WE CO-CREATE COMPANIES IN HEALTH, WEB, GAMES AND TECH.
In tough times, we would like the entrepreneurs to reach out to us first.
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Ilkka Paananen
@ipaananenRT @monsterimonni: Jos en tee maalii ni osallistujien kesken lounas mun kanssa mun piikkiin. Hallilla tietysti. #HCTPS
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Ilkka Paananen
@ipaananenRT @monsterimonni: Nyt ku on ollu vähän porukkaa hallil ni täytyy venyy. Tulkaa todistaa ihmettä lauantaina.. MINÄ TEEN MAALIN!!! #HCTPS
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Ilkka Paananen
@ipaananenRT @BoomBeach: Hmmmm..... https://t.co/lubUMqS8B4
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Jalmari Raippalinna, Jussi Laakkonen (CEO), Matti Savolainen, Pekka Aakko
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Ari Tulla (CEO) Tapio Tolvanen
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Fredrik Schauman (CEO)
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Mika Raento, Pekka Uronen, Teemu Kurppa (CEO)
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Joerg Ott, Marcin Nagy, Varun Singh (CEO)
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Anselm Levskaya, Austen Heinz (CEO), George Church, John Mulligan, Lukman Winoto, Reese Jones, Sagar Indurkhya
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Heather Anne Halpert, Linda Avey (CEO), Mitsuharu Hadeishi
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Jyri Engeström (CEO), Ulf Schwekendiek
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Ari Ketola (CEO), Veikko Latvala
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Fredrik Kekäläinen (CEO), Johan Engström
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Aki Järvilehto (CEO), Markus Tuppurainen, Mika Tammenkoski
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Celine Pasula, Harri Granholm, Harri Hätinen, Jarno Wuolijoki, Markus Pasula (CEO), Mikko Lindstedt, Mikko Wilkman, Roope Kangas
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Andreas Karlsson, Mikko Hämäläinen, Teemu Tuulari, Ville Vesterinen (CEO)
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Pekka Laurila, Rafal Modrzewski (CEO)
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Janne Haverinen (CEO)
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Antti Laakso, Heini Varjonen, Jari Jaanto, Ville Mujunen (CEO)
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Sakke Järvenpää
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Olli Kallioniemi, Sami Kilpinen, Tommi Pisto (CEO)
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Aleksi Soini (CEO), Janne Koskinen
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Jukka Planman, Kristian Ranta (CEO), Tuomas Planman
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Antti Laitinen, Ilona Lindholm, Juha Leinonen, Olli Sinerma, Ville Kivistö (CEO)
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Aapo Kyrölä, Aleksi Aaltonen, Sampo Karjalainen (CEO)
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Henric Suuronen, Henrik Karlström, Juha Paananen (CEO), Teemu Ikonen
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Jarkko Väinämö, Tuomas Riski (CEO)
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Akseli Hemminki, Pekka Simula, Franz Wuite (CEO)
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Jaakko Suoknuuti, Janita Leinonen, Noora Keskievari (CEO
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Ami Rubinstein (CEO), Levon Gasparyan
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Kari Kivelä, Petteri Lahtela (CEO)
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Gerald Goldstein, Itamar Lesuisse (CEO), Sagi Shorrer, Xavier Louis
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Rami Korhonen (CEO), Timo Kari
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Antti Virolainen, Juho Makkonen (CEO)
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Kristo Ovaska (CEO), Tuomo Riekki
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Sami Kuusela, Toni Laturi (CEO)
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Jani Virtanen, Tuomas Neuvonen (CEO)
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Ilkka Rämö, Jutta Haaramo (CEO)
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Ilkka Paananen (CEO), Lassi Leppinen, Mikko Kodisoja, Niko Derome, Petri Styrman, Visa Forsten
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Antti Ritvanen, Harri Hallila (CEO), Juha Haaja
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Harri Valpola (CEO), Antti Rasmus, Timo Haanpää, Mathias Berglund, Tapani Raiko
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Ulla Engeström (CEO)
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Akseli Hemminki (CEO)
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Kai Bäckman (CEO), Mikko Mononen
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Anna Ronkainen, Heikki Vesalainen, Matti Kokkola, Mikael Kolehmainen (CEO)
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Jessica Richman (CEO), Zachary Apte
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Otso Mäkinen (CEO)
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Heikki Aura, Veli-Pekka Marin (CEO)
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Antti Aunio, Juuso Nissilä, Aki Backman (CEO)
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Markus Melander, Petri Hienonen, Mikko Haavisto, Kimmo Rauma, Mika Leivo
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Antti Jäderholm (CEO), Jaakko Manninen, Kaarlo Kananen, Wendell Davis
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Elias Pietilä, Juhani Mykkänen, Lauri Andler, Mika Matikainen, Miki Kuusi (CEO), Oskari Pétas
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Harri Valpola, Jufo Peltomaa, Timo Taalas (CEO), Tuomas Lukka
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Startup Life
Supercell deal team in Tokyo
Ville posing with virtual Ben
Ilkka and Timur relaxing in SF
Some nice R&R in Italy
Jorma and Timo at Slush 2014
Fredrik Kekäläinen, entrepreneur
John, Jussi and David after a handshake deal
Brainstorming at Lifeline's
Nikolaj knows how to do conf calls
John having a island dinner with gaming entrepreneurs
Guillaume pitches hard, but Anil stays cool
Markus, Celine and Mikko at sea
Kristian interviews Ilkka and the creators of Game of Thrones in Barcelona
A chef explains Noma's philosophy
Our co-investors David and Ken during Supercell's board meeting
Mark, Jussi and SF flower power
Mikael Kolehmainen, entrepreneur
Team
We are entrepreneurs who became investors almost by accident. We made a few angel investments together and, over time, realised that the Nordic market badly needed early-stage investors with entrepreneurial backgrounds. We also noticed that working with entrepreneurs is tremendously fun. In addition, we seemed to be able to help many of them realise their vision. We therefore became full-time investors and have never looked back.
We invest in early-stage companies that we are passionate about and that we believe we can help, often based on our experience as founders and CxOs of various companies.
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Timo Ahopelto, Partner
Timo has worked in several industries, ranging from biotech to apps, digital media and process technology. He earned his entrepreneur MBA from CRF Health, a software and services company that he co-founded, developed into a global market leader and successfully exited in 2015. Timo’s free time flies with family, ice hockey, iron and in Lapland skiing-hikes.
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Kai Backman, Operator in Residence
Kai is a builder of all things, but mostly things of software. He has worked on massive distributed systems at Google and founded Tinkercad and Airstone to create cutting edge products for emerging market segments. A tinkerer at heart he is particularly interested in advanced manufacturing and robotics. When needing a break he spends time with his family renovating a 19th century farmhouse using traditional craftsmanship.
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Petteri Koponen, Partner
Petteri has founded five companies, including Jaiku and First Hop. In addition to the various startup CxO roles and board memberships, he has been the chairman of Supercell, Grand Cru and Everywear Games. Petteri has experienced public companies as a board member of Elisa, Finland’s largest telco, in addition to working for Google in Mountain View and London after its acquisition of Jaiku. In his free time, Petteri hangs out with his family, pumps iron, plays games, writes (toy) code, and enjoys books and movies.
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Samuli Leppänen, Associate
Samuli has worked in analyst and controller roles in corporate treasuries, investment banking and startups. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Aalto University School of Business. Samuli enjoys spending his free time with family and friends, sports, movies and learning new stuff.
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Juha Lindfors, Partner
Juha joined Lifeline in January 2016, and has been investing together with Petteri and Timo since 2010. Juha has been an active early-stage investor and he has long experience from the growth-focused private ownership model, working with the best private equity firms in the region. He was previously a partner with EQT, a leading private equity firm. Juha likes to spend his free time doing things with his family; he’s also a keen reader and an occasional runner.
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Ilkka Paananen, Advisor
Ilkka, the CEO of Lifeline’s portfolio company Supercell, is a games entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience in growing organizations from the founding team to a size of few hundreds. Before Supercell, Ilkka was a President at Digital Chocolate, running its Studios in Helsinki, Barcelona and Silicon Valley. In his free time, Ilkka enjoys time with his family and tries to find time for sports, music and books.
Latest News
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RT @monsterimonni: Jos en tee maalii ni osallistujien kesken lounas mun kanssa mun piikkiin. Hallilla tietysti. #HCTPS
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RT @monsterimonni: Nyt ku on ollu vähän porukkaa hallil ni täytyy venyy. Tulkaa todistaa ihmettä lauantaina.. MINÄ TEEN MAALIN!!! #HCTPS
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RT @ChaseAdam17: Thanks to Tencent's 10x match, @watsi increased recurring monthly revenue by 25% in a single week!
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RT @TeroOjanpera: Kiva #HCTPS BusinessGames ilta @PajuPekka @MikaEskola ja hieno peli, viimeinen maali meni oikeaan päätyyn. Kiitos TPS:lle…
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Timo Ahopelto
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RT @osma: Image recognition is available to any developer thx to ML libs. New to me here: TensorFlow runs also on RaspPi https://t.co/rZqu8…
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RT @OlliAPH: Välittämisen kansanliike: Yhteiskunnallisen hyvän mittaamiseen uusia työkaluja. https://t.co/MHnzXSU6eh https://t.co/kX2rjm0U…
Ilkka Paananen
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RT @ClashRoyale: Watch your back. But also watch your face. https://t.co/J5HvA6OSjH
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RT @TuurDemeester: Post Debate Betting Odds: Hillary up 6%, now 69% Trump down 3%, now 29% https://t.co/BFOj0DnJAo
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Myös hyväntekeväisyydeltä pitää vaatia tuloksia - tarvitsemme mittareita. Parempi tehokkuus => parempi maailma. https://t.co/A4olvBJjPr
Ilkka Paananen
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RT @pvesterbacka: My interview on @artonyberg today in Finnish now online at https://t.co/m9THRPFsc9
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RT @ullamaaria: A great read on how Google, Apple, Microsoft battle for America's classrooms https://t.co/fmdUBO1am7 by @ainsleyoc via @Fas…
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RT @ClashRoyale: Mock the Giant Skeleton at your own risk. https://t.co/I61o3z6QmJ
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RT @ValaAfshar: PCs are now 99.9% cheaper than in 1980. Software is now 99.3% cheaper than in 1980. https://t.co/iImrsDOhvx
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