Creoir Raises Seed Round Led by Gungnir Capital for Defence-Grade Voice AI

Creoir Closes Seed Round

Creoir, a Finnish defence-technology company, has raised a Seed round led by Gungnir Capital.

What Creoir Does

Creoir is based in Oulu, Finland, and was founded in 2012 by ex-Nokia engineers Antti Lilja (CEO), Jaakko Mattila (COO) and Oskari Ketola (CTO). Originally a product-development house working on early Jolla, Marshall and Amazon Alexa devices, it pivoted in 2020 to its own on-device speech technology.

The company now builds:

• EdgeVUI — defence-grade offline voice AI built on Cerence AI speech components
• Operator Assistant — an AI-powered knowledge base for mission-critical systems

Defence Engagement

Creoir's technology is in projects with defence primes including Saab, Leidos and TKMS. The company was also selected for the NATO Layered Counter-UAS Innovation Range (LCI-X).

Deal Details

• Company: Creoir
• Round: Seed
• Currency: EUR
• Date: 2026-09-03
• Lead Investor: Gungnir Capital
• Investors: Gungnir Capital

Why It Matters

Creoir sits at the intersection of offline voice AI and defence applications, with an engineering heritage from Nokia and a product line aimed at mission-critical environments. Its work with defence primes and selection for the NATO LCI-X initiative position it within the growing counter-UAS and defence technology ecosystem. The Seed round, led by Gungnir Capital, supports the company's continued development of on-device speech technology for defence-grade use cases.