Vesa-Pekka Johannes Kursu

Finnvera Oyj is a financing company that provides financing for the start-up, growth, and internationalization of enterprises and for protection against export risks. Its products include loans, domestic guarantees, export credit guarantees, venture capital investments, export credits, and interest equalization. The company was founded on July 9, 1998 and is headquartered in Kuopio, Finland.

Suomen Teollisuussijoitus Oy (Suomen Teollisuussijoitus) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Government of Finland founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Sentica Partners Oy (Sentica Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Medanets Oy designs wireless system products for health care industry. It offers wireless tools that facilitate tasks at hospitals, health centers, and treatment facilities. The firm’s solutions include Medanets ABS, wireless filing, wristband management, automatic filing, mobile dictation, and mobile EPR. The company was founded by Tuomo Henrik Niemi in 2004 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.

Voyantic Oy provides radio-frequency identification testing and measurement solutions. Its solutions cover both UHF and HF frequency ranges and is suited for development, production and support functions. Its Tagformance lite system is used tag manufacturers, tag designers, system integrators, research institutes and test centers. The company was founded by Jukka Tapio Voutilainen and Juho Aleksi Partanen on October 20, 2004 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Innovaatiorahoituskeskus Business Finland acts as an alternative investment manager. It provides funding for research communities, industry and service sectors. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Canelco Capital OY (Canelco Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in1988. The firm is headquartered in Kuopio, Finland.

C2 SmartLight Oy provides outdoor lighting services. It offers solutions for lighting control, monitoring and maintenance surveillance. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Digital Goodie Ltd. engages in the provision of an online grocery application. It also offers its retailers a connected commerce platform that provides tools needed to run online operations, click and collect services, and home deliveries. The company was founded by Kalle Oskari Koutajoki, Samuli Henrik Mattila, Arto Lukkarila and Lauri Arte in 2009 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Wello Oy develops technology for ocean-wave energy conversion . The company was founded by Heikki Paakkinen in 2008 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

MediSapiens Oy provides solutions for bioinformatics analysis. It offers software and products for biological research. The firm creates customized bioinformatics software solutions to organizations; ranging from data management system, to full sample and data processing system, to an animal deoxyribonucleic acid testing service. Its products include Biond Explorer; Research Integrator; IST Online; Target Scout; and Fusion Scout. The company was founded by Sami Kalevi Kilpinen, Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi, and Tommi Pisto in 2009 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Techila Technologies Oy creates computing service and execution environment. It operates as a commercial middleware and management solution for distributed computing. The firm's system integrates directly to the computational tools without the need to redesign the applications and codes. The company was founded by Rainer Petteri Wehkamp and Teppo Erik Tammisto in 2006 and is headquartered in Tampere, Finland.

Safera Oy designs and develops fire safety solutions for stoves in residential buildings. The firm offers safety cooker hoods for kitchens to prevent cook top fires. It sells its products through retailers in Finland. The company was founded by Tapani Reinikanen Mikko, Sampo Rantakokko and Mikael Andell Henri in 2007 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Bitbar Technologies Oy provides mobile software development and testing solutions for mobile app and game developers. The firm offers Testdroid recorder to automatically generate standards-based test scripts and Testdroid server for companies to build in-house test labs. It has offices in Helsinki, Oulu, San Francisco, and Wroclaw. The company was founded by Marko Tapani Kaasila and Jouko Juhani Kaasila in 2009 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Uplause Oy develops games for interactive engagement for live events. Its Uplause Entertainment System is a crowd and gaming software designed and developed for live events and enables a real-time interactive gaming experience. The firm also has a Social Media solution for revealing new products, players, artists, and news. The company was founded by Veli-Pekka Marin, Heikki Tapio Aura, and Jussi Marin in 2009 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

9Solutions Oy provides healthcare safety and workflow optimization solutions for hospitals, care homes, and home care environments. Its services include real-time locating, nurse and support call, area monitoring, personnel safety, staff alarm, hands-free access control, baby tagging, asset tracking, activity monitoring, access management, and hand hygiene monitoring. The company was founded by Sami Rainer Herrala on June 22, 2009 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.

Cabforce Oy provides advance booking services for taxis, minibuses and executive cars online. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

IndoorAtlas Oy develops geomagnetic indoor positioning technology as a cloud platform. It utilizes magnetic anomalies inside buildings and smart phones to pinpoint indoor locations. The firm offers a toolbox for indoor positioning that enables businesses and individuals to create indoor location-awareness applications for store promotions, mobile gaming, and logistics. The company was founded by Janne Johannes Haverinen, Esa Rahtu, and Juho Kannala in 2012 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.

Tamturbo Oyj develops, manufactures, and markets oil-free industrial air compressor systems. Its solutions enable cleaner, more energy-efficient, and maintenance-free compressed air production. The company was founded by Kimmo Olavi Laine and Jaakko Säiläkivi on April 16, 2010 and is headquartered in Tampere, Finland.

Cajo Technologies Oy provides colour patterns marking and labelling solutions. Its technology is based on an application of the traditional laser beam that offers solutions from branding and product design to industrial marking. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Kempele, Finland.

Traplight Oy develops mobile game communities where players can create and share their own games with their friends. It offers a user-generated content, goal oriented game play, and social gaming software. It produces the game What on Earth!, that tells the story of a curious extraterrestrial race who discover Voyager, a space probe launched into outer space. The company was founded by Riku-Pekka Rakkola, Jari Mikael Paananen, and Sami Antero Kalliokoski in 2010 and is headquartered in Tampere, Finland.

Part of Vonovia SE, D. Carnegie AB /Finland Branch/ provides banking services. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Kymsol Oy provides insulation and scaffolding installations services. The firm’s main line of business includes industries pipeline, machinery insulation and maintenance, scaffolding installation and material rental, and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning installations. It serves companies within pulp, paper, chemical, metal, food, and energy industries. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.

Innovestor Oy is a venture and growth equity firm headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The firm was founded by Tommi Äijälä and Antti Parviainen in 2014.

Nostetta Oy (Nostetta) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Kuopio, Finland.

Icebridge Oy manufactures trolley cooler for the airline food catering. Its products include the icebridge troolley coolers, cooling chest, cooling cassettes, oven insert case and wet ice box. The company was founded by Jarmo Aurekoski in 2011 and is headquartered in Tuusula, Finland.

Makia Clothing Oy operates a chain of clothing stores. The company was founded by Joni Malmi and Jesse Petteri Hyväri in 2001 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Innovestor Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Innovestor Oy founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Liquid Zone Oy designs and develops a depth control device called Zoner for sport fishing. The firm's product measures the water temperature and maintains depth. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Parainen, Finland.

MetGen Oy operates as a robust technology platform. The firm develops enzymatic products for pulp and paper and biofuel industries. The company was founded by Alex Michine and Alexey Azhayev in 2008 and is headquartered in Kaarina, Finland.

Nanocomp Oy Ltd. designs and manufactures micro- and nanophotonics solutions. It develops thin foil optics. The firm offers service from design to tooling and mass production of micro- and nanoscale surface structures. It products and services is use for displays; three-dimensional sensing/gesture recognition; laser measuring; wearable devices; and healthcare application. The company was founded by Veli-Pekka Leppänen in 1997 and is headquartered in Lehmo, Finland.