Sami Inkinen

Angel investor

Stages: Pre-seed, Seed
Cheque size: $25k to $500k
Based in: United States
Focus: Metabolic health, Nutrition, Digital health

Sami Inkinen is a Finnish born entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the property platform Trulia before founding Virta Health, which focuses on reversing type 2 diabetes. Trained as a physicist, his own prediabetes diagnosis pushed him into health technology.

Virta Health founder backing evidence led metabolic and nutrition companies with hard clinical outcomes.

Notable investments

Virta Health
Metabolic health startups

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The journey

How Sami Inkinen got here, step by step.

1990s
Studied physics in Finland
Inkinen trained as a physicist and began his career at a nuclear power plant in Finland.
2000s
MBA in the United States
He moved to the United States for business school, adding commercial training to his technical background.
2005
Co-founded Trulia
Inkinen co-founded Trulia, an online property marketplace built on a data driven approach to search.
2014
Founded Virta Health
Motivated by his own prediabetes diagnosis, he founded Virta Health to help reverse type 2 diabetes.
2015
Trulia combines with Zillow
Trulia joined Zillow, giving Inkinen experience building and exiting a large consumer technology company.
2014 to 2025
Chief executive of Virta Health
Inkinen continues to lead Virta, combining nutrition science and technology to treat metabolic disease.
2020s
Active health technology investor
He has invested in and supported other health focused ventures alongside his role at Virta.