Kirsi Pulkamo, Jaana Sinipuro, Taneli Tikka, and Pekka Sivonen – Make it happen!

BIO

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: Has raised the second to most private equity funding in Finland, 38 million euros in two rounds. 3+35 million.

RECOGNITION: Has been selected as the Entrepreneur Of The Year in Services in Finland by Ernst &Young in years 2004, 2005 and 2006.

RESPONSIBLE VISIONARY: Chair of Finland 2030 Future Committee for Corporate renewal. Chair of Finland Platform Economy Roadmap. Member of national AI strategy workgroup.

FROM ZERO TO HERO: Founder of Digia, a publicly NASDAQ OMX listed mobile software company. Took the company from 1 person to 1.600 persons. Has 20 years of experience in mobile software and 35 years as entrepreneur.

CREATOR: Previously Executive in Residence position at Aalto University Center for Entrepreneurship as the Head of AppCampus, a three year global acceleration program funded by Microsoft and Nokia, then heading health-tech startup accelerator VERTICAL in collaboration with Samsung and Sonera. Co-Founder of HealthSPA ecosystem and IndustryHack IoT-accelerator. Now responsible for digital transformation of Finnish Industries at Business Finland, the Finnish Innovation Funding Agency.