Esa Kinnunen

Vast international business experience in global markets. Managing all company functions at times incl. board memberships, general management, sales, marketing, product management, research & development, sourcing and manufacturing both in up and down-turn economical environments. Permanently living and working in Finland, Italy, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and UK.
Type Angel Investor
Website linkedin.com

Investment info

Invests in
Idea
Product or prototype
Go to market
Growth and expansion
Investment range
€ < 25K
€ 25 - 50K
€ 50 - 100K
€ 100 - 500K
Primary markets
Consumer, Companies, Marketplace, Government
Investing in countries
Finland

Focus areas

Healthcare & Life Science
Healthcare & Life Science
IT & Software
IT & Software
Hospitality, Hosting
Hospitality, Hosting

Investments

A

AI4Value

M

Movendos

Key people

Board Member, Investor, Mentor

Esa Kinnunen

More about Esa Kinnunen

In late 2011 I co-founded a company called Nordcloud, which became over the years the fastest growing company in Finland (Deloitte Finland 50 in 2016 & 2017) and one of the fastest growing company in Europe (Deloitte EMEA 500 in 2016 & 2017). Nordcloud is listed to Gartner Cloud MSP Quadrant (in 2017 - 2019). Nordcloud has today 10 country offices and over 500 employees.

In early 2019 I established an own investment company called Esa Investment, which is primarily my personal investment vehicle in startups, real estates and equity funds. Currently I’m consulting a few startups in their strategy creation process and finance raising project.

First hand business experience in several ICT domains: Public clouds (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google) – Nordcloud, AI and algorithms – AI4Value, Digital solutions for health care providers - Movendos, Big data – Big Data Solutions, IoT solutions – DNA, IoP solutions - Magic Add and Telco & Broadcasting - Ericsson & Nokia.

Member of Hallituspartnerit Helsinki. The purpose of Hallituspartnerit is to promote the competitiveness of Finnish SME sector by strengthening their professional government work. Hallituspartnerit performs this task by passing on experienced board members to the local SME’s.

Partner at Boardman Oy and Board Professionals BPF Finland ry.

Approved Board Member and Certified Chairman of Board accomplished in Helsinki Chamber of Commerce (HHJ). Ownership and Board Membership (Omistajuus ja Hallitustyöskentely) training course accomplished in Boardman.

Member of Board of Directors of Helsingin Ekonomit (HEKO), which is the biggest affiliate of The Finnish Business School Graduates (formerly known as SEFE, The Finnish Association of Business School Graduates).

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