INTRODUCTION TO VENTURE CAPITAL
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The event was streamed live on 19.5.2021.
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Event was held in English!
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BEHIND THE SCENES
Photos by Malla Messo 2021
Guest Speakers
Oona Poropudas
Oona joined Lifeline Ventures at the start of 2021. At Lifeline Ventures, Oona focuses on helping various portfolio companies as well as on Lifeline’s own operations including e.g. sustainability and communications. Before joining Lifeline, Oona was part of the core team at Slush as the Head of Program and President among other roles. On the side, Oona studies Creative Sustainability at Aalto University, and in her free time she spends time with her friends and family, reads, and practices yoga.
Johannes Tervo
Johannes has focused on Inventure’s investments in Finland and the Baltics. He joined Inventure as an analyst after years as a core member of Slush, where Johannes headed sales and partnerships and came to understand entrepreneurship as a means to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. As an Energy and Environmental Engineering major, he’s especially interested in tackling climate change. An aspiring entrepreneur himself, Johannes has also co-founded Talk The Talk, a movement with a mission to turn Finns into the world’s best public speakers.
Together with
Lifeline Ventures
Lifeline is a sector agnostic early-stage VC founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneurs. We aim to partner with founders from the very beginning of their journey (angel/ pre-seed stage) and support them throughout their growth. We look for teams that are ambitious and persistent and can one day become industry leaders. With 235M€ assets under management, we have partnered with 100+ companies in fields such as climate tech, health, hardware, marketplaces, and software including Sulapac, Solar Foods, Wolt, Swappie, Oura, and Aiven.
Inventure
Inventure is a Nordic-Baltic venture fund with over 70 backed companies ranging from deep tech to consumer internet brands, including the likes of Wolt, Swappie, and Blueprint Genetics. With its 230M€ of assets under management, Inventure focuses on Seed and Series A investments across Nordics and Baltics, with offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.
