Oak Ventures

The investment company of business angel Mika Marjalaakso.
Type Angel Group
Website oakventures.fi

Investment info

Invests in
Idea
Product or prototype
Investment range
€ < 25K
€ 25 - 50K
€ 50 - 100K
€ 100 - 500K
€ 0,5 - 1M
Primary markets
Consumer, Companies, Marketplace
Investing in countries
Finland

Focus areas

Consumer Goods
Consumer Goods
IT & Software
IT & Software
Marketplace & eCommerce
Marketplace & eCommerce
Telecommunications
Telecommunications

More about Oak Ventures

Oak looks for early-stage tech startups, where it is possible to go deep into the business and increase the likelihood of early traction.


Experience

The driving force behind Oak Ventures, Mika Marjalaakso, has been an active angel investor since 2003. He is co-founder of three tech startups and in the past he invested in eight startups. Furthermore he has raised and helped fellow entrepreneurs raise over €50m from prominent angel investors and institutional investors in Finland, USA and Russia for early-stage startups. Aside from that Oak is a busy advisory source for entrepreneurs.

 


How do they work?

After Oak signs on as an investment parther, they help with a range of challenges:

  • Solving internal challenges between founders or team members
  • Making the basic company structure work - for instance related to tax reporting 
  • Defining the most efficient minimum viable product 
  • Upgrading investor plan + pitch
  • Planning product-launch + choosing a go-to-market strategy
  • Communicating lead customers and partners
  • Attracting supplemental funding

Oak's nitial commitment is two years. In that period Mika Marjalaakso can fill out roles such as:

  • Chairman / Member of the Board
  • Interim CEO, COO, CMO, CSO


This makes a difference to them

Companies increase their eligibility for an investment, if they:

  • Have a business idea with a considerable growth potential
  • You have an early prototype
  • You are already in dialogue with the first customers
 
 

 


Startups they funded

Viola Systems, Walkbase, Plango, Codento and Tema Networks.

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