Davos50 Delegate 2025. Alumni member. □ archive
MENTOR Red Brick Accelerator · Enactus · The Startup Club Startup mentoring across the Nordics and Benelux. ■ current
02 / EDUCATION
MSC Aalto University, Economics & Business Systems thinking, sustainable materials, and the energy industry. □ archive
BSC Brunel University London, International Business Learned to love London. □ archive
FILE 03 / LIBRARY

BUILT, WRITTEN,
SAID OUT LOUD.

side-builds & internal tooling. public repos surface automatically · STATIC
● COMMIT LOG / CONNECTING… @danieljpuusitalo
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