Heikki Ilmari Paakkinen

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.

VNT Management Oy (VNT) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Veijo Juhani Karppinen. The firm is headquartered in Tampere, Finland.

Estlander & Partners Ltd. is an independent Finnish alternative investment firm which was founded in 1991. Headquartered in Helsinki, the firm provides MIFID related services, which are offered to institutional managers under the GRIT Governance umbrella.

Veraventure Oy is a venture capital investment firm based in Kuopio, Finland. Established in 2003, they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finnvera Oy. Veraventure is responsible for the management and development of the parent firm's investments linked to regional funds. Finnvera is a specialized financing firm, owned and operated by the Finnish Government and supervised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Veraventure specializes in complementing regional markets in equity financing. They have a particular focus on early-stage financing as well as providing capital related to generational changes and for small and mid-size firms. They are the investment manager of the Seed Fund Vera. The firm also has offices in Oulu and Helsinki, Finland.

CCM-Power Oy develops and manufactures wood gasifying and drying technologies. It specializes in renewable energy production. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Oulunsalo, 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.

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.

ABB Oy develops and markets digitally connected and enabled industrial equipment and systems. It serves companies in the industrial, energy, transport, and infrastructure sectors. The company was founded on September 6, 1989 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

GasEK Oy produces wood chip-fuelled combined heat and power plants, which are based on wood gasification technology. Its gasifier produces pure wood gas for combustion in the boiler. The firm's technology uses its own patented gasification reactor, which ensures emissions-free combustion. The company was founded by Eero Kangasoja in 2008 and is headquartered in Kempele, Finland.

Danfoss Mobile Electrification Oy develops and manufactures electric drive train components for heavy mobile work machine, marine vessel, and bus applications. Its products include permanent magnet generators permanent magnet motors, heavy duty inverters, super capacitor energy storages, and electric drivetrains. The company was founded by Kimmo Rauma in 2009 and is headquartered in Lappeenranta, 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.

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.

Distence Oy provides technology and services for remote monitoring and management of industrial assets. It connects devices and machines to business processes and supplies digital information pipeline between remote assets and business processes. The company was founded on April 23, 1998 and is headquartered in Espoo, 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.

Valopaa Oy provides lighting solutions. It develops and sells luminaires, intelligent lighting control systems, and lighting technology. The company was founded by Toivo Johannes Vilmi on September 3, 2007 and is headquartered in Kempele, Finland.

Convion Oy develops fuel cell systems. It develops fuel cell systems based on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology for distributed power generation and industrial self-generation purposes. The firm's applications are mainly for commercial buildings, small industrial installations, and biogas plants. The company was founded by Tuomas Hakala, Toni Ollikainen and Hulda Aminoff in 2000 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Sophos AB provides information technology security products and solutions. It offers XG Firewall, SG UTM, Secure Wi-Fi, Secure Web Gateway, Secure Email Gatewaty, and PureMessage to industries such as healthcare, retail, finance and banking, public sector, and education. The company was founded by Martin Carl Edvin Estlander in 1998 and is headquartered in Kista, Sweden.

Norsepower Oy Ltd. provides engineering technology for marine industries. Its solution helps cargo vessels significantly reduce fuel consumption. The firm’s Rotor Sail Solution, is mainly designed for tankers, bulk carriers, ro-ro vessels and ferries. The company was founded by Tuomas Mikael Riski in November 2012 and is headquartered in Helsinki, 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.

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.

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.

There Corp. Oy provides energy management solutions. It offers a platform for home energy management solutions that enable sustainable future proof solutions. The firm’s solutions include real-time energy monitoring, energy use optimization and substantial cost savings for the end users and utilities. The company was founded by Toni Petteri Sormunen and Mikael Latvala in May 2009 and is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland.