Experience

Vendep Capital

• Finland
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Director

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

• Senior Associate

  • Sep 2017 - Oct 2020

  Helsinki Manning (almost) all stations and pulling several strings at Vendep (as usual in a small team of four). Main task of course involves finding great B2B SaaS entrepreneurs in need of fuel (0,5-1Me) for scaling their company internationally.



Uploadcare

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board

  • Oct 2019 - Present



Trustmary

• Finland
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PLG operator (secondment from Vendep Capital)

  • Dec 2022 - Jun 2023

  Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland Trustmary set on a product-led growth transformation journey in 2022. I joined in an interim 80% operative role that touched on all the areas from potential customer awareness to upsales to existing customers. 6 months full of experimentation, learnings and implementation with a tremendous team.



Brella

• Board Observer

  • Nov 2017 - May 2021

  Jyväskylä



Helsinki Partners

• Finland
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Advisor & Growth Capital team lead

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2017

  Helsinki Adding value to foreign (non-Finnish) venture capital funds and corporates through a globally unique service concept of HBH Investor Services. - sourcing and analysing Finnish growth companies, - increasing VCs' visibility in the market, - providing links to LPs and the Finnish growth company ecosystem (local VCs and portfolio holders) Also coaching growth companies in fund raising for late seed + A-round. Results so far: helped companies in raising 62Me in 2016 and… Show more Adding value to foreign (non-Finnish) venture capital funds and corporates through a globally unique service concept of HBH Investor Services. - sourcing and analysing Finnish growth companies, - increasing VCs' visibility in the market, - providing links to LPs and the Finnish growth company ecosystem (local VCs and portfolio holders) Also coaching growth companies in fund raising for late seed + A-round. Results so far: helped companies in raising 62Me in 2016 and 28Me in 2015. Eg. assisted Noona Healthcare in acquiring investors to their 1,5Me funding round and Bonusway to their 6,9Me round. Show less



Helsinki Ventures

• Investment Management

• Partner & Co-founder

  • Oct 2013 - Jan 2015

  Helsinki, Finland Accelerating Russian startups through Helsinki. Ran and managed the accelerator program for 3 sets of companies, while negotiating and building deal flow with companies from the former CIS countries.



Helsinki Partners

• Finland
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Advisor

  • Mar 2012 - Oct 2013

  Helsinki Bringing Russian strategic investments into the Greater Helsinki region and consulting Russian SMEs in expansion into the EU. - Matchmaking Russian companies (ICT, life sciences and cleantech industries) with Finnish partners for R&D, sales and marketing and business development - Conducting searches for M&A target companies - Assisting in acquiring product certification - Support in locating sites for greenfield investments Developing a pipeline for foreign young innovative… Show more Bringing Russian strategic investments into the Greater Helsinki region and consulting Russian SMEs in expansion into the EU. - Matchmaking Russian companies (ICT, life sciences and cleantech industries) with Finnish partners for R&D, sales and marketing and business development - Conducting searches for M&A target companies - Assisting in acquiring product certification - Support in locating sites for greenfield investments Developing a pipeline for foreign young innovative companies to establish international operations in the Helsinki region and find business developers from the Finnish talent pool. Show less



Suunto

• Finland
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Master's Thesis worker

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2012

  Researching and developing the consumer care network.



TANLA Mobile Pvt Ltd

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project manager/BD Specialist

  • May 2009 - Dec 2010

  License and payment management software for the mobile environment. Managed international clients and projects and advised the VP of sales in developing business models for the company.



Trainers' House

• Finland
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sales negotiator

  • Oct 2007 - Sep 2008

  Contacting Russian company executives to set up meetings and seminars.